#Radio 4 Programme

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#John Finnemore #twitter #John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme #JFSP #special episode #BBC Radio 4 #27 May 2023

[spifflocated]

*public service announcement*

Alright lads! The John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme 2023 special is still on bbc sounds for the next 6 days and it’s very good.

*End public service announcement*

#john finnemore #John Finnemore’s souvenir programme #jfsp #bbc radio 4 #Spifflocated listens to radio

[delightfullysubatomic]

Don’t be teasing me with series 6 of the Tim Key’s Late Night Poetry Programme! This would be excellent news.

#I keep seeing things about radio 4 wanting to commission more comedy #I did think it was mad that they still constantly repeat the old ones but wouldn’t want any more #this is from Tim’s instagram btw #been trying to keep my parasocial relationships at a reasonable non-obsessive level lately but the poetry programme will bring me back #tim key

[denimbex1986]

'Andrew Scott has addressed the comparisons between his character in Sherlock and his new role in Netflix's Ripley.

The upcoming series, adapted from Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr Ripley, will follow Scott's titular character as he scams his way to a life of riches in 1960s Italy.

While some have compared Ripley to Scott's villainous character Moriarty in the BBC's Sherlock, which he played between 2010 and 2017, Scott believes the two are completely different.

"It does feel different [to playing Moriarty]. As Moriarty I felt like I was playing a villain and for some reason I retreat against calling Ripley a villain," the actor explained while speaking on Radio 4's Today programme.

"He's an anti-hero and it's up to me to make the audience know what it's like to be Ripley, not to be a victim of Tom Ripley. We should empathise with him. He is the protagonist in this."

Scott went on to say that Highsmith's novel actually makes you "want to root" for Ripley, adding: "This is a man with enormous talent living in stress where his neighbours are rats.

"He is unseen and can do what he does in order to survive like so many people do and then he lands in this world where people are less talented than him and have no qualms in calling themselves artists.

"The message is, 'If you dismiss certain factors of the community, something becomes rotten in state of Denmark'".

Created by The Night Of's Steven Zaillian, Ripley also stars Johnny Flynn (Emma) as Dickie and Dakota Fanning (The Watchers) as Marge Sherwood, who fall victim to Ripley's manipulation.

Ripley will be available to stream on Netflix from April 4.'

#Andrew Scott #Radio 4 #Today Programme #Netflix #Ripley #Sherlock #Steven Zaillian #Dakota Fanning #Johnny Flynn #Moriarty #The Talented Mr Ripley #Patricia Highsmith

[merinsedai]

This was a fine John Humphries moment, iirc. He really was quite vehemently against the present historic tense.

#radio 4 #today programme #sometimes there are some real gems on the radio #remember that time Jim Naughtie called Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Cunt? #absolute classic.

[danteskygod]

So, this morning's sacrificial lamb was the Transport MInister, Anne-Marie Trevelyan.

I only heard the interview on the BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme, and it was something to behold.

It was particularly fascinating to be able to hear Mishal Husain's facial expressions (not easy on the radio!) as she was wondering if she was being gaslighted whilst conducting the actual interview.

"Steady as she goes" seems to be today's mantra from the (current) crew of the Titantic.

#british government #british politics #liz truss #tory party #conservative party #bbc radio 4 #today programme

[ukrfeminism]

The creation of sexually explicit "deepfake" images is to be made a criminal offence in England and Wales under a new law, the government says.

Under the legislation, anyone making explicit images of an adult without their consent will face a criminal record and unlimited fine.

It will apply regardless of whether the creator of an image intended to share it, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said.

And if the image is then shared more widely, they could face jail.

A deepfake is an image or video that has been digitally altered with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replace the face of one person with the face of another.

Recent years have seen the growing use of the technology to add the faces of celebrities or public figures - most often women - into pornographic films.

Channel 4 News presenter Cathy Newman, who discovered her own image used as part of a deepfake video, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme it was "incredibly invasive".

Ms Newman found she was a victim as part of a Channel 4 investigation into deepfakes.

"It was violating... it was kind of me and not me," she said, explaining the video displayed her face but not her hair.

Ms Newman said finding perpetrators is hard, adding: "This is a worldwide problem, so we can legislate in this jurisdiction, it might have no impact on whoever created my video or the millions of other videos that are out there."

She said the person who created the video is yet to be found.

Under the Online Safety Act, which was passed last year, the sharing of deepfakes was made illegal.

