Blog posts by year and monthDecember 2012
Posts (17)
Radio 4 Extra: Chasing New Year
Chasing New Year follows Midnight as it happens around the globe, in real time, broadcasting programmes from the archive that reflect different parts of the world as each celebrates the arrival of 2013.
Beatrix Potter and the tailor
Hear Beatrix Potter’s Favourite Tale on BBC Radio 4 at 11.30am on 27 December. Here, the presenter Philip Glassborow talks about the story behind the programme.
Saturday Review: Life of Pi, Dance of Death and Restless
Saturday Review on 22 December at 7.15pm presented by Tom Sutcliffe.
Saturday Live at Christmas
This Saturday, among our usual baubles, we'll have some balm. William Seighart returns after the success of his Poetry Pharmacy and this time, his theme is the pleasure of solitude.
Alice through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll's fantastical story collides with Radio 4 in Stephen Wyatt's dramatisation.
Cue! Eric Sykes
This Christmas Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra pay tribute to Eric Sykes, one of the great English comedians who died earlier this year.
Pinocchio in Surround Sound
Simon Tuff, Principal Technologist for BBC Audion and Music Technology Team explains the different file formats available for Radio 4's Satuday Drama, Pinocchio.
In Our Time: Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
Melvyn Bragg's In Our Time blog, on Shahnameh of Ferdowsi
Saturday Live: Lee Mack, Paul O'Grady and Fiona Shaw's Inheritance Tracks
Saturday Live: Lee Mack, Paul O'Grady and Fiona Shaw's Inheritance Tracks
Modesty Blaise – A Taste for Death
You may recognize the name and be vaguely aware of her as the scantily-clad, drop-kicking heroine of a 60s comic strip. Or you may be one of the secret legion of fans who collect every novel and strip, original artwork and rare editions.
