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BBC Proms 2016 [21/08/2016] (2016 Radio)
- Series
- BBC Proms 2016
- Director
- Bijan Sheibani
- Producer
- Zahid Warley
BBC Proms concert live from the Royal Albert Hall. In the second half the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performs a semi-staged performance of Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream conducted by...
Verdi and Shakespeare (2016 Radio)
- Series
- Composer of the Week
Radio broadcast. Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Giuseppe Verdi and introduces highlights from Otello. He also considers the composer’s final contribution to the stage, based on...
Start the Week [10/10/2016] (2016 Radio)
- Series
- Start the Week
- Producer
- Katy Hickman
BBC Radio 4 cultural discussion programme hosted by Andrew Marr. Marr talks to the writer Margaret Atwood and the actor Harriet Walter about updating Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Revenge is served cold in...
Glenda Jackson and the Making of King Lear (2016 Radio)
- Producer
- Pauline Harris
A documentary exploring Glenda Jackson’s return to the stage for the first time in 23 years to play the role of Lear at the Old Vic theatre, London in 2016. With contributions from the company.
Bard Brain of Britain (2016 Radio)
- Series
- Brain of Britain
- Producer
- Paul Bajoria
Radio broadcast. Russell Davies hosts a special Shakespeare-themed edition of the ‘Brain of Britain’ quiz to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. The guests contestants are...
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2016 Radio)
- Series
- Shakespeare: Love Across the Racial Divide
- Producer
- Mohini Patel
Radio broadcast. A five-part series in which Yasmin Alibhai-Brown explores five Shakespeare plays that cross the racial divide, with contributions from actors and theatre directors. The fourth programme...
Shakespeare Songs (2015 Radio)
- Series
- Jazz Line-Up
A concert set by saxophonist Andy Sheppard and pianist Guillaume de Chassy performing music inspired by characters from Shakespeare’s plays and poems. Recorded on the Jazz Line-Up stage at the 2014 London...
Secretaries of Juliet, The (2015 Radio)
- Producer
- Jolyon Jenkins
Radio broadcast. Every year, 10,000 lovelorn people write to Juliet, Shakespeare’s great romantic heroine. Some leave their letters in a postbox at the "House of Juliet", a museum in Verona. Others simply...
Macbeth (2015 Radio)
- Series
- Opera on 3 from the Met
- Director
- Adrian Noble
Verdi’s Macbeth recorded in New York in 2014 and staged by Adrian Noble in the second revival of his 2007 production. Zeljiko Lucic and Anna Netrebko are the Macbeths. The Chorus and Orchestra of the New...
Just a Minute [09/02/2015] (2015 Radio)
- Series
- Just a Minute
- Producer
- Tilusha Ghelani
Radio comedy and panel show chaired by Nicholas Parsons. Panellists are asked to speak for one minute on a given topic without hesitation, deviation or repetition. David Tennant, making his first appearance...