THE STORY ABOUT THE STORY BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Sunday 29 November 1998 at 4 p.m.
A serious investigation into how certain narrative templates are distorting culture.
Presented by Russell Davies
Producer: Matt Thompson
WHAT DOES MR SWANZY WANT? BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Sunday 22 November 1998 at 4 p.m.
Caribbean literature was tremendously boosted by a BBC World Service programme. How did that happen, and how did commissioning influence literature?
'This intriguing documentary' - The Observer
'Pithily textured and full of beautiful voices' - The Sunday Times
Written and presented by Philip Nanton
Producer: Matt Thompson
BRASS BARMY BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on 28 December 19 at 8 p.m.
REPEATED on Wednesday 21 July 1999
A portrait of a Lancashire Comprehensive school over-endowed with brass musical instruments.
'A perfectly wonderful programme' - Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph
Presenter: Natalie Wheen
Producer: Matt Thompson
HOW TO BE HAPPY BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Monday 21 December 1998 at 8 p.m.
A half-hour montage feature exploring what it means to be happy.
'This is a really useful programme in that it enables the listener to shout RUBBISH at the radio from time to time; great therapy.' - Peter Barnard, The Times
Presenter: Carole Rosen
Producer: Piers Plowright
SHORELINES BBC Radio 4, 5 x 15 minutes
First broadcast on Thursdays from 12 November to 10 December 1998
REPEATED Monday to Friday 8 - 12 March 1999
Five atmospheric portraits of tidal no-man's lands at the very edges of the British Isles which support specialised and very different communities.
'The sheer diversity of lifestyles in Britain's coastal communities has been brought home by this illuminating series' - The Scotsman
Producer: Stephen Haggard
STRICTLY CONVENTIONAL BBC Radio 4, 4 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Fridays from 27 November to 18 December 1998
Mingling with the crowd at their annual convention, Quentin Cooper gains an insight into four very different trades and professions:
- Professional Speakers
- Driving Instructors
- Private Investigators
- Travel Agents
Producers: Nigel Acheson & Lore Windemuth
THE EXODUS STORY BBC Radio 1, 2 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Monday 30 November and Monday 7 December 1998 on the Steve Lamacq Show
Told through their music, the story of Exodus, a self-help collective of young unemployed people who are raising money to fund a lifestyle alternative to junk jobs, unemployment and the dole.
Short-listed for the Commission for Racial Equality's Race in the Media Award 1998
Presenter: Jim Carey
Producer: Tim Malyon
SPOTS IN HISTORY BBC Radio 4, 5 x 15 minutes
First broadcast Monday - Friday 12 to 17 October 1998 at 3.30 p.m.
Helen Weinstein examines facial and other bodily blemishes in history that reveal so much about attitudes of past and present.
'In a gripping first programme, Louis XIV's troublesome bottom boil is examined in gory detail'
- The Observer
Producer: Matt Thompson
A QUESTION OF SUPPORT BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Monday 12 October 1998 at 11 a.m.
Half-hour feature on the joys and frustrations of telephone technical support lines for computers, software etc.
Presenter: Nick Baker
Producer: Nigel Acheson
DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES BBC Radio 4, 2 x 45 minutes
First broadcast on Friday 14 August and Friday 21 August 1998 at 8 p.m.
Repeat broadcast Saturday 15 & 22 August 1998 at 1.15 p.m.
Two inter-cultural debates chaired by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown exploring the views of different ethnic communities in Britain on key issues that affect us all.
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
KURD'S EYE VIEW BBC Radio 4, 4 x 15 minutes
First broadcast on Saturdays from 1 - 22 August 1998 at 7.45 p.m.
Repeated on Wednesays from 5 - 26 August at 8.45 p.m.
A unique view of Britain and Britishness from the perspective of a Kurdish journalist and long-standing UK resident, Hazhir Teimourian.
'A natural broadcaster if ever there was one' - The Times
'As usual the best drama is found among real people. Kurd's Eye View is totally charming. Not because the journalist, Hazhir Teilourian, is the most gracious of new Britons, but because he is also funny, observant and fascinating' - Martin Hoyle, Financial Times
Producer: Nigel Acheson
OVER THE MOON BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Thursday 9 July 1998 at 11.30 p.m.
An experimental opera feature composed out of the atmosphere, sounds and commentaries of sporting events.
'One of the most hypnotic programmes I have heard in a long time' - Peter Barnard, The Times
Producer: Matt Thompson
HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Friday 5 June 1998 at 11 a.m.
A montage about people who have lost something special.
Producers: Kim Normanton & Matt Thompson
WHISTLING IN THE WIND BBC Radio 4, 2 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Thursday 4 and 11 June 1998 at 11.30 p.m.
Elderly people reach back to near forgotten memories through sound: breathing, humming, chanting and intoning. With specially composed music by Karen Wimhurst.
'A fascinating aural portrait' - Peter Barnard, The Times
Material collected by: Helen Weinstein
Producer: Matt Thompson
INTIMATE DEATH BBC Radio 4, 5 x 15 minutes
First broadcast Monday to Friday 22 - 26 June 1998 at 9.45 a.m.
Frances Barber reads from Marie de Hennezel's best-seller about her work with terminally ill patients at a Paris hospice.
'Insightful and uplifting' - The Times
'Frances Barber reads with warmth and down-to-earth tenderness which never becomes sentimental' - Financial Times
Producer: Teresa Watkins
THE BIG GAME HUNTER BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
Saturday 20 June 1998 at 2.30 p.m. REPEATED on 4 April 1999 at 9 p.m.
The adventures of Colonel Ralph Isham, a millionaire playboy big game hunter and spy master who lived several lives as a hunter: animals, humans and finally books.
Presenter: Julian Putkowski
Producer: Matt Thompson
GREAT EXPECTATIONS BBC Radio 4, 3 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Monday 4, 11 and 18 May 1998 at 8 p.m.
REPEATED on Monday 18, 25 January and 1 February 1999 at 11 a.m.
Three features about midwives at work in very different parts of the UK.
Material gathered by: Kim Normanton
Producer: Alison Vernon-Smith
GLIMPSES Radio 4, 4 x 5 minutes
First broadcast on Sunday 12, 19, 26 April and 1 May 1998 at 12.25 a.m.
REPEATED on Sunday 11, 18, 25 October and 1 November 1998 at 12.25 a.m.
Four short, experimental programmes that catch life on the wing.
1. Morning Music
2. Scratching the Surface
3. Stationery in Falkirk
4. Morning Solutions
Producers: Piers Plowright, Matt Thompson & Nigel Acheson
CRIMESCAPES series II BBC Radio 4, 6 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Tuesdays from 24 February to 31 March 1998
Leslie Forbes investigates six contemporary UK crime writers, stalking the meaner streets of the cities they use as the backdrop to their books (Cardiff, London, Bangor, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast. Pictures of contemporary Britain from a crime writer's perspective: seamy side up.
1. David Craig
2. Nicola Williams
3. Alison Taylor
4. William McIlvanney
5. Ian Rankin
6. Colin Bateman
Presenter: Leslie Forbes
Producer: Nigel Acheson
1998 radio programmes
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