|
 |
| BBC RADIO 2 Friday 8 August 2008 |
|
On The Road – The Novel
That Changed My Life Ep 3/6
Friday 8 August
7.00-7.30pm BBC RADIO 2 |
Vic Reeves chooses On The Road, Jack Kerouac's legendary account of a frenzied, liberating drive across America, as the novel that changed his life.
In 1951, American writer Jack Kerouac famously taped together several 12ft-long sheets of drawing paper, which he trimmed to fit his typewriter. Fuelled by pea soup, coffee and Benzedrine, he then typed furiously, night and day, for three weeks. The result was a single-spaced paragraph, 120ft long, which was published as his semi-autobiographical novel.
On The Road tells the story of Sal Paradise (the narrator) and Dean Moriarty as they cross and re-cross America in search of adventure, friendship, love, jazz and the meaning of life. It is a compelling snapshot of the Beat Generation, delivered in free-flowing sentences that have captivated Vic Reeves and many others.
Presenter/Vic Reeves, Producers/Kate Bland and
Susan Marling
BBC Radio 2 Publicity
Mark Lamarr – God's Jukebox
Friday 8 August
12.00-3.00am BBC RADIO 2 |
|
|
|
|
God's Jukebox is a show in which garage meets soul, punk meets country and yodelling collides with dub and hip hop, as Mark Lamarr selects an eclectic mix of music from the past 70 years.
This week, Mike Sanchez, the charismatic British rhythm and blues singer, pianist and songwriter, delivers a great boogie woogie session for Mark.
Presenter/Mark Lamarr, Producer/Jodie Keane
BBC Radio 2 Publicity
|
| BBC RADIO 3 Friday 8 August 2008 |
|
To mark today's opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Leonard Slatkin conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the world première of a BBC commission, Chen Yi's Olympic Fire, which looks forward to the London Olympics in 2012. The piece evokes the image of fire and represents the idea of a meeting of cultures.
Russian pianist Olga Kern, a Gold Medal winner at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, plays the Paganini Rhapsody by Rachmaninov.
To close, Slatkin contrasts Vaughan Williams's sinuous Five Variants On Dives And Lazarus with his Sixth Symphony. The latter was written between 1944 and 1949, and though Williams denied it carried any particular narrative, many have seen it as his response to the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's a work of violence, far removed from the pastoral voice with which he's so often associated.
Presenter/Sara Mohr-Pietsch, Producer/Kevin Bee
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
Twenty Minutes – Fantasia
On A Theme Ep 2/3
Friday
8 August
7.45-8.05pm BBC RADIO 3 |
|
Roy Palmer explores the stories of the folk songs within Ralph Vaughan Williams's work, how he came by them and how he used them, in the second of a three-part series broadcast in the intervals of Prom concerts in which Vaughan Williams's pieces are performed.
Prior to Leonard Slatkin conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's performance of Five Variants On Dives And Lazarus in this evening's Prom, Palmer explores the history of this powerful old-style carol of rich man going to hell after refusing charity to the poor man.
Popular in Elizabethan times, Vaughan Williams collected it from John Evans in Herefordshire in 1907. His Variants On Dives And Lazarus was first performed in 1939 and was played at his funeral in 1958. Palmer uncovers a recording of the song made for the BBC in 1952, and hears a recent version by Martin Simpson, the guitar virtuoso who performed at the Proms Folk Day earlier in the season, who also talks about his approach to the song.
Presenter/Roy Palmer, Producer/Julian May
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
Tonight's Late Night Prom, under the direction of the charismatic Kristjan Järvi, conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, celebrates 20th-century Americana.
The Olympic theme takes to the sky with Michael Torke's most popular work, Javelin, a 1994 Olympics commission. John Adams's toe-tapping evocation of an earlier visit to Beijing, The Chairman Dances, and Duke Ellington's evocative Harlem, offer two contrasting strands of 20th-century American music.
In a more serene mood, cellist Han-Na Chang joins the orchestra for Three Meditations from Leonard Bernstein's theatrical Mass.
