 | | BBC RADIO 2 Tuesday 27 May 2008 | |
Icons Revisited – David Bowie
Tuesday 27 May
10.30-11.30pm BBC RADIO 2 | | | | |
David Bowie is the focus of Icons Revisited as Johnnie Walker continues to host a special season of programmes featuring some of BBC Radio 2's finest music profiles. David Bowie remains one of music's most influential, photographed, adored, imitated, admired and talked-about artists of the post-Beatles period. Mark Radcliffe hears from performers who have been inspired by him and his music in this documentary, Inspirational Bowie, which features many of the artist's biggest hits and includes contributions from Boy George, Annie Lennox and Ricky Gervais. Inspirational Bowie was first broadcast in January 2007 to coincide with Bowie's 60th birthday and was a SUGAR production for Radio 2. Presenter/Johnnie Walker, Series Producer/Malcolm Prince BBC Radio 2 Publicity Paul Morley's Musical GenresEp 2/6
Tuesday 27 May
11.30pm-12.00midnight BBC RADIO 2 | | | | |
Paul Morley continues his journey exploring the different musical genres that exist today. With the help of Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite, Talk Talk's Tim Friese-Green and Robert Wyatt, Paul attempts to find out just what sort of music fits into the genre that is post-rock, and asks journalist Simon Reynolds exactly how, and why, he came up with the name. Presenter/Paul Morley, Producer/Paul Kobrak BBC Radio 2 Publicity | | BBC RADIO 4 Tuesday 27 May 2008 | |
Lost AlbumsEp 1/3
Tuesday 27 May
1.30-2.00pm BBC RADIO 4 | | | |  |
Bambu, by Beach Boy Dennis Wilson, is the opener in music journalist Pete Paphides's new series revealing more stories and music behind some of the great albums lost in the mists of creative differences, personal politics, business decisions, money and time. Pete sets each album against the backdrop of their eras and talks to artists, producers, record companies, family and writers to find the story behind each album. Dennis Wilson started off as the Beach Boys' drummer, but gradually his own musical talents emerged and he began to contribute songs to the group and share the lead vocals. In 1977 Dennis released his first solo album, Pacific Ocean Blue, but his next project, Bambu, never came out because of lack of finance and other Beach Boy projects. Dennis's drinking and drug taking began to take its toll and he died in 1983 at the age of 39, drowning while swimming off his boat in Marina del Ray, California. The masters for Bambu have been revisited and were remixed and released for the first time this month, together with a remastered version of Pacific Ocean Blue. The programme contains a rare new interview with Dennis's first wife, Carole, and his son Carl. Other contributors include lyricist Stephen Kalinich, musician/producer Carli Munoz and friend and collaborator Stan Shapiro. Presenter/Pete Paphides, Producer/Laura Parfitt BBC Radio 4 Publicity Afternoon Play – A Wedding In Krakow
Tuesday 27 May
2.15-3.00pm BBC RADIO 4 | | | | |
Ewa Banaszkiewicz's play provides a contemporary look at life for a Polish man living in England – and the perspective he gains on his life when he returns to Poland. Staszek returns to Kraków for his daughter's wedding – a visit he has dreaded, having abandoned his pregnant girlfriend 20 years earlier. Not only is he wracked with guilt at never having lived up to being a father, he also has a secret – and it's one he'd like to keep. Thrown into the mix is Sandra, Staszek's English girlfriend, who increases the tension he feels between the two cultures as he tries to identify what it is he needs to change in his life. The play brings together an ensemble of Polish acting talent including Peter Czajkowski, Joanna Kanska, Ruth Posner, Helen Longworth and newcomer Aneta Piotrowska. Ewa Banaszkiewicz is a film and radio writer of Anglo, Polish and Sri Lankan descent. She was a member of the jury at the Warsaw Film Festival and was invited to Cannes last year as one of 50 emerging directors. Her writing includes Too Blind for MTV Europe, and Close Your Eyes and Shell Station Story for BBC Radio 4. Producer/Pam Marshall BBC Radio 4 Publicity File On 4
Tuesday 27 May
8.00-8.40pm BBC RADIO 4 | | | | |
Liverpool is celebrating its status as this year's European Capital of Culture. It's also benefiting from a £4 billion regeneration programme, one of the biggest of its kind in Europe. It should be boom time – so why then is Liverpool City Council, the area's biggest employer, mired in mounting debts and rated by Government auditors as the worst performer in the country when it comes to finance? Liverpool says it's proud of the cultural events it is staging, but the way it has organised its showpiece year continues to attract widespread criticism within the city and there's mounting concern about how more than £100 million, most of it taxpayers' money, has been spent by the company responsible for delivering its City of Culture celebrations. Even the Liverpool Sound concert featuring Sir Paul McCartney, due to be held at Anfield this Sunday (1 June) faced the prospect of cancellation until an 11th-hour intervention by Macca's people saved the day. Allan Urry investigates and tries to find out what's been going on at the Town Hall. The programme can be heard again on Sunday 1 June at 5pm. Presenter/Allan Urry, Producer/Paul Grant BBC News Publicity | | BBC 6 MUSIC Tuesday 27 May 2008 | |
George Lamb
Tuesday 27 May
10.00am-1.00pm BBC 6 MUSIC | | | | |
Alongside the usual banter, Canadian indie-rock band Born Ruffians perform live in the 6 Music Hub. Presenter/George Lamb, Producer/Mike Hanson BBC 6 Music Publicity Gideon Coe
Tuesday 27 May
10.00pm-1.00am BBC 6 MUSIC | | | | |
Gideon Coe features highlights from Durutti Column, Grandaddy and Arthur Lee plus session tracks from Steve Earl and a John Peel session from Neko Case. Presenter/Gideon Coe, Producer/Lisa Kenlock BBC 6 Music Publicity | | BBC ASIAN NETWORK Tuesday 27 May 2008 | |
Sway wants to show Zak support but Nadia isn't sure, in the latest action from the Asian soap. Nadia tries to explain but Sway knows when he isn't wanted. Later, Sway admits that Kuljit was right about Talib all along. Elsewhere, Shazia prepares her statement now that Dr Masud has been let off with a caution, but will the press be satisfied? Later, Dr Masud receives bad news but believes it's a fair punishment for letting Talib take the rap for the fake passport... Sway is played by Mark Monero, Zak by Jetinder Summan, Nadia by Sohm Kapila, Kuljit by Sartaj Garewal, Talib by Rachid Sabitri, Shazia by Shobu Kapoor and Dr Masud by Saeed Jaffrey. BBC Asian Network Publicity | | BBC WORLD SERVICE Tuesday 27 May 2008 | |
World Book Club – Khaled Hosseini
Tuesday 27 May
3.30-4.00pm BBC WORLD SERVICE | | | | |
Harriett Gilbert talks to Khaled Hosseini about his first novel, the 2005 runaway bestseller The Kite Runner. Set against a backdrop of tumultuous events in Afghanistan – from the Soviet invasion to the imposition of the Taliban regime – The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir, a boy from Kabul, who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his childhood soulmate Hassan. World Book Club brings readers from around the world together with their favourite writers. Every month, Harriett Gilbert invites a best-selling author to talk about the chosen work, give a reading from it, then throw themselves open to questions and feedback from a studio audience and readers worldwide. Since its launch in 2002, World Book Club has hosted Nobel laureates Wole Soyinka, Orhan Pamuk, VS Naipaul and Doris Lessing, as well as several Booker prize winners including Margaret Atwood, Kazuo Ishiguro and Salman Rushdie. Presenter/Harriett Gilbert, Producer/Karen Holden BBC World Service Publicity | 
