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1707 - The Birth of Britain
******A special broadcast on both Radio 4 and Radio Scotland.
With John Sessions as Daniel Defoe.
Allan Little presents a tale of spying, bribery, corruption, military threat,
economic bullying, financial disaster, great optimism and fiercely argued
negotiation. He's on the spot, with Daniel Defoe as his guide, while the
parliaments of England and Scotland are joined together in bitter opposition,
to overhear the deals done in London coffee houses and the spin doctoring
in Edinburgh ale houses which resulted in the Union, and the beginning of the
country we now call Britain.
7 Wonders
******The Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu in Peru, Brazil's Statue of
Christ Redeemer, the Colosseum in Rome and Jordan's Petra all made the list.
A Funny Sort of Sound
******Julian Clary pays tribute to the wit and ingenuity of comedy musical acts. He considers
the appeal of acts like TV's Mr Muscle, Tony Holland, who won Opportunity Knocks six times
in a row by flexing his biceps to the tune of Wheels Cha Cha, and Bob - AKA Tray -
Blackman, whose act consisted of bashing a tea tray on his head while singing Mule Train.
Julian also considers how the genre has evolved from the heyday of music hall theatre, and
talks to Ken Dodd and Jim Tavare.
A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.
A Quantity Of Stuff - The Brian Eno Story by Stuart Maconie ( 1 hour)
******STUART MACONIE explores the unique mind, work and influence of the
multi-talented Brian Eno.
All of Me - The Betrayal of Billie Holiday
******To mark the 50th anniversary of Billie Holiday's death,
Neneh Cherry tells the story of a remarkable period in the
American jazz singer's life.
Neneh goes back to the underworld of 1940s New York to
reveal how Billie Holiday was betrayed by her manager and
sentenced to a year and day in a tough segregated prison for drug offences.
Using archive material from the narcotics officers assigned to her case, as well as interviews
with people who knew and played with her, this programme reveals Billie Holiday's transformation
from a prisoner in a federal penitentiary, to a career-defining moment - centre stage at
Carnegie Hall - all in just eleven days.
Using extracts from her FBI, prison and medical files, this programme pieces together the
little known story of how Billie Holiday's experiences of betrayal, despair, triumph and success
went on to influence her music and become the soundtrack of her life.
An Animal Apart 1.4 - Garden of Eden
An Animal Apart 2.4 - Forest With Two Faces
An Animal Apart 3.4 - Back To Nature
An Animal Apart 4.4 - Return To Eden
******In a clearing in the tropical forests to the north of the Congo, a baby elephant lies dead. ...
Block
******Running a residence association.
China Girl 1.2
China Girl 2.2
******Programme following the progress of a number of British people as they attempt to adopt
a child from a Chinese orphanage
Conan Doyle and Crime 1.4 (90 mins)
Conan Doyle and Crime 2.4 (90 mins)
Conan Doyle and Crime 3.4 (45 mins)
Conan Doyle and Crime 4.4 (90 mins)
*******David Stenhouse celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Cutting a Dash 1.5 - The Endangered Apostrophe
Cutting a Dash 2.5 - Changing Gear, the Comma
Cutting a Dash 3.5 - And Another Thing - Colons and Semicolons
Cutting a Dash 4.5 - Listen to Me When I'm Writing
Cutting a Dash 5.5 - Punctuating the Future
******In this neat compilation, Truss presents arguments for and against
the different uses of punctuation in such a humorous way...
First A and R Man 1.2 by Paul Gambaccini
First A and R Man 2.2
******Paul Gambaccini uncovers the story of Fred Gaisberg, the music collector, technician
and entrepreneur who brought recording to Britain over 100 years ago.
From The Ban to the Booker 1.2 by Val McDermid
From The Ban to the Booker 2.2
******Best-selling author Val McDermid examines the development of the lesbian novel.
In 1950 a novel called Women's Barracks sparked an entire new genre of lesbian pulp fiction.
Garden Room Girls
******If you ever find yourself in the bowels of No 10, you will come across two unmarked rooms.
They are called the Garden Rooms for the simple reason that they look out onto the
famous Downing Street rose garden.
It is from these offices that an elite band of secretaries work around the clock.
