Radio Listener by Jim Gilchrist
Doubtless the shades of such esteemed departed panellists as Clement Freud and Kenneth Williams will be issuing some hollow challenges from the wings as panellists Ross Noble, Jenny Eclair, Gyles Brandreth and Paul Merton are asked to pontificate on subjects given out in the original series back in 1967, from “Why I Wear a Top Hat” to “Knitting a Cablestitch Jumper”.
Earlier on Monday, Radio 4’s Afternoon Play – blue flu, by first-time playwright Peter Bleksley, envisages the consequences of a one-day police strike. The speculation should be well-informed – Bleksley was a founder member of Scotland Yard’s undercover unit during the 1980s – as the drama follows two police officers and a junior minister as the police sirens fall silent.
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Hide AdSilence is not an option as two major music events hit the airwaves. Part of the mammoth Celtic Connections festival currently raising dust in Glasgow, Radio Scotland’s YOUNG TRADITIONAL MUSICIAN OF THE YEAr 2012 final goes out live tomorrow night from the City Halls, Mary Ann Kennedy introducing the six young finalists. Victory can mean a useful leg-up for an aspiring muso.
The old-timers, meanwhile, get their due in the bbc raDIO 2 FOLK AWARDS 2012, hosted by Mike Harding and Gaelic singer Julie Fowlis, with the Dubliners – this year celebrating their half-century – and US singer Don MacLean receiving lifetime achievement awards.
The black and white beasties with the serious bamboo habit come under the spotlight once again in THE POLITICS OF PANDAS, as Philip Dodd investigates the niceties of “panda diplomacy”.
Just a Minute
Monday, Radio 4, 6:30pm
Afternoon Play – Blue Flu
Monday, Radio 4, 2:15pm
Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2012
Tomorrow, Radio Scotland, 5:05pm
The BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2012
Wednesday, Radio 2, 7:30pm
The Politics of Pandas
Thursday, Radio Scotland, 2:05pm