Friday, 28 February 2025

Spike Milligan - The GPO Show


SPIKE MILLIGAN - THE GPO SHOW (320kbs-m4a/68mb/29mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th December 2024

Spike Milligan delivers first class fun to Postmaster General Tony Benn and staff of the General Post Office.

A seasonal Goon's-eye view of Operation Mailbag in full swing at London's Mount Pleasant sorting office

Written by and starring Spike Milligan.

With:

Harry Secombe
John Bluthal
Barry Humphries
Bob Todd
Gary Miller

Music from the Grand Piano Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

Producer: Charles Chilton

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in December 1964.

*** Part of HOME SERVICE DAY on BBC Radio 4 Extra ***

Thursday, 27 February 2025

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar: Series 4


ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 4 (320kbs-m4a/254mb/1hr51mins)

BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 20th October to 10th November 2022

The Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.

Written and performed by Alexei Sayle

Original music and lyrics by Tim Sutton

Producer: Joe Nunnery

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in October/November 2022.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 4 - 1. A MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 20th October 2022

Alexei considers the role of the police force, discusses his own involvement in the 'spy cops' scandal, draws comparisons between President Assad and a beloved British comedian and details his seven stages of grief post the 2019 general election.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 4 - 2. THE REVOLVING DOOR (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 27th October 2022

Alexei contemplates the revolving door between politics and big business and makes a case for becoming the UK's defence minister.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 4 - 3. THE WAY WE LIVE NOW (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 3rd November 2022

Alexei discusses the motivations of the rich and considers a historic counter-factual involving a young Jacob Rees Mogg.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 4 - 4. REPETITION. REPETITION. REPETITION. (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 10th November 2022

Alexei explores the place that repetition holds in our culture, discusses his time as an author on the arts centre circuit and debuts a new slam poem entitled "I Hate Keir Starmer".

Wednesday, 26 February 2025

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar: Series 3


ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 3 (320kbs-m4a/255mb/1hr52mins)

BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 12th September to 3rd October 2019

The Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.

Written and performed by Alexei Sayle

Original music and lyrics by Tim Sutton

Producer: Joe Nunnery

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in September/October 2019.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 3 - 1. CORBYN AND THE LEFT (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 12th September 2019

Alexei offers his thoughts on Jeremy Corbyn and the Left, laments the decline of small business and explains what the 1997 film Starship Troopers can teach us all.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 3 - 2. SANTA CLAUSED FACED OLD... (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 19th September 2019

Alexei tells the story of a long lost tin of pâté, offers his thoughts on the gig economy and reveals what he believes to be the secret war being waged by the old on the young.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 3 - 3. RAGE AND RESENTMENT (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 26th September 2019

Alexei considers the roots of his rage and resentment, explores the dangers of magical thinking and contemplates what the philosophies of Bertholt Brecht could offer Premier League football.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 3 - 4.
KINGS OF COMEDY (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 26th September 2019

Alexei outlines his problem Morecambe and Wise, discusses his issues with the Trade Unions and offers a fable taught by the Zen Master Wudang mountains in China.

Tuesday, 25 February 2025

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar: Series 2


ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 2 (320kbs-m4a/254mb/1hr51mins)

BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 9th to 30th November 2017

The Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.

Written and performed by Alexei Sayle

Original music and lyrics by Tim Sutton

Producer: Joe Nunnery

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in November 2017.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 2 - 1. BRITAIN'S PLACE IN THE WORLD (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 9th November 2017

Alexei considers Britain's place in the world and discusses his return to stand-up comedy after a 17 year hiatus.

Along the way he reveals where all of the Millets shops have gone, discloses the key to reworking old material for a modern audience and offers a compelling argument for Britain losing a war - and soon.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 2 - 2. THE FINANCIAL CRASH (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 16th November 2017

Alexei considers the causes and fall-out of the 2008 financial crash, the appeal of Donald Trump and laments his lack of mainstream success.

The Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.

Performed by Alexei Sayle with Sean Baker

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 2 - 3. DEATH AND TRAVEL (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 23rd November 2017

Alexei considers travel to places both real and imaginary.

Along the way he reveals why BBC Radio 4 is a staple for Merchant seamen, how to get a cheap drink in the centre of Paris and the impulses he must fight when on holiday.

Performed by Alexei Sayle with Ian Smith

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 2 - 4. LA VIE MORAL (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 30th November 2017

Alexei considers how one might live an ethical life, recounts the difficulties he faced when tracking down his lost cat and pays penance for a feud with another performer.

Monday, 24 February 2025

Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar: Series 1


ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 1 (320kbs-m4a/254mb/1hr51mins)

BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th November to 6th December 2016

The Godfather of Alternative Comedy delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy from behind the counter of his Imaginary Sandwich Bar.

Written and performed by Alexei Sayle

Original music and lyrics by Tim Sutton

Additional Material from Liam Beirne and Sarah Campbell

Producer: Joe Nunnery

A BBC Studios Production for BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in November/December 2016.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 1 - 1. PRETENDING AND SANDWICHES (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 15th November 2016

Alexei Sayle explores his impulse to pretend and love of sandwiches.

