Whats comin up and what did you think about it http://beebotron.org/phorum/list.php?28 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:50:31 +0100 Phorum 5.2.10 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49593,49593#msg-49593 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49593,49593#msg-49593 I've been craving some Shelock! :)


The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia

Next Tuesday
11:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Episode 1 of 12
Duration: 45 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 18 August 2008

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great detective traces a compromising photo, but meets his match in Irene Adler. Stars Clive Merrison.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:30:01 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49592,49592#msg-49592 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49592,49592#msg-49592 I think I saw that the pilot episode for this was on R4x today.

Father Figure

Next Tuesday
22:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

People Carrying
Episode 1 of 4
Duration: 28 minutes
First broadcast: Saturday 04 February 2012

New family sitcom written by and starring Irish comedian Jason Byrne. Tom Whyte and his family are on their way to a wedding. It's all going well until they hit a traffic jam. Before long traffic laws are being broken; the rescue services are on their way and there's a few surprises waiting for them in the lay-by.

Tom Whyte.... Jason Byrne
Elaine Whyte.... Lucy Montgomery
Dylan Whyte .... Dominic Applewhite
Mary Whyte.... Pauline McLynn
Pat Whyte.... Dermot Crowley
Roddy.... Michael Smiley

Producer.... Julia McKenzie.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:28:03 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49591,49591#msg-49591 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49591,49591#msg-49591
Next Tuesday
14:15
BBC Radio 4

Episode 1 of 2
Duration: 45 minutes
First broadcast: Tuesday 25 June 2013

By Alastair Jessiman. The psychic detective returns in the first of two new cases (the second is tomorrow afternoon). A journalist goes missing after building up a dossier on a powerful crime family. Thomas is brought in by police to investigate his disappearance.

Other parts are played by the cast.
Producer/director: Bruce Young.

Credits

Thomas Soutar
Robin Laing

DI Crawford
Simon Tait

DS Gilhoolie
David Ireland

DCI Waller
Lewis Howden

Kat
Julie Duncanson

Tyler
Alasdair Hankinson

Liz
Lucy Hollis

Director
Bruce Young

Producer
Bruce Young

Writer
Alastair Jessiman]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:26:35 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49590,49590#msg-49590 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49590,49590#msg-49590
Next Tuesday
15:30
BBC Radio 4

Episode 10 of 10
Duration: 30 minutes
First broadcast: Tuesday 25 June 2013

John Wilson concludes the series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.

Programme 5, the B-side. Having discussed the making of Spandau Ballet's international hit album 'True' (in the A-side of the programme, broadcast on Monday 24th June and available online), Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley responds to questions from the audience and performs live versions of some of the songs from the album, which was made 30 years ago.

Producer: Helen Lennard.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:24:37 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49285,49582#msg-49582 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49285,49582#msg-49582 baycruiser Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:53:09 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49293,49577#msg-49577 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49293,49577#msg-49577
I was taken aback a little. So, I figured the announcer would say part two could be heard at the same time next week.

Ummmm....no.

That was it.

Very disappointing.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:56:30 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49576,49576#msg-49576 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49576,49576#msg-49576
Next Monday
06:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Episode 1 of 5
Duration: 30 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 March 2008

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot is at a party as a clergyman dies sipping a cocktail. Agatha Christie whodunit with John Moffatt.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:47:12 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49575,49575#msg-49575 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49575,49575#msg-49575
Wednesday
06:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

The Unlucky One
Episode 1 of 8
Duration: 30 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 22 March 2010

Should Howard Gilbert hang for murder? The suave sleuth investigates. Francis Durbridge's thriller stars Peter Coke. From March 1954.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:46:15 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49574,49574#msg-49574 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49574,49574#msg-49574
Next Monday
10:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Episode 1 of 6
Duration: 30 minutes
First broadcast: Friday 26 December 2008

Young orphan Pip's life is changed forever when he is surprised by an escaped convict. Stars Maggie Steed and Douglas Hodge.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:45:04 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49573,49573#msg-49573 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49573,49573#msg-49573
Next Monday
18:30
BBC Radio 4 Extra

Episode 1 of 5
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 27 October 2008

A collector of antiquities finds a priceless ancient book. But something evil lies within its pages. Read by Benjamin Whitrow.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:44:07 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49572,49572#msg-49572 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49572,49572#msg-49572
Next Monday
09:45
BBC Radio 4
FM only

Episode 1 of 5
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 June 2013

By Naoki Higashida
Translated by David Mitchell and K.A. Yoshida and introduced by David Mitchell
Read by Kasper Hilton-Hille

When the award-winning author of Cloud Atlas David Mitchell, whose own son has autism, discovered this extraordinary book, he felt that for the first time his own son was talking to him about what was going on inside his head, through the words of the young author.

