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Radio Roundup
It's been a while, but this current job has me at my desk for hours needing something aural to chew on ... Some of these I've listened to, others are on my list.
FACTUAL
Grimm Thoughts - A historical look at the brothers Grimm and their famous work collecting German folklore.
Confessions - Leo Tolstoy's memoir of his search for the meaning of life, from unthinking cultural assumptions, through rationality and flirting with suicide, to a re-encounter with faith. It gets a bit dense around "relating the finite to the infinite" but is fascinating regardless.
FICTIONAL
Five Ghost Stories - Supernatural and vaguely folkloric tales of horror from James Connolly, a bit like M.R. James but without the scholarly detachment
The Old Curiosity Shop - Dickens' tale of Little Nell and the pitiless existence of the poor in Victorian London (the good old days, eh, right?)
The Russian Gambler - R4x has been having a bit of a Dostoevsky season; I caught up with The Brothers Karamazov too late to share it here, but a couple more dramas have been rerun that I didn't even know they had on file. This modern-day retelling of The Gambler looks like fun.
Righteous Brothers - Brother Caradoc wants to play with a bit of polyphony. This is quite clearly the work of Satan.
Irish Micks and Legends - A comic and inexpert romp through Irish mythology
FUN
Old Harry's Game - This sitcom set in Hell was one of my first favourites on Radio 4; revisiting it over ten years later, it's gratifying to find how many layers I didn't appreciate before.
Warhorses of Letters - A love affair between the horses of Wellington and Napoleon may sound like the crackiest historical fanfic, and it is, but it's also genuinely adorable.
That Mitchell and Webb Sound - I don't know why only one episode is rerunning, but sure, I'll take it. Sketch comedy from up-and-coming superstars.
Mel and Sue - More delightful radio beginnings from an eventual big-time double act.
Listen Against - What happens when a radio station bends infinitely inwards. That's not a question, this is it.
Alice's Wunderland - More barmy sketches, this time of a surreal, slightly Victorian flavour. I don't know how I missed this the first time but it's another exemplar of the 'am I sure I didn't dream that' 11pm slot.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme - There's still time to catch the last two episodes, if only barely ...
FACTUAL
Grimm Thoughts - A historical look at the brothers Grimm and their famous work collecting German folklore.
Confessions - Leo Tolstoy's memoir of his search for the meaning of life, from unthinking cultural assumptions, through rationality and flirting with suicide, to a re-encounter with faith. It gets a bit dense around "relating the finite to the infinite" but is fascinating regardless.
FICTIONAL
Five Ghost Stories - Supernatural and vaguely folkloric tales of horror from James Connolly, a bit like M.R. James but without the scholarly detachment
The Old Curiosity Shop - Dickens' tale of Little Nell and the pitiless existence of the poor in Victorian London (the good old days, eh, right?)
The Russian Gambler - R4x has been having a bit of a Dostoevsky season; I caught up with The Brothers Karamazov too late to share it here, but a couple more dramas have been rerun that I didn't even know they had on file. This modern-day retelling of The Gambler looks like fun.
Righteous Brothers - Brother Caradoc wants to play with a bit of polyphony. This is quite clearly the work of Satan.
Irish Micks and Legends - A comic and inexpert romp through Irish mythology
FUN
Old Harry's Game - This sitcom set in Hell was one of my first favourites on Radio 4; revisiting it over ten years later, it's gratifying to find how many layers I didn't appreciate before.
Warhorses of Letters - A love affair between the horses of Wellington and Napoleon may sound like the crackiest historical fanfic, and it is, but it's also genuinely adorable.
That Mitchell and Webb Sound - I don't know why only one episode is rerunning, but sure, I'll take it. Sketch comedy from up-and-coming superstars.
Mel and Sue - More delightful radio beginnings from an eventual big-time double act.
Listen Against - What happens when a radio station bends infinitely inwards. That's not a question, this is it.
Alice's Wunderland - More barmy sketches, this time of a surreal, slightly Victorian flavour. I don't know how I missed this the first time but it's another exemplar of the 'am I sure I didn't dream that' 11pm slot.
John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme - There's still time to catch the last two episodes, if only barely ...