#BBC4

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

This June BBC Radio 4 will mark 100 years since the death of Franz Kafka and 75 years of the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell by dedicating more than 12 hours of original programming to their work.

Talent includes Martin Freeman, Adjoa Andoh, Tom Hollander, Iwan Rheon, Phil Davis, Nina Wadia and Adrian Scarborough.

Interesting! 👀

[walischwarzi]

Getting on (2009) | S01E01

Starring & written by: Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Joanna Scanlan

Directed by: Peter Capaldi

[pandaimitator]

When I get sick of jumping from Wikipedia to whatever other collection of factoids I can find, I turn to the BBC4 history podcast "you're dead to me" for research. It doesn't always cover the topics I need but sometimes it's close enough. So, with that in mind: want to learn some more about ancient Egyptian history, especially awesome gender fluid queen/pharoe Hapshepsut, then I recommend you listen to this:

[enbycrip]

We just watched two eps of an incredible 1978 series on the history of English furniture on BBC4. Far, far beyond caricature.

The bit where an accidental juxtaposition suggested the growth of cane furniture caused the great fire of London was a particular highlight. As was the scene of some random in a pith helmet demonstrating late medieval lathe work 🤣

Outstanding. No notes 😁

[evelynstarshine]

Seeing all these UK comedians who rose to prominence opposing the Iraq war sitting silent about Palestine on the very same current affairs and satire panel shows they came up through, has the line moved that much or is genocide just not as bad to UK leftists as submitting to US orders?

[downthetubes]

The Daleks, in colour - coming soon

It’s time to encounter The Daleks once again, in colour, in a new adaptation of their first appearance in an early Doctor Who adventure

[puterboy1]

https://archive.org/details/william-golding-radio-lord-of-the-flies

Radio adaptation of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies.

[annoyingbutinteresting]

Very interesting stuff

[sword-wielding-sapphic]

Holmes and Watson / Tristan and Isolde

BBC Radio 4's Sherlock Holmes, The Devil's Foot (radio drama transcript) /// Granada's The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Red Circle /// Metafictional Monday: Tristan und Isolde, @teaformrholmes /// Brayton Polka, LIEBESTOD: On Love and Death in Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde", p. 246 /// The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Vincent Starrett /// BBC Radio 4's Sherlock Holmes, The Devil's Foot (radio drama transcript)

[burntlikethesun]

The Tales of the TARDIS episode next week is 100% recapping Pyramids of Mars right? But how do we get there.... the Doctor and Ruby were separated and not in a Memory TARDIS...

[downthetubes]

I’ll have an armful of that! Hancock back on TV

Tony Hancock back on TV… so if you haven’t bought the graphic novel “Hancock: The Lad Himself”, the perfect accompaniment, perhaps now is the time…

Legendary comedian Tony Hancock is back on TV this weekend, and on stage around the country, so what better way to celebrate than grab a copy of the graphic novel, Hancock: The Lad Himself by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page, published by B7 Comics? Image: BBC (Yes, this a completely scurrilous plug as the editor of the project. Grab your copy from the B7 shop direct here, currently at discount, or…

[regicidal-defenestration]

The Bony King of Nowhere would be a sick Doctor Who villain ngl

[pandaimitator]

I love it when You're Dead to Me does episodes on history's unsung heroes, and the episode on this guy was really cracking.

Today's Wiki Article of the day is a bit of a G.

At first you're like oh, left France because of the 1830 revolution, must be some posho .. but then you find out he revolutionised cheap healthy nutritious meals, too. Ran a 'soup' kitchen in 1847s Dublin and wrote a 'Charitable Cookery Book' whose proceeds went to charity. Later he went to Crimea in 1855/56 to help with army nutrition and invented a kind of portable army stove used well into the twentieth century.

[mariocki]

All Passion Spent: Episode 1 (1.1, BBC, 1986)

"She's not one of those clever women, thank God. Mother has always allowed others to make decisions for her. And now that Father has gone..."

"I suppose, since I have always lived at home, that I should really bear the brunt."

"Brunt, Edith? I'm sure we shall all regard it as a privilege to look after Mother. Brunt is an entirely unsuitable expression."

"Oh dear, when you say it like that, Carrie, I'm not even sure what it means."