Episodes
| Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapter 1. Waxing Crescent | 20240324 | In Chapter 1: Waxing Crescent programmes include; - Jarvis Cocker's Wireless Nights: Full Moon - Soul Music - Harvest Moon. How Neil Young's 1992 song, about growing old and enduring love, still has an impact on listeners today. From 2020. Plus; Rutherford and Fry find out how the moon formed, and we ask the astronomer Patricia Skelton to explain where our names for Full Moons derive from. | |
| Chapter 2. Waxing Gibbous | 20240324 | In Chapter 2: Waxing Gibbous programmes include; - The Lunar Effect: The Cycle - Michelle Gomez reads John Connolly's short story. - Howling At The Moon - Mark Radcliffe investigates the cult of the werewolf. - Why The Moon, Luke? - Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the Moon. So he has made one. Plus; the writer Nell Frizzell shares a personal story about finding connection and companionship with the moon. Kevin Fong delves through the BBC Archive to explore our fascination with the moon. In this chapter we hear about Werewolves, and examine the impact of the Moon on art. | |
| Chapter 3. Full Moon | 20240325 | In Chapter 3: Full Moon programmes include; - A Sleepwalk on the Severn - The poet Alice Oswald's evocation of the experience of moonrise over the Severn Estuary. - 28ish Days Later - Day Twenty-One: In the Moonlight - Ramblings - we join Clare Balding for part of her walk along the South Downs Way, this time at night under a full moon. Kevin Fong delves through the BBC Archive to explore our fascination with the moon. In this chapter we follow moon rises across the Severn, and go for a moonlit ramble. | |
| Chapter 4. Waning Gibbous | 20240325 | In Chapter 4: Waning Gibbous programmes include; - Ticket To The Moon - Patrick Moore tells Peter Scott why we should travel to the moon. From 1956. - Moonwalk Memoirs - Helen Sharman recalls the Apollo missions with some of the men who left their footprints on the lunar surface. Plus we hear from Mahesh Anand about the future of lunar exploration, and the amateur astronomer Roger Hutchinson shows us how to get close to the moon. Kevin Fong delves through the BBC Archive to explore our fascination with the moon. In this chapter we hear from Sir Patrick Moore and Hele Sharman. | |
| Chapter 5. Waning Crescent | 20240325 | In Chapter 5: Waning Crescent programmes include; - The Music That Melted - Richard Coles hears musicians gather under the full moon in Norway to make ice music. - Re: The Moon - by Ross Sutherland, first heard in Short Cuts - Moonlight. - I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse - Bill Nighy stars in Duncan Macmillan's romantic comedy about the end of the world, a woman who falls in love with the moon, and her husband who falls back in love with her. Kevin Fong delves through the BBC Archive to explore our fascination with the moon. In this chapter The Rev Richard Coles hears moonlit ice music and there's drama with Bill Nighy. | |
| 01 | Chapter 1: Waxing Crescent | 20240324 | In Chapter 1: Waxing Crescent programmes include ; Jarvis Cocker's Wireless Nights: Full Moon Soul Music - Harvest Moon. How Neil Young's 1992 song, about growing old and enduring love, still has an impact on listeners today. Plus; Rutherford and Fry find out how the moon formed, and we ask the astronomer Patricia Skelton to explain where our names for Full Moons derive from. |
| 02 | Chapter 2: Waxing Gibbous | 20240324 | In Chapter 2: Waxing Gibbous programmes include; The Lunar Effect: The Cycle - Michelle Gomez reads John Connolly's short story. - Howling At The Moon - Mark Radcliffe investigates the cult of the werewolf. - Why The Moon, Luke? - Artist Luke Jerram is obsessed with the Moon. So he has made one. Plus; the writer Nell Frizzell shares a personal story about finding connection and companionship with the moon. Kevin Fong delves through the BBC Archive to explore our fascination with the moon. In this chapter we hear about Werewolves, and examine the impact of the Moon on art. |
| 03 | Chapter 3: Full Moon | 20240325 | In Chapter 3: Full Moon programmes include; - A Sleepwalk on the Severn - The poet Alice Oswald's evocation of the experience of moonrise over the Severn Estuary. - 28ish Days Later - Day Twenty-One: In the Moonlight - Ramblings - we join Clare Balding for part of her walk along the South Downs Way, this time at night under a full moon. Kevin Fong delves through the BBC Archive to explore our fascination with the moon. In this chapter we follow moon rises across the Severn, and go for a moonlit ramble. |
| 04 | Chapter 4: Waning Gibbous | 20240325 | In Chapter 4: Waning Gibbous programmes include; - Ticket To The Moon - Patrick Moore tells Peter Scott why we should travel to the moon. From 1956. - Moonwalk Memoirs - Helen Sharman recalls the Apollo missions with some of the men who left their footprints on the lunar surface. Plus we hear from Mahesh Anand about the future of lunar exploration, and the amatuer astronomer Roger Hutchinson shows us how to get close to the moon. Kevin Fong delves through the BBC Archive to explore our fascination with the moon. In this chapter we hear from Sir Patrick Moore and Hele Sharman. |
| 05 | Chapter 5: Waning Crescent | 20240325 | In Chapter 5: Waning Crescent programmes include; - The Music That Melted - Richard Coles hears musicians gather under the full moon in Norway to make ice music. - Re: The Moon - by Ross Sutherland, first heard in Short Cuts - Moonlight. - I Wish to Apologise for My Part in the Apocalypse - Bill Nighy stars in Duncan Macmillan's romantic comedy about the end of the world, a woman who falls in love with the moon, and her husband who falls back in love with her. Kevin Fong delves through the BBC Archive to explore our fascination with the moon. In this chapter The Rev Richard Coles hears moonlit ice music and there's drama with Bill Nighy. |