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66: Radio Ramadan  

 
  first broadcast:
Friday, November 18, 2005

11:02
Radio 4

presenter:  
Mark Whitaker
producer: Mark Whitaker   
Dozens of local 'Radio Ramadans' across the UK provide a unique insight into how our Muslim communities see themselves, and their relationship with the wider worlds of Islam and British culture. The programme will follow the build-up to Ramadan in two communities. It will talk to those who broadcast, and those who they broadcast about. It will provide an immediate insight into the meanings - and joys - of Ramadan itself, while providing a month-long self-portrait of Muslim communities in a Britain that is so profoundly mistrustful of them.
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65: Get Rid of that Constable, I Want a Hockney  

 
  first broadcast:
Monday, September 05, 2005

11:30
Radio 4

presenter:  
Mark Whitaker
producer: Mark Whitaker   
Come with us into the little-known world and work of the Government Art Collection - Whenever a government minister resigns or gets the sack, or whenever a British Ambassador moves on, it's all hands on deck at an unmarked building somewhere near Tottenham Court Road. This is the HQ of the Government Art Collection (GAC), whose 6000 works - paintings, sculptures, photographs - adorn ministerial and ambassadorial walls in the UK and around the world.
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64: A Burning Issue (2): India  

 
  first broadcast:
Thursday, August 25, 2005

10:05
World Service

presenter:  
Mark Whitaker
producer: Mark Whitaker   
Fires have been burning for up to ninety years under the ground in India's largest coalfield. Smoke seeps from the ground, making it the unhealthiest place in the country for up to a million people. In places fire breaks through the surface, consuming homes. In the USA whole towns have been abandoned -- one after a 12 year old boy was almost swallowed up by a hole caused by a mine fire, and a whole family was lucky to escape carbon monoxide poisoning.
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63: A Burning Issue (1): USA  

 
  first broadcast:
Thursday, August 18, 2005

10:05
World Service

presenter:  
Mark Whitaker
producer: Mark Whitaker   
Fires have been burning for up to ninety years under the ground in India's largest coalfield. Smoke seeps from the ground, making it the unhealthiest place in the country for up to a million people. In places fire breaks through the surface, consuming homes. In the USA whole towns have been abandoned -- one after a 12 year old boy was almost swallowed up by a hole caused by a mine fire, and a whole family was lucky to escape carbon monoxide poisoning.
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62: The First Cuckoo and the Last Swallow  

 
  first broadcast:
Tuesday, August 02, 2005

11:00
Radio 4

presenter:  
Mark Whitaker
producer: Mark Whitaker   
A programme about amateur nature-watchers around Britain whose meticulous private records are now being collated to provide startling evidence for how our climate is changing.
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61: Being Yourself (5)  

 
  first broadcast:
Friday, July 22, 2005

15:45
Radio 4

presenter:  
tbn
producer: Clare Jenkins   
Five imaginative excursions into Same Name Syndrome, presented by a poet, an impressionist, a TV presenter, an actor and a radio broadcaster.

We all think we are unique, so it can come as rather a shock to discover we share our names with scores, maybe even hundreds of people. How can they be us? Are they the same as us? Are we all an illusion?

The idea for this thought-provoking series on how we all construct, internalise and project images of ourselves came about because there's another Clare Jenkins at the BBC - a DVD and video producer - who occasionally receives emails meant for Pennine Productions' Clare Jenkins and patiently sends them on. Today: Clare Jenkins

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60: Being Yourself (4)  

 
  first broadcast:
Thursday, July 21, 2005

15:45
Radio 4

presenter:  
tbn
producer: Clare Jenkins   
Five imaginative excursions into Same Name Syndrome, presented by a poet, an impressionist, a TV presenter, an actor and a radio broadcaster. We all think we are unique, so it can come as rather a shock to discover we share our names with scores, maybe even hundreds of people. How can they be us? Are they the same as us? Are we all an illusion? The idea for this thought-provoking series on how we all construct, internalise and project images of ourselves came about because there's another Clare Jenkins at the BBC - a DVD and video producer - who occasionally receives emails meant for Pennine Productions' Clare Jenkins and patiently sends them on. Today: Fine Time Fontayne
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59: Being Yourself (3)  

 
  first broadcast:
Wednesday, July 20, 2005

15:45
Radio 4

presenter:  
tbn
producer: Clare Jenkins   
Five imaginative excursions into Same Name Syndrome, presented by a poet, an impressionist, a TV presenter, an actor and a radio broadcaster. We all think we are unique, so it can come as rather a shock to discover we share our names with scores, maybe even hundreds of people. How can they be us? Are they the same as us? Are we all an illusion? The idea for this thought-provoking series on how we all construct, internalise and project images of ourselves came about because there's another Clare Jenkins at the BBC - a DVD and video producer - who occasionally receives emails meant for Pennine Productions' Clare Jenkins and patiently sends them on. Today: Ian Clayton
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58: Being Yourself (2)  

