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| Archive Hour, The | ...Four programmes in which PIERS PLOWRIGHT visits the BBC sound arcHIVes to listen to radio feature highlights that have excited him.... |
| Areopagitica | ...PIERS PLOWRIGHT (Producer)... |
| Artist In Sound, An | ...PIERS PLOWRIGHT introduces a documentary he made in 1984 about Jeff Fletcher, a Leicestershire man who came from a family of miners but became a builder and a published poet.... |
| Bubbling | ...PIERS PLOWRIGHT talks to the 88-year-old poet, biographer and traveller Patrick Howarth, who continues to produce a stream of new work.... |
| How To Be Happy | ...A half-hour montage feature exploring what it means to be happy, led by Carole Rosen. With professor of pharmacology Susan Greenfield, historian Theodore Zeldin, novelist Wendy Perriam, piano tuners Hector and Janet Ruggins and Ben Renshaw and his happiness project.. Producer: PIERS PLOWRIGHT... |
| I Want To Go Home | ...Poems through a day written and read by Charlotte Mitchell. Produced by PIERS PLOWRIGHT.... |
| John Buchan Weekend, The | ...By Robin Brooks. When Richard Hannay signs up for a murder-mystery weekend based on `The Thirty-Nine Steps', he does not expect the drama to begin on his own doorstep. With Alan Cox, Emily Woof and Nigel Cooke. Director Clive Brill. martin jenkins and PIERS PLOWRIGHT ... |
| Justice Or Murder | ...By Jack Emery. The future of the monarchy, the abolition of the House of Lords and a truly democratic parliament all feature in the remarkable Putney Debates, which preceded the execution of the king on 30 January 1649. With Derek Jacobi, Timothy West, T P McKenna, Brian Glover and John Rowe, and with contributions from Margaret Drabble, Mark Kishlansky, Lesley Le Claire and John Morrill. Directors martin jenkins and PIERS PLOWRIGHT ... |
| Lawrence Among The Swells | ...Nesta MCDONALD explores a coincidence, a flirtation, and at least two moments musicaux. With Gayle HUNNICUTT, Marcia KING & Brian Miller. Produced by PIERS PLOWRIGHT.... |
| Most Beautiful Sound In The World, The | ...Legendary radio producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT goes in search of the most beautiful sound in the world. But he discovers early on that it is in the ear of the beholder - and that discovery leads him into further insights and transgressions.... |
| New Radio | ...PIERS PLOWRIGHT introduces four programmes showcasing innovative work from first-time producers. 1: An exploration of reminiscence, a film for radio, and going into battle in a Gulf War tank.... |
| Saki Stories | ...SBH:Louis - a short story by SAKI. Reader: Peter Howell. Producer: PIERS PLOWRIGHT.... |
| Saying The Word | ...PIERS PLOWRIGHT (Producer)... |
| Something Understood | ...Retired radio producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT uses Tanizakis eloquent and perverse essay on the Japanese sense of beauty to celebrate the magic of shadows.... |
| Such Rotten Luck | ...SBH:SUCH ROTTEN LUCK - a series of 'six humps' on the ups and downs of a second class writer. Written by Ronald Hayman. With Tim Pigott-Smith, Zoe Wanamaker, Stephen Rea, Susie Brann, Miriam Karlin and Bill Wallis. Music by Elizabeth Parker. Produced by PIERS PLOWRIGHT... |
| W H Auden | ...PIERS PLOWRIGHT (Producer)... |
| Walking Amongst The Tyrants | ...PIERS PLOWRIGHT (Producer)... |
| Word And Flesh | ...SBH:Ex-Guardsman Bill Barlow talks about his faith - a journey from a Cornish boyhood via the army to an Orthodox monastery in Southern France. With Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh & soldiers of the Guards Division, Pirbright. Producer: PIERS PLOWRIGHT.... |
| Work In Progress | ...Award-winning producer Matt Thompson and his presenter, PIERS PLOWRIGHT, discuss on the phone who would be good talkers on their radio programme and how many minutes potential contributors are worth.... |