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Last broadcast on Sat, 17 Sep 2011, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Richard Coles with headmaster Sir William Atkinson and poet Murray Lachlan Young.
Guest: : Sir William Atkinson
Sir William Atkinson is the Executive Headteacher of Phoenix High School in West London.
Story 1 : : Chris Hargreaves
Chris has been a professional footballer for over twenty years. His book, Where's Your Caravan? is published by Friday Books.
Story 2 : : Pauline Brannigan
Pauline was carried away by Hurricane Debbie in 1961, the only known tropical cyclone to make landfall in Northern Ireland.
Feature : : Francis Rossi
Inheritance Tracks : : Jean Marsh
Jean is an actress and screenwriter who co-created Upstairs Downstairs and The House of Eliott. She inherits Chopin's Waltz #1 and passes on Liebestod from Tristan Und Isolde by Wagner. Her book, Fiennders Abbey is out now, published by Pan.
Poet : : Murray Lachlan Young
Murray Lachlan Young is a stand up poet, playwright and satirist.
POEM :: The Turning Of The Wheel
From summer haze we move to wake
Soft avenues of falling leaves
In sight of winters cleansing break
The ancient pattern truly weaves
The massing of the migrant fowl
White specter found in ghostly flight
Grey twighlight fades the hunting owl
The tapestry of blackest night
In autumn tones again we feel
The Ewe and holly bright Ascend
A subtle turning of the wheel
The eqinox is come again
POEM :: Notes to self on Saturday Live
Start by making a good impression
Don’t get paranoid, thinks its bound to go wrong
From the moment you walk into broadcasting house
Its essential you start as you mean to go on
Don’t mention the thought of another recession
Be charming and chatty but not in the way
Be friendly not glib McCarthy comes in
Pick up on what Richard is trying to say
Know when to talk
Know when to stop
Try not to drift
Or be caught on the hop
Be natural and buzzy a boon to the show
And what ever you do
Don’t get seduced
Or caught in the thrall of
(Arguably the greatest pop rock combo
In the history of British music)
By the band they know as the mighty Staus Quo
Try to talk about the hurricane
Talk about the priest and the congregation
And that hauntingly lovely moment when the little boy says:
“Momie, could that be the we baby I heard in the field of POTATOES
Not the durability and the animal magnetism of the hard gigging, hard rocking four-piece outfit that is the mighty Status Quo
Explore the link between Chris Hargreaves’s passion for football and sir William’s passionate views on education
About being firm yet fair-dealing about boundaries, teaching kids about respect dedication and consistency
And all the places that a good solid education can allow you to go
Don’t get caught up in: ponytails, denim and the chugging rocking rhythms of the three piece, three chord, powerhouse that is the mighty Quo
Don’t start working Quo lyrics in to the poem
Like: I like it, I like it, I like it, I li, li, like it, li, li, li, NO, NO, NO!
Don’t roll over and lay down
Before the mighty rock juggernaut that is THE QUO!
Don’t start Quoting quo statistics like:
106 appearances on top of the pops
120 million units sold
7 ½ years in the singles charts
32 hit albums
Try and be intelligent and brilliantly creative, yet look like you’re trying to not let it show
Quote Confucius, Mao, Shakespeare, and Sarah Palin, Mr. whippy, anything that sounds vaguely Radio 4
Do whatever you want!
Whatever you like
Whatever you say, you pay ya money you take ya choice
But!
Don’t blow the flow
Don’t wreck the show
Don’t upset the quid pro Quo
By losing the plot and getting obsessive
And out of control
About the mighty status Quo
Broadcast
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Sat 17 Sep 201109:00
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