Tag: BBC Radio 4

  • Thinking In Colour BBC Radio 4 British Broadcasting Corporation 2021-05-10 Gary Younge, Professor of Sociology Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom Caitlin Smith, Producer Tony Phillips, Executive Producer Bliss Broyard and her father Anatole Broyard (photo: Sandy Broyard) Passing is a term that originally referred to light skinned African Americans who decided to live their lives…

  • Andrea Levy, alongside friends and family, speaks candidly about her writing life and her impending death.

  • In a new poem for Radio 4, Hannah Lowe explores the mysteries surrounding the lives of her Chinese Jamaican family.

  • Children of black American GIs, Going on holiday with mum, Salome at the National Theatre Woman’s Hour BBC Radio 4 2017-05-19 Jenni Murray, Presenter Beverley Purcell, Producer Carole Travers from Poole in Dorset is one of a number of mixed heritage children born to African-American fathers who were stationed in the UK during World War…

  • Terry and Judy – A Mixed Race Journey The listening project: It’s surprising what you hear when you listen BBC Radio 4 2016-11-23, 10:55Z Fi Glover, Presenter Marya Burgess, Producer Fi Glover introduces a conversation between a mixed race couple who met at a time when their relationship was a lot more unusual than it…

  • Late Night Woman’s Hour (2016-05-27) Woman’s Hour BBC Radio 4 2016-05-27 Lauren Laverne, Presenter Lauren Laverne and guests discuss the origins and pitfalls of stereotypes of women. With Joanne Harris, best-selling author of Chocolat who has written about myth and fairy tales. Lisa Mckenzie, a sociologist at the London School of Economics, who has explored…

  • Jackie Kay the new Scots Makar, Shaping the Body Woman’s Hour BBC Radio 4 2016-03-25 The acclaimed writer Jackie Kay has just been announced as the next Scots Makar – Scotland’s national poet. She tells Jenni about the plans she has for her new role. Today a new exhibition examining how food, fashion and lifestyle…

  • Something Old, Something New BBC Radio 4 2015-10-06 Johny Pitts, Host Peter Meanwell, Producer Recorded & mixed! Finished @BBCRadio4 (Engineer Steve Hellier with Johny Pitts) Source: Peter Meanwell From Sheffield to South Carolina, Johny Pitts explores alternative Black British identity. What happens when your Dad’s an African-American soul star [Richie Pitts] and your Mum’s a…

  • In Search of the Black Mozart BBC Radio 4 2015-07-19 and 2015-07-26 Sarah Taylor, Producer Historian Steve Martin and Double Bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku Chi-chi Nwanoku has spent her career travelling and performing in concert halls the world over as the principal double bassist of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. More recently, she’s been…