12/08/2012

Stewart Henderson makes his selection from the past seven days of BBC Radio

He was a brooding, beaten Hamlet, a besotted Marc Anthony and a supreme verse speaker. But who was Richard Burton, the man? His soon to be published private diaries are heard for the first time.
The story of Irish soldiers who joined the British army during the Second World War, and were subsequently denied employment and benefits in their homeland, is told.
There's also a tale of tango addiction, that's the dance not the drink, smouldering across an Argentinian dance floor. And poet Daljit Nagra recalls his 1970's childhood in the suspicious suburbs of West London.

The 'Arse' That Jack Built - Radio 4
What's the Point of Lord Lieutenants? - Radio 4
Amanda Vickery on Men - Radio 4
Leap of Faith - Radio 2
Face the Facts - Radio 4
Twenty Minutes: Telling Me of Elsewhere - Radio 3
Indian Britain - Radio 2
The Bricklayer's Lament - Radio 4
Archive on 4: Inner Voices The Burton Diaries - Radio 4
Afternoon Drama: Like A daughter - Radio 4
Gotta Dance: Just a Tango -Radio 4
Front Row -Radio 4

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Producer: Bernadette McConnell.