The First Time With... Series 27 - 2. Brian Johnson

THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 27 - 2. BRIAN JOHNSON (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 27th November 2022

AC/DC's frontman chats to Matt Everitt about the pivotal musical moments that took him from the streets of County Durham to fronting one of the biggest rock bands of all time.

From stories of hearing Little Richard through a neighbours window as a young boy, finding his talent for singing in a Scout show, to joining AC/DC in 1980 and flying off to the Bahamas to record what would become one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, he also talks candidly about the difficulties he faced when he lost his hearing and the revelatory new technology that's brought it back.

Picking tracks from the likes of Little Richard and Dan McCafferty along the way, Brian shares the music and memories with the down to earth North East humour that's never left him.

AC/DC - You Shook Me All Night Long [Atlantic]
Joe Brown & The Bruvvers - A Picture Of You [Premier]
Little Richard - Tutti Frutti [EMI]
The Rolling Stones - Carol [ABKCO]
Bob Dylan - Girl From The North Country [Columbia]
Geordie - Don't Do That [Prism Entertainment]
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits [EMI]
AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie [EMI]
AC/DC - Thunderstruck [ATCO]
AC/DC - Back In Black [Atlantic]
AC/DC - Hells Bells [Columbia]
AC/DC - Shot In The Dark [Columbia]
AC/DC - Through The Mists Of Time [Columbia]
Nazareth - Broken Down Angel [Salvo]

The First Time With... Series 27 - 1. Danger Mouse

THE FIRST TIME WITH... SERIES 27 - 1. DANGER MOUSE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 20th November 2022

Danger Mouse talks Matt Everitt through the pivotal records that have influenced him as a musician and producer. He reveals how Paul McCartney reacted to his sampling of The Beatles, the peculiarities of making a record with MF Doom, and how an extra two years paid dividends on his latest record with Roots MC Black Thought. Expect music spanning Gorillaz and George Michael through to Pink Floyd to Kraftwerk.

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy [Nonesuch]
George Michael - I Want Your Sex (Part II) [Epic]
Guns N' Roses - Welcome To The Jungle [Geffen]
Orange Crush & Run‐D.M.C. - King Of Rock [Sony Music Entertainment]
Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea [Blue Rose]
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here [EMI]
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express [Cleopatra]
Danger Mouse - December 4th
Gorillaz - Dirty Harry [Parlophone]
DANGERDOOM & CeeLo Green - Benzi Box [Lex]
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse (feat. Suzanne Vega) - The Man Who Played God [Parlophone UK]
Danger Mouse & Black Thought & MF DOOM - Belize
Danger Mouse & Black Thought (feat. Michael Kiwanuka) - Aquamarine [BMG]
Sam Cohen & Photay & Cochemea - Another World

UNKLE Sounds - Classic Essential Mix (2002)

UNKLE SOUNDS - CLASSIC ESSENTIAL MIX (2002) (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 8th January 2023

Relive James Lavelle and Richard File's classic UNKLE Sounds Essential Mix from January 2002.

UNKLE Sounds Intro [Acetate]
Rare Earth - Get Ready
UNKLE Feat. Richard Ashcroft - Lonely Years (UNKLE Sounds Edit) [Acetate]
DJ Shadow - Organ Donor [Mo'Wax]
DJ Shadow - Organ Doner (Remix) [Mo'Wax]
DMX / Tears For Fears - Who We Be / Shout (UNKLE Sounds Edit)
Queens Of The Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of the Summer [Interscope]
UNKLE Sounds - The Enemy / Hope Street Sessions [Acetate]
Unknown Artist - Star Wars Theme (Obscure Version)
Girls On Top - I Wanna Dance With Numbers (UNKLE Sounds Edit)
Howie B - Hey Jack [Polydor]
The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows (UNKLE Sounds Edit) [Acetate]
Mercury Rev - Holes (Unknown Edit) [Acetate]
Forme - Percussive Thinking [Acetate]
Bushwacka! - The Egyptian [Plank]
Lee Burridge - Lost [White Label]
Lee Burridge - Found [White Label]
Halo - Dark Clouds [White Label]
Pitch Black - Underground Sound [Acetate]
Peace Division - Seriously Twisted [Low Recordings]
Mode - Ludovicos Technique [New Religion]
Radiohead - Everything In Its Right Place (UNKLE Sounds Edit) [Acetate]
Layo + Bushwacka! - Love Story [Acetate]
Fleetwood Mac - The Chain [Acetate]
The Doors / Leftfield - The End / Phat Planet (UNKLE Sounds Edit)
John Lennon - Give Peace A Chance [Apple]
UNKLE Sounds Outro [Acetate]

2manydjs - Essential Mix

2MANYDJS - ESSENTIAL MIX 24.12.22 (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 24th December 2022

A brand new and exclusive 2manydjs Essential Mix, to celebrate 20th anniversary of the legendary As Heard On Radio Soulwax Part 2.

