Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.34. 25 Sept 2015.

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Ray’s History Radio & TV Picks. No.34. 25 Sept 2015.

Sovereign Omnibus:
BBC Radio 4 Extra, Sat 26 Sept 2015, 13.00 – 14.10: Episode 1 of 2:
This omnibus edition of Tudor crime story featuring lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake is a atmospheric dramatisation of C J Samson’s 2006 novel by Colin MacDonald. It is 1541 and Henry VIII is heading north.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06djx24

Bookclub: C J Sansom
BBC Radio 4 Extra, Sat 26 Sept 2015, 17.30 – 18:00.
James Naughtie and readers meet the best-selling writer CJ Sansom. They discuss Dissolution, the first in his series of Tudor mysteries featuring the investigator Matthew Shardlake.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ltnfv

The World Debate: The War the World Needs to Remember
BBC World Service, Sat 26 Sept 2015, 18.06 – 19.00 (NB: Radio Times states 19.06 – 20.00)
The conflict between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Iraq lasted from September 1980 to August 1988, the 20th century’s longest conventional war. The World Service’s discussion series considers how the war affected those caught up in it, and how it still casts a shadow over the region.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p032z5h8

Archive on 4: Kindertransport
BBC Radio 4, Sat 26 Sept 2015, 20.00 – 21.00
Sixty years ago, Britain offered sanctuary to children from Nazi Europe. The youngsters made their way across the continent on so-called Kindertransport trains, but their parents were left behind and most died in concentration camps. Dr David Cesarani meets some of those who made the journey and were first interviewed for the BBC back in 1939. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0075mvb

A Place of Greater Safety: Episode 3 of 3: Fraternity
BBC Radio 4, Sat 26 Sept 2015, 21.00 – 22.00
France is at war. Louis the 16th and Marie Antoinette have been arrested and await execution. And Robespierre and Danton are increasingly at odds over the direction the Revolution should take.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06bd7sl

Time Crashers
Channel 4: Sun 27 Sept 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. Final episode:
The ‘celebs’ lost-in-time series concludes in the late Iron Age, AD 43. There are no bosses to rebel against, which at least makes a change. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/time-crashers

Sovereign: 6 to 10 of 10 weekday episodes. .
BBC Radio 4, Mon 28 Sept to Fri 2 Oct 2015, Daily 10.45 – 11.00 (Rptd 19.45 – 20.00)
15 Minute Drama; a radio adaption of C. J. Sansom’s third Tudor crime novel featuring hunchback lawyer detective Matthew Shardlake: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy2s/broadcasts/upcoming

The Long View
BBC Radio 4, Tues 29 Sept 2015, 9.00 – 9.30. Final episode:
Milk prices are so low that many farmers complain they fear being driven out of business. Jonathan Freedland compares the current situation with the 1930s, when a glut in wheat production led to plummeting prices for the crop: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06d2g8s

The Duellists (1977)
Film4, Tues 29 Sept 2015, 18.45 – 20.50
Ridley Scott’s directorial debut is a historical epic, set during the Napoleonic era, with Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine as the sworn enemies who, following a battlefield altercation, pledge to meet in a series of increasingly violent duels over a 15-year period. http://www.film4.com/reviews/1977/duellists-the

Canals: the Making of a Nation: The Boat People
BBC Four: Tue 29 Sept 2015, 20.00 – 21.00. 5 / 6:
Liz McIvor tells the story of those who operated Britain’s canal boats when the craft were an essential part of Britain’s industrial and trade infrastructure. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06829t1

Face of Britain by Simon Schama
BBC Two: Wed 30 Sept 2015, 21.00 – 21.00. 1 / 5:
In this new five-part series on the history of British portraiture, Simon Schama explores the theme of power. Winston Churchill figures heavily, with the contrasting stories of two images: a portrait the PM absolutely hated and, more happily, a 1941 photograph that embodied British defiance.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06fv63y

God’s Revolution
BBC Radio 4 Extra, Weekdays starting Thu 1 Oct 2015, 10.00-11.00. Rptd 15.00 – 16.00. 12 parts:
Don Taylor’s 1988 English Civil War drama about the Leveller’s, set in the 1640s.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tz49n
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v4r8m/episodes/guide

In Our Time: Alexander the Great
BBC Radio 4, Thu 1 Oct 2015, 9.00 – 9.45.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life of Alexander the Great (356 BC–323 BC). Famously, the King of Macedon bested the Persian Empire on the battlefield, but what was his legacy?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06d9bkx

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