BBC Electric Proms 2008: More acts announced
The BBC Electric Proms today announced the line up for this year’s festival taking place in London and Liverpool from Wednesday 22 to Sunday 26 October 2008.
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BBC Four Puts Science At The Heart Of Its Autumn/Winter Schedule - Music
Prog Rock Britannia, The Story Of The American Folk Revival, The Swing Thing, Gergiev Conducts Mahler, Classical Legends, Neil Young – Don’t Be Denied
BBC Four Puts Science At The Heart Of Its Autumn/Winter Schedule - Drama
One of the most recognisable and compelling brands in our literary canon, Mills & Boon is synonymous with bodices being ripped and heaving bosoms.
A fun but emotionally heartfelt look at the life and loves of the pink Queen of Romance, Barbara Cartland.
What happens when a literary novelist tries to write popular romantic fiction? To mark the 100 years of romance publishers Mills & Boon, author Stella Duffy takes on the challenge of writing for them.
BBC Four Puts Science At The Heart Of Its Autumn/Winter Schedule - Introduction
From Charles Darwin’s fervent pursuit of his theory of evolution to the latest developments in technology that allows us to take a fresh look at pregnancy in the womb, this autumn and winter BBC Four presents an illuminating and rewarding collection of programmes that celebrate mankind’s pursuit of scientific knowledge.
Radio 1 Live Lounge hits the road
BBC Radio 1 announced today details of the Radio 1 Live Lounge Tour 2008.
Up close and personal: BBC Four to screen series of legendary music films
BBC Four is screening a series of eight intimate and pioneering portraits of great musicians on consecutive Friday evenings over eight weeks during the autumn.
Local schoolchildren create a future picture of White City
The thoughts, feelings and dreams of children and young people from local schools in West London have been captured in a new piece of public art, creating a vision of what White City might be in the future.
People-To-People Links: bbcvietnamese.com photo competition celebrates UK-Vietnam relations
To mark the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the UK and Vietnam, BBC Vietnamese and the British Embassy in Hanoi are launching a photo essay competition, The UK and Vietnam: People-To-People Links.
Phil Redmond, Germaine Greer and Lord Puttnam launch 100 Free Thoughts on Radio 3
One hundred key figures from the arts, media, politics and science offer their personal cultural thoughts for the day in Free Thought to be broadcast daily on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio Merseyside from Saturday 2 August.
BBC programmes on Chandigarh School’s community radio – to educate, inform and entertain
BBC World Service today (17 July) confirmed that its programmes will be available on Vivek 90.4 FM, the first community radio station in Chandigarh, India.
