BBC Productions - Arts Features
BBC Radio 3
"Rembrandt 400" - July 2006 - 1x45mins
Presented by Neil MacGregor / Produced by Richard Bannerman
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Neil MacGregor, the Director of the British Museum, visits Amsterdam to reassess the qualities that make Rembrandt's subjects reach out so directly to us today.
"Between the Ears - The Long Time Ago Story" - December 2003 - 1x20mins
Composed by David Sawer / Written by Rose English / Sound Design by Peregrine Andrews / Produced by Martin Cotton
Filtered through the reverie of a modern-day child, fragments of romantic ballet stories are distilled into a musical fabric of toy sounds and toy musical instruments to make an imaginary radio ballet.
"Musical Tales" - Series 2 - 1995 - 8x30mins
Presented by Tony Robinson / Produced by Claire Collingridge
Great composers have based much of their best-loved music on myth, legend and fairy story. In this series, TONY ROBINSON returns for a second series to tell contemporary versions of the original tales, against a background of the music they inspired.
"Musical Tales" - Series 1 - 1992-1994 - 8x30mins
Presented by Tony Robinson / Produced by Claire Collingridge
Great composers have based much of their best-loved music on myth, legend and fairy story. In this series, TONY ROBINSON tells contemporary versions of the original tales, against a background of the music they inspired.
BBC Radio 4
"My Male Muse" - July 2007 - 1x30mins
Presented by CLare Pollard / Produced by Tamsyn Challenger
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When we think of a muse we immediately go to the image in our minds of a captivating, curvaceous and sensual woman - or do we? The poet Clare Pollard sets out to prove that there is hirsute beauty and inspiration to be had from the male muse, proving the likes of the writer and poet Robert Graves very wrong, when he said that the male muse cannot exist.
"Revelations" - 2005 - 1x30mins
Presented by Thomas DeFrantz / Produced by Richard Bannerman
The story of the revolutionary Black dance company from the United States, coinciding with their 2005 UK tour. From civil rights to dance routines, a look at how art really has changed the world.
"Next Question Please!" - 2005 - 1x30mins
Presented by Simon Fanshawe / Produced by Richard Bannerman
The story of the people behind the questions. The UK is quiz mad, but just who comes up with all those brain-teasers, cryptic clues and questionable questions? Simon Fanshawe investigates and gets into a few quizzes along the way!