Radio Performances

Frank Sinatra plays private eye Rocky Fortune, a 'footloose and fancy-free young man', frequently unemployed, who would then take on a range of odd-jobs that would lead into adventurous escapades. Rocky, always ready with a wise remark and a tongue-in-cheek approach, is a magnet for trouble. There is usually a beautiful woman involved; some good, some bad. His tough guy stays just inside the law, though we often get a glimpse of a soft heart beneath the hard-boiled exterior.

Mister Rogers is one of the most beloved television personalities, but before he was the man who brought us Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, he was just little Freddie Rogers. Although he was often sick and had trouble making friends as a child, his mom and grandfather encouraged him to ask for help and explore the world. With their support, he learned how to better say what he was feeling and see the beauty around him. As he grew up, he realized he could spread the message of compassion, equality, and kindness through television.

Radio was the number one form of family entertainment for a quarter century. In a dazzling step back in time, veteran broadcaster John Rayburn talks about the fantastic era of broadcasting in these fascinating interviews.

The monsters from the darkest shadows and your worst nightmares came to life on the big screen. Hear their origins, Hollywood stardom, and the legacy they left in their wake, and learn about some of the spookiest moments on the silver screen!

Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981) was a German film director and animator best known for The Adventures of Prince Achmed, which was released in 1926 and is the oldest surviving animated movie. (It came out a full 11 years before Disney’s Snow White!) As a little kid, Reiniger loved reading fairy tales and fell in love with puppetry. At school, she learned about paperschnitte, or papercuts, which helped her create her signature style of silhouettes. She grew up to make more than 40 films throughout her long career.

At 17, Susanna Moore left her home in Hawaii, with no money, no belongings and no prospects. But in Philadelphia, an unexpected gift of four trunks of beautiful clothes allowed her to assume the first of many disguises. Her journey takes her from New York to Los Angeles where she becomes a model and meets Joan Didion and Audrey Hepburn. She works as a script reader for Warren Beatty and Jack Nicholson and is given a screen test by Mike Nichols.

繊維商社の敏腕ビジネスピープルの一柳邦生 (森川)は、女性部下（これをお聴きのあなた）と二人、中国・杭州へ 買い付けに訪れた。

ウィリアム・シェイクスピアの戯曲「マクベス」をベースにした戦国ドラマ仕立てのタイトルです。主人公の松永久秀は少し勇猛なごく普通の戦国武将、そんな彼がちょっとした誘惑がもとで、坂道を転がり落ちるように、暗く壮絶な結末へと誘われていきます。スピーディーでドラマチックな展開の本作は是非お勧めです。

Invisible sonic transmissions are all around, bonding you to other human beings! The world of radio is vast and might surprise you! From hardboiled detectives to pirate broadcasters, Sonic Bonds is a personal book/zine journey that rides the waves from the 1940s to present day, showing just how magical this technology is. Popular music, anarchist DJs, emergency broadcasts, African American history, underground culture, speculative fiction dramas... radio reflects all the things that make us interesting and human.

リスナーであるあなたに【年下アイドル】との"素敵な恋物語"をお届け! 。近所にある大型スーパーマーケットでパートをしている主人公は、幼い娘と共に平凡ながら幸せな生活を営んでいた。

Frankie Howerd was one of Britain’s most popular entertainers, with a career spanning over 30 years. Starting his career during WW2, he went on to widespread fame in the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s with films and extensive TV work.

This is the story of how four people, grouped together inside a set of offices five floors above a greengrocer's shop on Shepherd's Bush Green in West London, scaled the heights of British comedy.

シェイクスピアの四大悲劇のひとつ「ハムレット」。

全ての出演者が男性キャストのみでドラマ化されたのがこの作品の特徴。カナダ東部のプリンスエドワード島のアボンリー村に住む老兄妹のもとに、やせて赤い髪をした１１歳の女の子アン・シャーリーが貰われてきます。しかし老兄妹は男の子を希望していたのに、間違って女の子がやってきたので、ひと騒動が持ち上がり、すったもんだの末、結局老兄妹はこの赤毛のアンを引き取ることに。。。

Director, actor, genius. Orson Welles was all these things and more. But talent can sometimes make people afraid. And Hollywood was very afraid of Orson Welles. So Welles went indie, making his own works on the proceeds of various jobs that required a big name and that very distinguished voice - perfect for radio. Here, in The Black Museum, he sets the scene as true-life crime is retold. Mr Welles, we’re ready.

Fifty years ago a dashing, ultra-talented motorbike racer planned to escape from Communist East Germany at the height of the Cold War. Award-winning presenter Stephen Evans tells how Degner, a hero in his homeland, risked everything, including the life of his young family, to flee to the west, taking with him groundbreaking technology developed deep behind the Iron Curtain. All that stood in his way was an increasingly repressive regime, the notorious Stasi, and the building of a certain wall that changed the course of European history.

Eight million people improve their mornings by tuning into Terry's words of wisdom on Wake up to Wogan. But is their appetite sated by this daily exposure? Not in the slightest. So it's lucky that Terry has been known to turn his hand to the odd bit of writing. This has allowed him to shed light on such weighty matters as how to survive a wedding, what Bank Holidays are for, why Eurovision could be responsible for the Celtic Tiger, whether we should watch out for potatoes, and where exactly it all went pear-shaped.

Mit "Eins Dreissig!" präsentieren die jungen Frankfurter Comedians Kai & Sven eine Auswahl ihrer erfolgreichsten Radio-Comedy Serien...

古今東西、世界中で起きている殺人事件には色々なパターンがある。今回は、被害者の肉体を平らげてしまった容疑者を集めて紹介する。

The wonderful history-cum-guide answers these and many other questions about the irreplaceable world of Radio 4. Released to mark the station's 40th anniversary it's essential listening for every devotee.