Along the way he reveals the little known origin of the prawn cocktail, debunks the myth that the Earl of Sandwich was the first person to put a bit of meat between two slices of bread and discusses the hidden depths of Taylor Swift.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 1 - 2. POLITICAL BELIEFS (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 22nd November 2016

Alexei explores his political beliefs system, looking back at his childhood in a communist household, his career as a drug-dealer and his physical attraction to Boris Johnson.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 1 - 3. CAREERISM (320kbs-m4a/63mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 29th November 2016

Alexei reveals the surprising reason he disappeared from our TV screens in the 1990's, recounts a chance meeting with Ed Miliband, discusses rampant nepotism in most coveted careers and draws a striking comparison between capitalism and all you can eat buffets.

ALEXEI SAYLE'S IMAGINARY SANDWICH BAR: SERIES 1 - 4. HISTORY AND THE ROLE OF THE ENTERTAINER (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 6th December 2016

Alexei explores the role of the entertainer. Along the way he explains why he will never go on Strictly Come Dancing, the reason Newsnight needs to be 11 hours long and questions why TV comedy panel shows help rehabilitate the careers of 'war criminals'.

Starring Alexei Sayle, Jake Yapp, Nicholas Parsons and Paul Merton

Sunday, 23 February 2025

Prisoners, Saints And Persuaders: The World Of ITC


PRISONERS, SAINTS AND PERSUADERS: THE WORLD OF ITC (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 1st February 2025

Return of the Saint star Ian Ogilvy tells the story of Lew Grade's ITC company, which revolutionised British television in the 1960s and 70s. From espionage on the Riviera to surrealist thrillers filmed in Wales, and talking to actors, historians, producers and composers, this is a joyous celebration of ITC's undoubtedly suave place in the history of pop culture.

Originally formed to produce upscale adventure, crime, espionage and sci-fi drama series for commercial British TV and syndication around the world – shot in luxurious 35mm film and moving to full colour years before BBC television - ITC produced an incredible catalogue of shows from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. They were stylishly produced, location driven, beautifully scored and often slightly surreal. Beginning in 1955 with the fantastically successful Adventures of Robin Hood (which employed Left-leaning American writers blacklisted by the McCarthy trials in the States), by the late 1950s ITC moved to modern Cold War espionage and crime drama, producing Danger Man two years before the James Bond film franchise was launched. Ian Fleming himself was an early consultant for the series.

Other action titles followed featuring gentleman adventurers and lone wolf agents from The Saint (Roger Moore) and The Baron (Steve Forrest) to Man in a Suitcase, Randal and Hopkirk (Deceased), The Champions, The Persuaders (Tony Curtis, Roger Moore) and finally Ian Ogilvy's Return of the Saint, produced in 1978 and filmed across Italy and the South of France. A jewel in the ITC crown was Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner (1967) - a strange, psychedelic and psychologically intense series still hotly debated by fans.

Lew Grade was also the champion of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's Supermarionation series of the 1960s – Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Stingray and others – a huge success for ITC and beloved by generations of children. The Muppets followed a decade later, as Lew gave Jim Henson his first break after Sesame Street. As ITC shifted focus towards film and away from television, the company took a slightly stranger turn in the early 1970s with live action sci-fi – including UFO and Space 1999 - before commissioning the genuinely eerie titles of the late 70s which marked the end of ITC's great television era, distributing Sapphire and Steel (David McCallum and Joanna Lumley) and finally a partnership with Hammer Studios, the genuinely nasty Hammer House of Horror which substituted the Carpathian mountains for present day England.

The story of ITC is crucial to the story of television in Britain and the arrival of commercial TV as a challenge to the BBC's monopoly. While the BBC's Reithian mission focused on British audiences, Lew Grade understood the new medium as a truly international one, and through sales to foreign markets ITC could command huge budgets to be reinvested in high-production values, art direction and rich, cinematic scoring.

With contributions from Lew's nephew Lord Michael Grade, ITC actors Annette Andre and Jane Merrow, ITC composer John Cameron, conductor Gavin Sutherland, daughter of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Dee Anderson, cultural historian Matthew Sweet, television writer and former Dr Who show-runner Steven Moffat, founder of Trunk Records and curator Jonny Trunk, BFI television historian Dick Fiddy and Jaz Wiseman, author of ITC Entertained the World.

Presented by Ian Ogilvy

Produced by Simon Hollis

A Brook Lapping production for BBC Radio 4

Saturday, 22 February 2025

Daniel Avery - New Music Fix 2019


DANIEL AVERY - NEW MUSIC FIX 17.01.19 (320kbs-m4a/134mb/58mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 17th January 2019

Daniel sits in for Mary Anne Hobbs with tunes from Marie Davidson, Ossia & Bitstream. Plus there's an exclusive first spin of a Mor Elian remix of one of his own tracks 'Stereo L'.

