Tom Middleton - Rinse Mix 2004

TOM MIDDLETON - RINSE MIX 21.03.04 (320kbs/126mb/55mins)
XFM broadcast: 21st March 2004

Eastenders
Pearl And Dean
Sound Of The Cosmos
Bill Hicks
Star Wars
Rekid - Untitled [White Label]
Mark Ronson Vs. Joe Budden - Unknown (Beat Diggler Edit) [White Label]
Usha Uthup - Chupke [IRL]
Kylie's Lips - He's Not Slow [White Label]
Starsailor - Four To The Floor (Thin White Duke Mix) [EMI]
The Shades - Upside Down [White Label]
Sherbert - Roxanne [White Label]
Thames TV Logo
The A-Team
Opal Fruits
The Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
Kiaora
Captain Vegetable
Bill Hicks
Lata Mangeshkar - Thoda Resham Lagta Hai [White Label]
The Open University
Sugar Daddy - Sweet Soca Music [Sony]
Danny Breaks - The Jellyfish [Alphabet Zoo]
This Is Your Life
Dukes Of Hazzard
R.E.M. - Furry Happy Monsters [WEA]
Bagpuss
The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain - Dy-Na-Mi-Tee [Ministry Of Sound]
Benoît Charest & M - Belleville Rendez-Vous [Delabel]
Trumpton
James Brown - Sex Machine (House Mix) [Universal]
Dire Straits - Money For Nothing (DJ Philly's Love Funk Mix) [White Label]
A Hundred Birds ‎– Jaguar (Live Mix) [Wave]
Countdown
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Ulrich Schnauss - As If You've Never Been Away [White Label]

Neil Gaiman - The Sleeper And The Spindle

NEIL GAIMAN - THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 26th December 2020

Neil Gaiman's perfect Christmas-time fairy tale, brought to life by award-winning dramatist Katie Hims. Starring Penelope Wilton, Gwendoline Christie and Ralph Ineson as well as Neil Gaiman himself.

The Sleeper and the Spindle is a new tale drawing on traditional folk stories, interweaving Snow White and Sleeping Beauty in an enchanting drama that puts the women firmly centre stage.

In her mountain kingdom, a soldier-Queen prepares for her wedding day. Three dwarves, guardians from her childhood, race towards her. They were coming for the celebration, but they also bring news of a sleeping sickness sweeping the land. As a girl she survived her own long, magical sleep, so she throws on her armour, straps on her sword and rides into the heart of this new plague to try to find its source and save her people. The magical sleep is spreading from a castle deep in the forest. There, our heroine discovers a beautiful sleeping girl, and a very, very old woman, forever awake... But when the Queen wakes the princess in the traditional way, she discovers that all is not as it seems. Ultimately, she comes to understand that she really can make her own choices, and follow the path to her own happy ending.

Written by Neil Gaiman
Adapted by Katie Hims
Directed and Produced by Allegra McIlroy

Recorded remotely by Sharon Hughes and John Benton
Sound Design by Sharon Hughes

The Sleeper and the Spindle was a BBC Audio North Production

Cast:
Dame Penelope Wilton .... The Narrator/The Old Woman
Gwendoline Christie .... The Queen
Neil Gaiman .... The Home Secretary
Ralph Ineson .... The First Dwarf
Stefan Adegbola .... The Second Dwarf
Ian Dunnett Jnr .... The Third Dwarf/The Prince/ The Tinker/The Woodcutter
Cecilia Appiah .... The Pot Girl/ The Young Girl/ The Mother
Emma Handy .... The Maid/The Other Woman/ The Stepmother
Roger Ringrose .... The Father/The Innkeeper/ The Bandit
Milton Dighton .... The Child

Graham Greene - The Honorary Consul

GRAHAM GREENE - THE HONORARY CONSUL (320kbs-m4a/261mb/1hr53mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th & 13th October 2020

In a conversation with Nicholas Shakespeare, Graham Greene once named 'The Honorary Consul' as his favourite among all his novels, "...because the characters change and that is very difficult to do."

In this superbly tense story of political kidnap and sexual betrayal set at the beginning of Argentina's Dirty War in early 1970s, Greene's characters find themselves on a switchback ride of love, sacrifice and violence.

Isolated Dr Eduardo Plarr, son of a missing political prisoner, is lured into collaborating with a defrocked priest in a kidnap plot, only to find the lives of two people he doesn't care for, suddenly in his hands.

Meanwhile Charles Fortnum, the elderly and drunken Honorary Consul in a one-horse town near the Paraguayan border, faces his own terrors, and the loss of the young prostitute he has fallen in love with.

Greene added: "For me the sinner and the saint can meet; there is no discontinuity, no rupture... The basic element I admire in Christianity is its sense of moral failure. That is its very foundation. For once you're conscious of personal failure, then perhaps in future you become a little less fallible. In 'The Honorary Consul' I did suggest this idea, through the guerrilla priest, that God and the devil were actually one and the same person – God had a day-time and a night-time face, but that He evolved, as Christ tended to prove, towards His day-time face – absolute goodness – thanks to each positive act of men."

Dramatised by Nick Warburton.

Produced and directed by Jonquil Panting

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January/February 2016.

GRAHAM GREENE - THE HONORARY CONSUL - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th October 2020

The first of two episodes dramatised for radio by Nick Warburton.

Dr. Eduardo Plarr ..... Geoffrey Streatfeild
Charley Fortnum ..... Matthew Marsh
León Rivas ..... Stefano Braschi
Aquino ..... Martin Marquez
Clara ..... Beatriz Romilly
Dr Humphries ..... Ewan Bailey
Colonel Perez ..... Chris Pavlo
Gruber ..... Sean Baker
Father ..... Brian Protheroe
Teresa ..... Rebecca Hamilton

GRAHAM GREENE - THE HONORARY CONSUL - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 13th October 2020

In this concluding episode, Plarr's attempts to help Charley get him death threats from the police. Not only is the state closing in on Plarr, but his own past too.

Dr Eduardo Plarr ..... Geoffrey Streatfeild
Charley Fortnum ..... Matthew Marsh
León Rivas ..... Stefano Braschi
Aquino ..... Martin Marquez
Clara ..... Beatriz Romilly
Dr Humphries ..... Ewan Bailey
Colonel Perez ..... Chris Pavlo
Marta ..... Yolanda Vazquez
Crichton ..... George Watkins
José ..... Sean Baker
Father ..... Brian Protheroe

Graham Greene - A Burnt-Out Case

GRAHAM GREENE - A BURNT-OUT CASE (320kbs-m4a/262mb/1hr54mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st & 2nd February 2021

Querry, a celebrated architect of churches believes himself burnt out: unable to feel anything for his profession, his faith or even the suicide of his mistress.