The new law will make it an offence for someone to create a sexually explicit deepfake - even if they have no intention to share it but "purely want to cause alarm, humiliation, or distress to the victim", the MoJ said.

Clare McGlynn, a law professor at Durham University who specialises in legal regulation of pornography and online abuse, told the Today programme the legislation has some limitations.

She said it "will only criminalise where you can prove a person created the image with the intention to cause distress", and this could create loopholes in the law.

It will apply to images of adults, because the law already covers this behaviour where the image is of a child, the MoJ said.

It will be introduced as an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament.

Minister for Victims and Safeguarding Laura Farris said the new law would send a "crystal clear message that making this material is immoral, often misogynistic, and a crime".

"The creation of deepfake sexual images is despicable and completely unacceptable irrespective of whether the image is shared," she said.

"It is another example of ways in which certain people seek to degrade and dehumanise others - especially women.

"And it has the capacity to cause catastrophic consequences if the material is shared more widely. This Government will not tolerate it."

Cally Jane Beech, a former Love Island contestant who earlier this year was the victim of deepfake images, said the law was a "huge step in further strengthening of the laws around deepfakes to better protect women".

"What I endured went beyond embarrassment or inconvenience," she said.

"Too many women continue to have their privacy, dignity, and identity compromised by malicious individuals in this way and it has to stop. People who do this need to be held accountable."

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper described the creation of the images as a "gross violation" of a person's autonomy and privacy and said it "must not be tolerated".

"Technology is increasingly being manipulated to manufacture misogynistic content and is emboldening perpetrators of Violence Against Women and Girls," she said.

"That's why it is vital for the government to get ahead of these fast-changing threats and not to be outpaced by them.

"It's essential that the police and prosecutors are equipped with the training and tools required to rigorously enforce these laws in order to stop perpetrators from acting with impunity."

#articles #mvawg #law

[javelinbk]

Err… what?!

‘Sir Paul McCartney says he has employed artificial intelligence to help create what he calls "the final Beatles record".

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the technology had been used to "extricate" John Lennon's voice from an old demo so he could complete the song.

"We just finished it up and it'll be released this year," he explained.

Sir Paul did not name the song, but it is likely to be a 1978 Lennon composition called Now And Then.’

#insert screaming kermit gif #I hate all the ai stuff #but if this is just a better version of the free as a bird tech I’m in #especially if it’s now and then #although george hated that #but if olivia agreed then it might have fixed his concerns #ok I’m waffling now #aaaahhh!!!! #paul mccartney #the beatles #now and then #june 2023 #2023 #beatles in the news

[nanobreaker]

UK government under pressure from Tories to stop arming Israel

Lib Dems also call for action to suspend arms exports to Israel after seven aid workers killed in Gaza

Wed 3 April 2024

From the article:

Ministers are under pressure from Tory MPs and peers to stop arming Israel after seven humanitarian aid workers were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

Three Conservatives told the Guardian on Wednesday that the UK should stop exporting arms to Israel after the strike, which killed three British aid workers.

Their intervention comes after Peter Ricketts, who was a government national security adviser during David Cameron’s premiership, said the “time has come” to send a signal and stop exporting arms.

[...]

The Liberal Democrats called on Wednesday morning for UK arms exports to Israel to be suspended. The SNP said parliament should be recalled from its Easter recess to discuss the crisis.

[...]

Lord Ricketts, who is also a former permanent secretary of the Foreign Office, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I think there’s abundant evidence now that Israel hasn’t been taking enough care to fulfil its obligations on the safety of civilians. And a country that gets arms from the UK has to comply with international humanitarian law. That’s a condition of the arms export licence. So honestly, I think the time has come to send that signal.

“It won’t change the course of the war. It would be a powerful political message. And it might just stimulate debate in the US as well, which would be the real gamechanger.”

#news #palestine #free palestine #* #united kingdom #uk politics #i have a tiny tiny hope that this might signal a turning point from the uk

[birdsthatsingaftermidnight]

This Morning -

The Chief Whip and deputy have unresigned. Apparently they felt undermined by Climate Minister, Graham Stuart, who said it wasn't a confidence vote after the whips said it was.

Tory peer, Lord Ed Vaizey reckons Liz Truss should go: "In terms of shocking self belief, there will be five or six people out there who genuinely believe they could be prime minister." The trick, he says, will be appointing someone as leader who can command the loyalty of the parliamentary party.

