SCENES FROM A PAINTED BESTIARY BBC Radio 4, 1 x 30 mins
First broadcast on Saturday 25 December 1999 at 5 p.m.
REPEATED on Sunday 26 December 1999 at midnight
Lavishly illustrated books of weird and wonderful beasts offer a window on the mediaeval world and mindset.
Producer: Matt Thompson
AN ANTIDOTE TO CHRISTMAS BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Friday 17 December 1999 at 11 a.m
''Tis the season to be jolly." Quentin Cooper provides a welcome antidote.
'Over the Twelve Days of Christmas 80,000 people in Britain will end up in hospital... 2000 of these injuries will have been caused by Christmas trees but the bold Quentin Cooper also explores the perils of half thawed turkey, the dangers of tinsel and how to stop your toddler eating holly.' - Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph
Presenter: Quentin Cooper
Producer: Matt Thompson
DEVOTED SISTERS BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Monday 29 November 1999 at 8 p.m.
Two Irish nuns, Sister Margaret and Sister Noreen, have chosen to work with people with AIDS in Zimbabwe, the country with the highest incidence of HIV in the world.
Producers: Kim Normanton, Nigel Acheson
GONE FISHING BBC Radio 3, 45 minutes
First broadcast on Saturday 27 November 1999 at 10 p.m.
Producer: Matt Thompson
STRICTLY CONVENTIONAL series II Radio 4, 4 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Wednesdays from 10 November to 1 December 1999 at 11 a.m.
Mingling with the crowds at their annual convention, Quentin Cooper gains an insight into four more trades and professions.
1. Dentists
2. Plumbers
3. Fire-fighters
4. Pest controllers
'Hilarious' - Andy Kershaw.
The Independent Nominee, Feature category, Sony Awards 2000
'Just what a radio feature should be. A clever idea, wittily scripted and narrated... a thoroughly enjoyable listen' - Judges, Sony Awards 2000
Extracts played on Radio 4's Pick of the Week
Producers: Nigel Acheson, Simon King
THE FREEDOM TRAIN BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Saturday 25 September 1999 at 2.30 p.m.
Judith Kampfner travels along the clandestine escape routes set up by slaves in 1830s-50s America, escaping from plantations and fleeing to states where slavery had been abolished, and to Canada.
Presenter: Judith Kampfner
Producer: Nigel Acheson
THE BUGPIT OF BUKHARA Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Saturday 18 September 1999 at 2.30 p.m.
Carole Rosen tells the story of a great 19th-century British diplomatic cock-up in which British emissaries Charles Stoddart and Arthur Conolly suffered and died at the hands of the unruly and unstable Emir Nasrullah of Bukhara, central Asia.
Presenter: Carole Rosen
Producer: Nigel Acheson
HIGH CONTRAST BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Thursday 27 April 2000 at 11 a.m.
Two separate groups of people in similar yet contrasting dramatic situations tell their stories. Strong narratives tellingly intercut to form a very satisfying listen.
Extracts played on Radio 4's Pick of the Week
Producer: Matt Thompson
BE MITTY BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Thursday 2 September 1999 at 11 p.m.
Bored with your own life? Escape for a moment into your own personal Walter Mitty fantasy existence, with the help of improvisational actors, music and sound effects.
Producer: Matt Thompson
I'LL TRY IT FOR A WHILE BBC Radio 4, 15 minutes
First broadcast on Sunday 29 August 1999 at 5.40 p.m.
Nice middle class St. Vincent boy Philip Nanton relates his experiences of an English Public School.
Written & presented by: Philip Nanton
Producer: Matt Thompson
LAND & FREEDOM Radio 4, 40 minutes
First broadcast on Tuesday 17 August 1999 at 8 p.m.
Repeat broadcast Sunday 22 August at 5 p.m.
Through the experiences of two white farmers and their black farmer neighbour, Grant Ferrett examines the consequences of Robert Mugabe's policy of land redistribution in Zimbabwe, in the 20th year of independence from British rule.
Extracts played on Radio 4's Pick of the Week
Producer: Nigel Acheson
PICTURES OF DERRY BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Monday 2 August 1999 at 8 p.m.
Clutching a handful of amateur snapshots taken on 12 August 1969, London-Irish Sheila Keegan relives the nightmare of her first parent-free holiday: a hitchhiking tour of Ireland with two school friends. Watching the annual Apprentice Boys' march in Londonderry, they became caught up in the notorious and violent 'Battle of the Bogside'. Will Sheila find the men, women and children captured by her camera at this turning point in the tragic history of Northern Ireland?
Extracts played on Radio 4's Pick of the Week
'..this exquisitely assembled feature' - Andy Kershaw, The Independent
Presenter: Sheila Keegan Producer: Nigel Acheson
WHEN BANKS FALL APART BBC Radio 4, 3 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Saturdays from 31 July to 14 August 1999
The stories of three great banking frauds - including 'The Man Who Bought Portugal'.
Written & presented by Julian Putkowski
Producer: Matt Thompson
STEPHANIE HUGHES TAKES NOTES BBC Radio 4, 6 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Sundays from 30 January to 5 March 2000 at 1.30 p.m.
Pairs of composers share their approach to different aspects of writing music.
'Engaging, unpretentious and genuinely informative...' Martin Hoyle, Financial Times
Presented by Stephanie Hughes
Producer: Alan Hall
FROM CAMELS TO PICK-UP TRUCKS BBC Radio 4, 25 minutes
First broadcast on Sunday 18 July at 12 .30 p.m.
John Nightingale travels in the Sinai Desert to explore the clash between the traditional culture of the Bedu people and the fast-growing Western-style resort of Dahab.
Extracts played on Radio 4's Pick of the Week
Presenter: John Nightingale Producer: Tim Malyon
THE LANGUAGE DOCTOR World Service, 12 x 15 minutes
First broadcast on Mondays from 31 May to 16 August 1999
An English language 'clinic' for students of English, with a comic twist: Caring, but firm, Nurse Evans (Lizzie Lewendon) marshals and soothes 'patients' from all over the world and ushers them into the doctor's surgery for linguistic treatment.
'Permit me to congratulate you on your excellent programmes. More grease to your elbow' - Listener, Nigeria
'Your programme on English teaching delighted me to the core' - Listener, India
'I am in love with your nurse' - Listener, Kenya
Producer: Doug Campbell
HOW THE TWINS GOT OUT BBC Radio 4, 2 x 15 minutes
First broadcast on Sunday 13 and 20 June 1999 at 5.40 p.m.
Matt Thompson and his wife Yolanda Pupo-Thompson tell the story of the birth of their first children - twins.
'One of the best features I have heard in a long time... honest and funny, truly dual in its perspectives... a thing of beauty and wisdom' - Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph
Producer: Rex Brough
A MATHEMATICIAN READS THE NEWSPAPERS BBC Radio 4, 4 x 15 minutes
First broadcast on Sundays from 4 - 25 April 1999 at 5.40 p.m.
American Professor of Mathematics John Allen Paulos casts his numerate eye over the British press and reveals how journalists and readers abuse, bend and misinterpret statistics.
'An inspired little idea' - The Guardian
Presenter: John Allen Paulos
Producer: Teresa Watkins
RUSKIN AT 100 BBC Radio 4, 30 minutes
First broadcast on Monday 1 February 1999 at 8 p.m.
Steve Richards presents a feature on Ruskin College, Oxford on its 100th birthday. In the age of New Labour, is there still a place for an Oxford college dedicated to workers' education?
'A well-made programme about an important British institution' - Time Out
Presenter: Steve Richards
Producer: William Brittain-Catlin
1999 radio programmes
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