Fairbairns, Zoë. “Radio”. Zoë Fairbairns.
BBC
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of text | Zoë Fairbairns | |
| Performance of text | Iris Murdoch | |
| Performance of text | Dylan Thomas | Many of these pieces had been first broadcast on BBC
radio, not including the furiously satirical How To Be a Poet but including a warm tribute to an actual poet, Wilfred Owen
. Borne Back Daily. 2001, http://borneback.com/ . 4 November 2008 |
| Performance of text | Helen Dunmore | HD
's first radio play, The Mironov Legacy, a dramatisation of actual historical material, was broadcast as BBC Radio Four
's Afternoon Play. Dunmore, Helen. Helen Dunmore. http://www.helendunmore.com/index.asp. |
| Performance of text | Sarah Waters | She carried out as much research as available sources permitted into lesbian lives in England of the 1940s, and spent four years working on this novel (as compared with one year for her first). She... |
| Performance of text | Sylvia Kantaris | Most of the poems were written in Cornwall, which is a strong presence in the volume. Many had already appeared in periodicals: in Australia, Spain, and in the Anglo-Welsh Review as well... |
| Performance of text | Bryony Lavery | |
| Performance of text | Sarah Daniels | A commission from Caroline Raphael
, then head of Radio 5
, resulted in SD
's original radio play Purple Side Coasters, broadcast on BBC Radio 4
on 16 November 1995 and dealing with post-natal depression. Aston, Elaine, and Geraldine Harris. Performance Practice and Process: Contemporary (Women) Practitioners. Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. 86 Bull, John, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 245. Gale Research, 2001. 114-15 |
| Performance of text | Catherine Byron | |
| Performance of text | Helen Dunmore | |
| Performance of text | Laura Riding | |
| Performance of text | Germaine Greer | The BBC
's Broadcasting Support Services
published a transcription of a discussion about education by a group of women journalists and writers moderated by GG
: The Last Word (IV) Dated from the Bodleian Library
acquisitions stamp. Greer, Germaine, editor. The Last Word. BBC Broadcasting Support Services, 1994. 3 |
| Performance of text | Dylan Thomas | It went out on the BBC Third Programme
, with the Welsh actor Richard Burton
taking Thomas's part as narrator, and with only three cosmetic cuts Lycett, Andrew. Dylan Thomas. A New Life. Overlook Press, 2003. 377 |
| Performance of text | Jean Rhys | Selma vas Diaz
performed her dramatic monologue adapted from JR
's novelGood Morning, Midnight, with music by Roberto Gerhard
, on the BBC
's Third Programme. Mellown, Elgin W. Jean Rhys: A Descriptive and Annotated Bibliography of Works and Criticism. Garland, 1984. 151 |
| Performance of text | Anne Devlin | AD
's teleplay Naming the Names first shown on BBC Two
television channel; it was also broadcast on BBC Radio
later this year. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 245 Schrank, Bernice, and William W. Demastes, editors. Irish Playwrights, 1880-1995. Greenwood Press, 1997. 95 |
Timeline
21 June 1969: Queen Elizabeth II and her family, in tune...
National or international item
21 June 1969
Queen Elizabeth II
and her family, in tune with the lowering of boundaries of the time period, provided the BBC
unprecedented access to their lives for the documentary The Royal Family.
“The Queen at 80: Timeline”. BBC News.
10 April 1974: The Annan Committee began work on its enquiry...
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10 April 1974
The Annan Committee
began work on its enquiry into the structure, funding, and future of British broadcasting.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Annan
5 November 1974: Shirley Gee's first radio play, Stones, was...
Women writers item
5 November 1974
Shirley Gee
's first radio play, Stones, was produced for BBC Radio 3
.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
245
1976: Angela Rippon became the first woman newsreader...
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1976
Angela Rippon
became the first woman newsreader on British television (BBC
); the job lasted only six years, though she acquired an enthusiastic public.
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison, editors. The Guardian. J. Tonson.
(14 August 2000): G2 4
By 11 October 1976: More people in Britain held licences for...
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By 11 October 1976
More people in Britain held licences for colour television sets than for black and white: the licence fee continued, to fund the BBC
.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
416
28 February 1977: Moonshine, a play by Shirley Gee, was produced...
Women writers item
28 February 1977
Moonshine, a play by Shirley Gee
, was produced and broadcast by BBC Radio 4
.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
245
16 August 1979: BBC Radio 4 broadcast Shirley Gee's Bedr...
Women writers item
16 August 1979
BBC Radio 4
broadcast Shirley Gee
's Bedrock.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
245
1980: Shirley Gee's Typhoid Mary was included in...
Women writers item
1980
Shirley Gee
's Typhoid Mary was included in the BBC
's Best Radio Plays of 1979: The Giles Cooper Award Winners.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
16 October 1987: In the early hours of the morning a violent...
National or international item
16 October 1987
In the early hours of the morning a violent storm battered the south of England, with winds reaching a hundred kilometres an hour in some places.
OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Tew, Philip. Zadie Smith. Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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24 May 1988: The Local Government Act came into force...
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24 May 1988
The Local Government Act came into force in Britain, containing the highly controversial section 28, forbidding local authorities from promoting homosexuality.
“The Knitting Circle”. London South Bank University: Lesbian and Gay Staff Association.
1991: The Listener, founded early in 1929 as the...
Writing climate item
1991
The Listener, founded early in 1929 as the journal of the BBC
, ceased publication.
Williams, Neville et al. Chronology of the 20th Century. Helicon, 1996.
507
22 April 1993: Young white thugs made an unprovoked knife...
National or international item
22 April 1993
Young white thugs made an unprovoked knife attack on a Black teenager, Stephen Lawrence
, and a friend with whom he was waiting at a bus-stop in Eltham, south-east London. The pair ran, but Stephen...
16 June 2003: A BBC television quiz programme, The Professionals...
Writing climate item
16 June 2003
A BBC
television quiz programme, The Professionals (successor to University Challenge), which pits against each other teams of journalists, meteorologists, psychiatrists or whatever, fielded a team of poets.
“Poetry Society News: News Archive”. The Poetry Society, London.
10 September 2003: Guardian Unlimited Books named as Site of...
Writing climate item
10 September 2003
Guardian Unlimited Books named as Site of the Week a website entitled Poetry Landmarks of Britain: a map of poetic assocations plotted on an interactive map of Britain, searchable by region or category.
“Poetry Society News: News Archive”. The Poetry Society, London.
20 June 2006: The BBC cancelled its flagship pop music...
Building item
20 June 2006
The BBC
cancelled its flagship pop music programme, Top of the Pops, after forty-two years on the air.
“BBC Calls Time on Top of the Pops”. BBC News: Entertainment, 20 June 2006.
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