The language of the Book of Common Prayer
Saturday 24 June 2006 22:00-22:40 (Radio 3)
Ian McMillan and guests debate the changing language of the Book of Common Prayer. The Revd Peter Mullan and Very Revd Colin Slee join Ian to explore how the meaning, power and use of language contained within the foundational prayer book of the Church of England has been affected by re-versioning down the ages. Linked to the following programme, Between the Ears.
Programme Details
Redgrove's Wife is the title of Penelope Shuttle's latest poetry collection. It's published in the same month as a posthumous collection of her late husband's work - The Harper, by Peter Redgrove. Penelope movingly talks to Ian McMillan about how finding an unknown poem by her husband after his death inspired her to take up the pen again.
Also on the programme, Peter Blegvad goes into the attic and discovers The Dresden Dolls - an American band with a love of dressing up and other tricks.
Two reverend gentlemen - the Reverend Peter Mullen and the Very Reverend Colin Slee argue whether the words of Thomas Cramner and the Common Prayer Book are appropriate for the 21 st century. After their discussion you can hear a special Between The Ears - Occasional Offices, with sound by Scanner, and produced by Roger Ellsworthy - which celebrates the words of the 1662 Prayer Book and the lives they touch.
But before that, you can also hear the latest in The Verb's special World Cup kick offs, when captains Frank Perry and Miguel Molina kick the ball around the poetry of Sweden and Ecuador.
That's The Verb with Ian McMillan at 22.00 here on BBC Radio 3 .
Additional Information:
- For more information on the Dresden Dolls go to www.dresdendolls.com
Their latest album, Yes, Virginia is out now on Roadrunner Records
- Redgrove's Wife by Penelope Shuttle is published by Bloodaxe
- The Harper by Peter Redgrove is published by Jonathan Cape
Producer: Ariane Koek