Naoki Higashida was born in 1992 and wrote the book when he was still only thirteen years old. His autism is so severe that he finds it difficult to hold a conversation, and he wrote the book using a Japanese Alphabet Grid - a low tech table of Japanese hiragana syllables, on which he spells out his words painstakingly, character by character.

David and his Japanese wife originally began a translation for their personal use and that of their son's other carers and tutors, and eventually it grew into this book. The Reason I Jump pushes beyond the notion of autism as a disability, and reveals it as simply a different way of being, and of seeing. Naoki Higashida shines a light on the autistic landscape from the inside.

Abridged and Produced by Allegra McIlroy.

Credits

Reader
Kasper Hilton-Hille

Producer
Allegra McIlroy

Adaptor
David Mitchell

Abridger
Allegra McIlroy

Writer
Naoki Higashida]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:42:52 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49571,49571#msg-49571 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49571,49571#msg-49571
Next Monday
10:45
BBC Radio 4

Episode 1 of 5
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 June 2013

Vera 'Jack' Holme

1918-1921. Louise Ironside dramatises the diaries of Vera 'Jack' Holme. A former cross-dressing actress and suffragette, Vera spent the war years as a member of the Scottish Women's Hospital in Serbia. At the end of the war Vera - known as 'Jack' - was busy finding a role for herself both in love and duty. Estranged from her long term partner, Evelina Haverfield, Vera spends much of 1918 fundraising for relief work in Serbia - a country she longs to return to. Vera's fundraising tour brings her into the orbit of Edinburgh artist Dorothy Johnstone and the pair soon become close. But the spectre of Evalina is never far away and Vera's friendship with Dorothy becomes strained when Evalina issues an invitation that Vera cannot refuse.

Other parts played by members of the cast.
Additional research by Jane Mackelworth
Producer/Director: David Ian Neville.

Credits

Vera 'Jack' Holme
Irene MacDougall

Eve Haverfield
Carol Ann Crawford

Spook
Kim Gerard

Curly
Kim Gerard

Dorothy 'Dodo' Johnstone
Rosalind Sydney

Natalia
Lesley Hart

Margaret K
Lesley Hart

Col Popovitch
Matthew Zajac

Gen Balguy
Matthew Zajac

Cheddo
Finn den Hertog

Director
David Neville

Producer
David Neville

Writer
Louise Ironside]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:41:35 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49570,49570#msg-49570 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49570,49570#msg-49570
Next Monday
14:15
BBC Radio 4

Duration: 45 minutes
First broadcast: Friday 11 May 2012

Mrs Lowry and Son
Written by Martyn Hesford

Artist L. S. Lowry lived all his life with his over-bearing mother Elizabeth. Bed-ridden and bitter, Elizabeth actively tried to dissuade her bachelor son from pursuing his artistic ambitions, whilst never failing to voice her opinion at what a disappointment he is to her. This powerful drama imagines the impact this obsessive mother and son relationship had on the great artist.

Directed by Gary Brown
Produced by Charlotte Riches.

Mrs Lowry and Son

L.S. Lowry was in his early fifties when his singular vision of industrial life in the north of England met with critical and commercial success. For the artist himself, true success was rooted closer to home in the opinions of his mother Elizabeth Lowry; a formidable woman whose life was blighted by disappointment, and whose disapproval of her son irrevocably shaped his future.

Having dreamt of becoming a concert pianist, marriage and pregnancy led Elizabeth to the sedentary existence of private piano tutor and socially-aspiring housewife. When Lowry was born in 1887 she was horrified to discover it was a boy instead of the girl she had hoped to raise in her image. As her clumsy son reached maturity, he demonstrated a talent for drawing that Elizabeth dismissed as a hobby. When Lowry left school, he followed his father Robert into the property business.

