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Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Series 28

Episode 3

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Anarchic pop quiz. Host Rhod Gilbert and regular team captains Noel Fielding and Phill Jupitus are joined by Alex Brooker, Sara Pascoe, John Cooper Clarke and Amelia Lily. Show more

Only Connect

Series 11

Sport Relief: Royal III v BBC

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Quiz show. David Baddiel, Dr John Cooper Clarke and Philippa Gregory face Hugh Dennis, Julian Lloyd Webber and Lynne Truss in a Sport Relief special. Show more

Contributors

Series Producer:
Jenny Hawker
Director:
Siân G Lloyd
Production Company:
RDF Television
Production Company:
Parasol Media
Panellist:
David Baddiel
Panellist:
Hugh Dennis
Panellist:
Lynne Truss

Saturday Live

Feargal Sharkey

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world. With Feargal Sharkey, Josette Simon, Hugh Thomson, Cat Irving. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Suzy Klein
Presenter:
Richard Coles
Producer:
JP Devlin
Interviewed Guest:
Feargal Sharkey
Interviewed Guest:
Josette Simon
Interviewed Guest:
Cat Irving
Interviewed Guest:
Hugh Thomson
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Gottfried
Interviewed Guest:
Emily Gottfried
Interviewed Guest:
John Cooper Clarke

Great Lives

Salvador Dali

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Melting clocks and lobster phones. John Cooper Clarke on moustachioed surrealist Salvador Dali. With Matthew Parris. From 2013. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Parris
Interviewed Guest:
John Cooper Clarke
Producer:
Mark Smalley

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

How the edges between performance poetry and popular music have become blurred, a cross-pollination that began in 1965 when Allen Ginsberg stormed the Royal Albert Hall stage. Show more

Poetry Please

John Cooper Clarke

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Roger McGough is joined by John Cooper Clarke, who shares a selection of his favourite poems from the Poetry Please archive of listeners' requests. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Roger McGough
Interviewed Guest:
John Cooper Clarke
Producer:
Sarah Addezio

Front Row

BBC Short Story Award; Jack Vettriano retrospective; poet John Cooper Clarke

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

John Wilson reveals the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2013, reviews a major Jack Vettriano exhibition in Glasgow, and interviews punk poet John Cooper Clarke. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
John Wilson
Interviewed Guest:
John Cooper Clarke
Interviewed Guest:
Richard Serra
Interviewed Guest:
Mariella Frostrup

Duration: 58 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for years

Poet Dr John Cooper Clarke and comic and TV panellist Phill Jupitus seek treasure in East Anglia, with excellent expert guidance courtesy of auctioneer James Braxton and dealer Stephanie Connell. Show more

Dr John Cooper Clarke at the BBC

Series 1

Twisted Romance

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

A poems selection from the Bard of Salford including I Married a Monster from Outta Space and Avocado Vignette. From 2016. Show more

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

A poem selection from the Bard of Salford including To A Tikka Shirt, George, 21 Gun Salute Suit and Smooth Operetta. From 2016. Show more

Dr John Cooper Clarke at the BBC

Series 1

In the O-Zone Zone

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

A poem selection from the Bard of Salford including Majorca, Dekko Beach and I Mustn't Go Down to the Sea Again. From 2016. Show more

Dr John Cooper Clarke at the BBC

Series 1

Crime and Retribution

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

A poem selection from the Bard of Salford including 36 Hours, Crazy Mixed Up Killer and Kung Fu International. From 2016. Show more

The Secret Life of Books

Series 2

Episode 4: Confessions of an English Opium Eater

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Available for years

John Cooper Clarke explores Thomas de Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium Eater, and discovers how this addiction memoir avoids the cliches of modern 'misery-lit'. Show more

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Victoria runs the postwar gamut from artist, drinker and sexual masochist Francis Bacon to the modern-day, latte-sipping hipster, and asks if we're all bohemians now. Show more

Contributors

Production Company:
Wingspan Productions
Executive Producer:
Archie Baron
Executive Producer:
Deborah Lee
Producer:
Nick Tanner
Director:
Nick Tanner
Participant:
Maggi Hambling
Participant:
AA Gill
Participant:
Jonny Woo
Participant:
Will Self
Participant:
Lewis Henderson
Participant:
Grayson Perry
Participant:
Molly Parkin
Participant:
Craig Temple
Participant:
Richard Coles
Participant:
John Cooper Clarke
Participant:
Stephen Calloway
Participant:
Bethany Lloyd
Participant:
Phoebe Mulrooney

The Culture Show

2008/2009

Episode 28

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Cultural highlights programme featuring Seattle band Fleet Foxes and original punk poet John Cooper Clarke, and a look at Tate Modern's exhibition of Russian constructivist art. Show more

The Culture Show Uncut

2008/2009

Episode 28

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Cultural highlights programme featuring Seattle band Fleet Foxes and original punk poet John Cooper Clarke, and a look at Tate Modern's exhibition of Russian constructivist art. Show more

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for years

The Bard of Salford performs a mixture of classic and previously unheard poems, recorded at the BBC's Radio Theatre in London. Show more

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

The Bard of Salford with a mixture of classic and previously unheard poems. From the BBC's Radio Theatre in London. From 2017. Show more

Duration: 2 hours, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Jools welcomes in 2017 with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra. With performances by a host of artists including Chaka Khan, Christine and the Queens, Roy Wood and Rag'n'Bone Man. Show more

Duration: 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One HDLatest broadcast: on BBC One Wales

Extended version of the popular news quiz, with team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop, guest host Jo Brand and guest panellists John Cooper Clarke and Michael Fabricant.