BBC Radio This week 2025

Subject: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 02 Dec 24 - 05:54 PM

Regular BBC pages to check :

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BBC Category : Folk
Here's the BBC page which gives links to the current Weekly, Monthly & Seasonal radio programmes.
(There are also a few one-offs on the page.)

Ambell i Gân (Cymru)
A' Mire ri Mòir (Nan Gàidheal)
* Blas Ceoil - (Radio Ulster)
Caithream Ciùil (Nan Gàidhea)
Catgut and Ivory (Scotland)
Celtic Heartbeat (Wales)
Claire and Friends (Scotland\Shetland)
Crùnluath (Nan Gàidheal)
Fae Hameaboot (Scotland)
Folk Club with Neil Martin (Ulster)
Georgia Ruth (Cymru)
* Iain Anderson (r2)
Music Planet (r3)
Oota Da Cans (winter only) (Scotland)
Orkney Folk Music with Jennifer Wrigley (Scotland\Orkney)
Orkney Irish Country \What's the Craic with Colin Kirkness (Scotland\Orkney)
Orkney Scottish Dance Music with Liam Muir\Dashing White Farmer (Scotland\Orkney)
Pipeline \Pipes and Drums (Scotland)
The Piping Season (Scotland)
Piping Sounds (Scotland)
Roddy Hart (Scotland)
Saltfish Sessions (Scotland\Orkney)
Take the Floor - Gary Innes (Scotland)
The Folk Show With Mark Radcliffe (r2)
Tim Walker's Folk (Lincolnshire)
Tiompan (Nan Gàidheal)
Trad Ar Fad! (Ulster)
Travelling Folk (Scotland)


- NB open this link in a browser; don't just click the link or it will try to open your 'Sounds' app and this doesn't provide the same information as the web page -

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk?sort=title
[not blickified, on purpose]

*Two regular programmes missing from the page above :
Iain Anderson (country, folk, blues and soul) - Radio2
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hkv/episodes

Blas Ceoil - Radio Ulster
,,,new releases, gig guide details and live acoustic sessions to keep. (in Gaelic; quite a lot of chat)
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cmsk6/episodes
& check the 'clips' tab for more.

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Available For Over A Year
There is a separate mudcat thread listing BBC radio programmes 'available for over a year'.
mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=171922

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search : Folk
Also of interest might be this search page which gives 20+ pages of radio and TV.
But it isn't sortable, doesn't indicate which pages have available programmes.   ,,, & includes news items e.g. about Folkstone!
It's useful to see what the BBC has broadcast in the past though.
www.bbc.co.uk/search?q=Folk

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Category : World - radio
Current shows; it's a wide interpretation of 'world' plus a few extra programmes.
- open in a browser -
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-world?sort=title   

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Genre : music : World - radio & TV
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/genres/music/world/player
There are filters for
Africa
Americas
Asia Pacific
Cross Cultural
Europe
Experimental & New
Middle East & Africa

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 16 Dec 24 - 04:22 PM

BBC Radio2 21:00 Wednesday 08 January 2025 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe
Shaun Keaveny sits in The best in folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

BBC Radio2 21:00 Wednesday 15 January 2025 The Folk Show with Mark Radcliffe
The best in folk and acoustic music from Britain and beyond.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 01 Jan 25 - 06:44 AM

BBC Radio nan Gàidheal Cèilidh na Bliadhn’ Ùire 2024. 29 days left to listen

Cèilidh na Bliadhn’ Ùire 2024 beò à Ionad Coimhearsnachd is Ealain Inbhir Narann air a lìbhrigeadh le Cathy NicDhòmhnaill agus Niall Iain Dòmhnallach. Tha aoigheachd, ceòl is plòigh ann am pailteas a’ feitheamh oirnn. Tha ’d a’ cur fàilte air Mànran, Alice Nic a’ Mhaoilein, Seonaidh Beag Mac a’ Mhaoilein , Calum Ailig Mac a’ Mhaoilein, Mairi Nic Ille Mhaoilein, Còisir Ghàidhlig Inbhir Narann agus Còmhlan Cèilidh Alba le Ingrid NicEunraig a’ stiùireadh a' chiùil.

Cathy MacDonald and Niall Iain MacDonald bring in the New Year live from Nairn Community and Arts Centre. Music and dancing galore from Mànran, Alice MacMillan, Seonaidh Beag & Calum Alex MacMillan, Mairi MacMillan and Nairn Gaelic Choir plus the Alba Ceilidh Band, led by musical director Ingrid Henderson.

Happy New Year!

BBC Radio 2 9:00pm Wednesday 15 January BBC Folk Show
Shaun Keaveny sits in and interviews actor Timothée Chalamet and director James Mangold about their film, A Complete Unknown, which explores Bob Dylan's famous pivot from folk figurehead to rock original. This special episode of the Folk Show also digs into Dylan's back catalogue, which remains a touchstone for folk songwriters.