1. ??? / Gilbert And George - Are You Sitting Comfortably... [0:00]
2. UnknownmiX - The Siren (2manydjs Edit) [0:53]
3. ??? [2:47]
4. Haruomi Hosono - Alternative 3 [3:21]
5. Ferrara - Love Attack (Soulwax 'Get Off The Speakers' Edit) [3:49]
6. ??? [8:30]
7. Brenda Russell - Way Back When (Underdog Edit) [8:32]
8. Copycats - Getting Excited [8:57]
9. The Lovers - Discomania [9:05]
10. Slick Rick - Children's Story [10:11]
11. ??? [10:27]
12. ??? [10:44]
13. Ignacio - Skydance [11:00]
14. CHAI - END [11:33]
15. Oliver Sim - Sensitive Child (Soulwax Remix) [13:53]
16. Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans [14:09]
17. Full Time - Do You Do (Christian S. Sax Edit) [14:57]
18. Alexander Robotnik - Problèmes D'Amour (Ah Ou Ah Version) [15:21]
19. Shock - Angel Face [15:29]
20. 2 Belgen - Lena [15:53]
21. Orlando Riva Sound - Moonboots [16:09]
22. 808 State - Flow Coma (AFX Remix) [16:57]
23. ??? [18:49]
24. June - First Age [19:37]
25. Idjut Boys - Schlagstock (Vacant Gaze Version) [20:25]
26. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul - Ceci N'est Pas Un Cliché (Soulwax Remix) [21:27]
27. Jacques Renault - Choo Choo Beat [21:29]
28. Rafael Cameron - Boogie Gonna Get Ya [22:01]
29. ??? [22:37]
30. Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime [23:05]
31. ??? [23:21]
32. Incredible Bongo Band - Apache [24:15]
33. Gaucho - Dance Forever [25:13]
34. ??? [25:53]
35. Pop-O-Pie - Pop-O-Rap [26:57]
36. Todo Todo - Tratamiento Radical [28:01]
37. Suenõ Latino - La Puerta Del Sol (Acapella) [29:21]
38. ??? [29:37]
39. Mr. Oizo - Transexual [29:53]
40. Os Ritmistas Brasileiros Conduzidos Por Luciano Perrone - Réco-Réco No. 1 [30:32]
41. Rosalía - Bizcochito (Soulwax Remix) [31:57]
42. Gettoblaster - Do It [35:28]
43. Lou Hayter - My Baby Just Cares for Me (Decius Dub) [36:15]
44. Faceball 2000 - La Patinoire (Live at The Cafetaria Mix) / ??? [37:02]
45. Jules Ettiene - John's Job (Rhythm Track) [38:20]
46. Ana Roxanne - Untitled [38:51]
47. Ben Klock - Napoleon Hill [40:08]
48. ??? [40:39]
49. I-F & Alden Tyrell - The Amazing Run In The Victory Boogie Woogie Tunnel (Amazing Mix) [41:42]
50. Vanessa Worm - Heaven To Hell (Eden Burns Baked Beans In The Basement Mix) [42:13]
51. Cinthie - No One Will Take You From Me [44:01]
52. Gary Gritness - Lithium Polymer [46:20]
53. ??? [46:51]
54. Nowt - Polestar [48:07]
55. Underspreche - Acid Gentle Moves / Wraetlic - Bumfluff (Smagghe & Cross Remix) [48:54]
56. ??? [52:40]
57. Palmės Žiedas - Fhadi [53:27]
58. Koreless - Joy Squad [56:00]
59. ??? [58:03]
60. 808 State - Pacific 707 / Peggy Gou - I Go (Soulwax Remix) / Shannon - Let The Music Play (Alan Fitzpatrick's 6AM Terrace Mix) [59:35]
61. Earth To Mickey - Factory Beats [1:03:10]
62. Sharif Laffrey - And Dance [1:04:10]
63. Frank De Wulf - Traffic [1:07:29]
64. Rhyw - Honey Badger [1:08:31]
65. Your Planet Is Next - Rhythm Is A Dancer [1:09:47]
66. Tiga - Easy / DHS - House Of God [1:11:03]
67. Gesloten Cirkel - Gesloten Cirkel [1:13:36]
68. Blackbelt Anderson - En Real Tjukkas / Bunny Sigler - By The Way You Dance (I Knew It Was You) (Acapella) [1:15:37]
69. ??? [1:16:38]
70. Bambi OFS - IXꕔN [1:18:48]
71. Drexciya - Water Walker [1:19:48]
72. DJ Europarking - 20-Inch Chrome [1:21:35]
73. Beastie Boys - Bonus Batter / MTS & RTT - Native House (Dubbed) [1:24:20]
74. Hybrasil - Intermodulate [1:24:50]
75. Lipelis & TMO - Diet 505 / The Minutemen - OK, Alright (Acapella) [1:25:57]
76. D-Mob - We Call It Acieeed [1:28:11]
77. KiNK - Disco Spectrum [1:28:56]
78. Wet Leg - Too Late Now (Soulwax Remix) [1:30:54]
79. Hashim - Al Naafiysh (The Soul) [1:31:39]
80. TV.OUT - USER3328 [1:32:38]
81. Miss Kittin & The Hacker - The Beach [1:35:20]
82. ??? [1:36:34]
83. Bam Bam - Feel The Beat (Accupella) [1:37:03]
84. The Mighty Zaf - Get Down Beats [1:38:02]
85. E-Freq - E Is 4 Freak / Fierce Ruling Diva - Atomic Slide (Acapella) [1:38:46]
86. Frequency - Systematic Input / Altern8 - Frequency (Hallucin8 Mix) [1:41:44]
87. ??? [1:44:26]
88. LMZ - Fun Fun Fun [1:45:11]
89. Beck - Get Real Paid [1:47:23]
90. S'Express - Funky Killer [1:51:05]
91. Haruomi Hosono - Platonic [1:52:21]
92. Black Meteoric Star - Freaks Only [1:53:56]

Mr Scruff - Classic Essential Mix (2009)

MR SCRUFF - CLASSIC ESSENTIAL MIX (2009) (320kbs-m4a/276mb/2hrs)
BBC Radio 1 broadcast: 4th December 2022

Mr Scruff delivered a treat for your ears and feet back in 2009. Featuring tunes from James Brown, Q Tip and Thomas Bangalter. Enjoy!