MP Crispin Blunt is sticking to his guns after being the first to call for Truss to resign after Kwasi Kwarteng was fired (nice to see a Tory MP not performing a U-turn). He says Liz Truss should be removed from office today, it should have been clear she was incapable of leading the party, never even should have put herself up for the leadership, and Rishi Sunak or Jeremy Hunt should be appointed PM.

On a side-note, does anyone else remember when Jeremy Hunt was the worst Tory MP you could think of?

In the meantime, Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has said that Liz Truss is the right person to be leading the Conservative Party. "She's a prime minister and we continue to support her," Trevelyan told BBC Breakfast.

Tory MP, Simon Hoare told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that he feels "anger, despair, sadness" as "good work which has been done over recent years appears to be dissolving before our eyes". He's giving Liz Truss 12 hours to turn things around or she'll be out. "I have never known a growing sense of pessimism in all wings of the Tory party."

Not content with letting the BBC have all the interviews, Kirstie Buchanan, formerly media adviser to Liz Truss, told ITV's Good Morning Britain, "The last few weeks have been like watching the government through your fingers, it's excruciating, but I have never seen anything like last night, it was carnage."

#uk politics #the morning after the night before #what even is still happening

[rogueddie]

Trans Steddie Fics

Important: READ THE TAGS! Also, leave a comment and kudos! These fics are amazing and I love them and I hope y'all do too 🏳️‍⚧️

Unknown Jungles

sn0wfl4k3s

Eddie runs into both a pretty stranger and an old friend at a metal concert. Turns out the stranger isn't so strange.

Words : 1,698 Chapters : 1/1 Rating : General Audiences

AO3 : x

rebel rebel (your hair's alright)

capt_snoozles

steve takes eddie as his plus one to his cousins graduation dinner

Words : 1,689 Chapters : 1/1 Rating : General Audiences

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stevie just hit the wall

formosus_iniquis

Stevie wouldn't call what she's going through a midlife crisis. Good thing both Robin and Chrissy would. When her friends take her out to the Hideout she finds out she's been set up when a familiar face takes the stage.

Words : 11,359 Chapters : 2/2 Rating : Teen And Up Audiences

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Oh, your beauty leaves me breathless

rottingkisses

Trans FTM Steve comforting his boyfriend, Eddie, while experiencing bad dysphoria because his binder is done for and he has bad chest dysphoria.

Words : 3,084 Chapters : 1/1 Rating : Teen And Up Audiences

AO3 : x

So Happy Together

orphan_account

Steve pays his girlfriend a visit in the middle of the night. That's it. That's the plot.

Words : 1,410 Chapters : 1/1 Rating : General Audiences

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point out the stars and i’ll stare at your hand

S_serotonin

She hummed, searching the sky. “Over there!” she pointed, but Eddie looked at her instead. She didn’t seem to notice his staring, continuing on. “That bright red one? That’s Antares, the brightest star in the Scorpius constellation. You know, like the zodiac sign? It's more recognizable in the summer.”

“I can’t believe you said you didn’t like anything enough to get it tattooed. You own the stars, Stevie.”

Words : 6,103 Chapters : 1/1 Rating : Teen And Up Audiences

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took you for a working boy

pukner

Eddie comes out to Steve, and Steve's heartbroken about it for some reason. Eddie thinks Steve's dating Robin. Everyone else thinks Steve and Eddie have been dating this whole time. Robin doesn't get paid enough for this shit.

Also, Hawkins has been cracked open like a badly-baked cake, and everyone's settled into the most mundane apocalypse possible. Eddie Munson starts a radio programme about it.

Meanwhile, Steve gets his nails painted, and outsources a crisis he isn't having.

Words : 43,823 Chapters : 6/6 Rating : Mature #

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Secret Smile, Wistful Eyes

novemberthorne

Steve tells Eddie a secret, and navigating it only brings them closer together - if there is such a thing when you're already a little bit in love. They just haven't addressed that part yet.

Words : 30,581 Chapters : 4/4 Rating : Mature

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You're Enough

SimpleBTRomance

Max didn't know how far she stormed away from where the others were in the park, but it was far enough for asphalt to turn into dirt to then turn into grass. She walked until she found an old swing set and she sat down on one of the swings, "Stupid boys, stupid Mike Wheeler." She mumbled under her breathe, aggressively wiping at her eyes and sniffling to hold back tears.

