18 April 2007
Wednesday 18 April 2007 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
The film-maker Terence Davies tells Philip Dodd about on his work the enduring impact of his terrifying father - and the joy of popular song.
Playlist
TERENCE DAVIES
Philip Dodd talks to Terence Davies, one of Britain's most original film makers, as his 1988 film 'Distant Voices, Still Lives' is re-released. The film tells the story of a Catholic working class family in Liverpool in the 1940s and 50s and draws heavily on Davies' own family background. He tells Philip about the enduring importance of popular culture - and his own childhood - in his films.
Distant Voices, Still Lives is re-released on Friday 20th April.
RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR JUSTICE
Professor Keith Ward comes into the studio to argue that religious law has plenty to offer secular justice. Dr Jonathan Miller cross-examines his evidence.
EDWARDIAN WRITERS OUR CONTEMPORARIES?
The novelist AS Byatt and the critic Peter Kemp join Philip to discuss the literary legacy of the Edwardians, in the light of BBC4's new dramatisations of The Diary of a Nobody and the short stories of Saki. Why are only some writers of the first decade of the twentieth century counted as 'Edwardian'? And are there surprises waiting for us beneath the cliches?
The Diary of a Nobody starts on Tuesday 24th April at 9.00pm on BBC4.
Who Killed Mrs De Ropp?, an adaptation of three Saki short stories, is on at 9.00pm on Wednesday 2nd May on BBC 4
PROFILE: NINAGAWA
One of Britain's leading Shakespeare scholars, Jonathan Bate, profiles Japan's foremost Shakespeare director, Yukio Ninagawa.
Coriolanus by William Shakespeare is being performed by The Ninagawa Company from 25-29th April 2007 at the Barbican Theatre in London.