The story reflects many of Greene's own personal struggles with his celebrity as a famous 'Catholic' author and his own doubts about his faith.

Written by Graham Greene

Dramatised by Nick Warburton.

Directed by Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.

GRAHAM GREENE - A BURNT-OUT CASE - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st February 2021

Querry journeys to a remote leper colony in Africa. There, he hopes to live in obscurity, unconcerned with the fate of others and to die, but it seems that he may have a second chance to find both happiness and redemption.

Querry .... Ben Miles
Dr Colin .... Danny Sapani
Rycker .... Jonathan Aris
Marie .... Kathryn Drysdale
The Superior .... Neil McCaul
Father Thomas .... Philip Bretherton
Father Joseph .... Clive Hayward
Father Paul .... Adam Fitzgerald
Deo Gratias .... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Madame Guelle .... Sudha Bhuchar
Captain .... David Reakes
Controller .... David Reakes
Marie Morel .... Isabella Inchbald
Parkinson .... Stephen Critchlow
Narrator .... Adjoa Andoh

GRAHAM GREENE - A BURNT-OUT CASE - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 2nd February 2021

Querry, a celebrated architect of churches, doubting his faith and his lack of humanity has fled to a remote leprosy colony in Africa. There, he has begun to find a type of contentment. But his whereabouts are leaked to the press and Querry becomes a hunted man with nowhere left to run.

Querry .... Ben Miles
Dr Colin .... Danny Sapani
Rycker .... Jonathan Aris
Marie .... Kathryn Drysdale
Parkinson .... Stephen Critchlow
The Superior .... Neil McCaul
Father Thomas .... Philip Bretherton
Father Joseph .... Clive Hayward
Father Paul .... Adam Fitzgerald
Deo Gratias .... Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong
Marie Morel .... Isabella Inchbald
Mother Agnes .... Kath Weare
Narrator .... Adjoa Andoh

Graham Greene - The Power And The Glory

GRAHAM GREENE - THE POWER AND THE GLORY (320kbs-m4a/262mb/1hr54mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th & 9th December 2020

Stephen Rea and Hugo Speer star in Graham Greene's masterpiece.

The Whisky Priest ..... Stephen Rea
The Lieutenant ..... Hugo Speer
The Narrator ..... Danny Sapani
Tench ..... James Lailey
The Chief of Police ..... Brian Protheroe
Luis ..... Milo Parker
Luis' Mother ..... Nicola Ferguson
Padre José / Beggar ..... Sean Baker
Maria / José's Wife ..... Adie Allen
Grandmother ..... Elizabeth Bennett
Captain Fellows / The Governor's Cousin ..... Nick Underwood
Coral ..... Kirsty Oswald
The Mestizo ..... Jason Barnett
Brigitta ..... Amy Jayne

Dramatised in two parts by Nick Warburton.

Director: Emma Harding.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2016.

GRAHAM GREENE - THE POWER AND THE GLORY - 1. ON THE RUN (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th December 2020

Tabasco, Mexico in the 1930s. The last priest is on the run from the anti-Catholic authorities, who put any priests they find before the firing squad.

GRAHAM GREENE - THE POWER AND THE GLORY - 2. THE LAST PRIEST (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 9th December 2020

The Lieutenant remains determined to track down the whisky priest...

Graham Greene - The Confidential Agent

GRAHAM GREENE - THE CONFIDENTIAL AGENT (320kbs-m4a/261mb/1hr54mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 21st & 22nd April 2020

Graham Greene's masterful tale of suspense was written at the same time as his masterpiece The Power and The Glory.

It was written in six weeks in 1938 as England stood on the brink of war, and the story is suffused with paranoia, distrust and urgency. He wrote it as an 'Entertainment' with the hope of getting a film made of the book and therefore providing much needed income for his family, in which he succeeded.

It's a tense thriller where the hero must avoid trap after trap that is set for him haunted by the memory of his dead wife and his own time in prison awaiting execution.

Dramatised by Nick Perry

Director: Sally Avens

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2016.

GRAHAM GREENE - THE CONFIDENTIAL AGENT - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 21st April 2020

When Edgar Dominguez is sent to England on a mission to arrange a supply of coal for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War it seems a straightforward business negotiation; but no sooner does he set foot on English soil than he finds himself a hunted man, with seemingly no one he can trust and implicated in murder.

Edgar Dominguez ..... Alun Raglan
Rose Cullen ..... Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Captain Currie ..... John Dougall
Victor Lazaro ..... Jot Davies
Ronald Kaye ..... John Bowler
Elsie ..... Kezia Joseph
Mrs Mendrill ..... Karen Bartke
Bertie Forbes ..... Nick Murchie
Spanish Diplomat ..... Stefano Braschi
Lord Benditch ..... David Sterne
Secretary ..... Natasha Cowley
Begging Man ..... Luke MacGregor

GRAHAM GREENE - THE CONFIDENTIAL AGENT - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd April 2020

Edgar Dominguez faces accusations of the murder of Elsie Griffiths whilst at the Spanish Embassy but flees and is hiding from the police.

Determined to avenge her murder and complete his deal, Dominguez turns from the hunted to the hunter.

Edgar Dominguez ..... Alun Raglan
Rose Cullen ..... Flora Spencer-Longhurst
Spanish Diplomat ..... Stefano Braschi
Inspector Collis ..... Stephen Critchlow
Ronald Kaye ..... John Bowler
Jim Barton ..... Ian Conningham
Secretary ..... Natasha Cowley
Woman in Benditch ..... Karen Bartke
Bertie Forbes ..... Nick Murchie
Captain Currie ..... John Dougal
Freddy ..... Luke MacGregor
Policeman in Benditch ...... David Sterne
Policeman in London ..... Gavi Singh Chera

Rudy's Rare Records - Series 4

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS - SERIES 4 (320kbs-m4a/385mb/2hr47mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st August to 12th September 2017

Father and son comedy set in the finest old-school record shop in Birmingham. Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker and some terrific tunes.

