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Dylan Thomas's great word play - Under Milk Wood,
commissioned by the BBC Third Programme - was written not
to be read, nor to be watched but to be listened to.
Radio makes great demands on the listener. There are no
printed words to refer to, no stage directions, no visuals.
Everything exists in the words of the writer and in the head
of the listener.
It's probably an apocryphal story but I'll tell it anyway:
A little boy was asked which he preferred - radio or television.
" Radio, " he replied.
" Why, "asked his inquisitor.
" Because the scenery's much better. "
Four Roads to Jerusalem: RTE:
A four-part series ( producer Dave McHugh) about four women
in different centuries who made the journey to Jerusalem,
each for their own reason. They
include: (click on each title to hear the sound clip)
The Tin Box: RTE
documentary about those Irish men who fought in the First
World War as members of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. At the
time, it was considered
almost traitorous to join the British army with the result
that few soldiers talked about their war experiences, often
to the grief of those around them. Producer Peter Woods
Click here to listen
Sunday Miscellany
These are streamed by RTE and are prefaced by news items but it is possible to fast forward to the start of each Sunday Miscellany programme.
May Morning in Oxford: Every
May 1, the people of Oxford celebrate the great Celtic fertility
feast of Bealtaine. Broadcast May 6. click
here for Sound clip
Christmas Eve in Syria
click here for sound clip
The Man on the Pillar
click here for sound clip
The Stars of Death: 30
minute documentary about Anna Akhmatova: the great and tragic
poet, the toast of St Petersburg, reviled by Lenin, loved
by many. Includes Noble Prize Winner, Joe Brodsky who was
her protégé. ( Producer Tim Lehane)
Quneitra:
Syrian town close to the Golan Heights, captured by the Israelis
and now a ghost town. click
here for sound clip
Mollie I hardly knew yeh: one
of a series of stories related to James Joyce. ( Producer
Dave McHugh.) click
here for sound clip
My radio other work includes:
The Medieval Hitch-hiker. BBC
play about Margery Kempe who walked from her home in Norfolk
to Jerusalem, in 1413.
Solo Spirits. RTE documentary
about six solo women travellers.( Producer Tim Lehane)
Living in a Man's World RTE
documentary about women who have disguised themselves as
men. ( Producer Tim Lehane.)
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