Searching through the archives of the BBC, Oxford Academic Dr Stuart Lee finds some previously undiscovered gems. The previously never broadcast parts of one of Tolkien’s rare interviews give a unexpected picture of Tolkien as a playful academic. Narrated by Joss Joss Ackland, and produced by Adam Fowler and Anna Scott-Brown, this programme gives surprising insights…
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In a two-part series Tharik Hussain asks what role mosques have had in American history. He meets Muslims from some of America’s oldest communities before continuing his journey across America to find out what role mosques are playing in the country today. America’s Mosques – A Story Of Integration Programme 1: Old Mosques broadcast…
Joss Ackland narrates a search through BBC archives for unheard gems from JRR Tolkien, as Oxford Academic Dr Stuart Lee discovers the unbroadcast offcuts from an interview given by the author. Producers: Anna Scott-Brown and Adam Fowler An Overtone production for BBC Radio 4 All programmes can be listened to on…
Anna Scott-Brown hears stories from the people who stop to sit beside her on benches around the country. Conversations on a Bench – Mumbles 16th & 22nd October 2016 In this edition, she is joined in Mumbles, on a bench overlooking Swansea Bay, by locals, holidaymakers and the family of the person to whom the…
Gillian Reynolds has been a professional writer about radio for fifty years and, for Archive on 4, unearths the voices that have echoed through her life as critic and broadcaster on commercial and BBC radio. Producer: Simon Elmes An Overtone production for BBC Radio 4 All programmes can be listened to…
Stephen Tuck discovers what brought Malcolm X to Oxford in 1964 just weeks before his assassination, and how the speech he made there was one of the most important of his life. Produced by Adam Fowler An Overtone production for BBC Radio 4. You can hear the programme in full on the BBC Radio 4…
