Anna Chancellor; Judie Tzuke
Richard Coles and Anita Anand talk to actress Anna Chancellor, sample the delights of Georgian Pleasures and hear the Inheritance Tracks of singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke.
Richard Coles and Anita Anand talk to actress Anna Chancellor, sample the delights of Georgian Pleasures with Professor Elaine Chalus, savour the bucolic, car-free life on Sark with restaurateur Elizabeth Perr茅e, hear the Inheritance Tracks of singer-songwriter Judie Tzuke, discover how glove-makers to the Queen, Andrew and Genevieve James, practice their craft, find out what the thing is about the "real" Paddy O'Connell from Skibbereen, County Cork and that other irrepressible Irishman, JP Devlin fields your phone calls and emails and hears your stories.
Producer: Dilly Barlow.
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Paddy O鈥機onnell - The Thing About Me
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STUDIO GUEST :: ANNA CHANCELLOR
Anna Chancellor came to fame playing Henrietta (Duck Face) in Four Weddings and a Funeral in 1994. Since then she has been a regular on stage and on screen, including roles in Kavanagh QC, Spooks and the award鈥搘inning The Hour. She is currently starring in at the Gielgud Theatre, London.
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Photo credit: Johan Persson
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听LUKE WRIGHT :: POET
Poet joins us live from the听Edinburgh Festival.
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GENEVIEVE JAMES :: ROYAL GLOVE MAKER
In 1979 the glove-maker was granted a Royal warrant to make gloves for the queen. She鈥檇 been making gloves since fleeing the Nazis in 1939.
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Over 3 decades later her daughter, Genevieve and husband Andrew still make gloves, helped by a small team of expert sewers and machinists, in the same way and on the tried and trusted machines - some made over a century ago. In the first of a short series on how the ancient skills of manufacturing are still alive and thriving today, you can hear how in the world of gloves 鈥渙ld is new鈥.听听
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GEORGIAN PLEASURES :: PROF. ELAINE CHALUS
Elaine Chalus is a History Professor organising the Georgian Pleasures Conference at Holburne Gardens in Bath.
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Elaine is from Canada, She first became interested in the 18th Century听because she realised that in order to understand her Native Canada she needed to understand 18th Century听England.
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ELIZABETH PERR脡E :: THE ISLAND OF SARK
Elizabeth Perr茅e has lived and worked all her life on the tiny island of . She runs the Michelin鈥搒tarred La Sablonniere hotel and restaurant on Little Sark, and describes what it was like growing up in this bucolic paradise with no cars, just horses, bicycles and tractors to get around.
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INHERITANCE TRACKS :: JUDIE TZUKE
THE THING ABOUT ME :: RADIO 4
We hear from the "real" Paddy O'Connell from Skibbereen, County Cork and his love of Radio 4.
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Paddy O'Connell is photographed here听with his wife Patricia.
STUDIO PHOTO :: ANITA, PROF. ELAINE CHALUS, RICHARD AND ANNA CHANCELLOR.
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Richard Coles |
Presenter | Anita Anand |
Interviewed Guest | Anna Chancellor |
Interviewed Guest | Elaine Chalus |
Interviewed Guest | Judie Tzuke |
Interviewed Guest | Andrew James |
Interviewed Guest | Genevieve James |
Producer | Dilly Barlow |
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- Sat 24 Aug 2013 09:00成人快手 Radio 4
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