Grandfather of Self Help
******Historian Kate Williams investigates the success and lasting legacy
of Samuel Smiles' 1859 book Self Help.
It outsold both Darwin's On the Origin of Species and Mill's On Liberty,
also published that year, and gave birth to the idea that we can all achieve
greatness through the application of sheer hard work.
Kate finds out if it contains a message for our own times, examines its enduring
popularity and meets some of those who have been influenced by its ideas, including
former politician Michael Portillo, who also reveals the book's influence on Margaret Thatcher.
Gurinder, The Movie
******On the set of her new film, director Gurinder Chadha tells the story of her
'dual nationality'. She discusses how her early life in Southall in west London,
where she grew up conscious of both her Asian and British inheritance, has
informed and enriched her hit films including Bend It Like Beckham.
Hidden Henry 1.5 - Medicine and Health
Hidden Henry 2.5 - The Scholar
Hidden Henry 3.5 - The Father
Hidden Henry 4.5 - The Image-maker
Hidden Henry 5.5 - The Musician
******Five academics present portraits of unknown, intimate and surprising aspects of Henry VIII's character.
Dr Stephen Rice, who researches and plays little-known Renaissance music, investigates Henry VIII's
musical abilities. Did he really compose Greensleeves and other pieces which have been attributed
to him? He was certainly a patron of music, appreciating visits from foreign musicians and expanding
the royal musical household.
Dr Rice introduces music from the period, recently recorded by the Brabant Ensemble. He is joined by
Elizabeth Kenny, one of the UK's leading lutenists, and together they demonstrate how the repertoire
reflected Henry's personal concerns, his political outlook, his religious convictions and his practical
abilities as a musician and composer.
Humans in Space 1.2
Humans in Space 2.2
******Frank Close considers if it's better to send robots to do the dirty work in future space
missions to the Moon and beyond; or are astronauts still needed?
In Our Time - Elizabethan Revenge
In Our Time - Logical Positivism
In Our Time - St Paul
In Our Time - Sunni and Shia Islam
In Our Time - The Augustan Age
In Our Time - The Magna Carta
In Our Time - The Siege of Vienna
In Our Time - The Trial of Charles I
In Our Time - The Vacuum of Space
In Our Time - The Whale - A History
******Melvyn Bragg and guests investigate the history of ideas.
Inflamed Response 1.2
Inflamed Response 2.2
******Claudia Hammond investigates inflammation, the body's first line of defence against injury and infection
Iran A Revolutionary State 1.3
Iran A Revolutionary State 2.3
Iran A Revolutionary State 3.3
******John Tusa chronicles the making of modern Iran
James and the Giant Tree by James Aldred
******Professional tree climber James Aldred climbs one of
Britain's tallest trees, a giant redwood affectionately called
Goliath, and sleeps in its branches.
James has always loved climbing trees. The first time he used
ropes to climb Goliath, he was 16 years old; he was absolutely
terrified and didn't get further than the first branch.
In this programme he returns to climb the tree,
even spending the night in a hammock two thirds of the way up.
Also, one of Britain's leading tree experts, Tony Russell, offers
an insight into the history and natural history of the giant redwood,
or Wellingtonia as it is also known. The largest of them grow in the
United States, but they have become icons in the British countryside
since their introduction in the 18th century.
King of the Cowbells 1.2 - The outrageous musical insanity of Spike Jones
King of the Cowbells 2.2
******Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965)
was a popular musician and bandleader specializing in performing satirical
arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the
Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells and
ridiculous vocals. Through the 1940s and early 1950s, the band recorded
under the title Spike Jones and his City Slickers and toured the USA and
Canada under the title The Musical Depreciation Revue.
Legacy of George W. Bush 01
Legacy of George W. Bush 02
******President George W Bush's legacy was always going to be controversial.
The manner in which he took office deeply split America and his response to 9/11 divided world opinion.
The BBC's North America Editor, Justin Webb, presents this two-part series looking into
how George Bush will be remembered.
Muhammad Ali Story 1.2
Muhammad Ali Story 2.2
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Mystery of the Marine Strandings
******Sue Broom investigates why 26 dolphins were stranded and died in
Falmouth Harbour in June 2008, as a report gives details of the autopsies.