Body & Soul - In The Beginning [National General]
Leroy Hutson - Lucky Fellow [Curtom]
Eddie Kendricks - Girl You Need A Change Of Mind [Motown]
Zed Bias & Jenna G - Let Me Change Your Mind [Development]
Mr Scruff - Give Up To Get [Ninja Tuna]
Mr Scruff - Rocking Chair [Ninja Tuna]
Theo Parrish - Chemistry [Sound Signature]
Arcadion - Ghostfeeder [DC Recordings]
Ragga Twins - Wipe The Needle [Shut Up And Dance]
Q Tip - Manwomanboogie [Motown]
Mr Scruff With Skuff & Inja - Zen [Ninja Tuna]
James Brown - Get On The Good Foot [Polydor]
Mr Scruff & Quantic - Donkey Ride [Ninja Tuna]
Mr Scruff - Fish [Ninja Tune]
Mr Scruff - Get On Down [Ninja Tuna]
Thomas Bangalter - On Da Rocks [Roulé]
Psychotropic - Only For The Headstrong [Raw Bass]
Mr Scruff - Chicken In A Box [Ninja Tune]
DJ Mitsu The Beats - Kuro Fessional MC (Instrumental) [Mukatsuku]
Color Climax - Disque O Heights [Breakin Bread]
Jazzanova - Boom Clicky Boom Klack (Mr Scruff Mix) [Sonarkollektiv]
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime [Sire]
Mr Scruff - Kalimba [Ninja Tuna]
Sweet Salvation - Rock Steady [Elektra]
Cosmic Force - Ghetto Down (Kenny Dope Mix) [Truth & Soul]
Mr Scruff - Sweetsmoke [Ninja Tuna]
Benny Ill, Kode9 & The Culprit - Fat Larry's Skank [Tempa]
Nicolette - Dove Song [Shut Up And Dance]
Channel One - Jungle Skank [Channel One]

Simon Raymonde - 80s Mix

SIMON RAYMONDE - 80s MIX 05.01.23 (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th January 2023

Featuring Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins and Bella Union in the mix.

A Certain Ratio - Flight [Factory]
David Bowie - Fashion [EMI]
The Associates - No [Associates]
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime [EMI]
King Sunny Adé - Ja Funmi [Island]
Grace Jones - My Jamaican Guy [Universal/Island]
Public Enemy - Fight The Power [Polygram Tv]
The Cure - In Between Days [Fiction]
The The - This Is The Day [EPIC]
The Blue Nile - Easter Parade [Linn]
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush - Don't Give Up [Virgin]

Helena Hauff - 80s Mix

HELENA HAUFF - 80s MIX 05.01.23 (320kbs-m4a/59mb/26mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th January 2023

The Hamburg-based techno DJ Helena Hauff has become one of the most sought after DJs on the world techno scene, she mixes her favourite 80s track as part of 6 Music goes Back to the 80s Escape season.

Cybotron - Alleys Of Your Mind [Fantasy]
Oppenheimer Analysis - The Devil's Dancers [Minimal Wave]
Depeche Mode - Stripped [Mute]
Malaria! - Kaltes Klares Wasser [moabit musik]
Matt Johnson & The The - Like A Sun Risin Thru My Garden [4AD]
Loop - Head On [Cooking Vinyl]
Nirvana - School [Sub Pop]
The Fall - Solicitor In Studio [Cherry Red]

Stephen Morris - 80s Mix

STEPHEN MORRIS - 80s MIX 05.01.23 (320kbs-m4a/61mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 5th January 2023

Stephen Morris of New Order takes you back to the eighties with a special mix featuring some of his favourite tunes from the decade.

Yello - Oh Yeah [Mercury]
Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque [Roadrunner]
Kraftwerk - The Telephone Call [EMI]
Scritti Politti - Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) [Telstar]
The Rake - Street Justice [Profile]
Sylvester - Rock The Box [Megatone]
Mantronix - King Of The Beats [Virgin]

Skream - Mary Anne Hobbs Mix

SKREAM - MARY ANNE HOBBS MIX 16.12.22 (320kbs-m4a/69mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th December 2022

Oliver Dene Jones, better known by his stage name Skream is one of the UK’s best-loved selectors and one of the key innovators at the birth of dubstep.

Skream (feat. Grim Sickerz) - Stay Back [Unreleased]
Skream - Madting2 [Unreleased]
Skream - Hardcore Eski Love Song [Unreleased]
Skream - Beggining 2_5 2nd [Unreleased]
Skream - Amiga Love_2 [Unreleased]
Sam Smith - Dancing With A Stranger (Skream Eski Hardcore Remix) [Unreleased]
Skream - Ameega Love 4 Scott [Unreleased]
Skream - Drago The Destroyer [Steel City Dance Discs]
Skream - Back On Track [Steel City Dance Discs]
515 Connection - Eski Heater (Drums Version) [Unreleased]

Bernard Cribbins - Front Row

BERNARD CRIBBINS - FRONT ROW (320kbs-m4a/23mb/10mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 8th October 2018

The actor and entertainer Bernard Cribbins, who will be 90 in December, discusses his new memoir Bernard Who?: 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything, in which he tells his own story, very much in his own way, about a busy career which includes Jackanory, Right Said Fred, Doctor Who, The Wombles, Shakespeare, Hitchcock's Frenzy, The Railway Children, Crooks in Cloisters, three Carry On films and lots of radio.

John Antrobus And Spike Milligan - The Bed-Sitting Room

JOHN ANTROBUS AND SPIKE MILLIGAN - THE BED-SITTING ROOM (320kbs-m4a/131mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Three years since the nuclear misunderstanding which led to the third world war ("and it's no idle boast when I remind you that this was the shortest world war on record... two minutes twenty eight seconds... including the signing of the Peace Treaty which is now on sale at Her Majesty's Stationery Office with a free T-shirt") survivors gather together on the former-streets of London.