PSSU - 307309
Aleksi Perälä - UK74R1825010
Andrea - Leaf
Penelope Trappes - Connector (Aasthma Remix)
Marie Davidson - Lara
Isorinne - Ödemark [Northern Electronics]
Lawrence English & Alessandro Cortini - Immediate Horizon 2 [LED]
Berlinist - Mae
Bitstream - Screens [Frustrated Funk]
Daniel Avery - Stereo L
Ossia - Dub Hell [Blackest Ever Black]
Inga Mauer & Hellboi - B9

Friday, 21 February 2025

Eras: Bob Marley - 5. Interview With Cedella & Skip Marley


ERAS: BOB MARLEY - 5. INTERVIEW WITH CEDELLA & SKIP MARLEY (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 3rd February 2025

Rock Star. Poet. Visionary. Peacemaker.

He's sold tens of millions of records - but his influence goes far beyond music. He's one of the most recognisable faces on Earth - but how much do you know the man behind the smile?

As the world celebrates 80 years of Bob Marley, Trevor Nelson sits down with Cedella and Skip Marley to hear their personal takes on the enduring legend of Reggae's first and greatest superstar.

Thursday, 20 February 2025

Eras: Bob Marley - 4. Legend


ERAS: BOB MARLEY - 4. LEGEND (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 20th January 2025

Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae's first and greatest superstar.

In the final chapter of Eras: Bob Marley, Bob's incredible life comes to end. But his Legend is immortal.

Friends, fans and collaborators celebrate his legacy of activism, his potent spirituality and his undeniable musical accomplishments, which left the world so much richer than he found it.

A Cup and Nuzzle Production. Series Producer: Joe Foley

Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Eras: Bob Marley - 3. War


ERAS: BOB MARLEY - 3. WAR (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 20th January 2025

Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae's first and greatest superstar.

In Episode 3 of Eras: Bob Marley, it's an election year - and Jamaica is rocked by political turmoil. Bob is living peacefully at his home in Kingston, but when violence comes to 56 Hope Road, his days in the city are numbered.

The next chapter of his story will cement his legacy as the King of Reggae - an icon whose impact goes far beyond music alone.

Featuring brand new interviews with friends, fans and collaborators, plus rare BBC archive.

A Cup and Nuzzle Production. Series Producer: Joe Foley

Tuesday, 18 February 2025

Eras: Bob Marley - 2. Catch A Fire


ERAS: BOB MARLEY - 2. CATCH A FIRE (320kbs-m4a/65mb/28mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 20th January 2025

Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae's first and greatest superstar.

In the second episode of Eras: Bob Marley, it's 1972, and The Wailers find themselves in London. When a strange twist of fate puts them in front of Island Records' Chris Blackwell, a new chapter begins for Bob, Peter and Bunny.

But under the pressure of life on the road, tensions grow between the old friends - and something has to give.

As the eyes of the world turn to Bob Marley, a golden age of Reggae begins.

Featuring brand new interviews with friends, fans and collaborators, plus rare BBC archive.

A Cup and Nuzzle Production. Series Producer: Joe Foley

Monday, 17 February 2025

Eras: Bob Marley - 1. Soon Come


ERAS: BOB MARLEY - 1. SOON COME (320kbs-m4a/66mb/28mins)

BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 20th January 2025

Rock Star. Poet. Visionary. Peacemaker.

Trevor Nelson tells the story of Reggae's first and greatest superstar, Bob Marley.

In the years since his death in 1981, Bob Marley has become an icon unlike any other.

In Episode One of Eras: Bob Marley, you'll discover where his story began.

From the rural village of Nine Mile to the yards of Kingston, follow Bob's first steps into the music industry, and his earliest encounters with the band that would make him famous - The Wailers.

Featuring brand new interviews with friends, fans and collaborators, plus rare BBC archive, you'll get to know the man behind the music.

A Cup and Nuzzle Production. Series Producer: Joe Foley

Sunday, 16 February 2025

Desert Island Discs: Nick Cave


DESERT ISLAND DISCS: NICK CAVE (320kbs-m4a/133mb/58mins)

BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 26th January 2025

Nick Cave is a singer and writer who, with his band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, has released emotionally intense and provocative music since the mid-Eighties. He is also a novelist, composer and has written film scripts and soundtracks along with his writing partner and Bad Seed Warren Ellis.

Nick grew up in Wangaratta, Australia the third of four children. He formed his first band, the Boys Next Door, in 1973 while he was at school. He studied fine art at the Caulfield Institute of Technology in Melbourne but left to pursue music. In 1980 the band relocated to London, renaming themselves the Birthday Party on the flight over. In 1984 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ released their debut album, From Her to Eternity, and they have gone on to put out a further 17 albums.

In 2015 Nick lost his son Arthur who died after accidentally falling off a cliff and seven years later his eldest son Jethro died. In 2018 Nick started the Red Hand Files, an online blog in which he answers questions posed by his fans, to try and articulate his feelings about grief. He has described it as a “strange exercise in communal vulnerability and transparency.”

