Radio Fore!

In the winter of 2007, under conditions of utmost secrecy, BBC managers created a now mothballed sister station for ‘Radio 4’.

Supposed to be a fresh start, a bolder, less middle-class approach to talk radio, it all went terribly wrong. Evan Davies lost a leg, Charlotte Green needed counseling and Marcus Brigstocke was never seen again. Now, in the basement passages of Broadcasting House stalks a lumpen, ghoulish, benighted creature, known as ‘Radio Fore’, the ill-shapen bastard offspring of its elder sibling, kept secret from the public. Until now…

The Desolate North – Witches

In today’s cultural exploration of all things beyond the wall, ‘The Desolate North’ has been invited to spend the day with Priscilla and Margaret, two alternative healers from Sheffield, who share their conversation about good manners, their profession, and the importance of biscuits.

Listeners should be aware that the following program does contain ‘Northern Vowels’.

CREDITS: Written & Directed by Laurence Peacock.
Produced and Edited by Peter Beeston.
CAST: Starring Alice Collins as Priscilla, Jennifer Derbyshire as Margaret and Renaté Reynolds as Jennifer.
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Money Talks – Lynn Pecker

In today’s Money Talks we meet workshop inspirer, life facilitator, and disambiguation artist, Lynn Pecker. Who explains how introducing individuals to themselves through a process of dynamic personality integration can help create a toxic working environment by subtly undermining employees’ self-esteem.

Or as she calls it, “how to be a worse you”.

CREDITS: Written and Directed by Laurence Peacock.
Additional Writing by David Ault.
Produced & Edited by Peter Beeston.
CAST: Starring David Ault as the Presenter, Sali Gresham as Lynn Pecker, Katie Richmond-Ward as Sarah, Peter Beeston as Tom and Laurence Peacock as ThinkTalk
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Outside The Box: Marcel Proust

The work of Marcel Proust amounts to a masterpiece of world literature; a remarkable output which explores every facet of the human experience. So, as he is famous for writing a single book that no-one now reads, we’ve asked him to re-write Fifty Shades of Grey, the single book that no-one should be allowed to read, but everyone does.

Special Guest: ‘Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’.

CREDITS: Written and Directed by Laurence Peacock.
Produced and Edited by Peter Beeston.
CAST: Starring David Ault as the Presenter. Laurence Peacock as Marcel Proust and Tripp Karrh as Johann Wolfgang Von Gothe
MUSIC: Extracts from Symphony No. 25, by Mozart & Fantasy for Violin and Piano, by Arnold Schoenberg
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Unusual Lives: Episode 1 – Brian Parker

Brian Parker is a Druid. He is 39 years old and lives in Tinsley. As well as fulfilling his duties as High Seer of the Light for the Tinsley Circle of Druids & Wood Dwellers, he also works at a local call centre, dealing with customer complaints for a well known ISP. We visited Brian last February as he went about his daily activities, both pagan & modern. As he made preparations for a trip he only describes as his ‘holiday’.

CREDITS: Written and Directed by Laurence Peacock.
Produced and Edited by Peter Beeston.
CAST: Starring Chris Bellamy as Brian. Laurence Peacock as the Presenter. Christine Bellamy as Sally and Phil Mason as Magic Bob.
MUSIC: Featuring extracts from “Kakadu Variations” by Beethoven from ‘Hyperion Records’
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Romantics In Recession – John Keats

As part of an ongoing strand, ‘Radio Fore’ is exploring how the current economic crisis is affecting Britain’s Romantic poet community and today on ‘Romantics in Recession’, Theo Ensworth talks to Romantic poet John Keats about his recent experience of redundancy, his encounters at the job centre, and the difficulties facing young writers of nineteenth century English nature poetry in today’s Britain.

CREDITS: Written and Directed by Laurence Peacock.
Produced and Edited by Peter Beeston.
CAST: Starring Ian Carter as John Keats. David Ault as Theo. Alice Collins as Joan. Canan Cahit as Fanny and Laurence Peacock as Malcom.
MUSIC: Featuring extracts from the album “Blackbird” by Justin Bianco
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Archive on Fore: KomsomolKids!

‘Archive on Fore’ examines the origins, impact and legacy of Komsomolkids, a forgotten classic of children’s television. Combining the endearing animation of other children’s programming of the period, with an unremitting Marxist-Leninist analysis of capitalist power structures, Komsomolkids became an instant classic, but one that is now largely omitted in reviews of the broadcasts of the period.

CREDITS: Written and Directed by Laurence Peacock.
Produced and Edited by Peter Beeston.
CAST: Starring Canan Cahit as the Presenter. Laurence Peacock as Terry White. David Ault as John Ashworth. Ian Carter as Leonard Gardener and Peter Willington as the Narrator.
MUSIC: Featuring the National Anthem of the USSR by Alexander Alexandrov & Folli the Foal by Andrew Fenner
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