 
  first broadcast:
Tuesday, July 19, 2005

15:45
Radio 4

presenter:  
tbn
producer: Clare Jenkins   
Five imaginative excursions into Same Name Syndrome, presented by a poet, an impressionist, a TV presenter, an actor and a radio broadcaster. We all think we are unique, so it can come as rather a shock to discover we share our names with scores, maybe even hundreds of people. How can they be us? Are they the same as us? Are we all an illusion? The idea for this thought-provoking series on how we all construct, internalise and project images of ourselves came about because there's another Clare Jenkins at the BBC - a DVD and video producer - who occasionally receives emails meant for Pennine Productions' Clare Jenkins and patiently sends them on. Today: Jan Ravens
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57: Being Yourself (1)  

 
  first broadcast:
Monday, July 18, 2005

15:45
Radio 4

presenter:  
tbn
producer: Clare Jenkins   
Five imaginative excursions into Same Name Syndrome, presented by a poet, an impressionist, a TV presenter, an actor and a radio broadcaster. We all think we are unique, so it can come as rather a shock to discover we share our names with scores, maybe even hundreds of people. How can they be us? Are they the same as us? Are we all an illusion? The idea for this thought-provoking series on how we all construct, internalise and project images of ourselves came about because there's another Clare Jenkins at the BBC - a DVD and video producer - who occasionally receives emails meant for Pennine Productions' Clare Jenkins and patiently sends them on. Today: Ian McMillan
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56: Coming Out of the Woodwork  

 
  first broadcast:
Tuesday, May 17, 2005

13:30
Radio 4

presenter:  
Mark Whitaker
producer: Mark Whitaker   
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55: How Long is this Piece of String?  

 
  first broadcast:
Monday, May 02, 2005

14:45
Radio 4

presenter:  
Mark Whitaker
producer: Janet Graves   
Taking a single piece of string to notable individuals and asking them to gauge it’s measurement by sight - Mark Whitaker discovers the varying measurement skills of contemporary generations and professions.
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54: The Pennine Way (5)  

 
  first broadcast:
Friday, April 22, 2005

15:30
Radio 4

presenter:  
Malcolm Raeburn
producer: Janet Graves & Gillian Hush   
A series of readings on the theme "the Pennine Way" weaving real voices recorded by Clare Jenkins with commissioned short stories, to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Pennine Way. The final story has the same title as the series, is written by Amanda Dalton and read by Malcolm Raeburn.
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53: The Pennine Way (4): Gladness  

 
  first broadcast:
Thursday, April 21, 2005

15:30
Radio 4

presenter:  
Peter Lindford
producer: Janet Graves & Gillian Hush   
A series of readings on the theme "the Pennine Way" weaving real voices recorded by Clare Jenkins with commissioned short stories, to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Pennine Way. The fourth story "Gladness" is written by Mark Illis and the reader is Peter Lindford.
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52: The Pennine Way (3): Venus Fly-Trap  

 
  first broadcast:
Wednesday, April 20, 2005

15:30
Radio 4

presenter:  
Aneeqa Khan
producer: Janet Graves & Gillian Hush   
A series of readings on the theme "the Pennine Way" weaving real voices recorded by Clare Jenkins with commissioned short stories, to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Pennine Way. "The Venus Fly Trap" is the third story in the series, it is written by Jane Rogers and the reader is a new voice, 18-year old actor Aneeqa Khan.
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51: The Pennine Way (2): At the bottom, looking up  

 
  first broadcast:
Tuesday, April 19, 2005

15:30
Radio 4

presenter:  
Bernard Gallagher
producer: Janet Graves & Gillian Hush   
A series of readings on the theme "the Pennine Way" weaving real voices recorded by Clare Jenkins with commissioned short stories, to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Pennine Way. Mike Stott's story "At the bottom, looking up" is read by Bernard Gallagher.
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50: The Pennine Way (1): The Bride Doll  

 
  first broadcast:
Monday, April 18, 2005

15:30
Radio 4

presenter:  
Judith Barker
producer: Janet Graves & Gillian Hush   
A series of readings on the theme "the Pennine Way" weaving real voices recorded by Clare Jenkins with commissioned short stories, to mark the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Pennine Way. The first is "The Bride Doll" written by Lesley Glaister and read by Judith Barker.
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49: The Englishman Who Ran across America  

 
  first broadcast:
Monday, April 11, 2005

20:00
Radio 4

presenter:  
Mark Whitaker
producer: Mark Whitaker   
Peter Gavuzzi was probably Britain's greatest ever distance runner, but he's been forgotten - because he was a working class professional. This is the story of his taking part in the two 'Bunion Derbys' across America in 1928 and 1929.
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48: After the Silver  

 
  first broadcast:
Thursday, February 03, 2005

20:00
Radio 4

presenter:  
Mark Whitaker
producer: Janet Graves   
Mark Whitaker presents a programme about the changes that have swept the oldest boxing club in the country since Amir won the medal at Athens.
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