Dave Jarvis, of British Divers Marine Life Rescue, received a phone call
early on the morning of the 9th of June 2008. The Coast Guard had received
a report of a dolphin stranding near St Mawes in Cornwall. As he made his
way to save the animal, he heard of more and more dolphins sighted in and
around Falmouth Harbour. By the end of the day Dave and his team
had saved about 70 dolphins, but 26 died.
Scientists from the Institute of Zoology, as part of the UK Cetacean Stranding Programme,
were on site by the end of the day, and over the last year have carried out autopsies on all 26 animals.
At the time of the stranding there was a large international naval exercise going on in the bay,
leading many local people to be convinced that sonar could have been a factor in the deaths of the dolphins.
Sue investigates whether or not the science supports the rumours, and asks what could have
caused such an unusual and tragic event.
Nature's Magic 1.5 - Jellyfish
Nature's Magic 2.5 - Torpedo
Nature's Magic 3.5 - Leeches
Nature's Magic 4.5 - Fly's Eye
Nature's Magic 5.5 - Fireflies
******Jellyfish that give off an eerie glow, fireflies that flicker in the dark,
electric fish that can stun, or leeches that suck the life-blood from their
victims. They all delighted and horrified our scientific forefathers.
Now these same extraordinary natural phenomena have been
harnessed by modern scientists to push medical science to new limits.
Performing to the Red Light 1.2 by Terence Curran
Performing to the Red Light 2.2
******Terence Curran goes behind the scenes to experience the recording process
as different classical performers prepare to enter the studio
Phill and Phil's Perfect Ten - s01e06 - Hot, Wet Wembley Stadium
Pond 1.5
Punt PI - s02e01
Punt PI - s02e02
Punt PI - s02e03
******Steve Punt turns private eye, examining little mysteries that perplex and amuse.
He explores the area around Dark Peak in the Peak District, Britain's own Bermuda Triangle.
Random Edition - s03e01 - The Parlimentary Intelligencer May 1660
Random Edition - s04e01 - The Public Advisor April 15, 1755
Random Edition - s04e02 - The News Chronicle May 7, 1954
Random Edition - s04e03 - The Lady's Newpaper December 21, 1861
Random Edition - s04e04 - The True Domestick September 23, 1679
Random Edition - s04eSP - News Chronicle May 9, 1945
Random Edition - s05e02 - The Western Mail General Strike Edition May 12, 1926
Random Edition - s06e01 - News of the World June 26, 1887
Random Edition - s06e02 - The Daily Mail October 22, 1966
Random Edition - s06e03 - The Ipswich Gazette October 15, 1736
Random Edition - s06e04 - The Edinburgh Caledonian Mercury November 3, 1831
Random Edition - s08e01 - Penny London Post 1749
Random Edition - s08e02 - The Guardian October 30, 1975
Random Edition - s08e03 - The Illustrated London News June 11, 1842
Random Edition - s08e04 - Glasgow Herald January 4, 1936
******Peter Snow presents a history series in which the stories are provided by archive newspapers.
: The Penny London Post, April 27, 1749. Royal Fireworks in London's Green Park.
Reasons to be Cheerful 1.3 - Peter White
Reasons to be Cheerful 2.3 - Diana Quick
Reasons to be Cheerful 3.3 - Stephen K Amos
******Series which seeks to challenge the prevailing atmosphere of doom
and gloom and dares to be optimistic.
Disability affairs correspondent Peter White, who is blind, shares some of his
reasons to be cheerful - technology which has set him free to scan and read
whatever books he wants, the disappearance of the British Sunday which was
the bane of his 1950s childhood, and the train announcements which annoy
so many people, but are a boon to him.
Peter talks to grumpy comedian Arthur Smith and challenges him with his optimism.
Secret Scientists 01
Secret Scientists 02
Secret Scientists 03
******According to the popular notion of science history, the period between the ninth and 13th centuries
was what has come to be called the Dark Ages.
Scientific advances ground to a halt and the world languished in an intellectual backwater.
Then the Renaissance happened, the world woke up and great science got going again, picking up where
the ancient Greeks and Romans had left off.