The new film explores Dylan's talents and flaws as he establishes himself as a musical icon in the early 1960s. Timothée plays Dylan and learned guitar to play the part. His co-stars include Edward Norton as Pete Seeger and Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 01 Jan 25 - 07:11 AM

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01s8tff

BBC Sounds Folk on 4; A selection of programmes relating to folk music from the Radio 4 archives.
The Weavers, Pete Seeger, Bert Jansch, Martin Carthy and more.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: Rain Dog
Date: 01 Jan 25 - 10:16 AM

On Radio 4 Extra yesterday and available to listen to for the next 29 days

Jazz Frenzy

Released On: 16 Nov 2010

Available for 29 days

Poland, August 1956. Rioters had been shot dead in Poznan weeks before.

The invasion of Hungary is just weeks away.

The Cold War rages but for eight young Londoners, newly formed as The Dave Burman Jazz Group, their unlikely journey behind the Iron Curtain is an overwhelming surprise. Jazz in Poland had been banned by first the Nazis and then the Communists, but had been played secretly by a faithful few.

Until the death of Stalin in 1953, playing and listening to jazz was illegal. This 'decadent Imperialist music' could lead to expulsion from music college, blacklisting or worse. But in the 'thaw' that followed Stalin's death, the restrictions on jazz began to lift.

Now, at the seaside resort of Sopot, tens of thousands of young people journeyed miles by hitching rides or cramming into trains to hear jazz and that rarest of attractions - a British band.

The Dave Burman Jazz Group had been assembled in just a few weeks - it would never play together again. But for a few days the Cold War blew hot as they thumped out Tiger Rag, Bucket's Got a Hole in It, Sugar and other standards to crowds of thousands all over the country. Their contact with Polish jazz lovers was minimal, frequently ushered by Communist officials during their hectic tour.

But for those Polish musicians taking part in Sopot '56, this was the beginning of their Jazz Frenzy, of freedom.

Dave Burman and the rest of the musicians returned to England never to experience such adulation and success again.

Now, more than 50 years later, Dave is reunited with former band members Alan Teulon and Laurie Chescoe, before returning to Poland with his son and producer of the programme to meet some of those whose lives were changed forever by the events of Sopot '56.

Producer and Presenter: Mark Burman

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010. Re

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: GUEST
Date: 03 Jan 25 - 06:22 AM

repeat from February 2024

BBC Radio 3 Words and Music
For love of Bagpuss
25 days to listen

Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner provided the music for the series and you'll hear some of that alongside compositions by
Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Hindemith, Florence Price, Ailbhe McDonagh and the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w1sj

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 03 Jan 25 - 07:19 AM

^ oh, no cookie; that was me.

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related Bagpuss\Postgate prog

Oliver Postgate - 2022
Free Thinking/Arts & Ideas
The creator of much-loved children's TV classics including The Clangers, Bagpuss and Pogles' Wood is discussed by Matthew Sweet and his guests - how much of this political background can we find in the fantastical worlds that he created?
There's also discussion of the music that plays such a major role in the programmes - the deep folk roots of the songs performed by Sandra Kerr and John Faulkner in Bagpuss and Vernon Elliot's sparse and poignant compositions for The Clangers, Noggin the Nog and Ivor the Engine.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cyny
skip to 14:45 for Sandra discussing the music

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 04 Jan 25 - 10:14 PM

BBC World Service 02:06 GMT 5 January The Newsroom https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zbqq09b2nyv at approx 18 minutes Available for 29 days

In early 2024, Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan returned to the Parchman Farm maximum security facility in the Mississippi to record a second collection of raw and haunting performances from the prison's Sunday gospel service. The results are once again captivating and unforgettable. Parchman Prison Prayer: Another Mississippi Sunday Morning download and CD releases January 17, 2025.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20230913-hear-stunning-music-recorded-inside-mississippis-infamous-parchman-prison In 2023, award-winning producer Ian Brennan visited the notorious Mississippi State Penitentiary, aka Parchman Farm, to record inmates singing. Parchman Farm Prayer: Some Mississippi Sunday Morning features 14 performances recorded live in the chapel. Released September 15, 2023.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 07 Jan 25 - 03:57 PM

BBC Radio 4 20:00 6 January The World Tonight at approx 28 minutes Available now

Repeat of above! In early 2024, Grammy-winning producer Ian Brennan returned to the Parchman Farm maximum security facility in the Mississippi to record a second collection of raw and haunting performances from the prison's Sunday gospel service. The results are once again captivating and unforgettable. Parchman Prison Prayer: Another Mississippi Sunday Morning download and CD releases January 17, 2025.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: Rain Dog
Date: 13 Jan 25 - 11:35 AM

On BBC Radio 4Extra this morning and available for the next 30 days

Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson

"Lal Waterson's voice was stark but captivating.

It's been said that the songs she wrote were close to German cabaret or chanson. They were lyrically ambitious and melodically powerful.

