Sound Bites - Eating On Tour With Franz Ferdinand

Six episodes. First broadcast from 19911220 to 20061208. (* = BBC7).

Last month, R1 asked you to send in any odd bits of tape you had lying around, featuring your own individual brand of talent.

Contributors

David Baddiel

Armando Iannucci (Producer)

Recorded on 1991-12-19

  • Also listed by BBC7 as Sound Bites and Sound Bites - With Franz Ferdinand
 
 
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BOTW0120061204* 20080728Eating adventures with Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand, who appreciates that there's more to touring than pizzas and burgers. Episode 1 of 5.
BOTW0220061205* 20080729In Paris he finds it difficult to convince his band-mates of the merits of a salad made from gizzards.
Songwriter and singer Alex Kapranos enjoys a taste of Paris and Milan and eats gingerbread cake in a Munich Christmas market. Episode 2 of 5.
BOTW0320061206* 20080730On a break from touring, the taste of home comes in the shape of the much maligned haggis, a good curry, and a saveloy dip.
Alex Kapranos longs for a good curry, praises haggis and remembers his grandfather - thanks to stotty cake and pease pudding. Episode 3 of 5.
BOTW0420061207* 20080731In Singapore, a snobbish and overbearing hotel manager gets his comeuppance in a story of fast food and brutal vengeance.
In Osaka, Alex tries deep fried fugu, a variety of poison puffer fish and lives to invite the audience back to his hotel lobby. Episode 4 of 5.
BOTW05 LAST20061208* 20080801Exotic flavours continue to delight, but the end of the tour approaches.
The most decadent burger in Manhattan reminds Alex of his fifth birthday cake and he reads from the Bible in unlikely places. Episode 5 of 5.