Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960626] | In a new series on life's rapturous interludes, four writers each celebrate a readily available sensual experience that gives them intense pleasure. 1: Raffaella Barker on dressing up. Producer Beaty Rubens | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960703] | A series in which four writers each celebrate a sensual experience that gives them intense pleasure. 2: Blake Morrison on cycling in Suffolk. Producer Beaty Rubens | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960710] | Four writers celebrate a sensual experience that gives them pleasure. 3: Anna Pavord on the taste of pears. Producer Beaty Rubens | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19960717] | Last of the series in which four writers each celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience. Sean O'Brien on the Tyneside Turkish Baths. Producer Beaty Rubens | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19961125] | Four writers each celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience. 1: Raffaella Barker on dressing up. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19961202] | A series in which writers celebrate an experience that gives them intense pleasure.2: Blake Morrison on cycling. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19961209] | A series in which different writers each celebrate a sensual experience that gives them intense pleasure. 3: Anna Pavord on the taste of pears. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19961223] | Last of the series in which four writers each celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience that gives them intense pleasure. Sean O'Brien on the Tyneside Turkish Baths. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19970702] | Four writers explore an experience that gives them intense pleasure. 1: Meetings with Pelicans by Howard Jacobson. "It was while I was lounging against the bonnet of the car, trying to make a crisp and cheese sandwich, that the pelican paddled up. I called to him, 'Come nearer,' which he did. Then I said, 'Open your mouth,'and he did." Producer Beaty Rubens | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19970709] | Four writers celebrate an experience that brings them intense pleasure. 2: Secret River Bathing by Adam Thorpe. It is one thing to share one's passion for swimming naked in the hidden rivers of France, quite another to divulge the location. Producer Beaty Rubens | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19970716] | A series in which four writers celebrate a single sensual experience that gives them intense pleasure. 3: Five 0 'Clock in the Afternoon by Timberlake Wertenbaker. "It started in childhood with the late sun drying the sea off my back, the prickle of salt, the sound of the tide shifting." Producer Beaty Rubens | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19970723] | The last in the series in which four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience. Jeanette Winterson on Second-Hand Pleasures. "My nostrils flare, my breath quickens, my heart pounds, my wallet opens. I cannot rest until I am alone in the farthermost edge, wedge, ledge of the shop, lying along the skirting board, legs propped, reading." Producer Beaty Rubens | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19970901] | Another chance to hear Sean O'Brien celebrate the readily available sensual experience that gives him intense pleasure - Tyneside Turkish baths. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19971201] | Four writers explore a sensual experience which brings them intense pleasure. 1: Meetings with Pelicans by Howard Jacobson. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19971208] | Four writers explore a sensual experience which brings them intense pleasure. 2: Secret River Bathing by Adam Thorpe. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat | |||
| Genome: [r4 Bd=19981205] | Four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience. 4: Celia Brayfield on "Jason and the Buttercups". Producer Beaty Rubens Repeated Wednesday 8.45pm | |||
| Tyneside Turkish Baths | 19970901 | Another chance to hear writer Sean O'Brien celebrate the readily available sensual experience that gives him intense pleasure - Tyneside Turkish Baths. | ||
| 01 | Meetings With Pelicans | 19970702 | 19971201 | Four more writers explore a sensuous experience that gives them intense pleasure. 1: `Meetings with Pelicans' by Howard Jacobson. `It was while I was lounging against the bonnet of the car, trying to make a crisp and cheese sandwich, that the pelican paddled up. I called to him `Come nearer'. Which he did. Then I said `Open your mouth'. And he did.' Four writers explore a sensual experience which brings them intense pleasure. |
| 01 | Sebastian Barry On Putting Tobias To Bed | 19981114 | 19981125 | Four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience which gives them intense pleasure. 1: `Sebastian Barry on Putting Tobias to Bed'. |
| 02 | Secret River Bathing | 19970709 | 19971208 | Four writers celebrate a sensual experience which brings them intense pleasure. 2: `Secret River Bathing' by Adam Thorpe. It is one thing to share one's passion for SWIMMING naked in the hidden rivers of rural FRANCE, quite another to divulge the precise location. Four writers explore a sensual experience which brings them intense pleasure. `It is one thing to share one's passion for SWIMMING naked in the hidden rivers of rural FRANCE, but quite another to divulge the precise location.'. |
| 02 | The Perfect Haircut | 19981114 | 19981125 | Four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience which gives them intense pleasure. 2: Fred D'Aguiar on Getting the Perfect Haircut in South LONDON. |
| 03 | Five O | 19970716 | 19971215 | A series in which four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience that gives them intense pleasure. 3: `Five O'Clock in the Afternoon' by Timberlake Wertenbaker. `It started in childhood with the late sun drying the sea off my back, the prickle of salt, the sound of the tide shifting.' Four writers explore a sensual experience which brings them intense pleasure. It's been coffee in a PARISian cafe. Today the Dorset hills. I've been waiting all day for this moment.'. Four writers explore a sensual experience which brings them intense pleasure. 3: Five O'Clock in the Afternoon by Timberlake Wertenbaker. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat |
| 03 | Invitations On The Mantelpiece | 19981121 | 19981202 | Four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience which gives them intense pleasure. 3: Maura Dooley on Invitations on the Mantelpiece. |
| 04 | Jason And The Buttercups | 19981128 | 19981209 | Four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience which gives them intense pleasure. 4: Celia Brayfield on Jason and the Buttercups. Four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience which gives them intense pleasure. Part 4. Repeated from Saturday 7.45pm |
| 04 | Jeanette Winterson On Second-hand Pleasures | 19970723 | The last in a series in which four writers celebrate a single, readily available sensual experience that gives them intense pleasure. `Jeanette Winterson on Second-Hand Pleasures'. `My nostrils flare, my breath quickens, my heart pounds, my wallet opens. I cannot rest until I am alone in the farthermost edge, wedge, ledge of the shop, lying along the skirting board, legs propped, reading'. | |
| 04 LAST | Second-hand Pleasures | 19971222 | Each of four writers explores a sensual experience. `Second-Hand Pleasures' by Jeanette Winterson. `My nostrils flare, my breath quickens, my heart pounds, my wallet opens. I cannot rest until I am alone in the farthermost edge, wedge, ledge of the shop, lying along the skirting board, legs propped, reading.'. Each of four writers explores a sensual experience. Second-Hand Pleasures by Jeanette Winterson. The last programme of the series. Producer Beaty Rubens Repeat |