MONDAY'S CHILD BBC Radio 4, 5 x 14 minutes
Monday to Friday 31 December 2001 to 4 January 2002 at 3.45 p.m.
A simple idea that takes as its lead the first five lines of the rhyme Monday's Child and offers the listener an insight into the worlds of very different children.
Extract played on BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week
Interviewer: Jo Morris
Producer: Matt Thompson
MOVING UP BBC World Service, 12 x 14 minutes
Mondays from 31 December 2001 to 11 March 2002
What's the secret a successful career? Will hard work and determination get you the perfect job or do you need something more? This series looks at the plans and ambitions of people trying to move up in their different fields, including law, politics, acting and catering. What are they doing right - or wrong? The series offers practical advice on career planning and achieving your ambitions.
Presenter: Nigel Acheson
Producer: Doug Campbell
DIVING INTO HISTORY BBC Radio 4, 3 x 28 minutes
Saturdays from 12 to 26 January 2002 at 3.30 p.m.
The entrance from the Atlantic ocean to the English Channel is rich in wrecked ships, each with its own tragic story, each offering insights into the wider historical picture. Wired for sound, John Nightingale dons his diving gear and explores three wrecks from different periods of history - from the Moroccan slave boats of the 17th century with their cargo of Cornish Christians, to the Maine, a British cargo ship whose voyage to the USA in 1917 was curtailed by a German U-boat.
Extract played on BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week
'The way in which slivers of history cascaded into this documentary was just as impressive.' - Elizabeth Mahony, Guardian
'A graphic series that really brings the past back to life' - Susan Jeffreys, Daily Mail
Presenter: John Nightingale
Producer: Tim Malyon
MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING BBC Radio 4, 1 x 28 minutes
Thursday 31 January 2002 at 8 p.m.
Viktor Frankl invented a new type of psychotherapy which revolved around finding meaning in our lives. As Nietzsche said, "He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." In a cruel twist of fate Frankl got the chance to put his theory to the ultimate test when he was transported to Auschwitz. Could he find meaning in the suffering he was to experience?
'This may look like an early candidate for overambitious title of the year but producer Matt Thompson has a habit of making programmes that live up to the brief.' - Peter Barnard, Radio Times
Presenter: James Bryce
Reader: John Rowe
Producer: Matt Thompson
EXTRANEOUS NOISES OFF BBC Radio 3, 1 x 45 minutes
Saturday 2 February 2002 at 10 p.m.
REPEATED Sunday 1 June 2003 at 10.15 p.m.
When it's too late, forensic phoneticians are called in by the police and accident investigators to analyse tape recordings to find out who or what did it. Peter French has unravelled many difficult puzzles from helicopter crashes to the notorious 'Ripper' phone calls, which turned out to be a malicious prank. Extraneous Noises Off follows three stories of phonic sleuthing.
SONY SILVER AWARD WINNER 2003 - FEATURE AWARD
BBC NOMINATION FOR PRIX ITALIA 2002
The judges said: "Because its very subject is sound, this was an example of a programme uniquely suited to radio... an inventive collage of sounds which forces the listener always to question the meaning of what they hear. A rare combination of experimental sound and sound journalism."
Presenter: Peter French
Producer: Matt Thompson
THE WITCH HUNTERS BBC Radio 4, 3 x 30 minutes
Wednesday 13, 20 & 27 February 2002 at 11 a.m.
Dictators, you'd think, would have no need of all the messiness of courts. What's the point of seizing total power if you can't wield it? Yet tyrants in history maintained elaborate judicial procedures. An analysis of the grotesque distortions that occur when the law gets political.
Programme 1: VYSHINSKY - A Rat in Human Form
Programme 2: FREISLER - the People's Judge Programme
Programme 3: ROY COHN - Mr Jugular
Presenter: Julian Putkowski
Producer: Matt Thompson
REPEAT 'TIL FADE series II BBC Radio 4, 4 x 15 minutes
Monday to Thursday 25 - 28 March 2002 at 3.45 p.m.
A further examination of four stonking classic hits familiar from the tail end of countless parties and discos. A kaleidoscope of wildly varying performances, from the original vinyl through amateur interpretations and cover versions.
1. Downtown
2. Under the Boardwalk
3. A Whiter Shade of Pale
4. I Feel Love
Producer: Alan Hall
TUNE A DAY BBC Radio 4, 2 x 30 minutes
Tuesdays 2 & 9 April 2002 at 1.30 p.m.
REPEATED Sunday 4 and 11 August 2002 at 1.30 p.m.
Musical tutor books put to the test, and the history of aids to musical proficiency. From JS Bach to the latest multimedia products.
Producer: Alan Hall
HAIRNETS TO GOALNETS BBC Radio 4, 1 x 30 minutes
17 May 2002 at 11 a.m.
REPEATED on 26 December 2002 at 3 p.m.
The glorious tale of bravery, prejudice, local heroes and unlikely sporting prowess which surrounds the 50-year history of Lancashire's legendary women's football team, the Dick, Kerr Ladies' XI.
NOMINEE for BEST FEATURE, SONY RADIO ACADEMY AWARDS 2003
Presenter: Stewart Henderson
Producer: David Prest
RHAPSODY IN RED BBC Radio 4, 1 x 60 minutes
Saturday 15 June 2002 at 8 p.m.
