Gardeners' Question Time is the perenially popular Radio 4 programme, broadcast on Sunday afternoons, in which a regular panel of gardening experts visit a different town each week and answer the local gardening enthusiasts' questions. On this specially recorded release, listeners can enjoy the same team answering seasonal questions and giving "topical tips". Each cassette side features a season of the year, with the entire gardening year covered.
When Jo saw Anna feeding Molly meatballs from her bra, she knew that here was awoman after her own heart. What she couldn't know was that this was the start of afriendship that would take them both on an incredible and bizarre journey.From nearly drowning in swimming pools during filming to tearing around Parisin search of Rin Tin Tin's grave, the more the dog world opened up to them, themore convinced they became, like Bardot and Mae West before them, that man isnot necessarily a girl's best fr...
In an age when the airwaves were tightly controlled by the authorities, pirate radio was the illicit and illustrious haven for music lovers across the nation. From the first broadcast in 1964, the cowboys of the radio world fed their listeners' desire for pop and rock music and, by doing so, changed British radio forever. Through more than 100 crisp, black-and-white photographs, Pirate Radio: An Illustrated History brings to life the 'golden years' of pirate radio. Featuring pictures of the cre...
The Ken Bruce Show on Radio 2 is a national institution, much loved by millions of loyal listeners. Ken has been broadcasting for many years, although the suggestion that he was the first person to announce the retreat of Bonnie Prince Charlie's army from Dundee is untrue. Now he reveals how his dream of working in radio kept him going through the wilderness years of accountancy (not a successful career choice) and his stint at a car hire company (a surprisingly dangerous occupation in 1970s G...
Ma Perkins, Little Orphan Annie and Heigh Yo, Silver!
by Charles Stumpf and Ben Ohmart
Based on a major Radio 4 series, this is an account of British history from the Roman invasion to the death of Queen Victoria. It focuses on the significant events and personalities that shaped Britain over nearly 2000 years, tracing its emergence from the Dark Ages which followed the Romans' departure, through the great flowering of culture in medieval times and the gradual evolution of the modern state, to the making of an empire and the huge changes brought about by the industrial revolution.
This is a companion volume to the BBC radio programme "From Our Own Correspondent". It contains transcripts of radio journalism, ranging from eye-witness accounts of events that have made the news in 1993, human interest stories to comic observations. The book includes: Martin Bell and Misha Glenny on the war in former Yugoslavia; Mark Tully on India; Jonathon Agnew on tour with the England cricket team in India; Tim Llewellyn on the Middle East; Fergal Keane on South Africa; Bridget Kendall on...