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| Archive Hour, The | ...JAMES THURBER's study of American radio soap operas in the 40s offers us a guide to that most maligned of art forms. Author Jeffrey Robinson returns to an age when `Soaptown' was the model for how Americans should live.... |
| Funniest Thing I Ever Heard, The | ...Today, the choice is between Miriam Margolyes reading JAMES THURBER's short story `The Night the Bed Fell' and an extract from Tony Hawks' comic travelogue `Round Ireland with a Fridge' read by Neil Pearson ... |
| Inside The New Yorker | ...From JAMES THURBER to John Updike, from Dorothy Parker to Seymour Hersh. The New Yorker magazine is a roll call of America's greatest writers, cartoonists, journalists and editors.... |
| Pleasure Cruise And How To Survive It, The | ...Henry Goodman reads JAMES THURBER's own handy and witty travel tips about the dangers and delights of pleasure cruises.... |
| Tomorrow At The Same Time | ...A look back at the serials which dominated American radio airwaves during the 30s and 40s and which are the progenitors of today's television soaps. With help from the writings of satirist JAMES THURBER, author Jeffrey Robinson revisits those broadcast monuments to selling and reveals the producers, actors and present-day fans.... |
| With Great Pleasure | ...Richard Ingrams introduces some of his favourite pieces of writing from this summers Ludlow Festival of Literature. Not surprisingly his choices include humour from beachcomber to JAMES THURBER to Auberon Waugh. They're read for him by Andrew Sachs and Peter Marinker ... |