Rudy's Rare Records is a tiny down at heel old reggae record shop in Birmingham - one of a dying breed; a place with real soul, stacked with piles of vinyl, where the slogan is "if we don't have it - them don't mek it". It's owned by the charismatic, irrepressible Rudy Sharpe (Larrington Walker), reluctantly helped out by his long-suffering neurotic son Adam (Lenny Henry) and Handsworth's first, black, surly girly goth, Tasha (Natasha Godfrey). Rudy has recently married his long-term love interest Doreen (Claire Benedict) who is enjoying the challenge of getting the Sharpe men in shape - until she is shaken by a mugging, which is leaving his best friend Clifton (Jeffery Kissoon) feeling left out - that is until Rudy's sister Miss Reenie comes to stay.

Written by Danny Robins

Producer: Katie Tyrrell

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 4 - 1. THREE'S A CROWD (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st August 2017

Adam .... Lenny Henry
Rudy .... Larrington Walker
Tasha .... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen .... Claire Benedict
Clifton .... Jeffery Kissoon
Karen .... Susie Riddell
Craig .... Joe Sims

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
De La Soul - The Magic Number
Rossini - William Tell Overture
R Kelly - Bump N Grind
John Holt - I've Got To Get Away
Cutty Ranks - Rude Boy Number
James Brown - It's A Man's Man's Man's World
Desmond Dekker - Honour Your Mother And Father
The Beat - Whine And Grine
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Iron Lion Zion
Hortense Ellis And Prince Weedy - I Can't Stand The Rain

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 4 - 2. BEST LOCAL BUSINESS (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 15th August 2017

Business is not booming and Adam enters a competition for the Best Local Business hoping the publicity and the prize money will give the record shop a much needed boost. It also means war between Rudy's Rare Records and Clifton's Blooms.

Adam .... Lenny Henry
Rudy .... Larrington Walker
Tasha .... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen .... Claire Benedict
Clifton .... Jeffery Kissoon
Richie .... Joe Jacobs
Darnell .... Javone Prince
Secret Shopper .... Sarah Thom
Ainsley Harriott .... Himself
Twitch .... Adam Nagaitis

Written by Paula Hines
Script Editor: Danny Robins

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Desmond Dekker - Get Up Edina
Jay Z, Rihanna & Kanye West - Run This Town
Bob Marley - Fussin' And Fightin'
Winston Samuels - Be Prepared
Beastie Boys (Feat. Santigold) - Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win
Derrick Harriot - Do I Worry
Delroy Williams - No Friend

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 4 - 3. LET IT GROW (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd August 2017

Adam is keen to take on an allotment and work the land with his Dad, Rudy. Rudy would prefer a patio.

Adam hopes to bond with his Dad, Rudy, whilst they till the earth together on an allotment. However, Rudy prefers to chill with his best friend Clifton and only takes an interest when they spot a rare and illegal plant growing in the greenhouse.

Adam .... Lenny Henry
Rudy .... Larrington Walker
Tasha .... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen .... Claire Benedict
Clifton .... Jeffery Kissoon
Lucinda .... Sarah Thom
Trader/Customer/Dealer .... Adam Nagaitis

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Yellowman - Zungguzungguguzungguzeng
The Mighty Diamonds - Gates Of Zion
M Beat (Feat. General Levy) - Incredible
Gregory Isaacs - Rumours
The Selecter - Carry Go Bring Home
Sean Paul - Gimme The Light
Leo Graham - Hard Times
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
King Tubby - Herbal Dub
Willie Williams - Armagideon Time

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 4 - 4. IT'S GRIM UP NORTH (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th August 2017

Adam attends a business conference to network and is determined to leave his dad behind. He fails. Not only does Rudy attend but he knows the guest speaker.

Adam .... Lenny Henry
Rudy .... Larrington Walker
Tasha .... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen .... Claire Benedict
Bernard Sheedy .... Justin Moorhouse
Brinsley Forde .... Brinsley Forde
Katerina .... Liza Sadovy
Attila/Receptionist .... Adam Nagaitis

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
The Ethiopians - Train To Skaville
Raphael Saadiq - Radio
Aswad - Shine
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Simmer Down
Inner Circle - Sweat (A La La La La Long)
Charlie Binger & His Quartet - Jamaica Is The Place To Go
Nelly - Hot In Herre
Jimmy Cliff - Ruby Soho
Aswad - Don't Turn Around
Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop
The Smiths - Girlfriend In A Coma
Aswad - 50 Shades Of Grey

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 4 - 5. MISS REENIE COMES TO STAY (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th September 2017

Adam's surprise birthday present for his Dad backfires.

Adam has a surprise for his Dad's birthday - his sister Reenie! It backfires when Miss Reenie turns out to be the house guest from hell and plans to stay for 6 months.

Adam .... Lenny Henry
Rudy .... Larrington Walker
Tasha .... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen .... Claire Benedict
Clifton .... Jeffery Kissoon
Miss Reenie .... Angela Wynter
RSPCA Man .... Joe Sims

Written by Paula Hines
Script Editor: Danny Robins

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Lord Kitchener - Sweet Jamaica
Aswad - Danger In Your Eyes
Danny D & The Shadows - Lord A Massie Massie
Robert Mitchum - Not Me
Alton Ellis - Girl I've Got A Date
Fats Domino - I'm In Love Again
Sister Carol - Black Woman
Yellowman - Top Form

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 4 - 6. SOUND OF DA POLICE (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th September 2017

When Doreen is mugged Adam and Rudy react very differently. Adam intends to become a role model for the community and Rudy intends to whack the mugger with a cricket bat.

Adam .... Lenny Henry
Rudy .... Larrington Walker
Tasha .... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen .... Claire Benedict
SGT Popper .... Andrew Brooke
Hoodie .... Adam Nagaitis
Hoodie 2 .... Joe Sims

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Desmond Dekker - 007 (Shanty Town)
KRS-One - Sound Of Da Police
Smiley Culture - Police Officer
Snow - Informer
Damian Marley - Welcome To Jamrock
Dandy Livingstone - Trouble In The Town
Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves
The Specials - Ghost Town
Jimmy Cliff - Guns Of Brixton
Fu Schnickens - Ring The Alarm

Rudy's Rare Records - Series 3

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS - SERIES 3 (320kbs-m4a/388mb/2hr49mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th February to 12th March 2021

Father and son comedy set in the finest old-school record shop in Birmingham.

Written by Danny Robins
Produced by Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January/February 2011.

