#bbc4

[safedistancefrombeingsmart]

This June BBC Radio 4 will mark 100 years since the death of Franz Kafka and 75 years of the publication of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell by dedicating more than 12 hours of original programming to their work.

Talent includes Martin Freeman, Adjoa Andoh, Tom Hollander, Iwan Rheon, Phil Davis, Nina Wadia and Adrian Scarborough.

Interesting! 👀

[andrew-buchan-fansite]

BBC Four - Remembers..., Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens Remember... Jane Eyre

Ruth Wilson and Toby Stephens look back on the 2006 TV adaptation of Jane Eyre.

Worth watching just in case St John Rivers features...

10pm tonight

Followed by the entire series!!

[bowieography]

This summer (date TBC) BBC4 will be screening

BAAL

for the first time since its BBC2 premiere in 1982!

More info to follow as and when it becomes available...

[pandaimitator]

When I get sick of jumping from Wikipedia to whatever other collection of factoids I can find, I turn to the BBC4 history podcast "you're dead to me" for research. It doesn't always cover the topics I need but sometimes it's close enough. So, with that in mind: want to learn some more about ancient Egyptian history, especially awesome gender fluid queen/pharoe Hapshepsut, then I recommend you listen to this:

[enbycrip]

We just watched two eps of an incredible 1978 series on the history of English furniture on BBC4. Far, far beyond caricature.

The bit where an accidental juxtaposition suggested the growth of cane furniture caused the great fire of London was a particular highlight. As was the scene of some random in a pith helmet demonstrating late medieval lathe work 🤣

Outstanding. No notes 😁

[sweetdreamsjeff]

[evelynstarshine]

Seeing all these UK comedians who rose to prominence opposing the Iraq war sitting silent about Palestine on the very same current affairs and satire panel shows they came up through, has the line moved that much or is genocide just not as bad to UK leftists as submitting to US orders?

[anondrogynousanew]

Take this as my personal recommendation.

Wake of Corrosion and The Edge of Sleep are two of my favorite thriller podcasts to date. (And Wake of Corrosion is coming out with a third season!) Magic Tavern — fictional narrative improv comedy — is my go-to for when I want to just take it easy.

Needed to leave this here because I know like 3 other people who listen to audio dramas and we're all already talked out lol