Tag: Radio
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Federigo and His Falcon, Decameron Nights: Ten Italian Indelicacies Remixed from Boccaccio, The Essay – BBC Radio 3
johnfinnemoressouvenirprogramme: shappeybunny: Terry Jones introduces another tasty Renaissance tale, starring John Finnemore as a lovelorn knight. The one hundred stories which make up Giovanni Boccaccio’s humane and comic masterpiece, come from all over the world. This Renaissance work is considered a landmark in world literature. The stories are vividly reset by Boccaccio among the flourishing…
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The BBC report, by The Guardian
The Guardian’s nine-part survey of the BBC’s history, present and future. The BBC report, by The Guardian
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This is when the Marconi Company decided it was not enough to have a 1kW transmitter each in Calcutta and Bombay. These transmitters were small and away from the government’s sight. If the government were to spend money on installing a stronger one in Delhi, its hands would thereafter be tied and it would not…
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It’s 7:00 a.m. and I’m rushing through my morning routine with an eye on the clock. My plan is to get into my car before 7:30 a.m. so I can tune in and listen to the Brekete Family Radio program. It is always the perfect companion during my 15-minute drive to work through Abuja’s bumper-to-bumper…
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The Segnits…
I’ve been re-listening to Nat Segnit’s BBC radio series of superb spoof documentaries, Beautiful Dreamers. Apart from being tightly scripted, packed with allusion and barbs, and richly imagined, it’s also technically excellent radio and audio. It is, for me, on a par with some of Chris Morris’ work. Heartily recommended, if you can access it. The…
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