Radio

[Old Darwen Blue]

Just to add folks, if you do have any of those .................. YOU'RE BANNED!

Do you mean if I like computers? I think I’ll have to go too then.

 

[Barmitzvah Boy]

Woe is me! I'm banned! Bye everyone. Sob.

Bloody hell Mr C - what a wimp

 

[davebirch]

The more I listen to the "Round the Horne" episodes, the more I'm convinced that those taking part (if they did it now) would be thrown in prison.
But shit, they were funny, taking the piss everywhere.
btw, I've only got up to episode seven.

How times have changed.......

 

[Smells Like Kean Spirit]

The Forum on the BBC World Service is usually informative, entertaining and educational (sometimes the BBC does follow its remit).

With the question about Covid-19 now being a case of when, not if, the virus will return, The Forum's discussion about the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic provides a grim backdrop. The death toll was higher in the second wave of the pandemic, in the Fall / Autumn, as troops returned home from the Front and people probably dropped their guard.

'Those that fail to learn the lessons...'

 

[Drog]

Indeed so SLKS. History frequently repeats itself doesn't it? What goes around comes around as the old saying goes.

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Just watched a BAME lady doctor expert on the news (yeah I know.) She was angrily asking what the government are doing to reduce the number of deaths within the aforementioned communities. The next two articles showed crowds at a demo and of people crammed up against the front door of a store on Oxford Street now that the shops are opening. I’ll leave you to guess who made up the two groups ethnic background Therefore in answer to the experts question I suggest that self education regarding social distancing may be the answer rather than blaming the government.

 

[Drog]

Our neighbours have NEVER been in lockdown. I cannot begin to guess how much coming and going there is every hour of the day from one family. God only knows where they all go to.

However I'd be tempted to keep my opinions to myself if I were her until it's proven that the vulnerability to Covid-19 is not genetic.

 

[davebirch]

SLKS, just to let you know, I'm still working through the Round the Horne series, and it's still brings (laughter) tears to my eyes.
So funny, so non PC.

 

[Drog]

That's cos PC back then was a low ranking Police Officer dave.

 

[Smells Like Kean Spirit]

The excellent Sounds of the Seventies was better than usual as it featured an interview with the late John Prine, who we sadly lost to Covid-19 earlier this year. A great show, Johnnie Walker has good taste in music for a former Radio 1 DJ, and it confirmes that Prine was a true musical oracle of middle America, much in the vein of John Updike who reflected small town America through the medium of the novel. Thought I would be listening to the interview with a tear in my eye, but I realised by the end that I had been smiling throughout. An over used word, but Prine was a musical genius. Check it out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000nl9q

 

[Smells Like Kean Spirit]

Enjoying listening to A History of the World in 100 Objects.
The Sutton Hoo helmet episode was fascinating, historically and scientifically. It's 10 years old now, and it was poignant listening to the late Seamus Heaney discussing what the helmet meant to him.
Check it out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sl6dt

 

[Smells Like Kean Spirit]

Jeanette Winterson provides some local and historical perspectives to the Pendle witch trials in The Curse of Pendle: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nxzcj

 

[Drog]

Enjoying listening to A History of the World in 100 Objects.
The Sutton Hoo helmet episode was fascinating, historically and scientifically. It's 10 years old now, and it was poignant listening to the late Seamus Heaney discussing what the helmet meant to him.
Check it out: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sl6dt

I watched 'The Dig' and that was relevant and a nice film to boot.

 

[Drog]

This is looking like a typical BBC appointment to replace the excellent John Humphreys. Amol Rajan dubbed Remain poster 'brilliant' - 'It may have kept Britain in Europe' (msn.com)

 

[Alan]

It will soon be BWokeBC

 

[Drog]

Playing right into GB Radio's hands aren't they?

I wonder if Neill's been on the blower to Humphreys to do a year or two's swansong yet?

 

[Smells Like Kean Spirit]

Despite the non sequitur of the "current debate about the stability and durability of the United Kingdom" as a theme for a programme that traces the origins of England by exploring its Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Radio 4's 'This Union: The Ghost Kingdoms of England', is a rare thing on the BBC these day, informative, educational and entertaining:

BBC Radio 4 - This Union, The Ghost Kingdoms of England - Episode guide

All episodes of The Ghost Kingdoms of England

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Despite the non sequitur of the "current debate about the stability and durability of the United Kingdom" as a theme for a programme that traces the origins of England by exploring its Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Radio 4's 'This Union: The Ghost Kingdoms of England', is a rare thing on the BBC these day, informative, educational and entertaining:

BBC Radio 4 - This Union, The Ghost Kingdoms of England - Episode guide

All episodes of The Ghost Kingdoms of England

www.bbc.co.uk

I shall have to have a listen of that, thank you.

 

[Smells Like Kean Spirit]

Two more episodes to go. It's been a decent listen:
"Unearthing the peoples of Iron Age Britain, from warrior queens to Lindow Man, archaeologists, historians and writers reveal the tribes, rulers and those who encountered them."

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Unearthing Britannia's Tribes - Available now

Available episodes of Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Old Darwen Blue]

Caught the beginning and it was so funny I’ve downloaded the whole programme. Enjoy.

Cryering with Laughter: A Tribute to Barry Cryer - BBC Sounds

A tribute to the late Barry Cryer.

www.bbc.co.uk