108 posts tagged bbc radio 4

With all the fuss about the lamentable Young Musician of the Year coverage (more to come, by the way), I nearly missed the Sony Awards, the 'radio industry Oscars'. And finally we have something that the BBC should be celebrating - namely awards for Radio 4 and the wonderful Simon Mayo (above).

Whit Sunday came to us with rays of sunshine, clear blue skies and finally a summer breeze. We celebrated the story of the Holy Spirit and the creation of the fulfilment of the Trinity through our choral evensong as the four small village churches that make up our rural benefice came together in fellowship.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation starring Michael Hordern as Jeeves and Richard Briers as Wooster ‘ Richard Briers and Michael Hordern… sensational in the main roles ‘ Time Out Steeple Bumphleigh is the sort of picturesque place where you can’t throw a brick without hitting a honeysuckled cottage or beaning an apple-cheeked villager.

~ In 1933 corporate America attempted to implement a coup against the US Government with plans to install a right-wing fascist dictatorship. One of the players in this treason was Prescott Bush, Georgie's granddaddy among other so called captains of industry, whom I refer to as traitors.

THE giraffe is the gayest of all of the animals. This is a fact: about 90% of all giraffe sexual activity is male-male. Giraffes also have purple tongues, no vocal cords and are patterned as they are as a result of an evolutionary adaptation that allows them to be camouflaged against crazy paving.

The Nobel Prize in Literature. The pinnacle of international success. The best thing that could ever happen to a writer. Right? Doris Lessing disagrees. Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has said winning the prestigious award in 2007 had been a “bloody disaster”.

On Friday morning I heard Gordon Ramsay talk on the Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 about banning out of season fruit and vegetable imports. He also suggested fining chefs who use out of season produce.

A SOLID SHORT RADIO DOCUMENTARY ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTAL ELECTRONIC BANDS IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC ARTIST````BBC RADIO 4 ALBUM````KRAFTWERK: WE ARE THE ROBOTS GENRE````RADIO DOCUMENTARY YEAR``````???

Peter Wylie's arts project, 'Dockside Dandies,' which uncovers and celebrates a unique piece of recent Lowestoft cultural history, is featured on BBC Radio 4's 'History Today' programme, 3pm, Tuesday, May 13. Peter's work can be viewed on his website on my links. Coming soon on Rupert's Blog: a feature on the artist's work.

Little gem from the 1970's. BBC Radio 4 Site says: In the late 1970s, several of the UK's major cities were the stars of B-movies the so-called 'Quota Quickies'...One such classic is called Telly Savalas Looks At Birmingham. It has the American actor extolling the virtues and history of Birmingham.