Another String

Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of their favoured other activity as they go about it.

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

Genome: [r4 Bd=19970529]

Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of another favourite activity.

1: Arthur's Seat. Arthur Miller builds a bench for his front porch. Producer Julian May

Genome: [r4 Bd=19970605]

Six programmes in which famous men consider their favourite activities.

2: A Weaving Shed Full of Grand

Pianos. Sir Ernest Hall speaks of his love for the piano and composing. Producer Julian May

Genome: [r4 Bd=19970605]

Pianos: Sir Ernest Hall

Genome: [r4 Bd=19970612]

Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of another favourite activity as they go about it.

3: Of Burning Gold. Actor Robert Hardy draws parallels between shooting arrows and delivering lines. Producer Julian May

Genome: [r4 Bd=19970612]

Unknown: Robert Hardy

Genome: [r4 Bd=19970626]

Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of another favourite activity.

5: So Long as Lobsters Swim the Sea. Playwright Nick Darke talks about the nets and pots he keeps off Padstow in Cornwall.

Producer Julian May

Genome: [r4 Bd=19970626]

Talks: Nick Darke

Genome: [r4 Bd=19970703]

The last of the series in which famous men discuss another favourite activity. Dismal Trading. Thomas Lynch , poet, essayist and town undertaker, ponders living and dying in the house of his ancestors in County Clare. Producer Julian May

Genome: [r4 Bd=19970703]

Unknown: Thomas Lynch

So Long As Lobsters Swim The Sea

19980110

Arthur's Seat

19980105

Arthur's Seat

19970529

19980110

Arthur Miller, furniture-maker and author of such plays as `Death of a Salesman', builds a bench for his front porch.

19980109

Occasional programmes in which men famous in one field consider another of their talents. 2: Roy Bailey, professor of sociology and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has also spent the last 40 years on the road as an itinerant, radical folk singer.

A Weaving Shed Full Of Grand Pianos

19970605

19980117

Sir Ernest Hall, better known as a textile magnate, remembers how at the age of eight he heard Sibelius's `Valse Triste' and his secret life as a pianist and composer began.

Of Burning Gold

19970612

19980124

Robert Hardy, a leading authority on the ENGLISH longbow, an archer and an actor, draws parallels between shooting arrows and delivering lines.

And Did It Their Way

19970619

19980131

Roy Bailey reflects on his two careers - as a professor of sociology, and a radical folk singer who has spent forty years on the road.

Dismal Trading

19970619

19980131

Thomas Lynch, poet and essayist, is also an undertaker in Milford, Michigan. He ponders living and dying while sitting by the turf fire in the house of his ancestors in County Clare.

So Long As Lobsters Swim The Sea

19970626

19980207

Nick Darke, author of plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, looks to his nets and pots off Padstow.

06 LAST

Dismal Trading

19970703

19980131

Thomas Lynch, poet, essayist and town undertaker to Milford, Michigan, ponders living and dying by the turf fire in the house of his ancestors in County Clare.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
	Genome: [r4 Bd=19970529]			Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of another favourite activity. 1: Arthur's Seat. Arthur Miller builds a bench for his front porch. Producer Julian May
	Genome: [r4 Bd=19970605]			Six programmes in which famous men consider their favourite activities. 2: A Weaving Shed Full of Grand Pianos. Sir Ernest Hall speaks of his love for the piano and composing. Producer Julian May
	Genome: [r4 Bd=19970605]			Pianos: Sir Ernest Hall
	Genome: [r4 Bd=19970612]			Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of another favourite activity as they go about it. 3: Of Burning Gold. Actor Robert Hardy draws parallels between shooting arrows and delivering lines. Producer Julian May
	Genome: [r4 Bd=19970612]			Unknown: Robert Hardy
	Genome: [r4 Bd=19970626]			Six programmes in which men famous in one field consider the importance of another favourite activity. 5: So Long as Lobsters Swim the Sea. Playwright Nick Darke talks about the nets and pots he keeps off Padstow in Cornwall. Producer Julian May
	Genome: [r4 Bd=19970626]			Talks: Nick Darke
	Genome: [r4 Bd=19970703]			The last of the series in which famous men discuss another favourite activity. Dismal Trading. Thomas Lynch , poet, essayist and town undertaker, ponders living and dying in the house of his ancestors in County Clare. Producer Julian May
	Genome: [r4 Bd=19970703]			Unknown: Thomas Lynch
	So Long As Lobsters Swim The Sea		19980110
01	Arthur's Seat		19980105
01	Arthur's Seat	19970529	19980110	Arthur Miller, furniture-maker and author of such plays as `Death of a Salesman', builds a bench for his front porch.
02		19980109		Occasional programmes in which men famous in one field consider another of their talents. 2: Roy Bailey, professor of sociology and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has also spent the last 40 years on the road as an itinerant, radical folk singer.
02	A Weaving Shed Full Of Grand Pianos	19970605	19980117	Sir Ernest Hall, better known as a textile magnate, remembers how at the age of eight he heard Sibelius's `Valse Triste' and his secret life as a pianist and composer began.
03	Of Burning Gold	19970612	19980124	Robert Hardy, a leading authority on the ENGLISH longbow, an archer and an actor, draws parallels between shooting arrows and delivering lines.
04	And Did It Their Way	19970619	19980131	Roy Bailey reflects on his two careers - as a professor of sociology, and a radical folk singer who has spent forty years on the road.
04	Dismal Trading	19970619	19980131	Thomas Lynch, poet and essayist, is also an undertaker in Milford, Michigan. He ponders living and dying while sitting by the turf fire in the house of his ancestors in County Clare.
05	So Long As Lobsters Swim The Sea	19970626	19980207	Nick Darke, author of plays for the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, looks to his nets and pots off Padstow.
06 LAST	Dismal Trading	19970703	19980131	Thomas Lynch, poet, essayist and town undertaker to Milford, Michigan, ponders living and dying by the turf fire in the house of his ancestors in County Clare.