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 3 - 1. NO RICHIE, NO CRY (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th February 2021

Adam and his Dad, Rudy attempt to fill the gap left by Richie having gone to University with Salsa evening classes.

Adam ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Juanita ...... Carmen Mendonza

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Arrested Development - Ease My Mind
The Staple Singers - Be What You Are
Marvin Gaye - Don't You Miss Me A Little Bit Baby
Eddie Floyd - High-Heel Sneakers
Vieja Trova Santiaguera - Zun Zun Paloma
Derrick Morgan - Leave Her Alone
Buena Vista Social Club - Amor De Loca Juventud
Jimmy Smith - Got My Mojo Workin'

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 3 - 2. IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th February 2021

While attempting a bit of spring cleaning, Adam discovers a bundle of long lost love letters addressed to his late Mum - and they're definitely not from his Dad.

Adam ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
Courier ...... Andrew Brooke

Written by Paula Hines
Script Edited by Danny Robins

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
The Elgins - Put Yourself In My Place
Prince & The New Power Generation - Daddy Pop
Slim Harpo - The Price Is Too High
The Beat - All Out To Get You
Prince Buster - Hard Man Fe Dead
Carlton & The Shoes - Love Me Forever

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 3 - 3. REDEMPTION SONG (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 19th February 2021

Thanks to some dodgy paperwork, Adam and Rudy are faced with the prospect of losing the lease on their shop in less than a year. Inspired by Rudy's claim that Bob Marley once cited Rudy's Rare Records as having the best toilet facilities in Birmingham, they take extreme action.

Adam ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Richie ...... Joe Jacobs
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
N.O. - I Need A Dollar
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Nowhere To Run
James Brown - The Payback
Max Romeo - One Step Forward
Stevie Wonder - Do Like You
Sammy Drumbago's Band - You Have Been Drunk
Ziggy Marley - Friend
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 3 - 4. RUDY'S RARE RECORD (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th February 2021

With the discovery on one of the rarest records ever recorded on a dusty shelf at the back of the shop, Rudy, Adam and Richie each allow themselves to imagine what life would really be like if they were that rich. Turns out, their dreams are a bit premature...

Adam ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Richie ...... Joe Jacobs
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke

Written by Paula Hines
Script Edited by Danny Robins

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Groove Armada - But I Feel Good
Lloyd Clarke - Fool's Day
The Beat - Jackpot
Eric Monty Morris - Beautiful Garden
Dizzee Rascal - Holiday
Ken Lazarus & Keith Lyn - Beatles Got To Go
Sly & The Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
The Beatles - In Spite Of All The Danger
Eric Monty Morris - Too Late

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 3 - 5. LIGHTS OUT (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 5th March 2021

Rudy is determined to prove to his girlfriend Doreen that she's finally met her match. He's even persuaded Adam to keep out of the way while he cooks Doreen a romantic meal for her birthday. The power supply across the West Midlands, however, has even more surprising treats in store.

Adam ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Calypso Rose - Underneath The Mango Tree
Pluto Shervington - Ram Goat Liver
Joe Tex - Men Are Gettin' Scarce
Louis Jordan - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Calypso Rose - Senior Citizen Day
Glen Adams - I Want To Hold Your Hand

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 3 - 6. GIRLS AND BOYS (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 12th March 2021

With Rudy about to tie the knot, it's party time - Adam style. Adam has created a wedding spreadsheet, and it's down to Richie to intervene to ensure that both the Stag Do, and Doreen's hen night, go off with a Rudy Sharpe Sizzle.

Adam ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Richie ...... Joe Jacobs
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
Destiny ...... Lorraine Burroughs
Daphne ...... Joanna Monro

Written by Danny Robins and Paula Hines

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Bob Marley & The Wailers - If The Cap Fit
Protoje - Arguments
The Impressions - Come To My Party
Kelis - Milkshake
Ciara & Justin Timberlake - Love Sex Magic
The Flamingos - The Boogaloo Party
Liberty X - Just A Little
Laurel Aitken & Freetown - Rudy Girl
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John - Summer Nights
Lata Mangeshkar - Agar Tum Na Hote
Alesha Dixon - The Boy Does Nothing
Lata Mangeshkar - Mere Achchey Piya
The Four Shells - Hot Dog (My Baby's Comin' Home)

Rudy's Rare Records - Series 2

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS - SERIES 2 (320kbs-m4a/258mb/1hr52mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th June to 8th July 2020

The collisions of life for Grandad Rudy, father Adam and son Richie living all crammed together over an old record store in Birmingham.

Starring Lenny Henry, Larrington Walker and Joe Jacobs.

Sitcom by Danny Robins, set in the finest, feistiest, family-run record shop in Birmingham.

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2009.

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 2 - 1. ILL COMMUNICATION (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th June 2020

It's Adam's chance to tidy up the Birmingham shop, but will father Rudy get his revenge?

Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Richie Sharpe ...... Joe Jacobs
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
Police Officer ...... Andrew Brooke

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
NWA - Express Yourself
Clue J & His Blues Blasters - Salt Lane Shuffle
Gregory Isaacs - Night Nurse
The Gaylads - Stop Making Love
The Pioneers - Give And Take
Louisa Mark - Keep It Like It Is
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come
Mr. Vegas - Heads High

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 2 - 2. OH CAROLINA (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 6th August 2014

Adam finally goes out on a date, but is the lady in question quite what she appears?

Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Richie Sharpe ...... Joe Jacobs
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke
Claire Benedict ...... Carolina

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
BB Seaton - Thin Line Between Love And Hate
Audrey Hall - One Dance Won't Do
Tippa Irie - Hello Darling
The Skatalites - James Bond Theme
The Mighty Sparrow - No Money, No Love
Raymond Harper & The Carib Beats - Amour
Eric Carmen - All By Myself

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 2 - 3. DADDY COOL (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st July 2020

When his teenage son won't be seen in public with him, Adam is determined to prove that he's got what it takes to be cool.

And his elderly dad, Rudy, is on hand to give some unexpected advice.

Adam ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Richie ...... Joe Jacobs
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke
Tunde ...... Femi Elufowoju
Rapper ...... Doc Brown.

Additional material by Doc Brown and Leah Chillery.