Middle class stability ultimately eluded the family when Robert's firm overlooked him for promotion. Unable to afford the genteel Manchester suburb of Victoria Park, the Lowrys reluctantly moved to less auspicious accomodation in industrial Salford. It was here that Lowry, attending evening classes at art school, developed a fascination with the mills and factories he immortalised in his work. Elizabeth, bemused by the grimy subject matter, viewed it as evidence of her son's ineptitude. 'It's bad enough we have to live amongst it,' she remonstrated, 'without you bringing it into the house'.

Robert died in 1932 leaving substantial debts. Unmarried and approaching middle-age, Lowry collected rent during the day, nursed his now bed-bound mother in the evening and painted into the early hours of the morning - accompanied by gramophone records of the classical music he and Elizabeth shared a passion for. Beset by domestic claustrophobia, and with national recognition for his work looming, all that remained for Lowry was the challenge of convincing his sternest critic that he was not a failure as an artist or as a son.

- Richard English, Lowry Galleries Interpreter

Credits

Writer
Martyn Hesford

LS Lowry
Reece Dinsdale

Elizabeth Lowry
Lynda Baron

Director
Gary Brown

Producer
Charlotte Riches]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:40:05 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49569,49569#msg-49569 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49569,49569#msg-49569
Next Monday
16:00
BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 June 2013

Few artists have divided opinion as strongly as Laurence Stephen Lowry. He's loved by millions of the general public, but many among the art establishment have accused him of amateurism - a 'Sunday Painter', extremely limited in the scope of his artistic ambition.

In the past, Lowry fans have accused the Tate of failing to adequately represent him on their gallery walls because of a Metropolitan and anti-Northern bias.

Now though, The Tate is set to launch the biggest Lowry exhibition since his death in 1976. The curators argue that, for too long, the north/south argument and the endless debate over whether he was too sentimental has overshadowed a fuller appreciation of the L S Lowry's worth - which comes through recognition of his connections with other traditions, particularly those from France.

Michael Symmons Roberts grew up in Manchester with Lowry paintings on the wall and he sets out to explore whether it is possible to get a fresh perspective on this most troublesome figure, questioning whether northerners themselves have stood in the way of fuller recognition of Lowry's qualities through being too defensive, too chippy over his legacy. Along the way Michael meets people who knew the artist well, and who worked alongside him in documenting the north-west landscape.

He asks the current crop of metropolitan art critics how they feel about the Tate being taken over by the rent collector from the north, and also talks to the curators of the exhibition about their desire to get past the old arguments and concentrate on what they regard as the outstanding quality of the artwork itself.

Producer: Geoff Bird
A Sparklab production for BBC Radio 4.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:37:51 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49568,49568#msg-49568 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49568,49568#msg-49568
Next Monday
16:30
BBC Radio 4

Episode 1 of 6
Duration: 30 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 June 2013

"What Is Death?"

In the first of a new series of the award winning science/comedy series, Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Katy Brand, biochemist Nick Lane and forensic anthropologist Sue Black to discuss why death is such an inevitable feature of a living planet. As well as revisiting such weighty scientific issues, such as when can a strawberry, be truly declared to be dead, they'll also explore the scientific process of death, its evolutionary purpose and whether it is scientifically possibly to avoid it all together.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:36:51 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49567,49567#msg-49567 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49567,49567#msg-49567
Next Monday
20:00
BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 June 2013

Lina Sinjab has reported for the BBC from Damascus as the Syrian conflict has come ever closer. But how has it changed her home city - and how has it changed her? In this intimate, revealing programme, she combines dramatic scenes and interview material with a personal audio diary as she discusses her thoughts, feelings and encounters.
She meets a 14-year-old boy who has volunteered to become a medical worker: she sees a young boy hitting a doll which he's named after an opposition leader: she watches black smoke from explosions bloom across the city from the window of her apartment. She has flashbacks of an old man killed by a sniper and seeks refuge in listening to her favourite music: she joins a bizarre rooftop barbecue, as friends party and try to push the thoughts of conflict away: and finally she leaves her beloved country, with thoughts of her friends and family who she has left behind echoing in her mind. "Every minute will stay in my mind and heart," she concludes. "I'm not sure if and when I'll be back."

