Radio 7 (digital, via freeview) is to broadcast Just So Stories next year,
as well as other classics: see below
Regards
Peter
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> BBC Radio 7 Newsletter - Friday 27th November
> New to Radio 7
> The Selection
> Classic Comedy
> Comedy Zone
> Comedy Club
> 7 Drama
> 7th Dimension
> Crime And Thrillers
> Fact And Fiction
> Children's
> And finally
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> Hello again
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> "What a great question to be asked on a wet afternoon" Sarah, one of
> our listeners, e-mailed us with regard to my request for your favourite
> children's classics. Sarah's favourite all-time children's book is Alison
> Uttley's The Country Child, which, she says "had and still has, a
> strangely powerful and magical hold over me - as if I could travel back in
> time... it's a book for any child/adult who has a deep love of nature and
> the rhythms of the earth."
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> Sarah's second favourite is The Family From One End Street by Eve
> Garnett.
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> Other interesting titles which brought out memories of childhood and
> stand the test of time according to some of you are:
> Eagle of the Ninth Rosemary Sutcliffe (which also happens to be a
> favourite childhood book of Radio 4's Commissioning Editor for Drama,
> Jeremy Howe)
> Legions of the Eagle - Henry Treece (my apologies for getting the
> "eagles and legions" muddled in my letter last week, and thank you to
> those of you who quickly informed me of my error!)
> The Dark is Rising - Susan Cooper (a five part fantasy sequence which
> is one of my own particular favourites too)
> Just So Stories - Kipling (requested to be read by David Davis - and
> the good news is that there is a recording of these retained in the
> archive, and which we hope to schedule in the new year)
> Ballet Shoes - Noel Streatfeild (also a favourite of Radio 4's
> Commissioning Editor for Comedy, Caroline Raphael)
> The Otterbury Incident - Cecil Day-Lewis (one listener said that when
> this was read to her at junior school she became so involved in the story
> that she could hardly sit still in her seat)
> Jennings - Anthony Buckeridge (already heard on Radio 7 and
> delightfully read by Stephen Fry)
> The Tree that Sat Down - Beverley Nichols
> The Swish of the Curtain - Pamela Brown
> The Moomintrolls - Tove Jansson
> The Black Riders + The Stormy Petrel - Violet Needham
> Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh - Robert C. O'Brien
> The Magic Faraway Tree - Enid Blyton
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> Amongst other writers who struck a nostalgic chord with some of you
> were Lewis Carroll, W.E.Johns, Nicholas Stuart Gray, and Diana Wynne
> Jones. We are researching all of the above titles to check whether any
> actually exist in the BBC archive, as readings or dramatisations.
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> If you would like to add to our list of favourite children's novels,
> please e-mail the titles and authors' names to us at:
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> But now on to programmes I recommend for the week ahead:
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> New to Radio 7
> Saturday - Mrs Pepperpot - 9am and 7pm
> Saturday - The King's General 1pm and 1am
> Saturday - Undone 6pm and midnight
> Saturday - The Man in Black - 6.30pm and 00.30am
> Sunday - Planet B 6pm and midnight
> Sunday - The News Quiz - 10pm
> Monday-Friday - A Stir of Echoes - 1.30pm, 8.30pm and 1.30am
> Thursday - The Brothers 9.30am and 5.30pm
> Friday - The Furniture Play 10am, 3pm and 3am
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> The Selection
> Comedy Controller: Galton and Simpson
> As Alan Simpson, one-half of the UK's most successful writing duos
> celebrates his 80th birthday this week, BBC Radio 7 celebrates Ray and
> Alan's favourite comedies. Their 'Comedy Controller' choices include:Take
> It From Here (09/04/1958); Ray's A Laugh (25/10/1949); Round the Horne -
> Gaslight Son of Flicker (20/03/1967); Hancock's Half Hour - Sunday
> Afternoon at Home (22/04/1958); Steptoe and Son - The Desperate Hours
> (26/05/1974).
> Many happy returns Alan, and many thanks for all the happy hours, not
> to mention 'Half Hours' you've given to Radio 7 listeners!
