.. unearthed from our TRILT (TV & Radio Index) database:

Title:                The Verb
Broadcast Info:       Friday 29 Jun 07, 21:45 (45 mins)
Channels:             BBC Radio 3
Description:          Ian McMillan hosts a live edition of The Verb from
                      the newly refurbished BBC Radio Theatre in
                      London. There'll be thrills, spills, Hawaiian
                      shirts, flip flops and wordy fireworks. Guests
                      include acclaimed Irish playwright Colin Teevan
                      with a new dramatic take on A Midsummer Night's
                      Dream, a brand new Verb commission from Mancunian
                      songster Liam Frost, Malawian poet Jack Mapanje,
                      and The Verb's Sony award-winning audio
                      cartoonist Peter Blegvad
TRILT Identifier:     001BAD89


And: will Shakespeare be another absent presence (or is it a present
absence) in the following radio programme, I wonder?

Title:                The Most Evil Men and Women in History
Episode:              King John
Broadcast Info:       Saturday 30 Jun 07, 01:00 (30 mins)
Channels:             Discovery Civilisation
Programme Type:       Documentary
Category:             History
Description:          The documentary series which profiles history's
                      most notorious figures focuses on the cruel and
                      despotic reign of King John which alienated his
                      people and led to the imposition of the Magna
                      Carta
TRILT Identifier:     001BAD89


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Eve-Marie Oesterlen
Broadcast Researcher
Shakespeare Project
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