In 2017 he was named an Officer of the Order of Australia.

BOOK CHOICE: The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi
LUXURY ITEM: A suit
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: I Am a God – Kanye West

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Paula McGinley

T. Rex - Metal Guru [T-Rex Catalog (Spirit Music)]
Nina Simone - My Father [Epic/Associated/Legacy]
The Saints - (I'm) Stranded [EMI Music Australia]
John Lee Hooker - It Serves You Right To Suffer [Geffen*]
Karen Dalton - Something On Your Mind [Light In The Attic]
Bob Dylan (feat. Johnny Cash) - Girl From The North Country [Columbia Nashville Legacy]
Ye - I Am A God [Rock The World/IDJ/Kanye/LP6]
Tim Rose - Morning Dew [Columbia]

Saturday, 15 February 2025

Desert Island Discs: Laurie Anderson


DESERT ISLAND DISCS: LAURIE ANDERSON (320kbs-m4a/133mb/58mins)

BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 12th January 2025

Laurie Anderson is an artist and performer who came to fame in the UK with her 1981 hit O Superman. Her work spans music, film and multimedia projects which interrogate our relationship with technology and tell stories about the world we live in.

She was born in Chicago in 1947, the second-oldest of eight children, and started learning the violin when she was five. She studied Art History at Barnard College in New York and took a Masters in Sculpture at Columbia University.

In the 1970s she was part of the downtown New York art scene and her friends and contemporaries included Philip Glass, Gordon Matta-Clark and the choreographer and dancer Trisha Brown. One of Laurie's first performance art pieces featured a symphony played by car horns.

In 1992 she met Lou Reed, the singer and songwriter who fronted the Velvet Underground. They were together for 21 years until his death in 2013. Laurie is the head of Lou's archive which is at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and open to anyone who wants to learn more about his musical adventures.

In 2024 Laurie was awarded a Lifetime Achievement award at the Grammys and a Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication.

BOOK CHOICE: Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
LUXURY ITEM: A dog collar
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Gracias a la vida - Violetta Parra

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Paula McGinley

Chubby Checker - Pony Time [AudioSonic]
Mercedes Sosa - Gracias A La Vida [Universal Music Latino]
Tusen Tankar - Triakel [MNW Music AB]
Philip Glass Ensemble - Part 1 [Nonesuch]
Ken Nordine With The Fred Katz Group - Flibberty Jib [Master Classics]
Lou Reed - Doin' The Things That We Want To [RCA]
The Magnetic Fields - Washington, D.C [Merge]
Soul Coughing - Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago [Roundhill]

Friday, 14 February 2025

Martyn Wade - Young Coleridge


MARTYN WADE - YOUNG COLERIDGE (320kbs-m4a/205mb/1hr29mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th January 2025

The events of one day in the life of poet and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

The date: 16th September 1803.

The place: Greta Hall in Keswick.

He finds himself reflecting on both professional and personal disappointments of recent years.

He tries to make sense of his world: his opiate addiction, failure in love, his poetry and dreams of a utopian community.

Starring Tom Wilkinson.

Historical drama written by Martyn Wade.

Coleridge .... Tom Wilkinson
Sara .... Jennie Stoller
Southey .... Gary Bond
Hazlitt .... Christopher Good
Edith Southey .... Narissa Knights
Mary Lovell .... Moir Leslie
Asra .... Amanda Murray
Hartley .... Elizabeth Lindsay
Mrs Fricker .... Ellen McIntosh
Prostitute .... Elizabeth Rider
Schoolmaster .... Brian Smith
Young Man .... Christopher Douglas

Director: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 1984.

Thursday, 13 February 2025

Ernest Hemingway - For Whom The Bell Tolls


ERNEST HEMINGWAY - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS (320kbs-m4a/261mb/1hr53mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th & 29th June 2021

High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, camps with a band of guerrillas as they prepare to blow up a vital bridge as part of a Republican offensive during the Spanish Civil War.

Starring Patrick Kennedy and Melanie Kilburn

Ernest Hemingway's novel, set during the Spanish Civil War.

Dramatised in two parts by Ed Hime.

Narrator . . . . . Colin Stinton
Robert Jordan . . . . . Patrick Kennedy
Pablo . . . . . Ralph Ineson
Pilar . . . . . Melanie Kilburn
Maria . . . . . Leah Brotherhead
Anselmo . . . . . Michael Bertenshaw
Agustin . . . . . Paul Heath
Rafael . . . . . Shaun Mason
El Sordo . . . . . Ian Conningham
Primitivo . . . . . David Acton
Andres . . . . . Arthur Hughes
Fernando . . . . . Monty D'Inverno

Director: Sasha Yevtushenko

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2014.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS - 1. ENEMY (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 28th June 2021

Robert soon makes a dangerous enemy within the camp and, despite his better judgement, is drawn to Maria, a young woman who has escaped Franco's rebels.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS - 2. ACTION (320kbs-m4a/130mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th June 2021

Robert has forged loyalties, made a dangerous enemy and fallen in love. He also has reason to fear that the enemy are aware of the offensive. But as the appointed hour approaches, it may be too late and he must face the inevitable.

