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112 :
North African Short Stories (5): You Taught Me To Love Life, Father |
first
broadcast:
Fri May 9 2008 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Youssef Kerkour |
producer:
Mark Whitaker, Mike Hally, Gillian Hush |
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Written by Arousia Naluti: what his wife’s pain in childbirth teaches a young Tunisian man about his country
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111 :
North African Short Stories (4): Provisions of Sand |
first
broadcast:
Thu May 8 2008 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Sherif Eltayeb |
producer:
Mark Whitaker, Mike Hally, Gillian Hush |
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Written by Said al-Kafrawi: an Egyptian man is ambushed by the past when he returns to the village of his childhood.
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110 :
North African Short Stories (3): If She Comes |
first
broadcast:
Wed May 7 2008 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
William El-Gardi |
producer:
Mark Whitaker, Mike Hally, Gillian Hush |
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Written by Tayib Saleh: a trio of middle-class young people fantasise that opening a travel agency will allow them to escape from their own culture in Sudan.
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109 :
North African Short Stories (2): The Furnace |
first
broadcast:
Tue May 6 2008 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Alia Alzougbi |
producer:
Mark Whitaker, Mike Hally, Gillian Hush |
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Written by Rachida el-Charni: the degradations of work in a foreign-owned textile factory as experienced by a young Tunisian woman.
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108 :
North African Short Stories (1): The Crop |
first
broadcast:
Mon May 5 2008 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Essam Edriss |
producer:
Mark Whitaker, Mike Hally, Gillian Hush |
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Written by Gamal el-Ghitani: an Egyptian farmer is dazzled by a proffered deal from a glitzy international hotel; his sons don’t trust it at all.
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107 :
Creative Writing Groups (5) |
first
broadcast:
Fri Feb 22 2008 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Delia Corrie |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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"Rowing Upriver from Bridge Cottage", written by Lesley Jackson of Sheffield Hallam University Short Story Group, shines a light on a long marriage through a river journey with changes of direction, arguments over destinations and the occasional sudden squall.
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104 :
Creative Writing Groups (2) |
first
broadcast:
Tue Feb 19 2008 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Rod Arthur |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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"St John the Better", written by Celia Burney of Hexham Writers, is set outside an abandoned tower block, where a group of local lads have set up an unorthodox clubhouse. When they reluctantly report a strange wailing noise coming from an upstairs window, their action has unexpected consequences.
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102 :
The Roots of the British Legion |
first
broadcast:
Sun Nov 11 2007 |
11.45 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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It seems like the Royal British Legion has always been with us -- synonymous with Remembrance Day, red poppies and be-medalled veterans parading with quiet dignity past cenotaphs in London and around the country. Yet it grew out of an assortment of rival ex-services associations that themselves arose from the awful experience of 'total war' and the country's poor treatment of returning soldiers. These new groups were quite different from the traditional Victorian philanthropic charities that had previously looked after their welfare, for these were self-help groups and they asserted their rights rather than asking for charity.
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101 :
Occupation |
first
broadcast:
Fri Jul 20 2007 |
11.00 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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An examination of the Bush Administration's claim that the post-WW2 occupations of Japan and Germany are a good historical analogy for the occupation of Iraq today.
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100 :
Danger Fuels (Guatemala) |
first
broadcast:
Wed Jun 13 2007 |
12.01 am
World Service |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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Second and final part of a series for 'One Planet' about the health and development implications surrounding household energy and domestic smoke in the developing world. Smoke inhalation kills more people that malaria according to the WHO
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