> Saturday at 10am and 8pm
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>
> Classic Comedy
> The Goon Show: The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea
> Constable Neddie Seagoon sets out to apprehend Minnie and Henry's
> Sussex assailant. Scripted by the inimitable Spike Milligan, it was first
> broadcast in October 1954.
> Thursday at 12 midday and 7pm
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>
> Comedy Zone
> How Tickled Am I?
> Mark Radcliffe traces the career of Ted Ray, who became one of the
> most successful comedians of the 1950s and 60s. First broadcast in 2000.
> Sunday at 11am and 5pm
>
> Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel
> A recreation of the popular Marx Brothers Radio Show from the 1930s.
> Using a selection of recovered scripts from the original series, written
> by Nat Perrin and Arthur Sheekman, these were adapted by Mark Brisenden
> and were first heard on Radio 4 in 1990. With Michael Roberts playing
> Groucho Marx as Waldorf T. Flywheel and Frank Lazarus playing Chico Marx
> as Emmanuel Ravelli, this series is produced by Dirk Maggs.
> Monday at 9.30am and 5.30pm
>
> The Brothers
> NEW TO RADIO 7
> Series 2 of the sitcom about two brothers who run a website-design
> company continues. Oonagh makes a discovery and Nigel is at last pushed to
> the brink. Stars Raymond Coulthard and Adam Godley. First broadcast in
> October 2005.
> Thursday at 9.30am and 5.30pm
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>
>
> Comedy Club
> The News Quiz
> NEW TO RADIO 7
> Sandi Toksvig (pictured) is joined by Jeremy Hardy, Francis Wheen,
> Carrie Quinlan and Sue Perkins as they comment on the stories making the
> headlines. Broadcast on Radio 4 on 20th November.
> Sunday at 10pm
>
> The Mitch Benn Music Show
> The musical comedian presents his selection of some favourite comic
> songs, with more than a little help from his guest Boothby Graffoe. First
> broadcast on Radio 7 in July 2005.
> Sunday at 11pm
>
> Son of Cliché
> Sketch comedy written by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, first broadcast
> on Radio 4 in 1984. With Chris Barrie, Nick Maloney and Nick Wilton.
> Listen out for Chris Barrie reading Red Dwarf, starting on 6th December.
> More information next week.
> Sunday at 11.30pm
>
> Knowing Me Knowing You
> Chat show host 'Alan Partridge', who first appeared as a reporter in
> On the Hour, welcomes a therapist and 1960s businessman "Carnaby Street's
> Mr Boutique" onto his couch. Produced by Armando Iannucci and starring
> Steve Coogan, Patrick Marber, Rebecca Front and David Schneider, this
> award-winning series was first broadcast in December 1992.
> Tuesday at 10pm
>
> Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World
> Life's big mysteries are explained by sci-fi star, Lionel Nimrod.
> Starring Richard Herring, Stewart Lee and Tom Baker. First broadcast in
> October 1992.
> Tuesday at 11.30pm
>
> Double Income No Kids Yet
> Series 3 of David Spicer's comedy about modern life and parenthood,
> as seen through the eyes of two thirty-something non-parents. First
> broadcast in 2003, it stars David Tennant and Elizabeth Carling.
> Wednesday at 10pm
>
> Ed Reardon's Week
> Welcome to the world of Ed Reardon - author, pipe smoker, consummate
> fare-dodger and master of the abusive e-mail. Starring Chris Douglas, it
> was produced by Simon Nicholls for Radio 4 in 2004.
> Friday at 11pm
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>
> 7 Drama
> The King's General
> NEW TO RADIO 7
> A paralysed beauty and a reckless soldier fall in love during the
> English Civil War. Daphne Du Maurier's classic love story is dramatised
> for radio by Michelene Wandor and stars Cathryn Harrison, Roger Allam,
> Carolyn Pickles, Philip Sully and Gary King. The director is Cherry
> Cookson and it was first broadcast in 1992.
> Saturday at 1pm and 1am
>
> Ice
> Geologist Glyn Sherwood makes a disturbing revelation when he
> discovers that 800 square miles of solid ice has become detached from the
> Antarctic. The ice is drifting inexorably towards New York Harbour, and
> the combined force of the U.S. military seems powerless to avert the
> collision. Written by James Follett, it stars Sean Barrett, Ed Bishop and
> Jonathan Tafler. First broadcast in 1986, it is directed by Alec Reid.
