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| BBC RADIO 2 Tuesday 12 August 2008 |
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Soup In A Basket Ep 3/4
Tuesday 12 August
11.30pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 2
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Comedian Lee Mack concentrates on the arch rivalry between the Batley Variety Club and The Wakefield Theatre Club – two giant venues that operated within just a few miles of each other – as he continues his trip back to the Sixties to tell the story of the Northern clubs in their heyday.
The story unfolds with new interviews and archive material from Jack Jones, Neil Sedaka, Anita Harris, The Grumbleweeds, James Corrigan (owner of the Batley Variety Club), Willie Hurst (Wakefield Theatre Club musical director), Ronnie Bottomley (Wakefield drummer), Alan Clegg (Batley general manager), Bob Preedy (Batley historian) and Derek Smith (Batley artistes booker).
Presenter/Lee Mack, Producer/Graham Pass
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| BBC RADIO 3 Tuesday 12 August 2008 |
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A winter holiday on the Ligurian coast in Northern Italy provided the inspiration for one of Elgar's most popular concert overtures, In The South, a work with surprisingly dark undertones. It opens tonight's live BBC Proms concert with the BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Vassily Sinaisky.
It is followed by Vaughan Williams's rarely heard Piano Concerto, which has a fierce, rhythmically vital quality that relates it to the passionate, war-inspired Fourth Symphony. The soloist is Ashley Wass, one of a young generation of champions of the British piano repertoire.
To end, marking the 100th anniversary of Rimsky-Korsakov's death, there is an evocation of tales from the Arabian Nights, as told by the seductive princess Sheherazade.
Presenter/Rob Cowan, Producer/Mike George
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Twenty Minutes – Studio Sheherazade
Tuesday 12 August
8.00-8.20pm BBC RADIO 3
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During the interval of this evening's Prom, Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari presents a profile of Studio Sheherazade, a photographic studio in the Lebanese city of Saida, which has chronicled the city and its inhabitants for the last 50 years. Akram describes and discusses his favourite portraits, reflecting upon how they overturn many people's preconceptions of Middle Eastern life. He also explores why they inspire him as an artist, bringing to life and conjuring up the hidden world of Sheherazade and the atmosphere of a summer night in Saida.
Both surprising and revealing, Sheherazade's archive tells stories of Lebanese society, its underlying tensions and changing conventions. The archive shows children smiling proudly with the very latest radio sets or sunglasses, wives draped in Parisian couture or more modestly posed with their husbands, and teenagers striking Hollywood poses, practising kissing with their same-sex friends.
Every frame demonstrates the brilliance of photographer Hashem El Madani, the studio's founder, who has captured Saida life both inside and outside the studio – from secret stills of illicit lovers and experimental, ghost-like images of the waterfront promenade, to a series of Super-8s which record his own personal life and journeys through the region.
Presenter/Akram Zaatari, Producer/Julia Johnson
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Paul Hillier makes his second appearance at the Proms 2008, this time with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, for Rachmaninov's heartfelt setting of the Orthodox All-Night Vigil.
Dating from 1915, shortly before the composer's departure from his native Russia, the work is one of Rachmaninov's finest achievements. Many of Rachmaninov's melodic adventures begin with themes that recall the contours of folk music, the sound of bells so common in Russian music or the chants of the Orthodox Church. He remembered the singing of the St Petersburg Church choirs as one of the most thrilling experiences of his childhood, and he later recreated that sense of excitement in one of the most remarkable choral works ever composed, his All-Night Vigil, sometimes known as the Vespers. Written as the old Russia was descending into chaos, the Vespers is, for many, the quintessence of that rich, expressive choral sound unique to Russia and it is sung here by one of the most accomplished and well-reviewed choirs in the world today.
Presenter/Fiona Talkington, Producer/Olwen Fisher
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| BBC RADIO 4 Tuesday 12 August 2008 |
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The Ban To The Booker Ep 1/2
Tuesday 12 August
11.30am-12.00noon BBC RADIO 4
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Crime writer Val McDermid tells the story of how the lesbian novel moved from the margins to the mainstream. She examines the development of the lesbian novel over intervening years and speaks to some of Britain's most successful writers along the way, including Jeanette Winterson, Sarah Waters, Ali Smith and Manda Scott.
In 1928, Radclyffe Hall's The Well Of Loneliness was put on trial for obscenity and banned because of its lesbian content. Eighty years on, Sarah Waters and Ali Smith have each been nominated twice for the Booker Prize.
The opening programme looks at the furore surrounding The Well and the repercussions of the ban on subsequent writers. Virginia Woolf's Orlando was published in the same year but escaped the censor. The programme features a rare BBC recording of Vita Sackville-West, the inspiration behind Woolf's modernist masterpiece. This episode ends in 1949, the year The Well was republished in Britain.
In the second programme, broadcast next week, Val samples some lesbian pulp fiction which sold millions in the Fifties and Sixties. With titles such as Tender Torment, Warped Women and Satan Was A Lesbian, the books weren't always positive portrayals, although Patricia Highsmith's Carol was a rare and classic exception.
Jeanette Winterson also talks about why she hates the label "lesbian novel" and Sarah Waters describes the importance of television drama in bringing lesbian fiction into the living rooms of the nation.