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Teddy Pendergrass - You Can't Hide From Yourself
Hopeton Lewis - Take It Easy
The Melodians - You Don't Need Me
Roland Alphonso - Song For My Father
Fugees - Ready Or Not
Stevie Wonder - Uptight (Everything's Alright)
Boney M - Daddy Cool

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 2 - 4. RIDE WITH ME (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th July 2020

Adam takes his mortality a little too seriously, and finds himself confronted with a little too much lycra.

Adam ...... Lenny Henry
Rudy ...... Larrington Walker
Richie ...... Joe Jacobs
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke.

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Sonny Boy Williamson - Too Young To Die
Derrick Morgan - Cool Off Rudies
The Mighty Sparrow - Drunk And Disorderly
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Ride Natty Ride
Pluto Shervington - Gimme
Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Road Runner
Nelly (Feat. City Spud) - Ride Wit Me
Tone-Loc - Funky Cold Medina
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Howlin' Wolf - Baby Ride With Me

Rudy's Rare Records - Series 1

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS - SERIES 1 (320kbs-m4a/258mb/1hr52mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th to 25th February 2021

Three generations of men and their musical tastes collide in this family sitcom set in a Birmingham record shop. Starring Lenny Henry.

Written by Danny Robins and Dan Tetsell from an original idea by Lenny Henry.

Producer: Lucy Armitage.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February/March 2008.

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 1 - 1. TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th February 2021

Rudy Sharpe owns an old record store in Birmingham - the last bastion of black music in Handsworth. When he suffers a 'heart attack', his neurotic, middle-aged, middle-class, divorcee son Adam and 17 year old grandson Richie come up from London to look after him.

Crammed together, living in the tiny flat above the shop, the three men are set to clash on a daily basis. Whilst Rudy and Richie share a love of reggae and soul music, Adam is the odd one out - thanks to his tastes in classical music.

Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Richie Sharpe ...... Joe Jacobs
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Alison ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Customers ...... Colin Hoult/Doc Brown

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Dave & Ansel Collins - Double Barrel
Nicky Thomas - Love Of The Common People
Desmond Dekker - You Can Get It If You Really Want
Greyhound - Black And White

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 1 - 2. ROOTS MANOEUVRES (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 11th February 2021

Now all living crammed above an old record store in Birmingham, Grandad Rudy, father Adam and son Richie collide over a local history exhibition.

Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Richie Sharpe ...... Joe Jacobs
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Doreen ...... Claire Benedict
Jamelia/Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Alison ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
Francis ...... Michael Fenton Stevens
Customers ...... Colin Hoult/Doc Brown

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Keith Rowe - Groovy Situation
Pluto Shervington - Your Honour
Skee Lo - I Wish
Tartans - What Can I Say
Big Brovaz - Favourite Things
Jimmy Cliff - Wonderful World, Beautiful People

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 1 - 3. GET UP, STAND UP (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th February 2021

Grandad's part-time career as a DJ is in jeopardy.

Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Richie Sharpe ...... Joe Jacobs
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Alison ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke
Landlord ...... Gresby Nash
Diabolicus ...... Adam de Ville

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Peter Tosh & The Wailers - Shame And Scandal In The Family
NWA - Express Yourself
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Simmer Down
Roy & Millie - We'll Meet
Toots And The Maytals - Pressure Drop
Dream Warriors - My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style
US3 - Tukka Yoot's Riddim
Larrington Walker - Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine
Laurel Aitken - Boogie In My Bones
Cluett Johnson Orchestra - Hot Nosh
Roland Alphonso - On The Move
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke

RUDY'S RARE RECORDS SERIES 1 - 4. THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th February 2021

Bad news for the trio when burglars ransack their record store in Brum.

Adam Sharpe ...... Lenny Henry
Richie Sharpe ...... Joe Jacobs
Rudy Sharpe ...... Larrington Walker
Tasha ...... Natasha Godfrey
Clifton ...... Jeffery Kissoon
Doctor ...... Tracy-Ann Oberman
DJ Karel ...... Andrew Brooke
Trev the Hoodie ...... Doc Brown

Jimmy Cliff - Miss Jamaica
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds
Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day
Dennis Brown - No Man Is An Island
The Specials - Ghost Town
Junior Murvin - Police And Thieves

LFO (Mark Bell) - MAH Mix 2006

LFO (MARK BELL) - MAH 01.12.06 (320kbs/53mb/23mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 1st December 2006

Live mix at The Warehouse Project, Manchester. No tracklist available.

Phil Hartnoll - MAH Mix 2006

PHIL HARTNOLL - MAH 10.11.06 (320kbs/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 10th November 2006

Live mix at Seed Records Soviet Party.

The Other People Place - Let Me Be Me
Eric Borgo & Olivier Raymond - Another Man
Orbital - Impact USA (The Earth Is Burning)
Unknown - Unknown
Unknown - Unknown

The Wee DJs - MAH Mix 2006

THE WEE DJS - MAH 03.11.06 (320kbs/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 3rd November 2006

The Wee DJs - Arch (SCSI-AV)
The Wee DJs - Comedy (Digital Distortions)
The Wee DJs - Cheess (SCSI-AV)
Silicon Scally - Moonatic (Wee DJs Mix) (SCSI-AV)
The Wee DJs - Loopt (Input Output)
The Wee DJs - Cam (SCSI-AV)
The Wee DJs - Derhar (Touchin' Bass)
The Wee DJs - Thucked Excerpt (SCSI-AV)
The Wee DJs - Prepr (SCSI-AV)

Mark E. Smith - MAH Mix 2006

MARK E. SMITH - MAH 13.10.06 (320kbs/60mb/26mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 13th October 2006

Big Youth - Wolf In Sheep Clothing [Blood & Fire]
Der Plan - Hans Und Gabi [Ata-Tak]
Glen Campbell - Try A Little Kindness [Capitol]
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps - Race With The Devil [Capitol]
Can - Father Cannot Yell [Spoon]
Hank Mizell - Jungle Rock [Charly]
The Fall - Rebellious Jukebox [Sanctuary]
Lee Perry AKA The Creators - Kimble [Trojan]
Dave Berry - This Strange Effect [Spectrum]
The Ramones - Beat On The Brat [Warners]

DJ Shadow - MAH Mix 2006

DJ SHADOW - MAH 06.10.06 (320kbs/90mb/39mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 6th October 2006

DJ Shadow's Top 10 Influences.

