The week in radio and podcasts New Storytellers; Led By the Science – review
almost 5 years in The guardian
The winners of the 2020 Charles Parker prize for best student radio feature captivate. Plus the science behind Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 response
New Storytellers (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsLed By the Science (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
Charles Parker was a remarkable BBC radio producer who valued the voices of working people. He died 40 years ago, but is still remembered for the Radio Ballads, his landmark collaboration with the musicians Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger. Made in the late 1950s and early 60s, the Radio Ballads mixed folk music with the real voices of the documentary subjects, whether teenagers or railway workers; before, such voices were always played by actors or made into scripts. (There have been more modern versions, but if you want to hear the originals, they’re on the MacColl family website. They used to be available via the BBC, but I couldn’t find them on Sounds.) Continue reading...
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