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96 :
Danger Fuels (Nepal) |
first
broadcast:
Wed Jun 6 2007 |
12.01 am
World Service |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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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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90 :
Don Bradman - Myth, Reality, Commodity |
first
broadcast:
Mon Dec 25 2006 |
10.15 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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A myth has been constructed that makes Don Bradman the 'ideal Australian' - but it doesn't bear much relation to the real country or to what's becoming known about the real man.
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89 :
The Roots of Remembrance Day |
first
broadcast:
Sun Nov 12 2006 |
11.45 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mike Hally |
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The ingredients of the Remembrance Day service – the Cenotaph, the Last Post, the two-minute silence, the marching veterans and the laying of wreaths – have been in place since just after World War I. But how did this enduring ceremony, so moving in its simplicity and so widely copied in local commemorations in the UK and around the world, come about in the first place? This programme reveals the surprising origins and evolution of Remembrance Day, including the protests that greeted it in some parts of the country in its first year.
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81 :
Return of the First Cuckoo |
first
broadcast:
Fri Aug 11 2006 |
3.45 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Janet Graves |
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Return of the First Cuckoo celebrates the nature diaries kept by Radio 4 listeners and others and which came to light after the broadcast of the First Cuckoo and the Last Swallow in August 2005.
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80 :
Squatters' Paradise |
first
broadcast:
Wed Aug 2 2006 |
11.00 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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Lack of housing was perhaps the most urgent social problem facing post-war Britain. In the summer of 1946 tens of thousands of people took the situation - and the law - into their own hands, squatting first military camps and then luxury flats and hotels in London. Those still alive tell what happened and how the authorities responded.
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74 :
Creative Writing Groups (5): 'Water Mouse' |
first
broadcast:
Fri Jun 23 2006 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Angela Mounsey |
producer:
Gillian Hush/Mark Whitaker/Mike Hally |
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A week of readings highlighting the best work from Creative Writing Groups in the North of England. Over 250 groups were invited to submit their best two stories, on any theme. This selection is the pick of more than 130 stories submitted. Today's story is “Water Mouse” by Maureen Fenton, Clitheroe Writing Group, read by Angela Mounsey
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73 :
Creative Writing Groups (4): 'Whitby Pier' |
first
broadcast:
Thu Jun 22 2006 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Emma Lowndes |
producer:
Gillian Hush/Mark Whitaker/Mike Hally |
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A week of readings highlighting the best work from Creative Writing Groups in the North of England. Over 250 groups were invited to submit their best two stories, on any theme. This selection is the pick of more than 130 stories submitted. Today's story is “Whitby Pier” by Mary C Clarke, Airedale Writers Circle, read by Emma Lowndes
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72 :
Creative Writing Groups (3): 'Working From Home' |
first
broadcast:
Wed Jun 21 2006 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
David Fleeshman |
producer:
Gillian Hush/Mark Whitaker/Mike Hally |
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A week of readings highlighting the best work from Creative Writing Groups in the North of England. Over 250 groups were invited to submit their best two stories, on any theme. This selection is the pick of more than 130 stories submitted. Today's story is “Working from Home” by Iris Woodford, Lancaster Writers, read by David Fleeshman
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71 :
Creative Writing Groups (2): 'Old Blood' |
first
broadcast:
Tue Jun 20 2006 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Carol McGuigan |
producer:
Gillian Hush/Mark Whitaker/Mike Hally |
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A week of readings highlighting the best work from Creative Writing Groups in the North of England. Over 250 groups were invited to submit their best two stories, on any theme. This selection is the pick of more than 130 stories submitted. Today's story is “Old Blood” by Christiane Algar, Alnwick Playhouse Writers Group, read by Carol McGuigan
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70 :
Creative Writing Groups (1): 'Squirrels' |
first
broadcast:
Mon Jun 19 2006 |
3.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Barbara Marten |
producer:
Gillian Hush/Mark Whitaker/Mike Hally |
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A week of readings highlighting the best work from Creative Writing Groups in the North of England. Over 250 groups were invited to submit their best two stories, on any theme. This selection is the pick of more than 130 stories submitted. The first story is “Squirrels” by Karen Whitchurch, of the Hornsea Writers, read by Barbara Marten
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