In amongst the rubble, Captain Kak and his fiancee Penelope find Lord Fortnum, who is convinced he's turning into a bed-sitting room. With property prices what they are, Kak should be on to a good thing.

This atmospheric, surrealist play was originally written by John Antrobus and Spike Milligan.

Adapted by John Antrobus and Paul Merton.

Captain Kak ...... Paul Merton
Lord Fortnum ...... Derek Jacobi
Mate ...... Bernard Cribbins
Penelope ...... Catherine Tate
The BBC ...... Corrie Corfield
Mrs Ethel Skroake ...... Suki Webster
The Vicar ...... John Antrobus
Captain ...... Sean Baker
Seaman ...... Richard Pepple

Music and FX by Jerry Peal.

Director: Sam Michell.
Producer: Victoria Lloyd

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2015.

Bernard Cribbins' Comedy Classics

BERNARD CRIBBINS' COMEDY CLASSICS (320kbs-m4a/126mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Bernard Cribbins shares his favourite comedy records and showbiz memories.

Bernard's selection includes his own popular hits, 'Hole In The Ground' and 'Right Said Fred'.

Plus tracks by Noel Coward, Gracie Fields, The Goons, Peter Sellers and many more.

Producers: James Alexander and Marion Roe

First broadcast on BBC Local Radio in December 2018.

Graham Greene - Monsignor Quixote (Omnibus)

GRAHAM GREENE - MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE (OMNIBUS) (320kbs-m4a/314mb/2hrs16mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022 & 1st January 2023

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Graham Greene's comic reworking of Cervantes' classic novel, set in rural Spain a few years after the death of Franco.

Starring Bernard Cribbins.

Director: Marc Beeby

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2016.

GRAHAM GREENE - MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE (OMNIBUS) - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/157mb/68mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Father Quixote makes a friend of an Italian bishop, with unexpected consequences.

Omnibus of the first five of ten episodes dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Father Quixote ...... Bernard Cribbins
Sancho ...... Philip Jackson
Teresa ...... Susan Jameson
The Italian Bishop ...... Sean Baker
The Spanish Bishop ...... Brian Protheroe
Father Herrera ...... Nick Underwood
Shop Assistant ...... James Lailey
Guardia 1 ...... Sam Rix
Guardia 2 ...... Sean Baker
Guardia 3 ...... Tom Forrister

GRAHAM GREENE - MONSIGNOR QUIXOTE (OMNIBUS) - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/156mb/68mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 1st January 2023

A robber is helped by Father Quixote and Sancho, who pay an unexpected price.

Omnibus of the last five of ten episodes dramatised by Stephen Wyatt.

Father Quixote ...... Bernard Cribbins
Sancho ...... Philip Jackson
Teresa ...... Susan Jameson
The Robber/Father Jose/Father Leopoldo ...... James Lailey
The Spanish Bishop ...... Brian Protheroe
Doctor Galvan/ Senor Diego ...... Sean Baker
The Youth/Man 2 ...... Tom Forrister
Man 1 ...... Jason Barnett
Guardia 4 ...... Sam Rix

Miguel de Cervantes - Don Quixote

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES - DON QUIXOTE (320kbs-m4a/411mb/2hrs58mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th & 31st December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

The 1605 classic adventure of an intrepid Spanish knight and his humble squire. Stars Bob Grant and Bernard Cribbins.

The Adventures of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote de Ie Mancha by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra.

Dramatised in two parts by John Arden.

Music composed by Stephen Boxer.

Director: Alfred Bradley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1980.

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES - DON QUIXOTE - 1. SETTING OFF (320kbs-m4a/205mb/89mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Don Quixote dons his rusty armour, mounts his broken down horse and sets off with Sancho Panza, his faithful squire, to put the world to rights.

Don Quixote .... Bob Grant
Sancho Panza .... Bernard Cribbins
Cervantes .... Ronald Baddiley
Aldonza .... Meg Johnson
Moor .... Geoffrey Banks
Innkeeper .... Kenneth Alan Taylor
Father Perez .... David Sumner
Barber-Surgeon .... Peter Wheeler
Housekeeper .... Kathleen Helme
Antonia .... Kate Lee
Dorothea .... Linda Gardner
Market boy .... Alan Parnaby
Serjeant .... Alan Meadows
Don Fernando .... Simon Molloy

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES - DON QUIXOTE - 2. THE CHALLENGE (320kbs-m4a/205mb/89mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 31st December 2022

The intrepid Don Quixote is challenged by the Knight of the Mirrors.

Don Quixote .... Bob Grant
Sancho Panza .... Bernard Cribbins
Cervantes .... Ronald Baddiley
Father Perez .... David Sumner
Barber-Surgeon .... Peter Wheeler
Housekeeper .... Kathleen Helme
Duke .... Russell Dixon
Teresa Panza .... Paula Tilbrook
Altisidora .... Harriet Walter
Scholar .... Malcolm Hebden
Puppet Master .... Ken Campbell
Duchess .... Judith Arthy
Veiled Lady .... Anne Reid
Steward .... John McGregor
Antonia .... Kate Lee
Samson .... Stephen Boxer

Alan Plater - The What On The Landing

ALAN PLATER - THE WHAT ON THE LANDING (320kbs-m4a/100mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Albert Chipchase hears somebody pull the chain in the lavatory.

Nothing unusual about that, except that his wife is attending her evening class in Elementary Archaeology and he is in the house alone.

Starring Bernard Cribbins.

Written by Alan Plater.