Wednesday, 12 February 2025

Alan Garner - The Moon Of Gomrath


ALAN GARNER - THE MOON OF GOMRATH (320kbs-m4a/197mb/1hr26mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 27th August 2022

Colin and Susan return to the site of their adventure at Alderley Edge, and the strangeness begins again.

Susan had previously been gifted a magical golden bracelet whose powers are now called upon.

So, it's back to Fundindelve and a reunion with the wizard Cadellan...

Alan Garner's sequel to 'The Weirdstone of Brisingamen' - a weird and marvellously evocative tale of Celtic mysteries, elves, spirits and strange presences...

Starring Steven Rendall and Jenny Luckraft.

Dramatised by David Wade.

Colin .... Steven Rendall
Susan .... Jenny Luckraft
Cadellin .... Neville Barber
Uthecar .... Cliff Howells
Albanac .... Tom Mannion
Atlendor .... Ronald Herdman
Gowther .... Russell Dixon
Bess .... Judith Barker
Angharad .... Joan Walker

Other parts played by members of the cast.

Produced at BBC Manchester by Caroline Smith.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 1989.

Tuesday, 11 February 2025

Alan Garner - The Weirdstone Of Brisingamen


ALAN GARNER - THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN (320kbs-m4a/252mb/1hr49mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd to 25th August 2022

Two children on holiday in the North of England encounter perilous magical forces.

Alan Garner's fantasy novel first published in 1960.

Starring Robin Bailey.

Dramatised in four parts by David Wade.

Directed at BBC Manchester by Caroline Smith.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March/April 1989.

THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN - 1. PERIL (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd August 2022

Cadellin ...... Robin Bailey
Gowther Mossock ...... James Tomlinson
Narrator ...... James Tomlinson
Susan ...... Andrea Murphy
Colin ...... Mark Kingston
Selina Place ...... Rosalind Knight
Bess ...... Patsy Byrne
Guard/Ticket collector ...... George Parsons
Farmer/Porter ...... Ronald Herdman
Crow ...... Anne Jameson

THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN - 2. SLEEPERS (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd August 2022

With Weirdstone lost, can Colin and Susan protect the sleepers who could save the world?

Cadellin ...... Robin Bailey
Grinmer ...... Robin Bailey
Susan ...... Andrea Murphy
Colin ...... Mark Kingston
Gowther ...... James Tomlinson
Narrator ...... James Tomlinson
Bess ...... Patsy Byrne
Fenodyree ...... George Parsons
Selina ...... Rosalind Knight

THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN - 3. FIGHTBACK (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 24th August 2022

Can Colin and Susan recover the Weirdstone and escape the clutches of Selina Place?

Cadellin ...... Robin Bailey
Grinmer ...... Robin Bailey
Susan ...... Andrea Murphy
Colin ...... Mark Kingston
Selina ...... Rosalind Knight
Durathror ...... Ronald Herdman
Fenodyree ...... George Parsons
Stromkarl ...... Edward de Souza
Bess ...... Patsy Byrne

THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN - 4. ESCAPE? (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th August 2022

Can Susan and Colin escape their pursuers and return the Weirdstone to the wizard Cadellin?

Cadellin ...... Robin Bailey
Grinmer ...... Robin Bailey
Susan ...... Andrea Murphy
Colin ...... Mark Kingston
Mossock ...... James Tomlinson
Fenodyree ...... George Parsons
Durathror ...... Ronald Herdman
Angharad ...... Anne Jameson
Gaberlenzie ...... Edward de Souza
Selina ...... Rosalind Knight

Monday, 10 February 2025

Alan Bennett - An Englishman Abroad


ALAN BENNETT - AN ENGLISHMAN ABROAD (320kbs-m4a/109mb/47mins)

BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th June 2021

When a mysterious Englishman appears in her dressing-room, the actress Coral Browne assumes he is with the embassy.

But, if so, why are his trousers out at the knees? And what does he want with her face-powder?

Starring Michael Gambon and Penelope Wilton.

Alan Bennett based this drama on a real incident in Moscow involving the spy Guy Burgess in 1958.

Guy Burgess ....... Michael Gambon
Coral Browne ....... Penelope Wilton
Mrs Burgess ....... Lala Lloyd
Claudius ....... John Baddeley
Tolya/Hamlet ....... Michael Higgs

Adapted from BBC TV's 1983 film and directed by Hilary Norrish.

First broadcast on the BBC World Service in 1994.

Sunday, 9 February 2025

Fabio & Grooverider Sit In For SHERELLE #2


FABIO & GROOVERIDER SIT IN FOR SHERELLE - 6 MUSIC 25.01.25 (320kbs-m4a/206mb/90mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 25th January 2025

Fabio & Grooverider DJ your best night out, in!