> Sunday at 1pm and 1am
>
> The Pilgrim's Progress
> John Bunyan's enduring 17th century classic, about the adventures of
> Christian, a pilgrim who embarks on a perilous journey to the Celestial
> City. Dramatised in three parts by Brian Sibley, the late Anton Rogers
> (pictured) stars as the narrator John Bunyan, and the cast includes Neil
> Dudgeon, Alec McCowen, Don Warrington, Anna Massey and Peter Bowles. First
> broadcast on Radio 4 in 2004, it is directed by Pam Fraser Solomon.
> Tuesday - Thursday at 10am, 3pm and 3am
>
> The Furniture Play
> NEW TO RADIO 7
> Simon Brett's comedy drama features fledgling publisher Miles Hadley,
> who is as untutored in love as he is in business. Now he has to cope with
> both - in the shape of Laura, an attractive, aspiring writer, with the
> pieces of furniture in his flat provide a running comentary on his
> romantic progress. Starring Michael Maloney, Raquel Cassidy, Jim North and
> Patrick Barlow. The director is Peter Kavanagh and it was first broadcast
> in 2004.
> Friday at 10am, 3pm and 3am
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>
> 7th Dimension
> Undone Series 3
> NEW RADIO 7 COMMISSION
> Edna Turner has just saved the worlds - again. Can she kick-back and
> enjoy summer? Ben Moor's comic sci-fi saga returns, with Alex Tregear.
> By the end of series two Edna Turner has met her father for the first
> time and a sister she never knew she had. She's saved the universe twice
> but has seen her job disappear and found that her friend and mentor had
> been using her for his own ends. But things are about to get a lot worse
> for her. Produced for Radio 7 by Colin Anderson and Lyndsay Fenner.
> Saturday at 6pm and midnight
>
> The Man in Black
> NEW RADIO 7 COMMISSION
> The final tale from series 2 - The Old Road. Mark Gatiss (pictured)
> introduces Penelope Skinner's chilling tale of a young woman's terror on
> an ancient road. With Laura Molyneux, Ellie Beaven and Rhys Jennings, the
> director is Faith Collingwood.
> Saturday at 6.30pm and 12.30am
>
> Planet B Series 2
> NEW RADIO 7 COMMISSION
> The Tender Trap by Matthew Broughton. Kip is looking for love on the
> dating site, The Spark. But he gets more than he bargains for when a
> mysterious woman explodes into his world. Series 2 opens with a bang as we
> log back on to the virtual world where you can be whoever you want to be.
> Starring Joseph Cohen-Cole, Tessa Nicholson, Emerald O'Hanrahan, Chris
> Pavlo, Melissa Advani and Adjoa Andoh. Planet B is produced for Radio 7 by
> James Robinson.
> Sunday at 6pm and midnight
>
> The House on the Strand
> Daphne Du Maurier's masterpiece is a beguiling combination of
> romantic atmosphere, haunting psychology and assured storytelling. The
> tale revolves round the narrator Dick Young, who escapes from his troubles
> in the form of a new drug, which transports him six centuries back in
> time. But his attempts to change history bring terror to the present and
> throw his own life into the balance. Read in 12 parts by Julian Wadham, it
> was first broadcast on Radio 7 in 2005, and directed in Northern Ireland
> by Lawrence Jackson.
> Tuesday - Friday at 6.30pm and 00.30am (continues following week)
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>
> Crime And Thrillers
> A Stir of Echoes
> NEW RADIO 7 COMMISSION
> Tom Wallace lived an ordinary life in a seemingly normal
> neighbourhood until his brother-in-law hypnotises him; a chance event that
> awakens psychic abilities he never knew he possessed. Now he can hear the
> private thoughts of the people around him, and learns shocking secrets he
> never wanted to know. This thriller from novelist and screenwriter Richard
> Matheson is adapted for radio by Neville Teller, and produced for Radio 7
> by Heather Larmour. Read in 5 parts by Trevor White.