Words : 805 Chapters : 1/1 Rating : Teen And Up Audiences

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Overcoming

ainsalaco

Steve Harrington, 35, retired basketball player finally decides to shed his old name and pronouns, as well as his tits. After moving to a new city to start fresh, Steve seeks out the aid of a tattoo artist to help him cover his scars from surgery. He meets Eddie Munson and along the way the two fall in love.

Words : 8,416 Chapters : 1/1 Rating : Mature

AO3 : x

#stranger things #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddie #fic rec #ficrec

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#John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme #JFSP #special episode #John Finnemore #BBC Radio 4 #radio comedy #sketch comedy #2023 #thank you thank you Captain Dinosaur

[londonspirit]

A crash course in all things John Finnemore!

Now that we've all suffered watched Good Omens S2, and realized how incredible the one and only John Finnemore is - or possibly just wondered who the hell that man is, let me give you a little introduction to his works!

The most important one first:

He'll probably hate that this will be first one, but ya'll need to know about this. Yes, you will be playing it for the rest of your lives. Yes, you will inflict it on everyone you know. No, you will NOT regret it.

Next up we have the most wonderful Cabin Pressure where he plays Arthur Shappey (after writing the whole damn thing - yes, its funny as hell with an oustanding cast, and yes it will break your heart but i can't stress it enough, it will have a happy ending! Yes, that's a spoiler, but I think this one will be overlooked as we've been through enough heartbreak for a while, no?) It stars John himself as Arthur, Benedict Cumberbatch as Martin, Roger Allam as Douglas and Stephanie Cole as Carolyn. (There are guest appearances by the great Anthony Head as Herc!)

Here's some small excerts from each episode - you can purchase them here or keep an eye on BBC Radio (4), sometimes they do repeats!

Then we have his wonderful Souvenir Programme which IS repeating on Radio 4 right now!

And last but not least because that one will forever have the specialest place in my heart - Arthur Shappey's Lockdown Diary!

There's 26 episodes, getting us through the very first Lockdown back in 2020! Just check them out - I've always adored the man (because he's a sweetheart and the nicest man I've ever met, he's smart and funny and comes up with some insane storytelling!)

So yeah, this is all i can think of right now! Check out his stuff - and leave the man some love!

He deserves the damn world!!!

#john finnemore #neil gaiman #good omens 2 #terry pratchett #good omens #good omens amazon #good omens show #cabin pressure #souvenir programme #fitton #go s2

[denimbex1986]

'Andrew Scott has played a number of iconic roles in his career thus far, including the hot priest in Fleabag and the villainous C in Spectre, but he is still perhaps best known for his role as Jim Moriarty in the BBC's Sherlock.

Scott played the villain between 2010 and 2017, and now he is starring as a similarly manipulative character in Netflix's Ripley, a new adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Talented Mr Ripley.

Speaking to Radio 4's Today programme, however, Scott was quick to lay out the distinctions between the two characters, explaining that "it doesn't feel similar" playing them.

He explained: "Of course there are elements... it's dark, it's very dark, and it's very different to my own genial kind of personality.

"But it does feel different. I felt like when I was playing James Moriarty that I was playing a villain, and for some reason I really retreat against calling Tom Ripley a villain."

He continued: "I think he’s an anti-hero, that's what I think he is, and I think it’s up to me to make the audience imagine what it’s like to be Tom Ripley, not to be a victim of Tom Ripley. That's what we should feel like.

"We should empathise with him, and I don't necessarily think that that's the job of an antagonist or a villain. Tom is the protagonist in this, and so for that reason I just don't see him in that way."

Scott also said of playing Ripley: "I don't think he's a natural-born killer, he just ends up doing some things out of necessity - and I think he's got charm, and I think there's a sort of vulnerability to the character that I really liked."

The new Netflix series, which is arriving on Thursday 4th April, follows Scott's character Ripley as he scrapes by as a grifter in early 1960s New York, when he is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home.

Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss recently said that he and Steven Moffat would "love to make a Sherlock movie", calling it "the natural thing to do" but adding that there were difficulties involved.

Ripley will arrive on Netflix on Thursday 4th April...'

#Andrew Scott #Jim Moriarty #Sherlock #Ripley #Netflix #BBC Radio 4 #Today Programme #Mark Gatiss #C #Spectre #Patricia Highsmith #The Talented Mr Ripley

[basmathgirl]

People often talk about all the projects David and Catherine worked on together.

