The ideas and individuals explored in the series include Michael Sandel, who examines Bertrand Russell’s inaugural 1948 Reith Lecture series on Authority And The Individual; Grayson Perry who revisits Nikolaus Pevsner’s The Englishness Of English Art; Brian Cox who explores the lectures on Science And The Common Understanding delivered by Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist known as the father of the atomic bomb; Professor Anand Menon on Robert Birley’s lectures on Britain In Europe; and Professor Angela Stent on George Kennan’s lectures on Russia, The Atom And The West.This series places the thinking of great minds from the first decade of the Reith Lectures in a contemporary context - creating a dialogue across generations.Sarah Montague says: "It's been such a privilege to be involved in this fascinating series.
"The Reith Lectures too have their own important history.
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Here, it is still 1981 and Adrian …
"No doubt Lord Reith would have loved to hear Professor Michael Sandel engage with Bertrand Russell's idea of a World Government, Professor Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atom bomb. He is known for his roles in Tower Block, for his numerous theatre roles, such as in the award-winning London production of Spring Awakening, and for playing Æthelwold in The Last Kingdom as a recurring character over the first two seasons and main cast in the third season.
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!"
And hear Grayson Perry ruminate on Nicolas Pevsner's view of how the English character is presented in its art. News and current affairs lies at our core but the whole range of programmes from arts to culture, science, history, politics, drama and comedy is what makes Radio 4 so able to reflect the contemporary world in all its complexity. Second book in the hilarious Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend. Stars Harry McEntire. Brilliant minds, rich discussion - perfect radio. These commissions in current affairs and the arts reflect that approach, as relevant now as it was fifty years ago.”Both commissions will air from Monday 25th September. It’s 1981 and Margaret Thatcher is in power, Britain is at war in the Falklands and teenagers are growing up in a world without mobile phones or computer games.
Actors Lara Beach, +44 (0)20 7393 4470 Email Lara Beach. The fourth book in Radio 4's serialisation of Adrian Mole's hilarious diaries by Sue Townsend begins in April 1977, with Adrian now a balding 30-year-old.
The character first appeared as ‘Nigel’ on BBC Radio 4 in 1982 and was originally played by the actor Nicholas Barnes.In Sue Townsend's hilarious and heart-breaking chronicle of a teenager growing up in the Midlands in the 1980s, Adrian Mole will be read by Harry McEntire. Adrian Mole. View PDF. It starts in 2002 and covers the controversial period of the Iraq War. These commissions in current affairs and the arts reflect that approach, as relevant now as it was fifty years ago.”To mark 50 years since the Home Service became Radio 4 [30 September 1967] the station has announced two special commissions, which will both air from Monday 25 September.No doubt Lord Reith would have loved to hear Professor Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atom bomb, and hear Grayson Perry ruminate on Nicolas Pevsner's view of how the English character is presented in its art 10 episodes (1 series) in 2018. Production Company Pier Productions for BBC Radio 4 Representation. Actors Lara Beach, +44 (0)20 7393 4470 Email Lara Beach. In the year that Adrian Mole also turns 50, Radio 4 is returning to his early years in a brand new serialisation of his first Secret Diary for Book At Bedtime. In late author Sue Townsend's "hilarious and heart-breaking" chronicle of a teenager growing up in the Midlands in the 1980s, Adrian Mole will be read by Harry McEntire.
Radio 4 plans to broadcast new serialisations of all the Adrian Mole books in the coming years, "reflecting some of the major social changes of the last fifty years through the satirical prism of this much-loved character", said the broadcaster.Coming also to Radio 4, journalist Sarah Montague and guests will consider how some of the earliest BBC Reith Lectures look from the perspective of 2017, in a special five-part series. "No doubt Lord Reith would have loved to hear Professor Michael Sandel engage with Bertrand Russell's idea of a World Government, Professor Brian Cox on Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atom bomb, and hear Grayson Perry ruminate on Nicolas Pevsner's view of how the English character is presented in its art. 10 episodes (1 series) in 2018. The broadcast will be set in 1981 when Margaret Thatcher is in power, Britain is at war in the Falklands and teenagers are growing up in a world without mobile phones or computer games. It's 1981 and Margaret Thatcher is in power, Britain is at war in the Falklands and teenagers are growing up in a world without mobile phones or computer games. While his parents are downstairs, drinking, smoking and arguing about their failing marriage, Adrian is upstairs in his bedroom listening to Abba, reading great works of literature, writing poems, and penning letters to the BBC.Despite the many challenges that life throws at him - including regular beatings from the school bully, unrequited love, raging hormones, a severe case of acne and numerous rejection letters - Adrian soldiers on bravely and wins a place in our hearts with his charming naïveté.Radio 4 plans to broadcast new serialisations of all the Adrian Mole books in the coming years, reflecting some of the major social changes of the last 50 years through the satirical prism of this much-loved character.In a special five-part series, Sarah Montague and guests will consider how some of the earliest BBC Reith Lectures look from the perspective of 2017. "Gwyneth Williams, controller of BBC Radio 4, said: “...’m pleased that the audience is turning to us now in record numbers to make sense of these turbulent times.