Alex Reece - Pulp Fiction [Metalheads]
Artificial Intelligence - Vibes
Bodysnatch - Just For You London [Big City]
Becee & S.P.Y. - Is Anybody Out There (Vanguard Remix) [Spearhead]
Digital - Gateman [Phantom]
Original Sin & Maniak - Cool Kidz [New Breed Audio]
Grooverider - Charade [Deep Jungle]
Breakage - Valhalla [Index]
The Sauce (feat. Foxx) - First Class [The Sauce]
Chase & Status - Take Me Away [RAM]
Watch The Ride - Out The Gate [Rinse]
Nookie - Only You [Fantazia]
LTJ Bukem - Horizons (Komatic Rework) [Unreleased]
London Grammar - If You Wait (Calibre Remix) [Unreleased]
Break (feat. MC Fats) - Natural Way [Symmetry]
Blade - The Horn Track Reboot [Missile]
Sweetpea - Dreamstate [V]
The Sauce - On A Mission [The Sauce]
Dogger (feat. Tyler Daley) - Broken Home [1985 Music]
Furniss - Polizia VIP [Prototype Corporation]
D. Kay & DJ Lee - Tuning VIP [Metalheadz]
Critical Impact - Time Watch [Formation]
Breakage - Hollup [Index]
Furniss - Beef Cakes [Prototype Corporation]

FABIO & GROOVERIDER - THE SWEATBOX 26.01.25 (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 26th January 2025

Grooverider steps up for a 30 minute mix in the Sweatbox.

Benny L & Jappa - Lightning [TrES-2b MUSIC]
Hexa - Rakers [Prototype]
Alix Perez - R2R [1985 Music]
Heist - Cold Feud VIP [TrES-2b MUSIC]
Turno - Woodlouse
Codename John - Screwface [Kickin]
Dutta - Pineapple Haze [Digital Terror]
KY & Hexa - Untitled
Adam F - Brand New Funk (Bladerunner Remix) [181]
DLR - Don't Come Too Close [CIA]
Twisted Individual - One Trick Pony [Brainsick Muzik]
Critical Impact - Don't Play
L‐Side - Sleepwalker [V]
Crystal Clear - Star Studded [ThirtyOne]
Covert Garden - Thermal

Saturday, 8 February 2025

Fabio & Grooverider Sit In For SHERELLE #1


FABIO & GROOVERIDER SIT IN FOR SHERELLE - 6 MUSIC 18.01.25 (320kbs-m4a/206mb/90mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 18th January 2025

Fabio & Grooverider DJ your best night out, in!

LTJ Bukem - Music [Good Looking]
Noise Factory - The Future [Strictly Underground]
Lennie De Ice - We Are I.E. [Distinctive]
Wots My Code - Dubplate [White Label]
Shy FX & Mr. Williamz (feat. KINGH) - Gideon's Charge [Digital Soundboy]
Furniss - The Realness [Formation]
Photek - One Nation [Prototype]
Marcus Intalex - Temperance [Soul:r]
L‐Side & Molecular - So Ruff [V]
Workforce & Tyler Daley - Been Trying [Tyler Daley]
Dillinja - Life [Valve]
Zero T - The Technique [The North Quarter]
Benny L - Shadow People [Metalheadz]
Badmarsh & Shri - Signs (Calibre Remix) [Signature]
Sevin - Karens Revenge [Fokuz]
Marcus Intalex & ST Files - Outerspace [Soul:r]
Controlled Opposition - Larry [Prototype]
Alix Perez - Elastic Soul [1985 MUSIC]
Untrue - Critical [Love For Low Frequencies]
Krust - Soul In Motion [Full Cycle]
Breakage - Future (Calibre Remix) [Digital Soundboy]
Halogenix - I Told Ya [Gemini Gemini]
Total Science - Gangsta (Watch The Ride Remix) [Shogun]

FABIO & GROOVERIDER - THE SWEATBOX 19.01.25 (320kbs-m4a/69mb/30mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th January 2025

Fabio steps up for a 30 minute mix in the Sweatbox.

Calibre - Highlander
Alix Perez - Crooklyn [Soul:r]
Shy FX - Plastic Soul [Bingo Beats]
Artificial Intelligence - Desperado [V]
Calibre - Go Back To Go Forward [Signature]
Lemon D - City Lights [Prototype]
Marcus Intalex & ST Files - Universe [Metalheadz]
Logistics - Together [Hospital]

Friday, 7 February 2025

Journeys In Sound - Bobby Gillespie


JOURNEYS IN SOUND - BOBBY GILLESPIE (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 13th January 2025

Bobby Gillespie, the Scottish musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the frontman of Primal Scream, shares the pivotal moments that have made him the artist he is today.

Talking to Nemone, who combines her roles of DJ and qualified psychotherapist, Bobby dives deep to share his story and the songs that have moved him and sound-tracked the ups and downs of his eventful life. He also reveals how personal experiences and emotions are woven through his own work.