Grandmaster Flash - The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel [Elektra]
Kraftwerk - Numbers [EMI]
The 2 Live Crew - What I Like [Little Joe]
Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson Three [Bond St.]
De La Soul - The Magic Number [Big Life]
Public Enemy - Bring The Noise [Def Jam]
Peshay - Piano Tune [Good Looking]
Three 6 Mafia - Be A Witness (Killa Klan Kaze) [Prophet]
Three 6 Mafia - Tear Da Club Up [Prophet]
The Federation - Hyphy [Warners]

Squarepusher - MAH Live Session & Mix 2006

SQUAREPUSHER - MAH LIVE SESSION 29.09.06 (320kbs/55mb/24mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 29th September 2006

Squarepusher - Unknown
Squarepusher - Unknown
Squarepusher - Unknown
Squarepusher - Anstromm-**** 4 [Warp]
Squarepusher - Come On My Selector [Warp]

SQUAREPUSHER - MAH MIX 29.09.06 (320kbs/37mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 29th September 2006

Aphex Twin - Ventolin (Crowsmengegus Mix)
Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made Of Sand
Frank Zappa - St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Frank Zappa - Father O'Blivion
Ed Rush & Nico - The Force Is Electric (Remix)
Dr. Octagon - Bear Witness
Captain Beefheart - Veteran's Day Poppy

Dr. Octagon - Breezeblock Mix 2006

DR. OCTAGON - BREEZEBLOCK 19.09.06 (320kbs/48mb/21mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 19th September 2006

Dr. Octagon - General Hospital [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Bear Witness [Dreamwork]
Dr. Octagon - Ants Ants [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Al Green [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - I Got to Tell You [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Real Raw [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Aliens [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - You Need A Pick-Up [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - I'm Destructive [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Al Green [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Trees [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Don't Worry Miss Pop Music [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Perfect World [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - 3000 [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Eat It [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Elective Surgery [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Jumpstart [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Intro (Dr. Octagonecologyst) [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Dr. Octogon [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - It's the Mornin' [Dreamworks]
Dr. Octagon - Our Operators Are Masturbating [Dreamworks]

A Guy Called Gerald - Breezeblock Mix 2006

A GUY CALLED GERALD - BREEZEBLOCK 29.08.06 (320kbs/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 29th August 2006

A Guy Called Gerald - Voltar [Laboratory Instinct]
A Guy Called Gerald - Guide [Sugoi]
A Guy Called Gerald - Zapata [Sugoi]
A Guy Called Gerald - Drumlake [Sugoi]
A Guy Called Gerald - Xpressshon [Sugoi]
A Guy Called Gerald - The Wobble [Sugoi]
A Guy Called Gerald - Groundsound [Sugoi]
A Guy Called Gerald - Open Play [Sugoi]
A Guy Called Gerald - The Other Side [Sugoi]
A Guy Called Gerald - G-Cat [Sugoi]
A Guy Called Gerald - Astral Lego [Sugoi]
Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body (A Guy Called Gerald Danger Mix) [Unreleased]
A Guy Called Gerald - So Good [Sugoi]

Luke Vibert - Breezeblock Mix 2006

LUKE VIBERT - BREEZEBLOCK 04.07.06 (320kbs/68mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 4th July 2006

Live mix recorded at Faster Than Sound, Suffolk. No tracklist available.

Kode9 Presents Burial - Breezeblock Mix 2006

KODE9 PRESENTS BURIAL - BREEZEBLOCK 04.04.06 (320kbs/46mb/20mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 4th April 2006

Burial - Pirates [Hyperdub]
Burial - Forgive [Hyperdub]
Burial - Wounder [Hyperdub]
Burial - Gutted [Hyperdub]
Burial - Night Bus [Hyperdub]
Burial - South London Boroughs [Hyperdub]
Burial - Gaslight [Hyperdub]
Burial - Rain [Hyperdub]
Burial - Shutter [Hyperdub]
Burial - U Hurt Me [Hyperdub]
Burial - Distant Lights [Hyperdub]

Jimmy Edgar - Breezeblock Mix 2006

JIMMY EDGAR - BREEZEBLOCK 14.03.06 (320kbs/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 14th March 2006

Lil' Louis - Video Clash [Dance Mania]
The Unknown DJ - Basstronic [Direct Beat]
Jimmy Edgar - Hold It, Attach It, Connect It [Warp]
Dopplereffekt - Master Organism [Dataphysix]
Michael Mayer - Amanda [Kompakt]
Jimmy Edgar - Jefferson Interception [Warp]
Patrice Rushen - Feel So Real [Elektra]
Posatronix - Shake It [Direct Beat]
Rasp - Freaks, Wall To Wall [White Label]
Phuture - Acid Trax [Trax]

Spank Rock - Breezeblock Mix 2006

SPANK ROCK - BREEZEBLOCK 28.02.06 (320kbs/57mb/25mins)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 28th February 2006

Spank Rock - Chilly Will [Big Dada]
Rod Lee - Road Keys [Club Kingz]
Spank Rock - Sweet Talk [Big Dada]
Spank Rock - Rick Rubin [Big Dada]
Le Tigre - Nanny Nanny Boo Boo [Le Tigre]
Spank Rock - Backyard Betty [Big Dada]
Twista - Hit The Floor [Atlantic]
Spank Rock - Put That Pussy On Me [Money Studies]
Rod Lee - Best DJ [Club Kings]
Spank Rock - Competition [Big Dada]
DJ Techniques - K-Man's Work [Club Kingz]
Spank Rock - Blow [Freestyle]
Spank Rock - Bump [Big Dada]
Shirley And Lee - Let The Good Times Roll [EMI]

Archive On 4: Close To The Edit

ARCHIVE ON 4: CLOSE TO THE EDIT (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 13th April 2021

Filmmaker Mike Figgis explores the story of edited film, audio and culture, and how the simple process of cutting and splicing has changed the way people view the world.

We are living in an age of the edit.

From the jump-cuts of Eisenstein and Hitchcock, to the fractured narratives of Virginia Woolf and James Joyce, from the cut-and-paste sounds of musique concrete and hip-hop, to the sensibility of social media (to say nothing of the radio feature itself), it's the edit - the cut, the splice; montage and juxtaposition - that has ushered us into the present. To some, it's the stuff of life itself: chimps, for example, share 99% of our DNA; what matters is the sequencing, the edit.

There's a year zero to this story of the edit. From the moment we get up in the morning until we close our eyes at night, the visual reality we perceive is a continuous stream of apparently linked images. That's the way we experienced the world for millennia. Then suddenly, just over a century ago, human beings were confronted with something else: edited film.

