Radio Radio

An interesting BBC podcast type series from Matthew Sweet on 1922 and the Birth of Modernism.
10 x 15 minute episodes.

Touches upon Jazz, modernist literature, silent horror films, architecture and aircraft carriers...

BBC Radio 4 - 1922: The Birth of Now

Matthew Sweet investigates objects and events from 1922, the crucial year for modernism.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
A new adaptation of Brendan Behan's The Borstal Boy will air next month on BBC Radio 4. It stars Brendan Coyle (Downton Abbey) and upcoming Irish actor Jonny Holden.
Their programmes usually aren'y geo-blocked.

There will also be an introduction discussing the novel with Colm Toibin.

BBC Radio 4 - Opening Lines, Borstal Boy

John Yorke looks at Borstal Boy by Brendan Behan.
www.bbc.co.uk

BBC Radio 4 - Love Stories, Borstal Boy

Brendan Behan's tender and true account of love and friendship in prison
www.bbc.co.uk
 
BBC Radio 4 are airing an abridged reading of The Lock Up by John Banville. This is one of the novels in his Quirke series, set in 1950s Dublin. There was a TV adaptation starring Gabriel Byrne.

The reader is Irish actor Gerry O'Brien.

10 x 15 minute episodes, seems to be available in ROI ok:

BBC Radio 4 - The Lock Up by John Banville, Episode 1

Detective Inspector Strafford arrives at the scene of a new investigation.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Another top podcast type programme available on BBC Radio 4, there will be 6 x 30 minute episodes in total.

Legend: The Joni Mitchell Story.

A story that takes us from the remote prairie towns of Saskatchewan to the bohemian idyll of Laurel Canyon ... with the hardships and traumas of her life as well as her musical triumphs.

BBC Radio 4 - Legend

The extraordinary life of Joni Mitchell, a pioneer whose songs changed music forever.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
I'm a big admirer of her. Women like Joni and Jane Fonda are some of the role models that young women should be aware of. They are insightful, strong and intelligent people who recognise their own flaws and have faced and overcome adversity while maintaining their integrity.
 
A good week on BBC Radio.

An abridged adaptation of "You Are Here" by David Nicholls (Starter for Ten, One Fine Day) as the Book at Bedtime, with Sally Phillips as Marnie and Jim Howick as Michael.
10 x 15 minute episodes.

You Are Here by David Nicholls - Episode 1 - BBC Sounds

Two lonely people are invited by a mutual friend on a Lake District walking trip.
www.bbc.co.uk

From the Friday Night Is Music Night series, a live concert of music from James Bond films. Martin Yates conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra in music spanning six decades from the iconic film franchise. With West End singers Alice Fearn and Oliver Tompsett.

Friday Night is Music Night - Bond... James Bond - BBC Sounds

Music from the iconic film franchise with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Martin Yates.
www.bbc.co.uk

Available free via BBC Sounds for 30 days or so, not geo-blocked.
 
Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty will be popping up on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday night to look back on 1994, a pivotal year in the Irish history.

Comedian Patrick Kielty and Producer Ruth Sanderson - both Northern Irish - recall their experiences of 1994, an extraordinary year which would change the whole Island of Ireland forever. Patrick was starting his TV comedy career in Northern Ireland, tackling the troubles, politics and identity head on in a ground breaking show. The first IRA ceasefire was announced that year and created a sense of hope and optimism that things might just change. South of the border, the Republic of Ireland experienced the 'Celtic Tiger', a phrase first coined in 1994.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0023wk3
 
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