Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Look Forward In Anger | 20080519 | 20100508 (R4) | Oliver James, author of Affluenza and The Selfish Capitalist, offers an overview of anger, describing and illuminating the nature of this emotion, and looking at how and why we are perhaps angrier now than we've ever been. A series in which five writers from a range of backgrounds shed light on an aspect of anger in a mix of fiction, memoir and thought pieces. Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Oliver James reads his overview describing and illuminating the nature of anger. Oliver James, author of Affluenza and The Selfish Capitalist, offers an overview of anger, describing and illuminating the nature of this emotion, and looking at how and why we are perhaps angrier now than we've ever been. A series in which five writers from a range of backgrounds shed light on an aspect of anger in a mix of fiction, memoir and thought pieces. Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Oliver James reads his overview describing and illuminating the nature of anger. |
| 02 | Kinetic | 20080520 | 20100515 (R4) | Andy McNab's 'Kinetic' takes us on a personal journey from a turbulent childhood into the army and ultimately into battle, where geopolitical anger is reduced to man against man. Read by the author. Part of a series in which five writers from a range of backgrounds shed light on an aspect of anger in a mix of fiction, memoir and thought pieces. Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Andy McNab reads his story of a personal journey from a turbulent childhood into the army. Andy McNab's 'Kinetic' takes us on a personal journey from a turbulent childhood into the army and ultimately into battle, where geopolitical anger is reduced to man against man. Read by the author. Part of a series in which five writers from a range of backgrounds shed light on an aspect of anger in a mix of fiction, memoir and thought pieces. Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Andy McNab reads his story of a personal journey from a turbulent childhood into the army. |
| 03 | So Many Things | 20080521 | 20100522 (R4) | Martina Cole reveals how her anger at injustice inspired her to take direct action. Martina Cole reveals how her anger at injustice inspired her to take direct action. |
| 04 | Seeing Red | 20080522 | 20100529 (R4) | Charlie Falconer, the former Lord Chief Justice, offers an insight into how anger impacts upon politics - how it can be effective, and when it is disastrous. Part of a series in which writers from a range of backgrounds shed light on an aspect of anger in a mix of fiction, memoir and thought pieces. Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Charlie Falconer reads his tale offering an insight into how anger impacts upon politics. Charlie Falconer, the former Lord Chief Justice, offers an insight into how anger impacts upon politics - how it can be effective, and when it is disastrous. Part of a series in which writers from a range of backgrounds shed light on an aspect of anger in a mix of fiction, memoir and thought pieces. Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Charlie Falconer reads his tale offering an insight into how anger impacts upon politics. |
| 05 | Where? | 20080523 | 20100605 (R4) | Joanna Briscoe's moving short story takes us into the life of a terminally ill boy, and the minutiae of personal, impotent anger. Read by Robert Madge. Concludes the series of programmes which shed light on an aspect of anger in a mix of fiction, memoir and thought pieces. Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Joanna Briscoe's moving tale focuses on the life of a terminally ill boy. Joanna Briscoe's moving short story takes us into the life of a terminally ill boy, and the minutiae of personal, impotent anger. Read by Robert Madge. Concludes the series of programmes which shed light on an aspect of anger in a mix of fiction, memoir and thought pieces. Producer: David Roper A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4. Joanna Briscoe's moving tale focuses on the life of a terminally ill boy. |