Proms Literary Festival
Presented by Matthew Sweet
Readings by David Warner
7 September 2009
BBC blurb
"Victorian Season: A. N. Wilson, author of The Victorians, and Steven Moffat,
co-creator and Executive Producer of the BBC's new modern-day Sherlock,
talk to Matthew Sweet about the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes and his special love of Mendelssohn."
(I didn't hear anything on Mendelssohn myself.)
I'm not sure if the BBC Radio 3 Twenty Minutes edit of this show is on Times Past already. But I'm sure the longer webcast video isn't.
I didn't know that the webcast is on the BBC web site to watch until recently. I'm not sure if it's possible for those without a UK IP address to watch either.
Link to the page for the BBC's webcast.
Link to page for BBC Radio 3's Twenty Minutes edited broadcast. (file not available anymore)
I have uploaded both the webcast video (approx. 43 mins) and the Twenty Minutes radio show (approx. 20 mins) to 4Shared.
The video is about 180MB (512*288 resolution). The Twenty Minutes file about 20MB.
Proms Literary Festival 4Shared folder
David Warner reads excerpts from A Study In Scarlet, His Last Bow and The Sign Of Four.
You don't need to be eagle eyed to see one of our groups members in the audience if you watch the webcast video.
Replies
Thanks, Jake. I didn't know about the webcast either!
However, I was there, in the front row, and was able to make an audio recording of the whole session, which I posted here on 18 October 2009, along with the Twenty Minutes broadcast version. You'll find them at https://timespast.ning.com/group/thedefinitivesherlockholmes/forum/t....
It'll be interesting to see the video recording.
Roger
Thanks for the link Roger. I must of missed it originally when I joined this group and glanced over the discussions.
There are at least a couple of edits in the webcast. When I started typing this I started to download your bootleg Roger. It's now finished downloading and I see it's 45 mins 22 secs. The webcast video is 44 minutes something. Was Mendelssohn discussed at all like it says in the BBC blurb for this show? If he was it can't of been for much more than a minute.
By the way Roger - did it not seem strange that David Warner never says anything apart from the readings? There are one or two times it looked as though he'd like to add something to the discussion as well. It would of looked better on video if Warner was apart, say at the side of the stage, with less light and maybe in a comfy armchair with a floor lamp next to him and maybe a bit of carpet.
-Robert - I'm glad I posted it then.
No, there was no discussion of Mendelssohn, Jake. As to David Warner, the video recording was very much secondary to the audio, and I doubt that anyone considered how it would look on screen. That was the only Proms event I've ever attended, and I don't know for certain, but it seems likely that most of the Radio 3 "Twenty Minutes" events were held in that auditorium at the Royal College of Music, in which case the stage set-up would probably be the same for all.
Here's a couple of photos I took during the discussion.
Can we see in the front row when the bearded gentleman asks a question, Magersfontein?
You have to go to the section in the webcast video I uploaded to 4Shared where the audience can ask questions Steve, which Roger takes full advantage of.
At first I thought that the video was secondary to the audio, but then again you can't listen to the audio now on iPlayer (RadioPlayer) but you can stream the video still (for those of us in the UK at least). Point taken though - at the time of broadcast the audio aspect would be the most important.
Roger's question is 35:00 into the webcast.
I wasn't sure if he was the bearded gentleman. This video was great fun--thanks again, Jake.
Thanks, can not view in U.S.
Sounds great. Thanks for these, Jake.