Narrator .... Geoffrey Banks
Albert Chipchase .... Bernard Cribbins
Edna Chipchase .... Catherine Naish
Hodges .... Harold Innocent
Mrs Sprake .... Juliet Cooke
Svenson / Rev Jack Vincent .... Geoffrey Wheeler
Spilsby .... James Beck
Secretary .... Stephanie Turner

Producer: Alfred Bradley

First broadcast on the BBC Home Service in August 1967.

Bernard Cribbins - Bernard Who?

BERNARD CRIBBINS - BERNARD WHO? (320kbs-m4a/126mb/55mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Part of 4 Extra's Bernard Cribbins Day. The actor would have turned 94 on 29th December 2022.

Bernard talks to his friend and producer Martin Jenkins about his extraordinary career, and a cast of friends share their memories of working with Bernard, including David Tennant, Barbara Windsor, Barry Cryer and the late Richard Briers.

He's been directed by Hitchcock, starred alongside a galaxy of screen legends including Peter Sellers and Kenneth Williams, is good mates with David Tennant, and has performed with Barbara Windsor wearing nothing but a bikini.

This is Bernard's own intimate retrospective of his career, told in conversation with his friend for more than 50 years, the acclaimed radio drama producer Martin Jenkins.

Producer: Eve Streeter

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in April/May 2013.

BERNARD CRIBBINS - BERNARD WHO? - 1. EARLY YEARS AND MAKING FILMS (320kbs-m4a/63mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

Somehow Bernard Cribbins has earned a special place in the hearts of every generation; whether you're a fan of the Carry On films or his 1960s chart hits Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground, grew up watching The Railway Children or listened to him read more than 100 classic tales on Jackanory. And he has continued to wow younger audiences as Wilfred Mott in Doctor Who, and most recently as the storytelling sailor Old Jack in the new BBC children's television series on CBeebies.

In the first of two programmes, Bernard looks back at his early career at Oldham Rep, where he started as an actor and assistant stage manager aged 13, on his national service with the parachute regiment in Palestine, and the big break that took him to London's West End, and from there to the Carry On films.

Barry Cryer, Barbara Windsor, the playwright Ray Cooney and Richard Briers, recorded shortly before his death, share their memories of Bernard the man and the performer.

Plus Bernard's personal recollections of working with the legendary Peter Sellers, Alfred Hitchcock and Peter Cushing.

BERNARD CRIBBINS - BERNARD WHO? - 2. FRED, THE WOMBLES AND THE RAILWAY CHILDREN (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th December 2022

In the last of two programmes, legendary Beatles producer George Martin recalls working with Bernard on the 1962 chart-toppers Right Said Fred and Hole in the Ground. Bernard reveals the secret to his storytelling magic on Jackanory, which captured the hearts and imaginations of a generation of children - including David Tennant. We hear how Bernard found the voices for Uncle Bulgaria and Tomsk in The Wombles and Jenny Agutter, his co-star in The Railway Children, discloses what she believes to be the secret of Bernard's eternal youth.

David Tennant and the writer Russell T Davies give their insights on working with Bernard on Dr Who, and the joy of reminding the viewing public what an exceptional actor he is. "He can break your heart with a single line," says Russell T Davies.

Sound Of Cinema - 369. Avatar And Simon Franglen

SOUND OF CINEMA - 369. AVATAR AND SIMON FRANGLEN (320kbs-m4a/137mb/58mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 17th December 2022

With the appearance this week of James Cameron's long awaited sequel to Avatar - The Way Of Water - Matthew Sweet meets its composer, Simon Franglen, to discuss his music for this and for other films. Simon talks about his early days working in film with John Barry, about his work with Howard Shore on the David Fincher crime thriller Se7en, and about his collaboraton with James Horner on Titanic, The Magnificent Seven, and Avatar. Simon explains how he took on responsibilty for the music for the Avatar franchise following James Horner's tragic death in 2015 and how he has set about adding to its very specific soundworld in his the score for The Way Of Water.

James Horner - Avatar (2009) - Climbing Up Iknimaya - The Path To Heaven [Atlantic]
John Barry - Dances With Wolves (1990) - John Dunbar Theme [Epic/Legacy]
Howard Shore - Seven (1995) - Greed [WaterTower Music]
Simon Franglen - Together (2021) - Dance
James Horner - Avatar (2009) - Becoming One Of "The People" - Becoming One With Neytiri [Atlantic]
James Horner - Avatar (2009) - Jake's First Flight [Atlantic]
James Horner & Simon Franglen - Pandora: The World Of Avatar (2017) - Surf's Up [Walt Disney]
James Horner & Simon Franglen - The Magnificent Seven (2016) - Seven Riders [Sony Classical]
Simon Franglen - Notre-Dame On Fire (2022) - A Paris Morning, End Titles [Milan]
William Walton - Battle Of Britain (1969) - Battle In The Air [Chandos]
Simon Franglen - Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022) - Payakan [Hollywood]
Simon Franglen - Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022) - The Way Of Water [Hollywood]

Holly Johnson - Live Regent Theatre Stoke-on-Trent

HOLLY JOHNSON - LIVE REGENT THEATRE STOKE-ON-TRENT (320kbs-m4a/41mb/18mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 3rd December 2022

Gary presents a special show LIVE from Stoke's Regent Theatre.

Liverpool's finest, Holly Johnson with Frankie Goes To Hollywood, changed the pop landscape forever in 1984 with the release of their epic debut album, 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome', and four revolutionary singles - 'Relax', 'Two Tribes', 'The Power of Love' and 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome'. The Frankie success story continued with 1986's 'Liverpool' and Holly rounded off the decade with his platinum-selling number one solo debut album, 'Blast'. Having headlined festivals this summer and following the release of his live album 'Unleashed From The Pleasuredome', now Holly Goes To Stoke with Sounds Of The 80s!

