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The Culture Café: 21/02/2012

21/02/2012

BBC Radio Scotland - The Culture Café, 21/02/2012

The changing face of children's TV and passing stories down the generations.

Stories, memories and traits passed from one generation to another are discussed, plus children's TV - is it better now than it's ever been?

It's important to share memories and stories from one generation to the next. That's what we're delving into on the Culture Café this week, as we hear about Tobar an Dualchais (or Kist o Riches), a website containing recordings of stories from around Scotland from the 1930s on. They've unearthed some beautiful and touching family moments, like when Duncan Currie at the age of 50, heard his father's voice for the very first time, when he clicked on to the site. And ambitious theatre production, Hand Me Down, featuring 10 females from one Inverclyde family, explores what is passed on from generation to generation. 

The iconic post war buildings, the Red Road Flats, have played an important role in Glasgow's architectural and social history, but this year they will be demolished. We take a look at the public and personal stories that these buildings have housed and why they've served as such an inspiration to artists over time. 

Should the writer of the Teletubbies be given the same credit as serious dramatists such as Samuel Beckett? The man who resurrected Dr Who, Russell T Davies, thinks so and he also claims that Children's television is an endangered species. On the 10th anniversary of the launch of CBBC and Cbeebies, we look at the changing world of Children's telly, and find out if it's now better than ever. 

And we take a trip to the National Gallery in Edinburgh, for the first Talking Pictures instalment. Our very own art historian Anne Ellis and Culture Café listener Sara Sheridan share their thoughts on a stunning painting of the Niagara Falls.

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