Monday 09:00-09:45
Rpt: Mon 21:30-22:00
Setting the week's cultural agenda.
27 February 2006
Best known for his discovery of the contraceptive pill, CARL DJERASSI has since devoted his time to writing plays and novels about the social issues thrown up by scientific discovery. He talks about his latest play, Taboos, which premieres in London this month.
A new series of classic Welsh literature, The Library of Wales, aims to re-print forgotten books written in Wales during the 20th Century. The series is being edited by PROFESSOR DAI SMITH , who discusses the importance of these neglected classic Welsh texts and the work of Raymond Williams. Dai is also giving a lecture at World Book Day in London tomorrow and in New York later this week.
Denys Finch Hatton was immortalised by Robert Redford, who played him in Out of Africa , the film of Karen Blixen's book. Best-selling author SARA WHEELER has written his biography - and found he was also conservationist, scholar, soldier and white hunter. She talks about writing the biography of someone on whom there is very little existing information. Too Close To The Sun: The Life and Times of Denys Finch Hatton is published by Jonathan Cape.
The Blue Planet was a landmark series of overwhelming popularity, and the team behind it are hoping to achieve that again with their new series. Planet Earth begins this week and the series producer ALASTAIR FOTHERGILL discusses an amazing series of documentaries he calls "a last chance to see" the wonders of our planet. The first episode of Planet Earth: From Pole to Pole goes out on BBC1 on 4 March.
Next week: Sara Paretsky
Moazzam Begg
Charles Allen
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