Sad to see Radio 4's Film Programme broadcast for the last time this afternoon - two excellent knowledgeable and enthusiastic hosts, Francine Stock and Antonia Quirke, are dispensed with due to budget cuts. Very disappoining. 
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R4 is repeating the final set in its superb dramatisations of Zola’s Rougon-Macquart novels, all presided over by Glenda Jackson’s portrayal of Dide, locked up in an asylum:
These are among the best radio dramas of the past decade.
Germinal today and tomorrow.Comment
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On Radio 4 this morning, I caught 'The Exploding Library' with Mark Watson exploring the world of Flann O'Brien's 'The Third Policeman'. Most enjoyable, I thought.
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Yes, a very well presented programme with much I had not previously picked up on regarding this masterpiece.Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostComment
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Having watched my Dad go from a strong and intelligent man to an almost empty shell in the three years before he died, and lately talk with my old friend as his father goes through a similar process, I was very moved when I caught Catherine Simpson's short story on Friday, 'Driving Dad to the Old Folks' Home'.
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I've long been a fan of the Kinks, and an LP that was a big favourite was Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround. Ray Davies and Paul Sirett have created a play from the record and it was on yesterday afternoon on Radio 4. I enjoyed the trip very much.
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The Coming Storm, a series by Gabriel Gatehouse, explores the origins of the QAnon conspiracy gripping the right in the US. Riveting listening. It's broadcast on R4 on Tuesday mornings, and all episodes available on Sounds.Comment
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Yes - VG!!Comment
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...and very chilling too, Draco.Originally posted by DracoM View Post
As an antidote, I'm really enjoying 'Neil Innes: Dip My Brain in Joy' on 4 extra. A loving tribute to this extremely talented and, it would appear, really lovely man. Very funny.
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Strangely the link offered leads to notification that the episode is not available at the moment. This is an error, all relevant episodes can be accessed via https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00...pisodes/playerOriginally posted by kernelbogey View PostComment
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National Holocaust Remembrance Day today, and Rachel Levy, a survivor of Auschwitz, was on Woman's Hour this morning. I had to pull the car over to listen. It was so moving to hear her calmly share her terrible experiences with such great dignity.
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Music that survived the Nazis
I caught this remarkable programme, the second of two, on World Service in the early hours today.
It tells the moving story of how music sustained camp inmates at the many concentration camps in the Third Reich - but, significantly, much also was preserved. I believe it was Krzysztof Kulisiewicz, mentioned in the programme, who surivived the Holocaust, and did so having memorised 700 pieces of music he had ‘collected’ from other prisoners from all over Europe. These he then transcribed after the war, and continued collecting Jewish music.Comment
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'The Coming Storm' podcasts.Comment
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