Classical music and socialism seem unlikely bedfellows now. But between the wars, radical thinkers and musicians both in Britain and on the continent felt that the more complex sentiments of 'highbrow' music should play an important part in the movement for social change. This Archive Hour revisits recordings from an age when music for the people could be a serious business, and interweaves newly recorded interviews with those who remember it.
Presenter: Gerry Kennedy
Producer: Nigel Acheson
THE COURAGE TO BE HAPPY BBC Radio 4, 1 x 30 minutes
Saturday 27 July 2002 at 3.30 p.m.
Ray Brown meets Augusto Boal, the legendary 71 year-old Brazilian director, activist and creator of Theatre of the Oppressed, as he arrives in Hebden Bridge, Yorks, to run a three-day workshop with a theatre group for people with disabilities.
Presenter: Ray Brown
Producer: Nigel Acheson
UTOPIA AT 30 BBC Radio 4, 1 x 30 minutes
Friday 6 September 2002 at 11.30 a.m.
In 1972 a group of young idealists, tired of the rat race and conventional models of working and family life, bought a vast, crumbling mansion in Scotland and moved in. All possessions were to be shared, and sexual jealousy a thing of the past. All work was to be for the common good; all children were to be educated at home; all food would be home-grown; free electric power provided by the local stream would heat the water and light the large house. Thirty years on, how much has life changed? What new challenges face members of the community as some of them approach old age?
Presenter: Gerry Kennedy
Producer: Nigel Acheson
THE BEAUTIFUL OCTOPUS BBC Radio 4, 1 x 30 minutes
23 October 2002 at 11 a.m.
Putting on their sharpest duds and working up their act for the open mike spot, people with learning difficulties prepare for a wild night out - converging from all over the UK on THE BEAUTIFUL OCTOPUS, the only night club of its kind.
Presenter: Jim Carey
Producer: Nigel Acheson
DUFFLED BBC Radio 4, 1 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Friday 27 December 2002 at 11 a.m.
REPEATED on Saturday 8 Feb 2003 at 10.30 a.m.
The duffle coat links heroism on world war II the birth of CND and the peace movement. Introducing this affectionate history of a much loved - and much despised - garment, Ray Brown toggles up.
'The duffel is entering its third century and is celebrated here with wit, charm and affection.'
- Gillian Reynolds, Daily Telegraph
'Lovely micro-history...every aspect of the hooded warmer gets an entertaining going-over' - Time Out
Presenter: Ray Brown
Producer: Nigel Acheson
THE FRENCH BALL BBC Radio 4, 1 x 30 minutes
Thursday 21 November 2002 at 11.30 a.m.*
In an annexe of the New York Public Library, translator Peter Constantine, is researching in the archives, looking for works by Russian writers. Suddenly he comes across a forgotten short story written by the young Anton Chekhov. Chekhov's surreal tale is read by Rupert Graves.
'This fascinating and beautifully structured programme...'
- Susan Jeffreys, Mail On Sunday
'A beautifully produced piece of radio...what made this such an outstanding programme was not the drama of the discovery but the evocation of the library's atmosphere and history.'
- Elisabeth Mahoney, Guardian
' Checkhov as we really see him, in surreal mode imagining pink jelly pouring into his room through all the cracks and little people riding tiny horses with ducks' heads.'
Sue Arnold, Observer
Presenter: Judith Kampfner
Producers: Judith Kampfner & Nigel Acheson
*Programme not broadcast
BETWEEN THE EARS: ANGEL HORN BBC Radio 3, 1 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Saturday 14 December 2002 at 10.30 p.m.
Shake Keane was a pioneer of Caribbean jazz poetry, whose life ended in a chaos of drink and wives.
Extract played on BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week
Presenter: Philip Nanton
Reader: Bert Caesar
Producer: Matt Thompson
LAPLAND TO LEWISHAM BBC Radio 4, 1 x 30 minutes
First broadcast on Tuesday 24 December 2002 at 6.15 p.m.
REPEATED at a quarter past midnight
Hired annually by Lewisham Council, Jim Carey - radical journalist, musician,DJ and part-time Santa - waddles and guffaws his way round the town centre of London's most multiracial borough, by turns enchanting an terrifying the kids.
"'Would you like a Christmas present?' I took a step towards him. Just the one. His face plummeted into horror at such a rate it was impossible to avoid the inevitable outcome. He opened his mouth and screamed a long, ear-piercing scream. His mother exploded. 'How dare you frighten my child! How dare you!'"
Written & Presented by Jim Carey
Producer: Nigel Acheson
A SHORT HISTORY OF STUPIDITY BBC Radio 3, 1 x 45 minutes
First broadcast on Sunday 29 December 2002 at 5.45 p.m.
Why is genius so preoccupied with stupidity? There have been many histories of knowledge, none of stupidity; yet stupidity has been at the centre of representations of knowledge for centuries. The poet and critic Patrick McGuinness embarks on a cultural history.
Extract played on BBC Radio 4's Pick of the Week
Presenter: Patrick McGuinness
Producer: Paul Quinn
2002 radio programmes
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