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68 :
I'm Afraid You'll Have to Give That Back |
first
broadcast:
Thu Apr 13 2006 |
11.30 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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An insight into the secretive work of the Spoliation Advisory Panel - a small team of academics and art historians who advise government - and British galleries and museums - in relation to claims that works held in this country were looted during the Nazi era and should be returned to their rightful owners.
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67 :
What is it about the Maghreb? |
first
broadcast:
Tue Jan 24 2006 |
8.00 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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The North African countries of Morocco and Tunisia are both celebrating fifty years of independence from French colonial rule. They're two of the most pro-western states in the Arab world and both claim to be on the road to political democracy. Yet young Moroccans and Tunisians are prominent among those accused of involvement in Islamic terror groups in western Europe. Mark Whitaker investigates.
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66 :
Radio Ramadan |
first
broadcast:
Fri Nov 18 2005 |
11.02 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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Dozens of local 'Radio Ramadans' across the UK provide a unique insight into how our Muslim communities see themselves, and their relationship with the wider worlds of Islam and British culture. The programme will follow the build-up to Ramadan in two communities. It will talk to those who broadcast, and those who they broadcast about. It will provide an immediate insight into the meanings - and joys - of Ramadan itself, while providing a month-long self-portrait of Muslim communities in a Britain that is so profoundly mistrustful of them.
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65 :
Get Rid of that Constable, I Want a Hockney |
first
broadcast:
Mon Sep 5 2005 |
11.30 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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Come with us into the little-known world and work of the Government Art Collection - Whenever a government minister resigns or gets the sack, or whenever a British Ambassador moves on, it's all hands on deck at an unmarked building somewhere near Tottenham Court Road. This is the HQ of the Government Art Collection (GAC), whose 6000 works - paintings, sculptures, photographs - adorn ministerial and ambassadorial walls in the UK and around the world.
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64 :
A Burning Issue (2): India |
first
broadcast:
Thu Aug 25 2005 |
10.05 am
World Service |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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Fires have been burning for up to ninety
years under the ground in India's
largest coalfield. Smoke seeps from the
ground, making it the unhealthiest place
in the country for up to a million people.
In places fire breaks through the surface,
consuming homes. In the USA whole towns
have been abandoned -- one after a 12 year
old boy was almost swallowed up by a hole
caused by a mine fire, and a whole family was
lucky to escape carbon monoxide poisoning.
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63 :
A Burning Issue (1): USA |
first
broadcast:
Thu Aug 18 2005 |
10.05 am
World Service |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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Fires have been burning for up to ninety
years under the ground in India's
largest coalfield. Smoke seeps from the
ground, making it the unhealthiest place
in the country for up to a million people.
In places fire breaks through the surface,
consuming homes. In the USA whole towns
have been abandoned -- one after a 12 year
old boy was almost swallowed up by a hole
caused by a mine fire, and a whole family was
lucky to escape carbon monoxide poisoning.
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62 :
The First Cuckoo and the Last Swallow |
first
broadcast:
Tue Aug 2 2005 |
11.00 am
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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A programme about amateur nature-watchers around Britain whose meticulous private records are now being collated to provide startling evidence for how our climate is changing.
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56 :
Coming Out of the Woodwork |
first
broadcast:
Tue May 17 2005 |
1.30 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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(details to be added)
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55 :
How Long is this Piece of String? |
first
broadcast:
Mon May 2 2005 |
2.45 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Janet Graves |
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Taking a single piece of string to notable individuals and asking them to gauge it’s measurement by sight - Mark Whitaker discovers the varying measurement skills of contemporary generations and professions.
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49 :
The Englishman Who Ran across America |
first
broadcast:
Mon Apr 11 2005 |
8.00 pm
Radio 4 |
presenter:
Mark Whitaker |
producer:
Mark Whitaker |
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Peter Gavuzzi was probably Britain's greatest ever distance runner, but he's been forgotten - because he was a working class professional. This is the story of his taking part in the two 'Bunion Derbys' across America in 1928 and 1929.
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