Primal Scream's music has soundtracked parties and raves for the last five decades with tracks such as 'Loaded', 'Movin' On Up', 'Country Girl' and 'Rocks'. With Bobby being the sole continuous member of the group, The band's sound has taken many exciting directions, with the release of albums such as Screamadelica, XTRMNTR and Riot City Blues. They released the disco-infused album 'Come Ahead' in November, their first in eight years.

Bobby shares his memories of childhood, growing up in the tenement blocks of Glasgow, his family's dynamics, the death of his father, addiction, and how the love of his wife and children spurred him on to rehab. He also shares his passion for football and how it has shaped his view of being in a band and his musical process.

In this series Nemone also talks in depth to musicians Beth Ditto, Kelly Lee Owens and Sharon Van Etten.

If you need support with some of the issues in this programme visit bbc.co.uk/actionline.

Primal Scream - Movin' On Up [Dino]
The Corries - Flower Of Scotland
The Supremes - Stop! In The Name Of Love [Polygram Tv]
Ray Charles - Your Cheatin' Heart [Castle Communications]
1910 Fruitgum Company - Yummy Yummy Yummy
The Beatles - She Loves You [Apple]
The Rolling Stones - Street Fighting Man [London]
Johnny Cash - San Quentin (Live)
Sex Pistols - Did You No Wrong
Primal Scream - False Flags
Primal Scream - Ready To Go Home
Primal Scream - Circus Of Life
Primal Scream - Heal Yourself
Primal Scream - Don't Fight It Feel It [Creation‎]
MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
Laura Nyro - The Bells

Thursday, 6 February 2025

Autechre - Artist In Residence Mix 4


AUTECHRE - MIX 4 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 12th December 2024

Step into the genre-bending world of Autechre, the legendary duo whose sonic soundscapes have redefined electronic music for over three decades. In this BBC 6 Music Artist in Residence special, Autechre present 4 electrifying mixes that navigate through rhythm, texture, and emotion. Blending bold beats, futuristic sound design, and hypnotic atmospheres these extraordinary hour long programmes showcase why Autechre are one of electronic music's most groundbreaking and influential duos.

Aclds - INT1
Heavee - TRUTH SERUMMM [Hyperdub]
Quilsk - The Lights From Synthetic Vibrations
E L O N - Denizen Friend
NIco + Rukkus - Hyperspace (Breaks Mix)
Quilsk - Beat Delete
Steady B - Use Me (Before I Go) [Jive/Legacy]
Rkss - Key And Tempo Labeled At 128 BPM
The Fearless Four - It's Magic [Enjoy]
Amhain - O
Hazzzt & Dxxxa D - Viikset Bäkkiin
MAGDADOODLE - LAMOD
Disjecta - Vistic [Warp]
Tyrone Brunson - The Smurf [Telstar TV]
Bochum Welt - Canyon Drive
Relicx - Visceral
Deep Glens - Alltimearplaunch
Relicx - POINT C
Various Artists (Chain Reaction Label) - No. 3 (Debit) [Chain Reaction]
David Morley - Stardancer [Carpe Sonum]

Wednesday, 5 February 2025

Autechre - Artist In Residence Mix 3


AUTECHRE - MIX 3 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 11th December 2024

Step into the genre-bending world of Autechre, the legendary duo whose sonic soundscapes have redefined electronic music for over three decades. In this BBC 6 Music Artist in Residence special, Autechre present 4 electrifying mixes that navigate through rhythm, texture, and emotion. Blending bold beats, futuristic sound design, and hypnotic atmospheres these extraordinary hour long programmes showcase why Autechre are one of electronic music's most groundbreaking and influential duos.

Relicx (feat. Oliver The 2nd) - Relicx Unknown [ArpXfx_]
Lotic - Heterocetera [Tri Angle]
Holger Czukay - Floatspace
B Boys - 2 3 Break
Asher D & Daddy Freddy - Raggamuffin Hip-Hop [Arista/Legacy]
Fred Frith - Walking Song [Tzadik]
Biota - Astray (Tinct) [RER Megacorp]
Scald Rougish - B04. 1_ (2^¥˙_•º˙ª_^ 1
Lord RAJA - Renaissance Endo [Ghostly International]
Deep Glens - 6-14
The Future Sound Of London - War Machines
Vanadium - End Of Day [Sin Hilo]
The Fear Ratio - KZAP [Tresor]
Minced Oath - Smoke And Scissors
Bolt On Beats - Untitled
Of One - Pulse-HM-2
Forests - Scanner Dirge
This Heat - Radio Prague
Slugabed - MMIILLKK (S280F Remix)
Slugabed - Y U Stuck There [Ninja Tune]
Lord RAJA - Pork Fried Rice [Ghostly International]
Minced Oath - Dirkie Lost In The Desert

Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Autechre - Artist In Residence Mix 2


AUTECHRE - MIX 2 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th December 2024

Step into the genre-bending world of Autechre, the legendary duo whose sonic soundscapes have redefined electronic music for over three decades. In this BBC 6 Music Artist in Residence special, Autechre present 4 electrifying mixes that navigate through rhythm, texture, and emotion. Blending bold beats, futuristic sound design, and hypnotic atmospheres these extraordinary hour long programmes showcase why Autechre are one of electronic music's most groundbreaking and influential duos.