But how often did they really work together (on stage or in front of a camera)? I'm new to the whole Tatennant thing, and the only projects I'm aware of are Doctor Who and Much Ado About Nothing. 🫣

Hello kind Anon

I hope you are enjoying your time in the Tatennant fandom!

David and Catherine don't get cast together in drama projects outside Doctor Who unless they have a hand in it. Like the Comic Relief sketch, Big Night In, The Ballad of Russell & Julie, Nan's Christmas Carol, or MAAN.

But they've appeared in TV shows like Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Alan Carr: Chatty Man, The Graham Norton Show, and The Jonathan Ross Show to do promotions. They also presented a few radio shows for Jonathan Ross, helping out when he was ill, on one occassion. They used to have the link to listen/download this on david-tennant.com, but they stopped doing this a while ago.

They also both took part in the comedians interview BBC Radio 4 show Chain Reaction. Comedy gold, and always makes me laugh.

More often than not, where one leads, the other follows. This has happened with things like This Is Jinsey, The Friday/Sunday Night Project, Very British Problems, the Nativity films (David was in Nativity 2, and Catherine in Nativity 3) and Duck Tales. They presented the 400 years of Shakespeare programme Shakespeare Live! together in 2016; and last year they presented a BAFTA together.

Of course, there has been the glory that are the Big Finish audio adventures that feature the Doctor and Donna Noble: volumes 1, 3, and Kidnapped. You can find snippets of these on the Big Finish website.

They were scheduled to appear together as a married couple in a comedy called Americons, but the pandemic put paid to that idea. *sigh* Shame.

Hopefully, there are a few things here that you'd like to seek out later.

#kind Anon #Catherine Tate #David Tennant #Tatennant #a few projects for you to consider #you might be able to find some of these on #vk.com

[pers-books]

Hidden Treasures: BBC Radio celebrates rediscovery of historic dramas, including plays by Pinter and Potter

Over 1,000 radio plays have been returned to the BBC Archives by the Radio Circle

Contents

Complete list of programming

Radio 4

Radio 4 Extra

Radio 3

Latest from the Media Centre

Over 1,000 radio plays have been returned to the BBC Archives by the Radio Circle, a group of radio enthusiasts and collectors, made up of reels and home recordings sent in by members of the public. BBC Radio 4, 4 Extra and Radio 3 will celebrate their return to the Archive with a season of special broadcasts of the recordings, including Macbeth, which when it was first broadcast in 1971 was the first ever stereo production of the play. The season also includes adaptations of works by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Edgar Wallace, Kingsley Amis and JM Barrie. Radio 4 will also celebrate the BBC Archives by broadcasting two plays by giants of twentieth-century literature, Harold Pinter and Dennis Potter, which have not been heard on BBC Radio since their original broadcasts in the early 1980s.

The collection of plays has been gathered by the Radio Circle, who have identified and restored recordings belonging to members of the public. Most recordings in the collection are of programmes which were not already held by the BBC Archives, making this a particularly special discovery.

The BBC Archives have evolved significantly over the course of the BBC’s history. In its early days, there were significant obstacles to keeping permanent recordings – including cost, copyright issues, and a culture that saw radio as a ‘live’ medium – but much progress has been made. The BBC now archives all output from its network stations, and the Archive currently spans multiple collections. The focus is now on bringing these collections together into one unified back catalogue, and the discovery of these additional recordings by the Radio Circle is an excellent addition to this resource.

Alison Hindell, Commissioning Editor for Drama and Fiction, BBC Radio 4, says, ‘I’m delighted to be bringing these rediscovered gems to listeners – there are some very special dramas which I’m sure listeners will love, with great actors such as Denholm Elliott, Bob Hoskins and Roy Kinnear. The BBC has always been at the forefront of audio drama and we’re in a unique position to preserve and celebrate the rich history of this very special art form. Many thanks to the Radio Circle and the BBC Archives team for their work on this.’

Carl Davies, Senior Curator, BBC Archives, says, “The Radio Archive is a vast and diverse series of collections with millions of recordings from the 1930s to the current day from all the BBC radio services. When new discoveries are found it’s a wonderful opportunity to add to the archive. The Hidden Treasure season is a great moment to highlight the hard work we undertake to curate, catalogue and preserve the BBC’s archive holdings, ensuring they are accessible for our audiences via radio output and BBC Sounds in the months and years to come.”