Holly Johnson - Americanos
Holly Johnson - Relax
Holly Johnson - The Power Of Love

Paradise Lost: The Rise And Fall Of The Eldonian Dream

PARADISE LOST: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ELDONIAN DREAM (320kbs-m4a/85mb/37mins)
BBC Radio 4 podcast: 13th December 2022

A few hundred yards from the shiny new waterfront of the City Centre you'll find a unique urban oasis, carved out of the post-industrial dereliction of 80's Liverpool.

The Eldonian Village was designed to create community the residents would be proud to call home, and to cater for their lives from the cradle to the grave.

But 40 years on there are questions around what was a shining example of community-lead regeneration - so what has happened to this example of urban living which caught the eye of the then Prince Charles? Why is the urban idyll now a dilapidated weed-strewn shadow of its former self and how is it that the assets which made it such an enviable place to live now held thousands of miles away in off-shore accounts in the Caribbean?

The Eldonian Dream - Paradise Lost, BBC Radio 4, Produced and Presented for BBC Audio North by Matt O'Donoghue

Hendrix: Everything But The Guitar

HENDRIX: EVERYTHING BUT THE GUITAR (320kbs-m4a/122mb/53mins)
BBC Radio 4 podcast: 25th November 2022

When you think of Jimi Hendrix, you think of the guitar. Since the 1960s he's consistently topped polls of the greatest guitarist of all time. But there are so many other remarkable layers to this man and musician.

On what would have been his 80th birthday, fans from music, literature and academia weigh up all of the other things that should be celebrated about Jimi, but so often aren't: Leon Hendrix remembers his big brother as a spiritual force. Professor Paul Gilroy analyses Jimi's commitment to peace. Kronos Quartet violinist David Harrington discusses Jimi the composer. The Happy Mondays vocalist Rowetta appreciates Jimi the singer. Poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib unpicks Jimi's approach to wordplay. And author and academic Sarita Cannon evaluates Jimi as a mixed heritage icon.

Meanwhile, 1960s archive interviews from Hendrix give us a fresh perspective on the man himself.

Narrator: Cerys Matthews
Producer: Redzi Bernard
Executive Producer: Jack Howson
Sound Mix: Olga Reed

A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 4

First And Last - Noel Gallagher On Songwriting

FIRST AND LAST - NOEL GALLAGHER ON SONGWRITING (320kbs-m4a/64mb/28mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 4th December 2022

In this episode of the second series of First & Last, legendary musician and songwriter Noel Gallagher shares his unique song-writing journey with Cerys Matthews, beginning with the Oasis hit Supersonic and finishing with Pretty Boy from the latest Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds album. Listeners will follow the journey between these two songs, hearing about Noel's inspirations, creative process and what he's learnt about song-writing, and himself, along the way.

Noel says: 'There are no rules to this. There's no one to say, this is how you do it. It's just how you're expressing something that's within you. Who knows what that is. Who knows why I picked up the guitar in the first place. I'm just glad that I did.'

Noel Gallagher was the chief songwriter, lead guitarist and co-vocalist of rock band Oasis, after which he formed Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. He is the writer of eight UK number-one singles, and widely considered to be one of the most influential songwriters in the history of British rock music.

The Lennon And McCartney Songbook

THE LENNON AND MCCARTNEY SONGBOOK (320kbs-m4a/129mb/56mins)
BBC Radio 2 broadcast: 30th October 2022

A vintage BBC Archive conversation from 1966 where John Lennon and Paul McCartney reveal their thoughts on the raft of cover versions of the Beatles back-catalogue.

The Band Of Irish Guards - She Loves You [Bandleader Recordings]
Peggy Lee & Lou Levy - A Hard Day's Night [Capitol]
Nancy Sinatra - Day Tripper [Boots Enterprises, Inc.]
Frankie Vaughan - Wait [Philips]
Keely Smith - If I Fell [Real Gone Music]
Lena Horne - And I Love Him [Capitol]
Andy Williams - Michelle [Legacy Recordings]
Ella Fitzgerald & Johnny Spence Orchestra - Can't Buy Me Love [UME - Global Clearing House]
Brenda Lee - She Loves You [Brunswick]
Peter Sellers - Help! [Brownbeats]
Matt Monro & Johnnie Spence - All My Loving [Parlophone UK]
The Mamas & The Papas - I Call Your Name [Geffen]
George Martin Orchestra - This Boy [United Artists]
Boston Pops Orchestra & Arthur Fiedler - I Want To Hold Your Hand [RCA Victor]
Pat Boone - Yesterday [Universal]
The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine [EMI Catalogue]

Arts & Ideas - Star Trek

ARTS & IDEAS - STAR TREK (320kbs-m4a/101mb/44mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 25th November 2022

The first interracial kiss on American TV, a decidedly internationalist cast of characters: Star Trek has always been a deeply political programme but what are those politics? How did they arise in the Cold War America in which the show was initially developed? And where does the vision of an international (or even intergalactic) Federation developed in the series fit into the politics of today?

Matthew Sweet is joined by George Takei, who played Lieutenant Sulu in the original Star Trek series, novelist and screenwriter Naomi Alderman, screenwriter and academic Una McCormack, and academic José-Antonio Orosco, author of Star Trek's Philosophy of Peace and Justice: A Global, Anti-Racist Approach.

George Takei's Allegiance is at the Charing Cross Theatre in London from 7th January - 8th April

Producer: Luke Mulhall

Peter O'Toole - Loitering With Intent (Omnibus)

PETER O'TOOLE - LOITERING WITH INTENT (OMNIBUS) (320kbs-m4a/267mb/1hr56mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th & 14th August 2022

Producer: David Benedictus

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1992.