33EMYBW - Fractal1
Ship Sket - Parallel Vengeance Identity [SZNS7N]
Sensational & Kouhei Matsunaga - 300 [SKAM]
Aho Ssan & Blackhaine - Cold Summer, Pt.1 [Other People]
Alex Mein Smith - Wild Flower
Cygnus - Manchester [Lost Control 2097]
/DL/MS/ - Divide & Conquer
Pickwick Children's Chorus & Musical Friends - The Square Song
GOOOOOSE - Sandbox
Jung An Tagen - Sauberer Schnitt
LIL RUGA - Gully (Prod. Lil Ruga)
Meat Beat Manifesto - Automatic Mouth
Reptant - Halls Of Perception [TRUST]
Sinnway - NVol Slammer c1
Gez Varley - K6
Tsrono - Beryl
Laurie Anderson - O Superman (For Massenet) [Rhino]
Akeyamasou - 20200220
Joe Beedles - Qrtz_Numb Onset
96 Back - Tab Play
Five Star Hotel - Dolomedes
Qebo - FE1D [PolyEnd]
Ship Sket - Midnight Banquet [SZNS7N]
Lime68k/1x1 - 0 On 0
Lauren Bousfield - Headstone Prices On Credit
BBC Sound Effects Library - Thunder Roll With Rain

Monday, 3 February 2025

Autechre - Artist In Residence Mix 1


AUTECHRE - MIX 1 (320kbs-m4a/137mb/60mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 9th December 2024

Step into the genre-bending world of Autechre, the legendary duo whose sonic soundscapes have redefined electronic music for over three decades. In this BBC 6 Music Artist in Residence special, Autechre present 4 electrifying mixes that navigate through rhythm, texture, and emotion. Blending bold beats, futuristic sound design, and hypnotic atmospheres these extraordinary hour long programmes showcase why Autechre are one of electronic music's most groundbreaking and influential duos.

Noxin - Everything Was An Offer [EVEL]
Alexander Panos - Q Windswept [Nascent]
Alexander Panos - Cycles [NASCENT]
96 Back - Y I'm Here
Kel.Audio - A Procession Of Bells
Elucid - Spelling [Backwoodz Studioz]
Roc Marciano - Floxxx [Marci Enterprises]
Vektroid - Hard Toys
Earl Sweatshirt - Lobby (Int) [Warner]
Neotenomie - California Dream Homes
ShrapKnel (feat. Curly Castro & PremRock) - Cold Burn [Backwoodz Studioz]
ANKHLEJOHN - How To Hack A Tesla
Pink Floyd - Echoes (Live At Pompeii) [Pink Floyd]
Francesco Corvi - Time Debris
Billy Woods (feat. Mach‐Hommy) - Windhoek [Backwoodz Studioz]
Body Bag Ben - Set The Stage [Static King/Fat Beats]
Kool Keith (feat. Del The Funky Homosapien & Q-Shy) - They On To Us
SDEM - ZIRK2
Space Afrika & Blackhaine - B£E [Dais]
Tuxedomoon - 7 Years [Crammed Discs]
ELZhi & Oh No - Trick Dice
Portion Control - Micro Box [Portion Control]

Sunday, 2 February 2025

Nicky Wire - 90s Playlist


NICKY WIRE - 90s PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 10th January 2025

Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers shares his specially curated 90s mix, featuring his favourite tracks from the decade.

World Of Twist - The Storm [Zonophone]
Hole - Miss World [City Slang]
Blue Boy - Remember Me (Sure Is Pure 7" Edit) [UMOD (Universal Music On Demand)]
Super Furry Animals - If You Don't Want Me To Destroy You [Creation]
The Cardigans - Hanging Around [Stockholm]
Salad - Drink The Elixir [Polygram TV]
Therapy? - Die Laughing [UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)]
Alice In Chains - Would? [Columbia]

Saturday, 1 February 2025

Richie Hawtin - 90s Playlist


RICHIE HAWTIN - 90s PLAYLIST (320kbs-m4a/57mb/25mins)

BBC Radio 6 Music
broadcast: 10th January 2025

The legendary Richie Hawtin has a special playlist as part of 6 Music's 90s Forever. One of techno's most influential figures, Richie Hawtin is an icon of dance music. Daniel Miller, founder of the Mute label, referred to him as "a leader" and "a pioneer", the New York Times called him "one of the electronic dance world's intellectual forces".

4Voice & Pete Namlook - Fairlight 1 [Nils Wortmann]
Vainqueur - Lyot (Maurizio Remix) [M]
Aphex Twin - Analogue Bubblebath [Sunday Best Recordings]
Link - Amenity [Minus Multimedia GmbH]
Cybersonik - Technarchy [Above Board Projects]
Whatever Girl - Activator You Need Some [Yoshitoshi Recordings]