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Van Morrison in Conversation on The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews: Cerys catches up with Van Morrison, who for his 45th studio album Accentuate The Positive has been revisiting his childhood love of rock 'n' roll. Growing up in Belfast, Van was inspired by 20th-century blues and rock 'n' roll, listening to Fats Domino, Chuck Berry and Johnny Kidd and the Pirates. The new album features guest contributions from the late Jeff Beck, Chris Farlowe and Taj Mahal.
Doctor Who: 60 Years of Friends and Foes: As Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary, Sue Perkins explores how the programme has reflected our social history across the decades both on and off screen. From advances in technology to politics, violence, gender and sexuality.
Featuring archive footage, interviews and new conversations with showrunner Steven Moffat, script editor Andrew Cartmel, former companions including Anneke Wills, Katy Manning and Janet Fielding, and the voice of the Daleks Nicholas Briggs along with Dalek Operator Barnaby Edwards. Also, there's analysis from several academics who have published books on the subject.
Sue examines how progressive the show has been, questioning if our favourite time traveller has kept with the times.
Doctor Who: Cold Vengeance: When Rose suggests a ski break, the TARDIS materialises on Coldstar, a vast freezer satellite that supplies food to a colony world. But there are cracks in the ice, and something scuttles under the floors. Soon, Rose and the Doctor encounter robots, space pirates… and a couple of recycling operatives.
As Coldstar's tunnels begin to melt, an even greater threat stirs within. An old enemy, the Ice Warriors, have a plan for retribution. Nobody's vengeance is colder than an Ice Warrior's.
One of six adventures featuring the tenth incarnation of The Doctor. Starring David Tennant and Billie Piper.
Doctor Who: The Innocent: As the Daleks mass their time fleet for a final assault on Gallifrey, something ancient is waiting for them at Omega One. And a sacrifice must be made. Arch-manipulator and Time Lord strategist, Cardinal Ollistra receives shock news of the Doctor’s death.
Meanwhile, on the planet Keska, a parochial war has returned to plague a peaceful civilisation after decades of tranquillity. But how can such a war have any connection with the great Time War which, at any one moment in the whole of eternity, could threaten to tear the universe apart?
If only the Doctor were still alive...
John Hurt reprises his role as The War Doctor, first seen on BBC TV in ‘The Name of the Doctor’ in 2013.
Doctor Who: The Thousand Worlds: With the high-ranking Time Lord Seratrix behind enemy lines, the War Doctor finds himself assigned to a rescue mission.
But any room for maneuver is severely restricted by an area of space known as the Null Zone.
Times have changed on Keska, and a countdown to destruction is beginning.
But who are the Taalyens and what is their part in the great and terrifying Dalek plan? John Hurt stars as The War Doctor.
Radio 2 Celebrates Doctor Who at 60:
Sophie Aldred - My Life in a Mixtape: Sophie Aldred, who played Doctor Who companion Ace, picks the songs that have soundtracked her life and career. From the magic of Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to the raw energy of Joy Division, an utter classic from David Bowie to hearing Christine and the Queens at Glastonbury!
Ruth Madeley - My Life in a Mixtape: Actor and writer Ruth Madeley takes us through the songs that have been the soundtrack to her life. As Ruth makes her Dr Who debut, she shares her Life in a Mixtape with us, and it’s packed with fabulous big tunes! From early memories of Abba to the ever cool Oasis, discovering Morgan St Jean to the power house that is Beyonce – all whilst never forgetting Take That!
Bonnie Langford - My Life In A Mixtape: Bonnie Langford, who played Doctor Who companion Mel Bush, shares the tracks that have formed the soundtrack to her life and career. She shares her earliest musical memories from the Musical Gypsy with Jessica Lansbury through to an early pop crush and the music that provides great moments of tranquillity now. From Queen and Neil Sedaka to Earth, Wind & Fire, Stephen Sondheim and Stevie Wonder!
Afterwords - Ursula Le Guin: Truth teller, space crone, world builder, wit - the American science-fiction writer Ursula K Le Guin (1929-2018) conjured entire galaxies through the magic of words.
But as she transported readers across space and through time, she opened portals into our own society and pointed to a fundamental truth: “There are different ways to do almost everything, there isn’t just one right way. And God did not ordain it to be such, and so, forever”. We hear archive recordings of Le Guin herself alongside interviews with people who knew, loved or were inspired by her.
Afterwords looks back over Le Guin’s life to ask why she felt moved to ask those questions, and re-examines some of them to glean what we can learn from her writing today. Many of her worlds were built around fundamental questions: what if we removed gender imbalances from society? What if we removed ownership? What if we treated the environment, and other people, with respect? What if we valued different aspects of our being? How would that change society?
With contributions from the writers Katherine Rundell and So Mayer, anthropologist and drag artist Cheddar Gorgeous, collaborator, friend and musician Todd Barton, and Ursula's youngest child, Theo Downes-Le Guin.
Including sound archive from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, The Nation, UC Berkley's Townsend Center for the Humanities, Thurston Community Library, Portland Community College and the National Book Foundation.
Limelight - "Spores": A psychological horror story set in rural Wales amid the mysterious world of mycelium.
When social worker Cassie discovers mould in the flat of a vulnerable service user she puts it down to poor quality housing. But then she discovers it in her own house and begins to fear for the safety of her family.
For partner Morgan and young son Bryn, it’s not the mould that troubles them but Cassie’s mental health. As the fungus continues to grow and spread, Cassie resorts to more extreme measures to combat it. But why will no one listen to her when she warns of danger? The appearance of a mysterious Polish girl adds fuel to the friction within the family.
In Greek mythology, Cassandra was condemned to speak the truth yet never be believed. A story of trust and what happens when we lose it. And of a hidden threat attacking the very thing that makes us powerful.
Drama on 4 - "Spike Milligan - Puckoon": A madcap satire on the division of Ireland, by the godfather of British comedy, Spike Milligan.
Starring Ed Byrne, Pauline McLynn, Kate Harbour, Jane Milligan and featuring Barry Cryer as "The Author." Adapted from Spike Milligan's classic comic novel by Ian Billings.
Published in 1963, Puckoon became a publishing phenomenon, has never been out of print and has sold more than 6million copies. It's a satire on the futility of national borders and inadequacy of bureaucrats, filled with wonderful one-liners and madcap scenes which fall into one another, and remind us of the author’s great days writing the Goons.
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