But this isn't an exercise in cinema history. It's about our present culture. A culture in which the invisible mediating hand of the editor is ever-present. A culture of the 'creative commons' in which we can pull anything out of context and re-edit it (a gif, an internet meme, a mash-up, a parody of a political speech) and make the edit itself become an art form. Cutting, splicing, sampling -- it's all part of the way the world functions now. This is just the beginning.

With Vicki Bennett aka People Like Us, Margie Borschke, Walter Murch and Will Self.

Producer: Martin Williams.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.

Archive On 4: Femmes Fatales

ARCHIVE ON 4: FEMMES FATALES (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 26th January 2021

Recorded on location in Manhattan, screen siren Kathleen Turner celebrates the enduring mystique of the femme fatale.

Turner, who famously played the husky-voiced femme fatale Matty Walker in the steamy thriller Body Heat, traces the history of the Femme Fatale in cinema and in film noir where she was so often a central character.

Film noir always come to the fore during moments of deep cultural anxiety. And the character of the femme fatale shines a revealing light on the role of women in society and the relationship between the sexes.

It was towards the end of the Second World War that noir first emerged as a style of filmmaking. These were gritty thrillers that exposed the dark underbelly of the American Dream. In films such as Double Indemnity, Out Of The Past and The Postman Always Rings Twice, the femme fatale was the intelligent but heartless seductress who entrapped the male protagonist, for her own murderous and financial gain.

In the late 70s and early 80s, America experienced another moment of deep cynicism following the Vietnam war and filmmakers returned to film noir, with Kathleen Turner's Matty Walker as the ultimate neo noir femme fatale character in Body Heat. These films, not content with the racy innuendo of 1940s noir, shocked and thrilled audiences with explicit sex scenes. But through her typical tough dame talk, Matty Walker also draws attention to the underestimation of women by men.

With contributions from Eddie Muller (President of the Film Noir Foundation), Professor Ellis Cashmore and Nick James (Editor of the BFI's Sight and Sound magazine), Kathleen introduces standout performances from Lauren Bacall, Barbara Stanwyck, Rita Hayworth, Joan Crawford and Lana Turner.

The film noir femme fatale was a wonderfully meaty role for an up-and-coming Hollywood actress, such as British star Peggy Cummins. Now 91, she reflects on her role as the femme fatale in Joseph H. Lewis' Gun Crazy about an ambitious fairground sharp-shooter who goes on a bank robbing spree with her trigger-happy husband.

Julie Grossman (author of Rethinking The Femme Fatale in Film Noir) argues that we make blithe and easy reference to femmes fatales without considering their social and psychological context. Many 1940s femmes fatales in film noir were deeply interesting characters who felt trapped, bored or led deeply unfulfilling lives.

Kathleen argues that, despite great advances in gender equality since the 1940s, the femme fatale will always be relevant "because men will always be terrified of women."

Producer: Victoria Ferran
A Just Radio production

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2017.

Escape With 6 Music: The Happiness Map - 1. Elvis Costello

ESCAPE WITH 6 MUSIC: THE HAPPINESS MAP - 1. ELVIS COSTELLO (320kbs-m4a/133mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 7th February 2021

Travel journalist Rob Crossan welcomes Elvis Costello to share stories and music from his favourite place to travel, New Orleans. The Happiness Map asks musicians which destination in the world they would go to if they could, gives them a chance to reveal their travel tips, and dig out some records that take them back there.

In this first episode, Elvis recalls his love affair with The Big Easy; from first playing there with the Attractions in the 70s, returning to the city after Hurricane Katrina, and his longstanding relationship with producer, songwriter and New Orleans legend, Allen Toussaint. With music from Louis Armstrong, Dr John, Earl King, and two never-before-heard Elvis Costello recordings from his own archive.

Elvis Costello & The Attractions - (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding [Demon]
Fleetwood Mac - Albatross
Earl King - Trick Bag [Imperial]
Louis Armstrong - West End Blues [Okeh]
Elvis Costello - Walking On Thin Ice [Demon]
Lee Dorsey - Wonder Woman [Amy]
Dr. John - Tipitina [ATCO]
Little Richard - Rip It Up [Ace]
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - Ascension Day [Verve Forecast]
Kermit Ruffins And The Barbecue Swingers - Skokiaan [Geffen]
Elvis Costello & Dave Bartholomew & The Dirty Dozen Brass Band - The Monkey
Elvis Costello & Allen Toussaint - The Greatest Love

Sounds Of A City: Glasgow

SOUNDS OF A CITY: GLASGOW (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 24th March 2021

As the 6 Music Festival rolls into town, Colleen Murphy delves into the rich history of Glasgow's diverse music scene and makes a case for Primal Scream's 'Screamadelica' as the album that best represents the city. Includes an exclusive and wide ranging interview with Bobby Gillespie, alongside contributions from the likes of Stephen McRobbie of The Pastels, Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai, Slam, Silicone Soul, RM Hubbert and The Van Ts.

Primal Scream - Loaded [Now]
Primal Scream - Slip Inside This House [Creation]
Rhythim Is Rhythim - Nude Photo [Transmat]
Teddy Pendergrass - Life Is A Song Worth Singing (Jamie Jones Remix) [Soma Quality Recordings]
Primal Scream - Don't Fight It Feel It [Creation‎]
Primal Scream - Come Together [Creation]
Primal Scream - Higher Than The Sun [Creation]
Primal Scream - Damaged [Creation]

Sounds Of A City: Bristol

SOUNDS OF A CITY: BRISTOL (320kbs-m4a/133mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th March 2021

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, founder of Classic Album Sundays, turns her attention to Bristol in the fifth episode of 'Sounds of a City'. She argues that 'Blue Lines' by Massive Attack is the album that sounds like Bristol.

Featuring interviews with Robert '3D' Del Naja, Neneh Cherry, Cameron McVey, Mark Stewart, James Lavelle, Inkie, Roni Size and more. Colleen delves into how bass culture, graffiti, punk and politics are represented both in Bristol and within the grooves of 'Blue Lines'. She also makes the case for its lasting legacy with musicians in and outside Bristol.

First broadcast in 2016, when the 6 Music Festival came from Bristol and repeated to complement this weekend's festival.

