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Poetry from the BBC Archives (1994)

aka: John Betjeman: Poetry from the BBC Archives

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 120 minutes), £19.98

A compilation of Sir John Betjeman’s poetry chosen from over thirty years of radio and television programmes. Includes the very best of Sir John Betjeman’s performances and is a fitting tribute to the...

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George Bernard Shaw - BBC Radio Interviews (2003)

Subject

Drama; Education; Literature

Distribution

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/audiointerviews/profilepages/ Online

Audio extracts from a BBC radio programme called TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMERS, broadcast on 1/1/1937, in which Irish dramatist, social critic, essayist and political thinker George Bernard Shaw talks about: a few...

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Lamia (2011)

Subject

Drama; Literature

A BBC Radio 4 dramatic adaptation of Keats’ narrative poem ‘Lamia’, about the ill-starred love affair of the serpent Lamia, and the innocent mortal Lycius. [1 hour] Featuring original music by John...

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Edward Albee - The American Authors Collection (2010)

Subject

Drama

An interview with Edward Albee for the Radio 4 Front Row series. As he opens a London production of The Goat, where an architect falls in love with a goat, Edward Albee also discusses teasing audiences in...

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International Women’s Day Concert 2018 (2018)

aka: BBC Concert Orchestra and Jane Glover: International Women’s Day Concert

Subject

Music; Women’s studies

A group of academics spent 12 months tracking down the lost music of five forgotten women composers, who range from an 18th-century Viennese child prodigy to an award-winning African-American symphonist. All...

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Summoned by Bells (1960 Audio)

Producer

Douglas Cleverdon

Subject

Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 120 min., 2004 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

Sir John Betjeman reads his verse autobiography, describing the pains and pleasures of growing up. Covers his earliest boyhood memories of Highgate and of Archibald, his old stuffed bear, through to his...

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Century Speaks, The (1999 Audio)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Audiocassette. 220 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (+p&p)

In July 1998, producers at 40 local and regional BBC radio stations began interviewing 6,000 people from all backgrounds, ranging in age from 4 to 107. The aim was to capture the experience of the last...

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Aeneid, The (1999 Audio)

Producer

Viv Beeby; Jeremy Howe

Subject

Classical studies

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 120 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A dramatisation of Virgil’s epic poem ‘The Aeneid’, translated by Cecil Day-Lewis and adapted by Tom Holland. Tells the story of the legendary origin of the Roman Empire through the experiences of the...

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Do Black Holes Have No Hair? (2016)

Producer

Jim Frank

Subject

Astronomy; Physics

Radio 4 broadcast. The first of Professor Hawking’s 2015 Reith lectures delivered 24 November 2015 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Professor Hawking describes the history of scientific thinking...

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Alistair Cooke’s ‘Letter from America’ Vol 2 (1995 Audio)

Subject

History; Politics & government

Distribution

Sale, 2 audiocassettes. 180 min., 2000 sale: £9.99 (inclusive)

A selection of 12 ‘Letter from America’ broadcasts since 1969 chosen by Cooke himself. Topics include the eight-year-old girl who started the American civil rights movement, reflections on 1960s’...

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