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IVOR CUTLER - PRINCE IVOR (320kbs-m4a/42mb/18mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 4th April 2024
Scottish musician and humorist, Ivor Cutler is invited by the BBC's Piers Plowright to write a 20-minute opera, 'Prince Ivor'.
However, from contract to the debut performance, nothing goes to plan...
Written by Ivor Cutler.
With:
Julianne Mason
John Fletcher
Producer: Piers Plowright
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in March 1983.
IVOR CUTLER - A WET HANDLE (320kbs-m4a/157mb/1hr8mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd July to 18th August 2019
More surreal poetic musings and ditties from Ivor Cutler and friends.
Producer: Neil Cargill
First broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 1997.
IVOR CUTLER - A WET HANDLE - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/30mb/13mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 22nd July 2019
'I Am a Yellow Fly' and the tale of a greasy button.
Songs, stories and poems from humourist Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr, Dylan Edwards and Beverley Crew.
IVOR CUTLER - A WET HANDLE - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/33mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 23rd July 2019
'Walking Down the Road' and 'The Jambeena Body Affair'.
Music, prosaic idiosyncrasy and whimsy from the unique Ivor Cutler. With Alison O'Kill and Craig Murray-Orr.
IVOR CUTLER - A WET HANDLE - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/32mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 25th July 2019
Runaway teaspoons and the spelling of 'marmalade'.
Songs, stories and poems from humourist Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr,and Alison O'Kill.
IVOR CUTLER - A WET HANDLE - 4. EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/29mb/13mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 8th August 2019
The tale of a yellow fly and shoplifting with a twist.
Songs, stories and poems from humourist Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr, Alison O'Kill, Dylan Edwards and Beverley Crew.
IVOR CUTLER - A WET HANDLE - 5. EPISODE 5 (320kbs-m4a/33mb/14mins)
BBC Radio 4 Extra broadcast: 18th August 2019
Grass seed, mud and digging ditches.
Songs, stories and poems from humourist Ivor Cutler, with Craig Murray-Orr, Alison O'Kill, Dylan Edwards and Beverley Crew.
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 23rd March 2017
To complement the 6 Music Festival in Glasgow, another chance to hear a programme first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013 celebrating what would have been Ivor Cutler's 90th birthday. The deceptively quiet wordsmith was born in 1923 near the Rangers ground at Ibrox Park.
"I have a harmonium and it's going to explode in two minutes", were the opening words spoken on the Andy Kershaw Show in 1980 by a gentle voiced Scotsman called Ivor Cutler.
Championed by everyone from the Beatles to Billy Connolly, Ivor Cutler was a poet, humourist and absurdist whose appearances on BBC radio and television span over 5 decades. As well as producing a vast body of records, books and plays, Ivor was a notable eccentric, often seen cycling around London in plus fours, handing out homemade stickers and badges to strangers.
To mark what would have been Ivor's 90th birthday, BBC Radio 4 held a 'party', to celebrate his life and BBC archive in particular. Expect a full house, with performers, fans, collaborators and even his long-term partner, Phyllis King, introducing their favourite poems, songs and memories of Ivor. Weirdness from the archives, pleasure for fans, and a singular introduction to those encountering him for the very first time.
Highlights include Bramwell and King re-enacting a morse code performance of "The Little Black Buzzer".
Presenter: David Bramwell is a writer, musician and, recently, presenter of Sony Award winning "The Haunted Moustache". He is the founder of the "Catalyst Club"; a place for enthusiasts to speak on any subject close to their heart. Ivor Cutler is a subject close to his, having kept correspondence with him in the 1980's.
Producer: Sara Jane Hall.