> Monday - Friday at 1.30pm, 8.30pm and 1.30am
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>
> Fact And Fiction
> Mrs Pepperpot
> NEW TO RADIO 7
> The adventures of an incredible shrinking woman who's always in
> trouble. Based on Alf Proysen's books and dramatised for radio in 4 parts
> by Lavinia Murray, it stars Alison Steadman (pictured), with Geoff
> Hinsliff and Jane Cawdron. First broadcast in 1999, the producer is
> Melanie Harris.
> Saturday at 9am and 7pm
>
> Men Of Stone
> This intriguing series presented by Julian Richards looks at the
> history of Portland Stone and the men who quarried it. First broadcast in
> 2006.
> Monday: Portland – the Jurassic Park. The story of Portland Rock and
> the quarrying of its famous stone in Dorset. Julian Richards investigates
> Mesolithic masonry.
> Tuesday: Quarrying, Cruelty and the Crown. The early days of
> quarrying for Portland Stone and its royal connections
> Wednesday: The Choice of the Professionals. From Jones to Parry via
> Wren and Lutyens - the story of Portland Stone and London's cityscape.
> Thursday: Island Life Then. Julian Richards takes a trip through time
> to uncover some of Portland's social history from pregnant brides to taboo
> mammals.
> Friday: Island Life Now. Is the future for the industry to go
> underground? And what do you do with a worked out quarry? Julian Richards
> investigates.
> Monday to Friday at 2.15pm and 4.15am
>
> No Room For Secrets
> One of this country's best loved actors, Joanna Lumley reads from her
> autobiography, in which she recalls her life from her childhood in India
> through to her various memorable roles on stage and television. First
> broadcast in 2004.
> Monday to Friday at 2.30pm and 4.30am
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>
> Children's
> CBeebies
> Join all your CBeebies friends for an early breakfast of songs,
> rhymes and stories on Radio 7.
> Daily at 5am
>
> Big Toe Books
> Kirsten O'Brien (pictured) presents an hour of children's stories
> every day.
> Saturday and Sunday at 8am and Monday to Friday at 4pm:
>
> Saturday and Sunday
> Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Read by Lauren
> Ward.
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> Monday to Friday
> Jerry and the Monsters by Allen Sadler. Read by Jez Edwards.
> Marshmallow Magic and the Wild Rose Rouge by Karen McCombie. Read by
> Tracy Wiles.
> The Missing Link by Kate Thompson. Read by Ciaran McMenamin.
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> www.bbc.co.uk/bigtoe
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> And finally
> The Student Radio Association, (SRA) is an organisation which
> represents the UK student radio community, encouraging universities and
> colleges to set up their own radio stations, offering support and advice,
> and organising events to bring together student radio stations the length
> and breadth of the U.K.
>
> Student Radio has provided a starting point for young people who hope
> to work in the radio industry, and it has launched the careers of several
> radio presenters, including Simon Mayo, Scott Mills, and Kevin Hughes.
> On Tuesday this week, the annual Student Radio Awards were held at
> the IndigO2, with an audience of over 700 which included professionals
> from the radio industry and students from all round the country. The
> awards were hosted by Fearne Cotton, Scott Mills and Greg James.
>
> There were 14 categories in all, ranging from Best Scripted Programme
> to Best Interview . Much as I'd like to list the names of all of the
> winners and runners-up, there isn't the space, but names to look out for
> in the future must surely be the winners for Best Female Presenter and
> Best Male Presenter.
>
> Respectively, they were: Julie Ann Lough from RaW (Warwick
> University) and Fergus Dufton from URN (Nottingham University)
>
> And the Winner for Student Radio Station of the Year was LSRfm from
> Leeds University.
>
> Congratulations to all of the winners, and also to those who made it
> to the list of nominees. And to those students who are keen to work in the
> great medium of Radio, I wish you every success.
>
> You can find out more information about the Student Radio awards on
> www.studentradioawards.co.uk/.
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> I leave you now with the Schedule and the iPlayer.
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> Happy listening!
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> Mary Kalemkerian
> Head of Programmes, BBC Radio 7
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