Presenter/Geoff Smith, Producer/Tim Thorne
BBC Radio 3 Publicity
|
| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Friday 8 August 2008 |
|
Nicky Campbell presents live from Beijing on the opening day of the 2008 Olympic Games, with all the news, analysis and interviews ahead of today's Opening Ceremony. Shelagh Fogharty is in London.
There will be coverage of the Opening Ceremony today in Colin Murray's show (1-4pm) and during
5 Live Drive (4-7pm).
A full schedule of sporting coverage begins tomorrow.
Presenter/Nicky Campbell, Producer/Richard Jackson
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
Mark Saggers presents news and coverage from the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Tonight's programme also includes a Championship football preview and Iain Carter brings updates from the second round of the US PGA golf.
Presenter/Mark Saggers, Producer/Steve Houghton
BBC Radio 5 Live Publicity
|
| BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA Friday 8 August 2008 |
|
Test Match Special
Friday 8 August
10.45am-6.30pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
|
|
|
|
 |
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra brings uninterrupted commentary on the second day of the Fourth Test between England and South Africa, live from the Oval.
Producer/Adam Mountford
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity
Rugby League
Friday 8 August
7.55-9.45pm BBC 5 LIVE SPORTS EXTRA
|
|
|
|
|
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra brings uninterrupted rugby league commentary as Leeds take on Bradford in the engage Super League.
BBC 5 Live Sports Extra Publicity
|
| BBC 6 MUSIC Friday 8 August 2008 |
|
Nemone
Friday 8 August
1.00-4.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC |
|
|
|
|
Nemone catches up with folk pop sensation Laura Marling, the 18-year-old small-town girl – from Eversley, just outside of Reading, to be exact – who sings about love, lust and romance, the futility of religion, self-loathing and human psychology.
Laura recently impressed BBC 6 Music's Stephen Merchant with a beautiful live session on his show.
Presenter/Nemone, Producer/Jax Coombes
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Steve Lamacq
Friday 8 August
4.00-7.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC
|
|
|
|
|
Steve Lamacq presents the show live from the first day of this year's Summer Sundae Weekender in Leicester. Steve is joined for a chat and some live music by festival headliners Supergrass and BBC 6 Music favourites Noah & The Whale in the 6 Music Hub tent. More live tracks come from the likes of Royworld and Lamacq favourites Fight Like Apes.
Presenter/Steve Lamacq, Producer/Gary Bales
BBC 6 Music Publicity
Bruce Dickinson's Rock Show
Friday 8 August
10.00pm-12.00midnight BBC 6 MUSIC
|
|
|
|
|
Kentucky rockers Black Stone Cherry are guests on Bruce Dickinson's Rock Show this week.
Having recently performed at this summer's Download Festival, the guys are renowned for their unique rhythmic rock sound and, despite their young age, have been likened to bands such as Soundgarden, for their earthy and raw vocal performance, as well as AC/DC, for their heavy yet fun musicianship.
They talk to Bruce about their new album and what it was like touring with Whitesnake and Def Leppard. They also reveal their plans to perform in the UK this winter.
Presenter/Bruce Dickinson, Producer/Ian Callaghan
BBC 6 Music Publicity
|
| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Friday 8 August 2008 |
|
Arun tells Zak that Ranbir might have a few technical problems with the music stall, in today's final visit of the week to Silver Street.
Later, Zak and Krishan get drunk on Brian's home brew and Zak decides to free the City Farm animals. It's all too much for Krishan, however, and his booze makes an unwelcome reappearance – all over Zak.
Elsewhere, Arun tells Sway how he feels about Ranbir. Later, Arun's sabotage stops the music show and it dawns on Sway that this was no accident.
Arun is played by Naithan Ariane, Zak by Jetinder Summan, Ranbir by Ashwin Bolar, Krishan by Rahual Das, Brian by Gerard McDermott and Sway by Mark Monero.
BBC Asian Network Publicity
|