PETER O'TOOLE - LOITERING WITH INTENT (OMNIBUS) - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/168mb/1hr13mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 7th August 2022

From childhood recollections, the milk bar, the cinema - and Adolf Hitler - to hitchhiking to London via Stratford-upon-Avon to see Michael Redgrave's King Lear.

Actor Peter O'Toole - star of Lawrence of Arabia - reads from his memoir:

The first five of eight parts abridged by Andrew Simpson.

PETER O'TOOLE - LOITERING WITH INTENT (OMNIBUS) - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/99mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 14th August 2022

Recollections of applying to The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, playing rugby and being introduced to the novel 'A Rogue Male'.

Legendary actor Peter O'Toole concludes reading extracts from his memoir.

Omnibus of the last three of eight episodes abridged by Andrew Simpson.

Katherine Soper - Calls From Far Away

KATHERINE SOPER - CALLS FROM FAR AWAY (320kbs-m4a/100mb/44mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 20th September 2022

Science fiction drama by Katherine Soper delving into humanity's capacity to come together after a moment of great change.

An unexpected discovery on Pluto promises to have profound ramifications back down on Earth.

Freelance journalist Jodie finds herself in the right place at the right time when the discovery is made - her life is set to be turned upside down.

Jodie ..... Maimie McCoy
Leo ..... Tom Glenister
Young Leo ..... Bertie Cresswell
Ted ..... Jonathan Forbes
Elliott ..... Chloë Sommer
Lorelei ..... Joanna Monro
News presenter ..... Tom Kiteley
Scientists ..... Ruth Everett and Roger Ringrose

Sound design by Alison Craig
Directed by Gemma Jenkins

Katherine Soper's debut stage play, Wish List, won the prestigious Bruntwood Prize for playwrighting. This is her first audio drama.

Desert Island Discs: Kirsty Young

DESERT ISLAND DISCS: KIRSTY YOUNG (320kbs-m4a/135mb/59mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 25th December 2022

Kirsty Young was the award-winning presenter of Desert Island Discs between 2006 and 2018, interviewing 496 castaways. Her TV work includes BAFTA-winning coverage of events marking the centenary of World War One, and memorable live presentation from Windsor of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year.

Kirsty was born in East Kilbride in Scotland. After a chance meeting with a freelance TV cameraman, she became interested in a media career, and worked as a runner and then a researcher for an independent production company, before joining BBC Radio Scotland as a trainee news and continuity announcer, beating 700 other applicants.

She moved to Scottish Television in 1992, and five years later she was part of the launch of Channel 5, presenting its main news programme while famously perching on the studio desk rather than sitting behind it. She also presented the BBC's Crimewatch for many years.

In 2018, Kirsty had to step back from broadcasting, to undergo treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. After four years away from the microphone, she returned to present coverage of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June this year.

She is married to Nick Jones, CEO of Soho House and they have four children.

BOOK CHOICE: The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron
LUXURY ITEM: A cinema and film archive
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV1007: I. Prelude by Steven Isserlis

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor

Steven Isserlis - Cello Suite No.1 In G Major, BWV1007: I. Prelude
Nina Simone - My Baby Just Cares For Me
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now
Dougie MacLean - Caledonia
Bobby Short - I Happen To Like New York
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
The Voices Of Ascension Choir, Directed by Dennis Keene - O Magnum Mysterium
Kendrick Lamar - Count Me Out

Desert Island Discs: Steven Spielberg

DESERT ISLAND DISCS: STEVEN SPIELBERG (320kbs-m4a/98mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 18th December 2022

Steven Spielberg is the most successful director of his generation and the highest-grossing director of all time: his films have taken more than $10 billion worldwide. From Jaws to E.T. and Jurassic Park to Schindler's List, his storytelling has captivated audiences around the world.

Steven grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, where he started making films as a young boy. In 1958 he made a short Western which won him a Boy Scout merit badge. He screened it to his entire Scout troop and their laughter and applause got him hooked on film making.

In 1971 he directed a television movie called Duel about a motorist who is pursued by a murderous truck driver. The film attracted good reviews from critics, and before the age of 30, Steven had directed his first global hit: Jaws grossed $471 million worldwide and is credited as heralding the arrival of the blockbuster era. He now says Jaws was 'a free pass into my future.'

He has won three Academy Awards, and has received eight nominations for best director. The Fabelmans, his most recent film, is a semi-fictionalised account of his own coming of age, drawing on his film-making experiences as a child.

Steven is married to the actor Kate Capshaw, who starred in his film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and they have seven children.

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Paula McGinley

Gene Pitney - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Johann Sebastian Bach - "Little" Fugue In G Minor, BWV 578
The Beatles - Michelle
Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love
Frank Sinatra - Come Fly With Me
Bruce Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Original Broadway Cast Of "West Side Story" - Somewhere
Buzzy Lee - Coolhand

Desert Island Discs: Cate Blanchett

DESERT ISLAND DISCS: CATE BLANCHETT (320kbs-m4a/98mb/43mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 11th December 2022

Cate Blanchett is arguably the most celebrated Australian actor ever, winning two Academy Awards, three BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and dozens of other honours around the world.

She grew up in Melbourne, and although she enjoyed music and drama at school, she initially had no plans to pursue a career as an actor. She started a degree course in economics and fine art, but dropped out after a year, and later won a place at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.