Producer: Nina Robinson.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:35:14 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49566,49566#msg-49566 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49566,49566#msg-49566
Next Monday
22:45
BBC Radio 4

Episode 1 of 10
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 June 2013

The new novel by leading Scottish author James Robertson is a powerful work of fiction inspired by some of the aspects and events surrounding the Lockerbie bombing. It's a delicate reinvention of one of the most painful incidents of recent times in Scotland.

Twenty-one years after his wife and daughter were murdered in the bombing of a plane over Scotland, Alan Tealing, a university lecturer, still does not know the truth of what really happened on that terrible night. Obsessed by the details of what he has come to call 'The Case', he is sure that the man convicted of the atrocity was not responsible, and that he himself has thus been deprived not only of justice but also of any chance of escape from his enduring grief.

When an American intelligence officer, apparently terminally ill and determined to settle his own accounts before death, arrives on his doorstep with information about a key witness in the trial, a fateful sequence of events is set in motion.

James Robertson is the author of "The Fanatic", "Joseph Knight" and "The Testament of Gideon Mack". His previous novel, "And the Land Lay Still", a majestic telling of the past sixty years of Scotland's history, won the Saltire Book of the Year Award 2010.

The reader is Peter Firth.

Written and abridged by James Robertson.

Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

Credits

Reader
Peter Firth

Producer
Kirsteen Cameron

Author
James Robertson]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:33:59 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49565,49565#msg-49565 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49565,49565#msg-49565
Next Monday
23:00
BBC Radio 4

Episode 9 of 10
Duration: 30 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 June 2013

John Wilson concludes the second series of Mastertapes, in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.

Programme 5. "True" with Gary Kemp and Tony Hadley

Thirty years ago Spandau Ballet released their third album 'True'. It became a worldwide smash hit featuring tracks such as 'Gold', ''Pleasure', 'Communication' and the title track, which spent 4 weeks at the top of the charts. Singer Tony Hadley and Gary Kemp, the man who wrote all of these songs, both came to the BBC Maida Vale studios to discuss their inspiration and influence.

Released in 1983 'True' became one of the stand out albums of the New Romantic movement. Recorded at the legendary Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas, Producers Steve Jolley and Tony Swain gave the band a slicker, more R&B sound aimed at squarely at the charts.

The B-side of the programme, where it's the turn of the audience to ask the questions, can be heard tomorrow at 3.30pm

Complete versions of the songs performed in the programme (and others) can be heard on the 'Mastertapes' pages on the Radio 4 website, where the programmes can also be downloaded and other musical goodies accessed.

Producer: Helen Lennard.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:32:39 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49564,49564#msg-49564 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49564,49564#msg-49564
Thu 27 Jun 2013
23:00
BBC Radio 4
FM only

Episode 1 of 4
Duration: 30 minutes
First broadcast: Thursday 27 June 2013

A new sketch show compiled from your submissions and centred around a different theme each week, from kitchen sink drama to suspense-heavy thrillers.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:30:48 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49563,49563#msg-49563 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49563,49563#msg-49563
Next Monday
22:45
BBC Radio 3

Anthony Horowitz
Episode 1 of 5
Duration: 15 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 06 February 2012

In this series of five essays, contemporary children's authors and editors each look at a fictional family from children's literature.
They use it as a focal point to explore the changing portrayal of the family in children's books, and consider both what it tells us about the society it reflects, and how relevant it is to determining a young generation's attitudes to the future.

In the first programme, writer Anthony Horowitz discusses Roald Dahl's badly-parented Matilda, and considers how normal dysfunctional family life probably is. However, despite this, he argues that it is essential for all of us to have some sense of family. He reflects on how his own place in his rather eccentric and sometimes unhappy family led to his escape into books, and his creative success.

First broadcast in February 2012.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:29:39 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49562,49562#msg-49562 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49562,49562#msg-49562
Next Tuesday
04:00
BBC Radio 6 Music

Episode 1 of 2
Duration: 1 hour
First broadcast: Tuesday 25 June 2013

Ahead of The Rolling Stones' appearance at Glastonbury, another chance to hear Mick Jagger hand-pick a selection of artists and music that influenced the band's ground-breaking sound, in particular their classic album Exile On Main St. In conversation with Paul Sexton, Mick talks through a wide-ranging playlist that reflects his own, and the band's, love of classic R&B, gospel, country and reggae.

