Including at 6.20 Pause for Thought.
Including at 9.15 Pause for Thought.
1/4. Actor Christopher Eccleston explores the bleak, anti-establishment and often angry British films of the late 50s and early 60s that took inspiration from John Osborne's 1956 "kitchen sink" stage hit Look Back in Anger. In a period of relaxed censorship, the films tackled sexual, domestic and social issues in a way that changed British cinema (and television) for ever. Contributors include Rita Tushingham (A Taste of Honey), Dora Bryan, Albert Finney and Shirley-Anne Field (Saturday Night and Sunday Morning), Wendy Craig (The Servant), writer David Storey (This Sporting Life), cinematographer Walter Lassally (A Taste of Honey), composer Richard Rodney Bennett (Billy Liar) and social realist director Ken Loach.
Richard Balcombe conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra, live from London's Mermaid Theatre with Irish soprano Hayley Westenra and Canadian tenor twins RyanDan.
Actor Sean Penn reads an abridged version of Bob Dylan 's autobiography, published in 2004. 4/8. Dylan finds inspiration in Woody Guthrie , Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Joan Baez.
Abridged by Clive Stanhope Producer Elisa Shokoff
Frank Renton presents a session from the Aveley and Newham Band, conducted by Nigel Taken.
Arts show hosted by Matthew Wright.
Music and banter, with a live session.
Including at 3.30 Pause for Thought.