She found international fame before she was 30, playing Elizabeth I in the highly-acclaimed film Elizabeth, winning an Oscar nomination and a BAFTA. Since then, she has appeared in more than 70 films and 20 stage productions. She won an Oscar and a BAFTA for playing Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator, directed by Martin Scorsese, and other notable roles include the elf leader Galadriel in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings series and a version of Bob Dylan in I'm Not There. She won her second Oscar in 2014 for her performance in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine. Her TV work includes the acclaimed series Mrs America, where she played the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly, and she has recently taken on the role of an internationally famous composer and conductor in the film Tár, written and directed by Todd Field.

Cate has received the Australian Centenary medal and is a Companion of the Order of Australia. She is married to the director and playwright Andrew Upton.

BOOK CHOICE: Hope in the Dark by Rebecca Solnit
LUXURY ITEM: Time
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Tannhäuser: Pilgrims' Chorus composed by Richard Wagner and performed by Norman Luboff Choir, New Symphony Orchestra of London, conducted by Leopold Stokowski

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor

Gustav Mahler - Mahler: Symphony No. 5 In C-Sharp Minor - II [Deutsche Grammophon (DG)]
Los Panchos - Bésame Mucho [Meseta Music]
Richard Wagner - Tannhäuser: Pilgrims' Chorus [RCA Red Seal / Sony Classical Masters]
Grinderman - Go Tell the Women [Mute, a BMG Company]
I Am Kloot - Proof [Shepherd Moon]
Kathleen Ferrier - Blow The Wind Southerly [H&H Music Ltd]
Molly Drake - The Little Weaver Bird [Fledg'ling]
Count Basie And His Orchestra - Lil' Darlin' [Parlophone UK]

Desert Island Discs Revisited: Lost Gems - Dudley Moore CBE

DESERT ISLAND DISCS REVISITED: LOST GEMS - DUDLEY MOORE CBE (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th December 2022

From Blood, Sweat & Tears to Ludwig van Beethoven.

Comedian, composer, pianist and actor Dudley Moore shares his castaway choices with Roy Plomley.

Born in Dagenham, Essex, Dudley recalls how his gift for music won him an organ scholarship to Oxford's Magdalen College. He left in 1958 as an accomplished jazz pianist, performing with Johnny Dankworth and touring the US for a year with the Vic Lewis band.

On his return, he met the late Peter Cook and was asked to join the Edinburgh Festival comedy revue, Beyond The Fringe in 1960. Also starring Alan Bennett and Jonathan Miller, the extended show went on to run for four years in London's West End and on Broadway in New York.

Dudley explains how his partnership with Peter led to the creation of their classic characters Dud and Pete for BBC TV. Writing film scores also kept him busy.

Dudley Moore went on to pursue a successful career in Hollywood, starring in a number of hit screen comedies. Most memorably he played alongside Bo Derek in the movie 10 in 1979. His role as a hard-drinking millionaire in 1981's Arthur won him an Oscar nomination.

By the late 1990s, Moore endured a number of illnesses – developing the rare condition Progressive Supranuclear Palsy. He revealed how the affliction sadly robbed him of his greatest pleasure - his ability to play music.

Married and divorced four times, Dudley Moore was awarded a CBE in 2001.

Born in 1935, he died aged 66 in 2002.

BOOK CHOICE - Study of psychology
LUXURY CHOICE - Piano
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE - Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica" Philharmonia Orchestra (Conductor: Otto Klemperer)

Producer: Ronald Cook

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 1969.

Maria Stader And Hertha Topper With The Munich Bach Orchestra - Bach's Mass In B Minor
Blood, Sweat & Tears - Spinning Wheel
Kathleen Ferrier With The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Conductor: Bruno Walter) - Mahler's Nun seh' ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen (from Kindertotenlieder)
Dudley Moore - Little Miss Britten
Duke Ellington And His Orchestra - Diminuendo And Crescendo In Blue
Pro Arte Quartet - Webern's Bagatelles For String Quartet
Dudley Moore - Lilian Lust (from Bedazzled)
Philharmonia Orchestra (Conductor: Otto Klemperer) - Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 In E Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"

Desert Island Myths: Three Centuries Of Robinson Crusoe

DESERT ISLAND MYTHS: THREE CENTURIES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE (320kbs-m4a/130mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 29th November 2022

Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe was first published on 25 April 1719. By the end of the 19th century it had become the most reissued, adapted and translated novel in the world.

Over the years, this island adventure story has been interpreted in a huge variety of ways: by critics as the first ever novel in English; by political theorists as an allegory of colonialism; by economists as a story of primitive accumulation; by anthropologists as a classic statement of nature and civilisation; and by educationalists as a story of learning by doing.

The book has also inspired countless creative works, from Gulliver's Travels, Swiss Family Robinson and Treasure Island to Lost In Space, Cast Away and The Martian. Not forgetting several reality TV shows and the ever popular Desert Island Discs.

Over 300 years on from Robinson Crusoe's publication, cultural historian Christopher Frayling sets sail through the BBC archive to explore the creation and legacy of this controversial text.

Interviewees:

Charles Boyle, author of Good Morning, Mr Crusoe
Judith Hawley, Professor of 18th-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London
Andrew Lambert, Professor of Naval History at King's College London
Olivette Otele, Professor of History at Bath Spa University
Andrew Pollard, writer, director and pantomime dame

Brian Sibley, author and broadcaster

Producer: Jane Long

A Hidden Flack production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in November 2019.

DJ Yoda - Block Party Mix

DJ YODA - BLOCK PARTY MIX 19.11.22 (320kbs-m4a/62mb/27mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 19th November 2022

DJ Yoda makes his Block Party debut in his usual eclectic style, but rest assured this mix has hip hop at its heart. A genius when it comes to mixing, Yoda is at the controls to mark the release of his new record Prom Night so get your tux on for this one.