But, as Professor Jim Al-Khalili will show in this series, that simply isn't true.
While Europe may have been less productive during this period, elsewhere in the world a vast Islamic
empire was buzzing with intellectual activity.
A massive movement to translate the work of other cultures allowed scholars working in Arabic to understand,
build on and then surpass the scientific achievements of the past, leaving a valuable legacy to the scientists
of the European Renaissance.
Today, however, these men are hardly household names. They are "The Secret Scientists".
Settling the Score by Tim Blackmore
******Tim Blackmore examines the complex relationship between composer and commissioner and asks
if having boundaries set on the creative process is a help or a hindrance.
Sitting for Fay by Christine Finn
******Christine Finn discovers a rich seam of literary life in photographer Fay Godwin's work.
Best known for her later landscape work, Godwin spent the 1970s and 80s taking
portraits of some of the leading figures of the literary scene. Many iconic book-jacket
images were taken by her, including a sultry Ted Hughes with that lock of hair falling
over his face, Philip Larkin and the rubber plant, Seamus Heaney and the tree,
Desmond Morris in a safari suit, a pensive Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Keith Waterhouse
slumped in a basket chair and Salman Rushdie with a hookah.
Christine gained access to Godwin's home and studio as it was being prepared for sale,
and with Godwin's friend, photographic historian Roger Taylor, examined the archive.
It shows that many of Godwin's later collaborations on books of landscapes - most notably
with Ted Hughes, but also with Richard Ingrams and Philip Larkin - were born in the portrait
sittings and the relationships that grew out of them.
The programme also hears from poet Alan Brownjohn about the experience of sitting for Fay,
and examines an archive of prints, contact sheets and letters from her sitters, held in the
British Library since her death in 2005, with photo critic and editor Sue Steward.
The Boar People by Richard Peirce
******Conservationist Richard Peirce explores the feral wild boar situation
in Britain by finding out how they became reintroduced into the country.
He also accompanies a tracker in the Forest of Dean and joins a hunter
of wild boar in Sussex.
The Fighting Temeraire
******After six weeks of voting the British public has chosen The Fighting Temeraire
tugged to her Last Berth to be broken up, 1838 - by J.M.W. Turner - as the winner
of the Greatest Painting in Britain Poll.
Three Rivers 1.3 - The Clyde
Three Rivers 2.3 - The Mersey
Three Rivers 3.3 - The Liffey
******Hardeep Singh Kohli travels from source to sea of three major rivers
that are being regenerated after years of neglect and industrial use
Vienna and the Shadow of The Third Man
******Sixty years on from the release of The Third Man, tour guide Dr Brigitte Timmermann
uncovers Graham Greene's Vienna and takes us in the footsteps of his film.
Waldemar at the Venice Biennale by Waldemar Januszczak
******Art critic Waldemar Januszczak visits the world's oldest and
most prestigious international contemporary art festival.
In the century that has passed since the Venice Biennale was established
in 1895, this festival of art, founded to showcase the work of artists, has
come to attract the attention of politicians. Governments realising the
propaganda value of the event have taken an increasing interest in the
presence of their artists. Waldemar Januszczak, who attended the opening
of the 2009 Biennale, considers how this 19th-century creation is coping with
the numerous demands of a 21st-century world, and asks what the future holds for the festival.
Walking With Whitman by Stuart Maconie
******Stuart Maconie meets devotees of Walt Whitman in Bolton
and explores the history of the town's unlikely yet enduring relationship
with the American poet.
A group of devoted fans established the Whitman Fellowship
from 1885 onwards, and, although he never visited the town,
Whitman developed strong ties through his correspondence
with members of the group. Today, Whitman devotees gather for the
annual Whitman Walk, to recite his works and share from
Whitman's Loving Cup, a gift presented to his followers in Bolton in 1894.
Stuart joins this happy band of walkers and Whitmanites to discover why the poet is still
celebrated there, nearly 120 years after his death.
Wreck of the Alba by Michael Bird
*******Michael Bird, an art historian and surfer, uncovers the significance
of one of the most popular pictures in the Tate, St Ives - The Wreck of the Alba by Alfred Wallis.
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