The fascinating mix of material conjures up the musical environment of the late 60s and turn of the 70s, in which the Stones, and so many of their peers, were scaling new and ever more eclectic creative heights. In a show that includes both vintage hits and lesser-known gems, we'll find out which of the band's fellow rock acts from that era have Jagger's personal seal of approval. We'll also hear some brilliant soul records that have remained his all-time favourites; plus singer-songwriters; giants of country and Americana; and much more besides.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:28:25 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49561,49561#msg-49561 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49561,49561#msg-49561
Wed 26 Jun 2013
22:00
BBC Radio 2

Duration: 1 hour
First broadcast: Wednesday 26 June 2013

Come the mid-1960s, The Kinks' Ray Davies was becoming increasingly jaded with the pop roundabout he found himself on. Always a keen social observer Dedicated Follower Of Fashion neatly skewers Swinging London's pretensions and foibles. Some might argue that Davies was something of a misanthrope, a grouch complaining about the beautiful young things having a whale of time in the nation's capital. But here was a fortunate new generation born post WWII, who hadn't experienced the horror of war, who probably couldn't remember austerity and were hitting their late teens as the British economy boomed. National Service had been abolished and The Beatles and the English football team ruled the world. In 1965 the American singer Roger Miller had released the unintentionally hilarious tribute England Swings. If a middle of the road country singer from Texas knew what was happening on the other side of the world, it must have been a big deal. And it was.

Journalist Christopher Booker, a founder of the satirical magazine Private Eye, observed Swinging London with a similar cynicism to Ray Davies: "There seemed to be no one standing outside the bubble, and observing just how odd and shallow and egocentric and even rather horrible it was". But this was a bubble that was not about to get burst, and it must have been wonderful to live inside it. Not only was the economy booming, so too were our arts and culture. Alongside The Beatles, The Stones, The Small Faces, The Dave Clark Five et al signed up for the British Invasion. Jimi Hendrix left New York to get noticed in London. And whilst The Kinks poked fun at Swinging London, The Who celebrated the rush of youthful revolution in My Generation quite clearly telling the old guard they could just go and ''F-F-F-Fade away''...

Then there were the fun and fresh fashion of Mary Quant, modeled by Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy and sold on Carnaby Street or the Kings Road. And of course you got there by jumping onto the back of a red bus, or even better, in a Mini-Cooper. On TV, Ready, Steady, Go! and The Avengers captured the vibe. On film Blow Up, Alfie and Georgy Girl captured the zeitgeist.
But did the rest of Britain feel quite the same way? In hipper cities, like Liverpool and Manchester: yes. But in smaller, more parochial towns, while The Beatles and Kinks still blasted out of every transistor radio, life probably went on just as it had in the '50s. And Swinging London probably looked like a different planet.

Did you experience Swinging London in its heyday? Was Britain in the mid-'60s as exciting as it looked? The People's Songs wants to hear from you...]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:27:28 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49560,49560#msg-49560 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49560,49560#msg-49560
Today
22:00
BBC Radio 2

Episode 1 of 2
Duration: 57 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 17 June 2013

Al Murray looks at the use of music in battle, plays the music written specifically to raise the spirits of not just the troops but also the morale of their families at home. Al examines the increasingly popular use of music as a force multiplier, to empower the aggressor and distract the enemy.

As Glen Miller kept the forces 'In The Mood' GIs would 'jive' to Louis Jordan and Vera Lynn's promise that 'We'll Meet Again' caught the moment so perfectly, evoking warm memories of the land the forces were protecting. 70 years on this music still exerts a powerful and evocative spirit of a time when consecutive generations were at war. The music may have changed but today's immediate delivery of music to any location on earth means our Forces can be continually connected with home.

Operation Iraqi Freedom discovered the Iraqis loved Michael Jackson, to the extent that US troops could gauge the safety of their urban theatre. Normally the Iraqis came out to listen and dance when Jackson was played. When they did not this was a sure sign of a much more tense situation. The troops knew to prepare for action.
More insidious and calculating is the use of music as an instrument of interrogation. Over the last 10 years music has become a highly valued tool in the so-called War On Terror with Metallica, Dr Dre, Eminem, Britney Spears and Barney The Dinosaur enlisted to prepare prisoners for questioning. Music has always inspired us emotionally. It can help us relax, it can make us dance. War Cry will examine the effect and increasingly calculated use of what most of us regard as a recreational art as a highly effective military instrument.