Since her death in 1998, her reputation has grown and now she is placed alongside the great singer song-writers like Nick Drake and Richard Thompson.

She was a member of the famous Waterson family and numbered among other relatives the folk singer Martin Carthy and his daughter Eliza.

Robin Denselow explores Lal's life and legacy - and assesses her impact on song-writers today.

Producer: Emma Kingsley

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2010."

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Jan 25 - 12:15 PM

^ Once in a Blue Moon: The Songs of Lal Waterson

Well spotted Rain Dog.
Did you hear/see trailers for this or
scour the schedules
or
is it luck ?
;)
Freddy

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: Rain Dog
Date: 13 Jan 25 - 01:00 PM

I listen to Radio 4 Extra quite a lot and heard a mention of this programme.

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: GUEST,CJB
Date: 13 Jan 25 - 11:53 PM

Pete Seeger not available…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00k2nkx

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: GUEST,henryp
Date: 15 Jan 25 - 06:02 AM

BBC Sounds; Folk music programmes broadcast so far in January 2025

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/music-folk

Or just google - BBC Sounds folk music programmes

If you google - BBC folk music programmes - you get TV shows too!

Subject: RE: BBC Radio This week 2025
From: Rain Dog
Date: 15 Jan 25 - 07:21 AM

On the radio yesterday

Radio 4

50 years of the Koln Concert

"Released On: 14 Jan 2025

Available for over a year

Fifty years after Keith Jarrett performed the Koln Concert to a sellout crowd, Kevin le Gendre explores the enduring appeal of the biggest selling solo piano record of all time, and unpicks a new musical language born out of adversity.

That night in January 1975 is full of stories - of Keith Jarrett's long journey, no food, poor sleep and arriving at the Cologne Opera House to find a broken piano. The concert was almost cancelled and the legendary recording beloved by millions nearly never happened. Yet could these problems be at the heart of the album's bewitching new sound world?

Multi Grammy award winner, Jacob Collier, sits at the piano to unpick Jarrett's evocative harmonies that have captured millions of hearts far beyond the jazz world. Writer Geoff Dyer applauds Jarrett's gorgeous lyricism and discusses the momentous achievement of improvising live for over an hour, not knowing what the first note would be. British jazz pianists Nikki Yeoh and Django Bates reflect on Jarrett's influence and tell stories of gigs where limitations lead to magic. And pianist Maki Namekawa, who now performs a transcription of The Koln Concert, shares peoples' stories of why they love to listen in some unique circumstances.

And in testament to the album's blockbuster success, we hear from a few of the many guests who have picked the Koln Concert on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.

Presenter: Kevin le Gendre
Producer: Erika Wright
Sound Mixing: Richard Courtice
Production Coordinator: Elisabeth Tuohy
Executive Producer: Rami Tzabar A TellTale Industries production for BBC Radio 4"

On BBC Radio 4 Extra

Field Notes: The Irishman Who Invented the Nocturne

"Released On: 17 May 2016

Available for over a year

Alistair McGowan travels to Dublin to explore the sensational life of his musical hero - the 19th century Irish pianist and composer John Field.

Born in Dublin in 1782, Field was a child prodigy who left Ireland at an early age to become apprentice to the great Italian composer and piano maker Clementi.

Clementi took Field on a tour of Europe and Russia, demonstrating his considerable talents and showcasing Clementi's pianos.

Field was to live in Russia for the rest of his life and Russia welcomed Field with open arms - he became the darling of high society, as well as one of the most celebrated and influential pianists of his day.

His playing and his invention of a new kind of piano piece, the nocturne, were to influence Chopin, Liszt, Schumann and Mendelssohn.

Interviewees include pianists John O'Conor, Finnuala Moynihan, Finghin Collins and architectural historian Finola O'Kane.

Produced by Emma Harding.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2016."


Field Notes: The Peregrinations of a Most Musical Irishman

"Released On: 17 May 2016

Available for 29 days

Alistair McGowan stars in his own drama about the prodigiously gifted - and prodigiously partying - John Field.

John was the Irish composer and pianist who invented the nocturne.

It's May 1832: John leaves his Moscow home to begin his first - and last - tour of Europe.

He takes with him, the illegitimate teenage son he barely knows.

John Field/Male Nurse ...... Alistair McGowan
Leonov ...... Kieran Hodgson
Mlle Charpentier/ Countess Shumova ...... Charlotte Page
Oleg/ Italian doctor ...... Ewan Bailey
Percherette/ Vera ...... Scarlett Brookes
Count Shumov/ Highwayman 1 ...... Brian Protheroe
Chopin/ Polish Concert Promoter ...... Rafael Ferenc
Grace Field ...... Susan Jameson
Clementi/ Mister Rikov ...... Sean Baker
Highwayman 2/ French Theatre manager ...... Sargon Yelda
Madame Rikov/ Mary ...... Adie Allen
oncert Promoter ...... Nick Underwood

Director: Emma Harding

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2016."