Steve Arnold from the Radio Circle says, 'We at the Radio Circle are so glad to have been able to return these cultural treasures to the BBC Archives and hope that listeners enjoy hearing these slices of audio history. Many thanks to all the members of the public who contributed to this project.’

Complete list of programming

Radio 4

Sunday 24 March

Hidden Treasures: The Dumb Waiter

15:00 - 15:45 (Original TX 31.7.81)

Gus and Ben are on the job, waiting and listening. Into the waiting silence rattles the dumb waiter with extraordinary demands for dishes they cannot supply - and who is operating the dumb waiter in an empty house? In a while their victim will come….

Pinter's writing in The Dumb Waiter combines "the staccato rhythms of music-hall cross-talk and the urban thriller." This production stars Bob Hoskins and Roy Kinnear and is an absolute tour de force.

Followed by a short feature about the Hidden Treasures collection.

Monday 25 March

Hidden Treasures: Traitor

14:15 - 15:00 (original TX 2.12.80)

Western journalists visit Moscow to interview Adrian Harris, a former controller in British Intelligence, who was also a double agent for the Soviets. Harris believes in both Communism and Englishness, believing himself to have betrayed his class, but not his country. The press find these beliefs incompatible and want to find out why he became a ‘traitor’. Harris is plagued by anxieties over both his actions and his childhood history.

Starring Denholm Elliott as Harris and Ian Ogilvy as James. Adapted and directed by Derek Hoddinott.

Radio 4 Extra

Radio 4 Extra will broadcast more Hidden Treasures plays in May, July and September. More info to follow.

Tuesday 26

No Thoroughfare

10:00 – 11:30 (original TX 18/7/64)

Written by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, adapted by Mollie Hardwick. In 1867 Dickens and Collins collaborated to produce a stage play. Two boys from the Foundling Hospital are given the same name, Walter Wilding, with disastrous consequences. After the death of one in adulthood, executors are commissioned to find a missing heir – leading to danger and treachery.

Wednesday 27

On the Spot

10:00 – 11:30 (original TX 27/3/76)

Edgar Wallace’s most famous play. A bleak story of gangland life in Prohibition Chicago. Gang boss Tony Perelli, recruits men for his gang and women for his bed with the same ruthlessness - and arranges for their disposal when they become a nuisance. But Minn Lee, the widow, is a little too much for him…

Thursday 28

The Riverside Villas Murder

10:00 – 11:30 original TX 26/7/76

By Kingsley Amis, dramatised by Frederick Bradnum. A mummy is stolen from a small-town museum along with some Roman coins, and a soaking wet man collapses in fourteen-year-old Peter Furneaux's living room, bleeding from the head. What was a suspected student prank is followed by murder.

Friday 29

What Every Woman Knows

10:00 – 11:30 original TX 29/10/83

By JM Barrie, adapted for radio by Stewart Conn, with Phyllis Logan and David Hayman. A social satire set in England and Scotland during the early 20th century, What Every Woman Knows centres around plain, spinsterish Maggie Wylie and John Shand, an ambitious young student, who promises to marry Maggie after five years if she agrees and if her family pays for his education. Written before suffrage, the play posits that "every woman knows she is the invisible power responsible for the successes of the men in her life”.

Radio 3

Sunday 5 May

Drama on 3: The Tragedy of Macbeth

20:00 – 22:25 (original TX 1971)

When it was originally broadcast in 1971 on BBC Radio 3, this was the first ever stereo production of Shakespeare’s Scottish play. Radio 3’s predecessor the Third Programme had been the pioneer of stereo on BBC Radio in the early 1960s while other BBC stations did not go stereo till two years after this production in 1973.

Macbeth is played by the TV and film actor Joss Ackland, who died less than four months ago at the end of 2023 aged 96. Lady Macbeth is played by the veteran star of British film and TV Googie Withers, and Robert Hardy, subsequently famous for his role in TV’s All Creatures Great and Small, plays MacDuff.

The production has a specially composed score by Stephen Dodgson and was produced by Raymond Raikes.

More information about wiped, missing or lost recordings, and a form to fill in if you think you may have a copy of a lost recording, can be found on the BBC Archives website.

Find out more about the Radio Circle, or discover more information about the history of radio drama.

Tagging @thisbluespirit - thought this might be of particular interest to you!

#BBC Radio #BBC Archives #Radio Drama