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War Cry

Next Monday
22:00
BBC Radio 2

Episode 2 of 2
Duration: 57 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 June 2013

Al Murray looks at the use of music in battle, plays the music written specifically to raise the spirits of not just the troops but also the morale of their families at home. Al examines the increasingly popular use of music as a force multiplier, to empower the aggressor and distract the enemy.

As Glen Miller kept the forces 'In The Mood' GIs would 'jive' to Louis Jordan and Vera Lynn's promise that 'We'll Meet Again' caught the moment so perfectly, evoking warm memories of the land the forces were protecting. 70 years on this music still exerts a powerful and evocative spirit of a time when consecutive generations were at war. The music may have changed but today's immediate delivery of music to any location on earth means our Forces can be continually connected with home.

Operation Iraqi Freedom discovered the Iraqis loved Michael Jackson, to the extent that US troops could gauge the safety of their urban theatre. Normally the Iraqis came out to listen and dance when Jackson was played. When they did not this was a sure sign of a much more tense situation. The troops knew to prepare for action.
More insidious and calculating is the use of music as an instrument of interrogation. Over the last 10 years music has become a highly valued tool in the so-called War On Terror with Metallica, Dr Dre, Eminem, Britney Spears and Barney The Dinosaur enlisted to prepare prisoners for questioning. Music has always inspired us emotionally. It can help us relax, it can make us dance. War Cry will examine the effect and increasingly calculated use of what most of us regard as a recreational art as a highly effective military instrument.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:26:19 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49559,49559#msg-49559 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49559,49559#msg-49559
Next Monday
13:32
BBC Radio Scotland

Duration: 30 minutes
First broadcast: Monday 24 June 2013

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It's known as Scotland's silent killer. Left untreated it can lead to heart disease, amputation or death. It's also the biggest consequence of our obesity epidemic.

In The Investigation, reporter Samantha Poling examines Type-2 diabetes - a condition which affects almost than a quarter of a million people in Scotland. She hears from the doctors who treat the newly diagnosed, the medics who teach amputees to walk again and meets one young diabetic whose junkfood diet could cost him his life.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:24:18 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49300,49558#msg-49558 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49300,49558#msg-49558 Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:21:56 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49431,49551#msg-49551 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49431,49551#msg-49551 Truthyness Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:48:57 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49300,49550#msg-49550 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49300,49550#msg-49550 Truthyness Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:47:01 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49300,49544#msg-49544 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,49300,49544#msg-49544 Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:10:25 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,22157,49543#msg-49543 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,22157,49543#msg-49543 BBC Drama Newsletter]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:07:12 +0100 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,22157,49542#msg-49542 http://beebotron.org/phorum/read.php?28,22157,49542#msg-49542
Alistair McGowan's play Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pear is in studio this week. The drama looks at the life of the eccentric, but revolutionary French composer, Erik Satie (played by McGowan) and his relationship with three key people - the composer, Claude Debussy (played by Nathaniel Parker), the artist Suzanne Valadon (Imogen Stubbs) and the soprano Paulette Darty (Charlotte Page).

The drama will include lots of Satie's music, some of which will be recorded in studio by classical pianist Jonathan Storey and soprano Charlotte Page.


Recording has also recently completed on The Means to an End, a play by new writer Sarah Cartwright. Daniel Rigby stars as Barney and Oona Chaplin as Carla in a comedy about how one man's inability to pay his vet's bill.

Barney's dog doesn't care that he's an awkward loser. That he's 36, single and broke. That he sweats when he's nervous. That he's been stuck in the same job for seven years and three months and still doesn't know how to work the cappuccino machine. That he's scared of his pubescent boss, and lusts after a girl who doesn't know he exists.

So when his dog is run over, Barney realises he's got nothing left to lose. But then fate, in the shape of a Spanish veterinary nurse and a parrot called Mittens, intervenes.]]> Janaru Radio Programmes - Info 'n' Reviews Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:05:57 +0100