Classic Political Comedy: Absolute Power – John Bird,Stephen Fry – #15 – S03E03 – Big Brother
Stephen Fry and John Bird star as masters of spin Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe in all episodes of the BBC Radio 4 series.
Prentiss McCabe is a London-based “government-media relations consultancy”, and in each episode Charles and Martin are embroiled in the machinations of the British political system.
Jazz in the Night: Duke Ellington: – Live At “The New Zanzibar “, NYC, September 26, 1945
Listen soon as may disappear
Once again, Hamish Macbeth, sole guardian of the law in Scotland’s Lochdubh village and environs, is fighting the specter of promotion as he tangles—successfully, he hopes, but not too dramatically—with a series of complex puzzles in his bailiwick.
A blinding toothache sends Hamish Macbeth 120 miles out of Lochdubh to the dentist Frederick Gilchrist, only to find him dead. Since everyone is pleased the dentist is deceased–patients, several harassed women, and even his wife–Macbeth faces one of the more biting challenges of his career
Classic comedy from the days when the Civil Service had a sense of humour. The Men from the Ministry were the hilarious radio forerunners of TV’s Yes Minister – bungling bureaucrats who bungled for 15 glorious years from 1962 to 1977.
Muddling through were Wilfrid Hyde White, as the first head of the ubiquitous General Assistance Department, and the imperturbable Deryck Guyler, who followed him in 1966. Richard Murdoch was their faithfully incompetent Number Two. Together they created absolute chaos – and an enduring and influential Whitehall spoof. Here, with the help of guests like Warren Mitchell and Roy Dotrice, they mismanage a new road scheme, upset Britain’s space programme, confuse the export drive, and attempt to rescue a forgotten army unit.
Their potty exploits remain (in the inimitable words of the BBC announcer) “a tribute to the men of our Government service, those men who are sometimes compared to tea bags: they always stick together when they get into hot water”
Midnight Mystery: Nero Wolfe – #1 – S01 E01 – The Doorbell Rang – Maury Chaykin, Timothy Hutton
Sam becomes under great stress when she learns that she may have a tumour. As a result, she starts to question her judgment when she misses a possible explanation in determining the time of death in the case of Lloyd Dupen’s wife, an apparent suicide. She’s not convinced however that everything is above board and agrees to undertake a second autopsy at the request of the dead woman’s mother. When she is asked by local reverend Bishop Craig to perform an autopsy on the remains of Sister Constance, a beatified nun who died forty years ago and is under consideration for canonization, the results of the autopsy affect the religious order as well as many of those in the community who see the commercial advantages of having a local saint.
About this podcast
Silent Witness is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective based in Nottingham. Twenty-five series of Silent Witness have been broadcast since 1996.[1]
Amanda Burton starred as primary character Dr. Sam Ryan before leaving the show during the eighth series. Since her departure the series has featured an ensemble cast, which initially consisted of William Gaminara, Tom Ward and Emilia Fox, and later on David Caves, Liz Carr and Richard Lintern alongside Emilia Fox. At the end of series 23 Carr and Lintern both departed. The cast was joined by Genesis Lynea from series 24.
Sam becomes under great stress when she learns that she may have a tumour. As a result, she starts to question her judgment when she misses a possible explanation in determining the time of death in the case of Lloyd Dupen’s wife, an apparent suicide. She’s not convinced however that everything is above board and agrees to undertake a second autopsy at the request of the dead woman’s mother. When she is asked by local reverend Bishop Craig to perform an autopsy on the remains of Sister Constance, a beatified nun who died forty years ago and is under consideration for canonization, the results of the autopsy affect the religious order as well as many of those in the community who see the commercial advantages of having a local saint.
About this podcast
Silent Witness is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective based in Nottingham. Twenty-five series of Silent Witness have been broadcast since 1996.[1]
Amanda Burton starred as primary character Dr. Sam Ryan before leaving the show during the eighth series. Since her departure the series has featured an ensemble cast, which initially consisted of William Gaminara, Tom Ward and Emilia Fox, and later on David Caves, Liz Carr and Richard Lintern alongside Emilia Fox. At the end of series 23 Carr and Lintern both departed. The cast was joined by Genesis Lynea from series 24.
Taggart – #19 – S07 E02 – Double Exposure – Mark McManus, James MacPherson, Blythe Duff, Iain Anders
Red Dwarf – #29 – S05E05: Demons & Angels
An experiment with a machine – a Triplicator – that can make duplicates of an object goes wrong, causing Red Dwarf to explode. The crew escape aboard Starbug but find that the Triplicator has made two copies of Red Dwarf in place of the original. One of these copies has extracted the “good” qualities of the former vessel, and the other has extracted the “bad” qualities. The crew board one, first meeting angelic versions of themselves, then to the other, meeting their demonic versions.
Interesting videos about London, and elsewhere, from London-based film-maker and writer John Rogers, author of This Other London – adventures in the overlooked city http://bit.ly/1tQS301
His blog The Lost Byway http://thelostbyway.com/
The Inquiring Mind 
The Platform: Michael Laws – Nick Ryan on the Doubtless Bay Fishing Competition
well worth a listen
January 25,2024
Here is an extract
Here is the link to the full report
https://theplatform.kiwi/podcasts/episode/nick-ryan-on-the-doubtless-bay-fishing-event-contested-by-local-iwi
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