Presenter/Val McDermid, Producer/Nicola Swords
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Killer Bs
Tuesday 12 August
1.30-2.00pm BBC RADIO 4
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Anthony Barnes explores the history of the B-side in a programme featuring contributions from Paul Gambaccini, Tim Rice and David Quantik.
As music fans increasingly choose to download singles, the very concept of the flipside is now virtually extinct. But the B-side was once a key part of the aficionado's record-buying experience.
B-sides were not always throwaway fillers or fodder for anoraks; many acts and producers viewed the creation of the flipside track as an art form in itself, with radio DJs occasionally vetoing the band's own choice and giving them airplay in preference to the A-side.
At first there were no A-sides and no B-sides – there were only two-sided shellac records and radio DJs could simply choose which side they preferred to play. Columbia pioneered the switch to vinyl in the Fifties and, with it, the notion of an A- and B-side was born.
DJs would happily play both sides of these records, known as double-sided hits. But the arrival of the hit 45 single brought about the sense of the inferior flipside.
For years, the B-side was a music industry dumping ground for material so poor it didn't even make the filler album cuts. But some acts – The Beatles, the Stones, Bowie and Dylan among them – created B-sides which are so essential that entire albums and archives have been built around their compilation.
Presenter/Anthony Barnes, Producer/Simon Hollis
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| BBC RADIO 5 LIVE Tuesday 12 August 2008 |
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Nicky Campbell is live from the Beijing Olympics and brings listeners news of the sailing, judo, slalom canoeing and rowing events. Shelagh Fogarty also has all the day's top stories and there's a round-up of last night's Olympic action.
In the canoe slalom, the first two medals are decided in the finals of the men's K1 and C1 competitions. Britain's Campbell Walsh won K1 silver in Athens and last year won bronze medals at both the World and European Championships. David Florence represents Britain in the men's C1.
In the rowing, it is the fourth day of the regatta and a second chance for crews to qualify for semi-finals and finals. Listeners can expect to hear news of the British women's and men's eights, as attempts to qualify as many boats as possible continue.
The men's and women's lasers start their sailing competitions today and Britain is represented by Paul Goodison and Penny Clark. And, in the judo, it is the finals of the men's -81kg and the women's -63kg classes. World Championship bronze medallist Euan Barton and Sarah Clark aim to win medals for Team GB.
Presenters/Nicky Campbell and Shelagh Fogarty, Producer/Richard Jackson
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Simon Mayo is live from Hong Kong, as the final day of the equestrian three-day event gets under way with the vital show-jumping phase. Both team and individual honours are at stake and Team GB starts as a strong contender.
Listeners can also hear coverage of the swimming heats, tennis, badminton and boxing, in which Britain's Khalid Yafai begins his flyweight campaign. In the bantamweight division, the spotlight is on Joe Murray of GB and John Joe Nevin of Ireland.
Presenter/Simon Mayo, Producer/Robin Bulloch
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Peter Allen is live in Beijing to bring listeners the day's Olympic top stories and continued coverage of the boxing, judo, sailing and tennis.
Rachel Burden, in London, also has all the day's news, sport and travel updates.
Presenter/Peter Allen, Producer/John Cary
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Mark Saggers hosts a big night of footballing action, featuring live commentary from the UEFA Champions League and Coca-Cola Carling Cup first-round action.
Mark also brings listeners all the news from the Beijing Olympics.
Presenter/Mark Saggers, Producer/Jonathan Wall
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Mark Pougatch brings listeners live coverage from the Beijing Olympics.
There is more action in the Aquatics Centre, including the women's 200m freestyle final, the men's 200m butterfly final, the women's 200m individual medley final and the men's 4x200m freestyle final. Commonwealth champion Caitlin McClatchey is one to watch for Britain in the women's 200m freestyle.
In the gymnastics, the first women's medals of the Games are decided. Subject to qualification, Britain will be represented by a team led by Beth Tweddle, but the spotlight will fall on Romania as they seek to defend their title.
There is also news of the women's time trial in the cycling and any British interest in the badminton women's doubles semi-finals.
Presenter/Mark Pougatch, Producer/Jonathan Wall
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| BBC 6 MUSIC Tuesday 12 August 2008 |
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Gideon Coe
Tuesday 12 August
9.00pm-12.00midnight BBC 6 MUSIC
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The Flaming Lips provide the headline set for Gideon Coe this evening, and there's a festival highlight concert from The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon at Summer Sundae 2007.
Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Lisa Kenlock
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| BBC ASIAN NETWORK Tuesday 12 August 2008 |
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Sean prepares for his surfing lesson with Robin, in today's visit to Silver Street. Arun tells Sean that the girl they met at the bar has invited them to a beach party tomorrow. Zak, meanwhile, gets annoyed when the B&B landlady asks him questions about Islam.
Later, Pete tells Sean that he can get them access to a boat. Robin invites Zak to join the lesson but he seems more interested in drinking beer and watching his friends make fools of themselves.
Sean is played by Lloyd Thomas, Robin by Thaila Zucchi, Arun by Naithan Ariane, Zak by Jetinder Summan, the B&B landlady by Diana Berriman and Pete by Jez Thomas.
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