Massive Attack - Hymn Of The Big Wheel [Wild Bunch]
Massive Attack - Hymn Of The Big Wheel bed [Wild Bunch]
Massive Attack - Safe From Harm [Virgin]
Prince Buster - WashWash [Wildbells]
Willie Williams - Armagideon Time [Studio One]
Massive Attack & Horace Andy - Five Man Army [Wild Bunch]
The Cortinas - Fascist Dictator (Single)
The Pop Group - She Is Beyond Good And Evil [Radar]
Grand Master Caz And Chris Stein - Wild Style Subway Rap 2 (Scratch Mix By Charlie Chase) [Animal]
Eric B. & Rakim - Move The Crowd (Wild Bunch Remix) [4th & Broadway]
Massive Attack - Daydreaming [Circa]
Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five And Grandmaster Melle Mel - Beat Street [Atlantic]
Massive Attack - Blue Lines [Wild Bunch]
Massive Attack - Be Thankful For What You've Got [Wild Bunch]
Massive Attack & Horace Andy - One Love [Wild Bunch]
Klark Kent - Don't Care [Universal]
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy [Virgin]

Sounds Of A City: New Order - Power, Corruption And Lies

SOUNDS OF A CITY: NEW ORDER - POWER, CORRUPTION AND LIES (320kbs-m4a/133mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd December 2020

Colleen Murphy lifts the lid on New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies and its relationship to Manchester.

Speaking to the likes of Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Peter Saville, we breakdown the components of an album that fused punk and dance, art and experimentation, technology and rock, to create something for a new generation of tech-savvy music-philes to get their teeth into. A Certain Ratio's Martin Moscrop and The Charlatan's Tim Burgess discuss this perfect blending, whilst 808 State's Graham Massey contemplates the fact that Manchester has more in common with New York than it does with any other British city. A story that may sound familiar, but with New Order were stepping out from the shadows of Joy Division the idea of experimentation is amplified and braver, and may not have even worked. And then there was that album cover.

New Order - Age Of Consent [Centredate]
New Order - Ecstasy
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. (Live) [Virgin]
Joy Division - Transmission [London]
New Order - Senses
New Order - The Village
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express [Cleopatra]
New Order - Your Silent Face [Factory]
Sparks - The Number One Song In Heaven
New Order - We All Stand
New Order - Blue Monday
Klein & MBO - Dirty Talk
Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock
Marvin Gaye - Sexual Healing
New Order - 586
D Train - You're The One For Me
Sharon Redd - Can You Handle It
New Order - Ultraviolence
808 State - Pacific 202
Quando Quango - Love Tempo (Remix)
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
New Order - Leave Me Alone

Sounds Of A City: The Human League - Travelogue

SOUNDS OF A CITY: THE HUMAN LEAGUE - TRAVELOGUE (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd December 2020

Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, founder of Classic Album Sundays, looks deep into The Human's League's Travelogue album, and the city from which it was built, Sheffield.

Talking to lead member Martyn Ware, she delves into what made this album such a pivotal moment in the landscape of Sheffield's music scene, and why synths unlocked an entire universe for musicians. From the heavy industry, poverty, and even the space race, everything that went into this album came out the other side to inspire a new generation of musicians, inadvertently starting a dance music revolution in the City. Cabaret Voltaire's Richard H. Kirk discusses the album's pop values, whilst our very own Jarvis Cocker give us his own unique take on the tracks and their links to Sheffield. From Roisin Murphy and Toddla T to Orbital's Paul Hartnoll, the album and the City's influence has been felt far and wide, so tune in to this exploration of one of pop's darkest moments.

The Human League - The Black Hit Of Space [Virgin]
Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra
The Human League - Dreams Of Leaving [Virgin]
Kraftwerk - Autobahn [EMI]
Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag [Rough Trade]
King Crimson - One More Red Nightmare [Island]
John Carpenter - Assault On Precinct 13 (Main Title)
The Human League - Being Boiled [Virgin]
Roxy Music - Re-Make/Re-Model [EG]
The Human League - Only After Dark [Virgin]
Gary Numan - We Are Glass [Polygram TV]
The Beach Boys - Good Vibrations [EMI]
The Human League - Toyota City [Virgin]
Walter Carlos - Timesteps
The Human League - Toyota City [Virgin]
Cabaret Voltaire - Cut The Damn Camera [Virgin/Some Bizzare]
Forgemasters - Track With No Name [Warp/Outer Rhythm]
Rhythm Is Rhythm - Strings Of Life
Nightmares On Wax - Dextrous [Warp]
The Human League - WXJL Tonight [Virgin]

Otis Redding

OTIS REDDING (320kbs-m4a/245mb/1hr47mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th & 10th December 2020

Another chance to hear Stuart Maconie present the first in a two-part assessment of the life and music of American soul legend Otis Redding.

OTIS REDDING - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/123mb/54mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th December 2020

Tonight, a look at his early years including his string of early-to-mid-60s hits that advanced the Memphis-based Stax/Volt sound.

Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come
Otis Redding - I Can't Turn You Loose
Otis Redding - Respect
Otis Redding - Shake (Live Monterey Pop Festival 1967)
Otis Redding - She's All Right
Otis Redding And The Pinetoppers - Shout Bamalama
Otis Redding - Gettin' Hip
Otis Redding - Hey Hey Baby
Otis Redding - Pain In My Heart
Otis Redding - Security
Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine
Otis Redding - Ole Man Trouble
Otis Redding - I Can't Turn You Loose
Otis Redding - Mr. Pitiful
Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come
Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
Otis Redding - Day Tripper
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long

OTIS REDDING - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/122mb/53mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th December 2020

Tonight including a look back at his momentous appearance at the Monterey Festival 1967 and his tragic death in a light aircraft crash.

Otis Redding - Rock Me Baby
Otis Redding - You Don't Miss Your Water
Otis Redding - Ole Man Trouble
Otis Redding - Wonderful World
Otis Redding - My Girl
Otis Redding - Satisfaction (I Can't Get No)
Otis Redding - Respect
Otis Redding - Shake
Otis Redding & Carla Thomas - Tramp
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Otis Redding - You Don't Miss Your Water
Otis Redding - Shake (Live Monterey Pop Festival 1967)
Otis Redding - Respect (Live Monterey Pop Festival 1967)
Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (Live Monterey Pop Festival 1967)
Otis Redding - Champagne And Wine
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
Otis Redding - I've Got Dreams To Remember
Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay