When Helena Hauff made her first RA Podcast appearance back in 2013, she was on the eve of releasing her debut production, Actio Reactio, on Actress' Werkdiscs imprint. In the 12 years that have elapsed since, she's become not just a household name within electronic music, but the kind of rare talent that lives in impenetrable seclusion from industry tumult.
(Hauff, enviously, has never even owned a smartphone.)
Her calling card was and continues to be her penchant for rough and ready EBM, electro and new wave, recorded straight to tape. And while her selections are seemingly untethered to the trend cycles that dominate popular dance music culture, they have staying power. Her unique ability is creating a singular listening experience from otherwise disparate or out-of-favour tracks, with a raw immediacy that functions as a redress to overly-choreographed modern DJing.
The Hamburg icon showcases her outsider approach to selection once again in her mix for RA.1000. Threaded together by strobe-lit DIY electronica, old-school acid house and corrosive machine funk that chews up the ear, the nearly two-hour set pulls music from modern producers while explicitly nodding to electronic music's history.
In the sci-fi themed first half, Hauff drops not one but two Cybotron tracks, nodding to Juan Atkins' blueprint for the world of electro. You'll also hear "Riot" from Underground Resistance, the definitive mission statement for the Motor City techno collective for a world ablaze. Here, Hauff raises the bar once again, demonstrating how these songs and their sentiments continue to resonate through the ages. This is musical anarchism executed to the highest degree. - Chloe Lula
Cybotron - Earth Little Computer People - Little Computer People (Karl Bartos Remix) Mobile Space Unit - Penalty Dream Klangwerk - Die Kybernauten Scope - The Future (Cybotron Mix) Calagad 13 - Super Jam (Xtndd) Novamen - Bubblegum Middle Men - Defeat The Object Interfunk - Travel To Another Dimension Excel - Don't Stop Now Chaos - Afrogermanic T.Linder - Wolfpack T.Linder (feat. Blak Tony) - Leatherneck The Martian - Skypainter The Shadow - The Vision 6K - Exponential Hazed - Bellchant Joey Beltram - Orion Sebastian S., Jessie Deep! - Escape Lory D - Sickness Underground Resistance - Riot Oligo - Light Orbit The AM - Sex Worker uNN - Make Me Listen (Electro) EDO8 - Voyager Insync vs. Mysteron2 - Science Fact Scan X - Higher
Find out more about RA.1000 with DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall and listen to all RA mixes from RA.001 to RA.1000 in our archives: 1000.ra.co
When mulling which direction to go in for RA's 1000th mix celebrations, many options came to mind. Some shadowy character 2-stepping around the fringe of our collective consciousness? An impossible-level IDM icon? All tempting. But, ultimately, we are a DJ-forward publication and this is a DJ mix series. It felt truer to the history of the RA Podcast to release deep vault material from a time when the world of niche records felt different, tighter, more discrete.
The fourth-longest mix in the RA Podcast's history is an unrepeatable marathon set recorded in 2012 at a superclub that no longer exists. (2012, incidentally, is farther away from 2025 than 2012 was from 2000; if we have to clock it, so do you.)
It's the coming together of one British icon who passed away in 2020, and another whose time on the road has scaled back considerably as of late. DJ Harvey agreed to exactly one b2b set in his life: this one, with Andrew Weatherall.
The night took place at Trouw, an Amsterdam club whose immaculate decor and imposing atmosphere was already considered legendary long before it shuttered its doors in the opening hours of 2015. As part of a series anchored around start-to-close combinations, RA finally put these two peers together in the booth. Harvey was at the peak of an irresistible career second act, which dovetailed with a disco revival that dominated clubs for years. Weatherall, with infinite brownie points stockpiled from the '90s, remained everyone's favourite debonair psychonaut.
Although a serial collaborator in the studio, he didn't actually play too many b2b sets either, preferring to sail the open seas by his own navigation. What follows is 385 minutes of arpeggiated chug and slow-cresting climaxes, chronicling a moment when the resting heart rate of dance floors plunged lower than potentially any comparable point in the 21st century. It's a curiously under-acknowledged wrinkle in the timeline that makes some of the more headstrong RA.1000s (Sama', Theo Parrish, Jyoty) seem as if they've been beamed in from another artistic medium entirely.
If you've got time to spare, a fun side game is sussing out who's playing what. Take the goosebumps-inducing slide into a disco-dub cover of Echo & the Bunnymen's "The Killing Moon"? Smart money's on Weatherall. Exuberant EQ'ing of the comically overripe bass on The Isley Brothers' "Live It Up, Pts. 1 & 2"? Gotta be Harvey. As for the low 'n slow, lightly spangled house that was all the rage in the early 2010s (think Maxxi Soundsystem, Disco Bloodbath, Rub & Tug, C.O.M.B.I. and Full Pupp), it's anyone's guess. The pair putter around the 100 BPM range for so long that nudging up to 127 by the double encore feels practically like flooring it down the highway.
When we kicked off our RA.1000 campaign, we outlined a few goals: tick off a handful of long-awaited dream guests, honour architects who shaped the world around us and deliver recordings you truly can't hear anywhere else. We sought to render an accurate picture of DJ culture in 2025 for posterity, and get arms around some of the key storylines in the decade since we went 5 for RA.500. Who broke big? What could you pull off at peak time today than you'd struggle to make land then? And what memories do we hold more fondly as time has gone on?
DJing and the spectacle around it has undergone a quantum leap since 2012, let alone 2006, 1996 or 1989. It's a scarcely-recognisable scene. For those of us who were kicking around in the former, there's a creeping melancholy that our prime is fast becoming a matter of historical record. The killing moon really did come too soon.
Yet a sense of accomplishment is bundled within that melancholy. Appreciation, too. 1000 episodes is great innings, and we're thankful for every contributor and facilitator who built this series, week by week, mix by mix. Where will DJ sets—or any of this—be in 2044? Hard to say; best not to overthink that one. Instead, enjoy luxuriating in the company of two of the greatest to ever do it, together, for the first and last time. - Gabriel Szatan
Around the release of their new Best Of album, Hot Chip join Jamz live in the studio and provide a special Salutes Mix looking back at their career to date at midday.
The band released their debut album in 2004 and have had hits over the years such as Over And Over, Ready For The Floor, One Life Stand and many more. They're releasing their best of on the same day as a big London show at The Troxy.
Bill Withers - Harlem [Columbia/Legacy] Hot Chip - Just Like We (Breakdown) (DFA Remix) [Astralwerks] Hot Chip - One Life Stand (Carl Craigs PCP Remix) [Astralwerks] Rhythm & Sound - See Mi Version (Basic Reshape) [Burial Mix] Joe Goddard - Rapid Fire [Smugglers Way] Leonard Cohen - Here It Is [Columbia] Hot Chip & Erol Alkan - Boy From School [Domino Recording Co] Hot Chip - Hand Me Down Your Love (Todd Edwards Micro Chip Remix) [Parlophone] Hot Chip - Not Alone [Domino Recording Co]
Jonnie Wilkes, one half of Glasgow duo Optimo, salutes his DJ partner of nearly 30 years Keith McIvor aka JD Twitch.
The duo founded the legendary Glasgow night Optimo (Espacio) at the city's much loved Sub Club, a night that was well known for its sense of freedom and eclectic sounds. The night went on to build a strong reputation for its expansive music selections becoming one of Scotland's most popular club nights, and once the night ended the duo went on to DJ at festivals and gigs around the world for over 28 years.
In May this year Keith was diagnosed with an untreatable brain tumor, and to celebrate their decades long partnership, Jonnie is behind this edition of the Salutes mix centered around the joy of the DJ partnership they forged.
Jonnie will continue to DJ under the Optimo name, and details of forthcoming sets can be found online.
Negativland - The Way of It [SST] Sun City Girls - Shanghai Satellite [Abduction] PTP - Rubber Glove Seduction [Cleopatra] Miss Nicky Trax - Acid In The House [Kaos Dance] Robotiko Rejekto - Rejekto (Perfekto Mix) [ZYX] Angel Corpus Christi - Cheree [Emotional Rescue] Mariah - Shinzo No Tobira [Palto Flats] Erotic Dissidents - Move Your Ass And Feel The Beat [Universal Music S.A.] Gerry & The Holograms - Gerry And The Holograms (JD Twitch Edit) [The Vinyl Factory] DHS - House Of God [Universal Music S.A.] Madonna - Hung Up [Warner] Cameo - Money (Reese Revamp Mix) [Reprise] Liquid Liquid - Bellhead (Remix) [DFA] Zulu Warriors - Lion Dub [Jah Warrior] DJ Scud Is Rude Boy - Are You Down (With The Underground?) [kool.POP] Zounds - War [Crass]
Quite a belter, this one, especially later when I put my 'big room' pants on. Nonetheless, I still manage to squeeze in Elkie Brooks, JJ Cale and Blancmange as well as Al Stewart who calms everything down at the end. From London to New York - enjoy!
David Qualey - Winter's Prelude The Gentleman - Yuzu Basil Matcha Sorbet Ilaiyaraaja - Aye Zindagi (Turbotito & Ragz Remix) Social Lovers - Love Come Down Marc Hype And Jim Dunloop - Lost Girl Kampinos - Good Looking Pepe (Deeper Burnt Transition Mix) Souls Of Mischief - 93 Till Infinity (DJ Asparagus x Coral Remix) Sade - No Ordinary Love (Russ Hogg Dub Remix) Light Of The World - London Town (John Morales M+M Hyde Park Stroll Mix) Malcolm McLaren - Buffalo Girls (Swift & P Remix) Ellie Brooks - Night Bird Hollie Cook - Shy Girl Magic Wand - Make It All True The Dramatics - Share Your Love Brian Jackson (feat. Cindy Mizelle, Dawn Tallman, Ramona Dunlap) - New York City The Bird - Love & Happiness Magic Wand - Finally Got My Life Together LNTG - So Much Love Mica Paris - If I Love You Tonight JJ Cale - Magnolia Momoko Gill - 2close2farr Malcolm McLaren - Obayala Dubl Drat - Jump Rope Moodymanc & Anthony Collins (feat. Gregory Porter) - Good Feeling Gerardo Frisina & Toco (feat. Luzia Dvorek) - Deixa Passar Delaware Saints - Yesterday's Tomorrow Medicine Music - Chesty Lady Of The West U-Bend - Better Place Syd Straw - Golden Dreams Danny Brown & Quadeca - Book Of Daniel King Most - Dorothy Dilla Phife Karen Dixon - I Just Want To Be Free Shiva - Sweet N Nasty (Jura Soundsystem Version) Sahalé & Samarana - Mesege Blancmange - On Our Way To Ilija Rudman - Future Times (Hot Toddy Remix) Slick Venom - 01_03 Clovis Chilwell - Don't Let The Night End Louie Vega (feat. Anané, Tony Touch) - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (Anané's Dub) DJLMP - Spring Touch Grand Paris - Plate Une Al Stewart - Running Man Bluestaeb, Melodiesinfonie & S. Fidelity - Just Give Me The Aux
@delibeat joins @theavalanches on The Recording Angel this Wednesday Oct 22 for what is sure to be one of the best mixes you will hear all year.
Featuring previews from her upcoming album Desaceleradas via @ourmodernlove, the chopped & screwed sounds of rebajada + half speed cumbia of Sonido Dueñez @boomkatonline, @nicolacruzz, Sewa Choki, Chuquimamani-Condori + more.
Don't miss this psychedelic hour of Norteño regional/Texas electronic music and experimental latin cumbias.
Nudo - Freer Vaporboys Social Club - Plastic Northwest Nortec - Olvidela Compa Sewa Choki - Limbo Chuquimamani-Condori - Until I Find You Again Corridos Ketamina - KETITZ DJ Screw - Grabbin Grain (Guerilla Maab-DJ Screw As The World Slows Down) Debit - Sonido Dueñez Sonido Dueñez- La piragua (Sabotaje Media Dub) Sonido Dueñez- Rebajadas 1 Track 10 cNO rebajando - Cumbia Sobre el Agua (Rebajada) Turbo Sonidero - Kumbia ESSJ Mexican Institute Of Sound - Cumbia Nicola Cruz - Danza de Vision Chancha Via Circuito - Guajaca Meridian Brothers - Canten las canciones del nuevo trovador Esmerlada - Moriremos Rodrigo M.T. - Onda Tropical RebajadoSonido Dueñez - Te Llevare Conmigo (Lisandro Meza)
Glasgow-based producer Conna Haraway delivers a hypnotic mix steeped in the immersive textures and rhythmic precision that define his sound. Fresh from his first vinyl release, Spatial Fix—inspired by his 2024 tour of Japan and Korea—Haraway explores the balance between ambient abstraction and propulsive grooves. Expect crackling textures, luminous details, and field recordings woven into a sonic journey that mirrors the tactile, psychedelic world of his latest work. As the founder of co:clear and a key figure in Glasgow's electronic underground, Haraway brings a mix that feels both physical and dreamlike.
Basic Channel - Radiance II [Basic Channel] Conna Haraway - Redirect VIP [Short Span] Picture - Tyyyyyyyyy girl scout cookies - black friday [Bandcamp] Beatrice M. - Meopham [subglow] Kreggo - Hi Tec Perc [Nous'klaer Audio] Si Begg - Basik Rockin [Self-released] BFTT - Way U Do [YCO] El-B & MC Juiceman - Buck & Bury [Ghost Recordings] ‐M‐ - 3 No Sir - Dilate [Woozy] SICARIA - Rhassoul [Tectonic] Andrae Durden - Humo [SPE:C] K-65 - Heavyweight (LMajor Remix) [DEXT Recordings] Sobolik - One Last Job [Clasico] TYuS - 4 [Ro Pax] gonima - Inevitable State [Satellite era] Xenia Reaper - You Really [INDEX] Cybermission - Trancendental [Emotional Waves] GOD69 - amulet [subglow] Nexcyia - Soak [Haunter] Box5ive - Stone [co:clear] dj lostboi - WIDE EYED [Bandcamp] james K - Hypersoft Lovejinx Junkdream (Priori Remix)
Josi Devil is Bristol-based producer whose sound oscillates between UK bass, UKG and experimental sound design, releasing music on Hessle Audio and Nervous Horizon this year.
Ghost Dubs - Dub Lobotomy [Pressure] Carrier & Gavsborg - The Fan Dance [Modern Love] The Untouchables - Heads High [Samurai Music] Clarity - Reflex [Samurai Music] Seta Loto - Complete Walkthrough [Ghosttown] Eszaid - Abyss Dub [Collapsing Market] Basic Channel - Mutism [BCD] Imax - 3:32am [LL] Dynamo - Aufenthalt 5 [DIN] Dialog & Benji - Book Of Life [DOT] Nørbak - Gare [Hayes] Josi Devil - Duinpan [Nervous Horizon] Yaleesa Hall - Depths Of Chemical Oblivion [Will & Ink] Josi Devil - Restless Sleep [Hessle Audio] Yaleesa Hall & Malin Genie - 84 [Malin Genie Music] Stenny - Consumers Tool [Ilan Tape] Josi Devil - No More [Nervous Horizon] Eszaid - Brulure [Mindseyerecords.xyz] Skee Mask - Cylo [Ilian Tape] Badawi & Kode9 - Den Of Drumz [ROIR] Mala - Jah Power Dub [Deep Medi Musik] Maōh - Excorismo [Primal Instinct] KiNK - Pitch Down [Mutual Rytm] Raredub & KiNK & Special Request - Time To Change (Special Request VIP) [Mutual Rytm] Tod Dockstader - Water Music Part 5 [Owl] Pampidoo - Governor General [Freedom Sounds]
We welcome PVAS to the 6 Mix, he is Jordan Juras, a Berlin-based artist who grew up outside of Windsor, Ontario, now releasing music on Objekt's label Kapsela.
xrp - Unknown Vtgnike - cheba saba [Bandcamp] Rrose - Worn/Scarred [Kudos] Inkscape - Urban Exploration Beatrice Dillon - Workaround Eight [PAN] Paleman - Exalted [30D] Planetary Assault Systems - You Thought It [Peacefrog] Tag Team 2 - Blue Arsed Fly [MSQCD 001] Amuck - Low Res [Metroplex] Morphosis - Androids Among Us (Just For One Day Remix) [MMD-R1] Shy/NM - G-STAR Jeans Roger 23 - Ain't No Dirty Game [Playhouse] Ra.H & Dynamo Dreesen - Spacepops (Donato Dozzy Rework) [Morphine] xtclvr - trps tombstoned [ejekt] Madteo - Queens's The New Brooklyn (Realtor Mixx) [Black Orpheus] Arcane - Wheel It Up [Foxy Jangle] Laurent Garnier - Playing With The Low-End [Fabric] Boris K. - Unknown The Detroit Escalator Co. - Manual Transmission [Peacefrog] Reeko - Black Owl On My Shoulder [Mental Disorder] L.B. Rillo - Soft Top [Fragments] Sean Deason - Detroit 2030 [Intuit-Solar] Контур Сc - Постоянно Меняющийся [система] Eve Defy - Clathrus [Illegal Afters] Ceqi - rrrrrr 99 [Datenfeld] PVAS & Booty Buster - Audio Research Binh - Seventh Amb [Caberet Recordings] Herrmann & Kleine - Wonder [Morr Music]
Spanish-born, Berlin-based artist JASSS joins us for the 6 Mix off the back of her third LP, Eager Buyers. It's the inaugural release on her own new platform called AWOS, which also encompasses musical, AV and art collaborations, live events, and a radio show.
james K - N´Balmed (JASSS Purple Mix) [Unknown] Kanot - After Age [Invisible Inc] Voices Of Kwahn - Third Whale Trip [Max-Bilt] Memory Tapes - Let Me Be [Carpark] First Epoque - WRONGMANOEUVRE JASSS - Eager buyers [AWOS] Drummy & Martini - Friendly Fire [Kindergarten] Alva Noto - Uni Blue [NOTON] LR Groove - Riddim Beater [Renk Groove Recordings] GLYNY - Outlines [Dionysian Mysteries] Bodhi - Fade [dh2] Traverse - Vision [Bandcamp] Ken Meier - End Matter [Standards & Practices] bambinodj - Carrier [OST] Sow - Dog [I, Absentee] Atlas - Compassion [Rebirth] Underworld - Bruce Lee [JBO] Mura Masa - I'm Really Hot (For Myself) [Pond Recordings] Cape Sundew - Engine [SPE:C] Lorenzo Soria & Sebastián Orellana - Tus Ojitos Moros (con Pilar Angulo) [Mushroom Pillow] Will Hofbauer - A Methane Oak [Maloca] Voices From The Lake - Manuark [Spazio Disponibile] Natural Language - Blow [Noise Pollution Recording] Thematic & Oddkut - Rocker [Judder] Step Ball Chain - Heaven Spot [Step Ball Chain] Leuroj - Isakora (Bushwacka Mix) [Loaded]
We welcome Doc Scott to the 6 Mix, the pioneering drum n' bass legend, foundational in creating the scene, working at the forefront internationally in 2025 ahead of his live dates at Fabric and shelflife.
Calibre - Badger In Forth [Unreleased] Satl - Gljtch Molecular - Crowd Control [1985 Music] Paul T, Edward Oberon & MC Moose - Future Style [V Recordings] Theoretical - Creation Calyx - Repercussion DRS & Creatures - Over Your Head FD - Don't Ramp Kathryn Brenna & Genic - Coincidence Anile - A C I D Calibre - Doomed Satl - Hot Oil Skeptical - Other Worlds [Exit] FD & DRS - If I Never Shore (feat. Kathryn Brenna) - Back To You [Holocron Media] GLXY - Teze [Shogun Audio] Harley D - Checkone Wingz - Unwilling Molecular - Fair Warning VIP Trakker & Basic Rhythm - Jelly Belly [Sofa Sound] Trex - Last Resort [trustaudiodnb] Mark System - Where's The Dog Halogenix - SAWTOOTH
Tortoise has spent nearly 25 years making music that defies description. The Chicago-based instrumental quintet has nodded to dub, rock, jazz, electronica and minimalism and have just released their first new album in nine years, Touch.
The Paradise (aka Alan Braxe & Romuald) - In Love With You [Vulture Music/PIAS Recordings] Underground Resistance & Linton Kwesi Johnson - Working Class Warning The Vanisher - Tic Tac Tactic (Osborne's Simulacrum Mix) [Spectral Sound] Wax Master Maurice & DJ Rated-X - Footwork [Dance Mania] Nina Kraviz Vs. Snazzy - U Ludei Est Pravo! [Trip Recordings] DJ Speedsick - You Do This To Yourself [Psy X] Analemma - Plunging Asymptote [Trip Recordings] Silent Servant - Moral Divide [Hospital Productions] Piezo - Ox [Hundebiss] Distruction Boyz - Amaxoki [Distruction Boyz] DJ Rush - 4833 Broadway J Dilla - Dilla Beats #5 [Unreleased] Public Enemy - You're Gonna Get Yours [Def Jam Recordings] Tortoise - Works And Days [Nonesuch] Rrose - Saliva [Eaux] Helena Hauff - Multiplying My Absurdities [Tresor] Robert Hood - Self Powered [Axis] 2hollis - Flash [Interscope] Buttechno - Untitled [Unknown] RP Boo - Bang'n On King Dr. [Planet Mu] Diaki - Tita Cool1 [Planet Mu] The Normal - T.V.O.D. [Mute] Emptyset - Descent [Thrill Jockey] Pan Sonic - Lomittain [Mute] Devo - Devo Corporate Anthem [Warner Bros.]
Set in 1960's Illinois, USA: this is the story of two boys, and the evil that grips their small Midwestern town with the arrival of a "dark carnival" one Autumn midnight.
James Nightshade and William Halloway are two innocents, both aged 13.
Will was born one minute before Halloween, and Jim one minute after.
Both save the souls of the town - as well as their own.
Starring Theo Gregory and Joseph Lindsay.
Ray Bradbury's gem of modern Gothic literature, first published in 1962
Dramatised by Diana Griffiths
Will ........ Theo Gregory Jim ........ Joseph Lindsay Charlie ........ Henry Goodman Mr Dark ........ Kenneth Cranham Mr Coogar ........ Gerard McDermott Lightening Rod Salesman ........ Gerard McDermott Miss Foley ........ Barbara Barnes Dust Witch ........ Buffy Davis Robert ........ Taran Stanzler Young Miss Foley ........ Amelia Clarkson JED ........ Ethan Brooke
Dark re-imagining of Bram Stoker's disturbing vampire tale of horror.
Nicky Henson stars as Count Dracula.
An all action adventure story, with ghosts, ghouls, lunatics, and seriously gripping chase sequences.
Narrated by various characters with different 'takes' on the progress of the story.
A thrilling ride through the dark psyche of Victorian England.
Omnibus of two-parts dramatised by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
Count Dracula .... Nicky Henson Dr Seward .... Charles Edwards Renfield .... Don Gilet Jonathan Harker .... Michael Shelford Mina Murray .... Ellie Kendrick Lucy Westenra .... Scarlett Brookes Dr Van Helsing .... John Dougall Arthur .... Joe Sims Landlord's Wife/Maid .... Christine Absalom Driver/Policeman .... Robert Blythe Simmons .... Patrick Brennan Vampiresses .... Sarah Thom/Ellie Crook/Stephanie Racine Child .... Harper Bone Singer .... Adriana Festeu
Ambrosio is a charismatic monk, who draws enormous, rapturous crowds to his sermons.
But in 16th century Madrid where superstition reigns with such despotic sway, to seek for true devotion would be fruitless.
An anxious and reluctant novice nun comes to understand more of the real passions unveiled in this Gothic tale of disguise, abduction, murder and incest.
Starring Michael Pennington, Allan McClelland and Sorcha Cusack.
Allan McClelland's drama is based on Matthew Lewis’s novel 'The Monk: A Romance', first published in 1796
The Monk, Ambrosio ... Michael Pennington The Demon ... Allan McClelland Rosario/Matilda ... Sorcha Cusack Agnes ... Jenny Funnell Antonia ... Emily Morgan Lorenzo ... Christopher Douglas Christoval .... Brian Smith Raymond ... Simon Hewitt Prioress .... Anne Jameson Elvira ... Tessa Worsley Father Pablos .... Alan Thompson Mother Camilla/Virginia .... Melinda Walker Leonella ... Mary Wimbush Flora ... Mia Soteriou
With:
Garard Green Graham Blockey Peter Acre David Learner Bernard Brown
Music composed and performed by David Chilton and Mia Soteriou.
As the Orient Express weaves its way through snow towards Constantinople, a motley group of people find themselves threatened by intrigue, skulduggery and murderous politics.
It is a heady cocktail of wit, adventure, mystery, interrogations, scamming, shoot-outs and sexual intrigue.
Graham Greene's tense thriller novel, first published in 1932.
Greene admitted, in 1974, that he wrote it to make a bit of money. "In Stamboul Train for the first and last time in my life I deliberately set out to write a book to please, one which with luck might be made into a film. The devil looks after his own and I succeeded in both aims."
Starring Joseph Milson and Sam Dale.
Dramatised by Jeremy Front.
Myatt .... Joseph Millson Coral .... Abbie Andrews Czinner .... Sam Dale Josef .... Nicholas Murchie Mabel .... Jane Slavin Janet .... Isabella Inchbald Petkovitch .... Simon Ludders Ninitch .... Samuel James Hartep .... Phillip Fox Mrs Peters .... Ellie Darvil Mr Peters .... Charlie Clements
Other parts played by:
Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong Adam Fitzgerald Gary Duncan David Reakes Kath Weare
Celebrating Bradford City of Culture and as part of BBC Contains Strong Language Festival, Bradford based writer Jeremy Dyson's original comedy drama set in West Yorkshire in 1978 is inspired by a true story.
High Cockalorum tells of a touching, funny and unlikely encounter between a Hollywood superstar and a humble lad from Leeds thrown together by circumstance.
A meditation on fame, success and what ultimately matters.
Marty / James Mason ..... Mark Gatiss Harvey/ Librarian / DJ ..... Reece Shearsmith Pete/ Parking Attendant/ Interviewer ..... Steve Pemberton Receptionists/ Jackie ..... Monica Dolan Sharon .....Goldie Crane
Writer - Jeremy Dyson Director - Nadia Molinari Composer - Ian Masterson Sound Designer - Sharon Hughes Technical Producers - Andrew Garratt, Neva Missirian Production Co-ordinators - Victoria Moseley, Ben Hollands.
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4
Jeremy Dyson and Mark Gatiss will be in conversation as part of BBC Contains Strong Language Festival in St George's Hall in Bradford on Saturday September 20.
Tickets for this and other events are free from https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewbv9r
Tom is forced by his cruel master, Grimes, up the chimneys of Hartover Hall.
In the chase that follows, Tom is rescued by the Fairies and taken to be a Water Baby under the waves.
Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby ........ Julia McKenzie Charles Kingsley ........ Timothy West Tom ........ Oliver Peace Grimes ........ Philip Jackson Sir John ........ Geoffrey Whitehead The Dame ........ Maggie McCarthy Miss Ellie ........ Ciara Janson The Otter ........ Frances Jeater The Dragonfly ........ Charles Simpson The Fly ........ David Antrobus The Caddisfly ........ Sarah-Jane Holm
Other parts played by:
Rosie Wiggins Victoria Hickson Alex Bird Mark Guildea Fiona Taylor Samantha Morris Nicola Cannon Leigh Harris Patrick Clibbens
Now a Water Baby, Tom is warned to behave, as he befriends the sea creatures...
Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby ...... Julia McKenzie Charles Kingsley ...... Timothy West Tom ...... Oliver Peace Grimes ...... Philip Jackson The Lobster ...... Olivier Pierre The Salmon ...... Sean Baker Lady Salmon ...... Frances Jeater The Turbot ...... Geoffrey Whitehead The Professor ...... Christopher Good Miss Ellie ...... Ciara Janson The Porpoise ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
And as the Water Babies:
Rosie Wiggins Victoria Hickson Alex Bird Mark Guildea
Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby ...... Julia McKenzie Charles Kingsley ...... Timothy West Tom ...... Oliver Peace Grimes ...... Philip Jackson The Lobster ...... Olivier Pierre The Salmon ...... Sean Baker Lady Salmon ...... Frances Jeater The Turbot ...... Geoffrey Whitehead The Professor ...... Christopher Good Miss Ellie ...... Ciara Janson The Porpoise ...... Sarah-Jane Holm Giant ...... Peter Woodthorpe Herring ...... Gerard McDermott Gairfowl ...... Frances Jeater Older Tom ...... David Antrobus Truncheon ...... Geoffrey Whitehead Older Ellie ...... Sarah-Jane Holm
And as the Water Babies:
Rosie Wiggins Victoria Hickson Alex Bird Mark Guildea
Detroit house and techno staple DJ Minx takes over Rave Forever with an all-vinyl mix, exploring the music that made her want to DJ. Featuring tracks from Juan Atkins, Chez Damier and Cybotron, DJ Minx reflects on raving in Detroit and the 'snaps, crackles and pops' of her record collection!
Produced by We Are Grape for BBC Radio 6 Music.
K.E.L.S.E.Y. - Boy (M.K. Deep Dub) [Strictly Rhythm] Cybotron - Alleys Of Your Mind [BGP] Rhythim Is Rhythim - Beyond The Dance [Telstar] Robert Owens - I'll Be Your Friend [Warner Dance] A Tongue & D Groove - Feel Surreal [10] Chez Damier - Can You Feel It [DMC] George Kranz - Din Daa Daa (Trommeltanz) [Cherry Pop] Lil' Louis - French Kiss [FFRR] Armando - 100% Of Dissin' You (Mike Dunn's House Mix) [Warehouse] Fast Lane - Young Ladies [Sunnyview] R-Tyme - Illusion (Juan Atkins' Techno Mix) [Telstar] "Little" Louie Vega & Marc Anthony - Ride On The Rhythm (Masters At Work Dub) [Strictly Rhythm] Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On (The Dub Of Doom) [Great Jones] Greg Greene - After The Dance [Pagan]
Peaches guest curates this Forever Dark special with a mix of beat based sounds both old and new. Includes Moderna, Miss Kittin, Nuxx, Tones On Tail, GHOSTWOMAN and Patriarchy.
Peaches - Sick In The Head [I U She Music] Moderna - DIE4U [Brave New Rave] Nuxx - Outside Days [Synthicide] Miss Kittin & The Hacker - La Cave [Nobody's Bizzness] Public Circuit - No Faith [à La Carte] Sextile - Disco [Felte] Peaches - Burst! (Planningtorock Remix) [Boysnoize] Gamma Intel - Nonchalance [Pinkman] ADULT. - Shake Your Head [Ersatz Audio] Austra - Beat And The Pulse [Domino] Malaria! - Your Turn To Run [moabit musik] Tones On Tail - Go! (Club Mix) [Beggars Banquet] Krisma - Black Silk Stocking [Universal Music Italia Srl] GHOSTWOMAN - 5 Gold Pieces [Full Time Hobby] Peaches - Free Drink Ticket [I U She Music] Patriarchy - Boy On A Leash [Patriarchy]
Since the dawn of the electrical age, we've lived alongside the sound of distortion. It's the hiss of TV static, the harsh crackle of a speaker pushed too loud. However, what happens when this glitch, a signifier of the broken and the wrong, becomes part of popular music?
Fuzz flung open the door for rule breakers and rebels. It was a sonic weapon that could stimulate powerful emotions, whip audiences into a frenzy and spark rebellion.
Starting on a highway in 1950s America, music journalist John Robb will follow fuzz through time, calling on philosophy and science to uncover the secrets of this sound. He will stop off at the magical moments of accident and destruction that allowed the sound to evolve and spread. Including a rare demonstration from rock and roll icon Dave Davies on how he crafted the iconic guitar distortion on You Really Got Me.
Interviews with Jerry Phillips, Toby Young, Dave Davies, Mathilde Massenet, Greg Bryant, Ant Macari and Matthew Worley.
Actors voices provided by Paul Colgate (So Sinatra), Phia Saban and Rob Campbell
Presenter: John Robb Producer and Sound Designer: Seb Masters Production Assistant: Tom Waterworth Production Coordinator: Mica Nepomuceno
"Postgate's work is deep inside me and I think that's true for so many of my generation... His work represents nothing less than a touchstone for our national imagination and in that sense it's profoundly important."
Andrew Davenport, writer, composer, and creator of Teletubbies and In the Night Garden, nominates Oliver Postgate, who, along with his Smallfilms business partner, the artist Peter Firmin, invented the children's television shows Ivor the Engine, The Clangers and, perhaps most loved of all, Bagpuss.
Postgate was a late bloomer. Following Dartington school (which he hated) a stint in jail and working the land, several odd jobs and even odder inventions, he eventually discovered a love of stop-motion animation and created some of the most enduring worlds and best-loved characters in television, all from a cowshed in Kent.
Including clips of his programmes, contributions from singer and musician Sandra Kerr, and archive from Postgate's 2007 Desert Island Discs interview.
With cultural historian Matthew Sweet. Produced by Ellie Richold. Presented by Matthew Parris.
Ronnie Wood is a musician and artist who has been a major player on the UK music scene for over 60 years. In 1975 Ronnie became a member of the Rolling Stones, one of the most influential and enduring bands of the rock era.
Ronnie's parents were born and worked on barges moving cargo up and down the canals between Manchester, Stratford-upon-Avon and London. Ronnie and his two older brothers were the first in the family to be born on dry land.
Ronnie's brothers, Ted and Art, were accomplished musicians and played in highly respected bands. Ronnie made his debut at nine-years-old when he played the washboard in Ted's band during a performance at their local cinema. Ronnie formed his first band, The Birds, with some friends. In 1967 he joined the Jeff Beck Group with his lifelong friend Rod Stewart. Two years later they formed the Faces with the remaining members of the Small Faces.
Ronnie joined the Rolling Stones in 1975, replacing the band's previous guitarist Mick Taylor. Ronnie's love of art developed in childhood and he studied at Ealing College of Art. His work has been shown in exhibitions around the world.
Ronnie lives in Hertfordshire with his wife Sally and their two children.
Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Paula McGinley
There are more than 2000 programmes in our archive available for you to listen to. We have cast away other musicians and songwriters including Mark Knopfler, Bruce Springsteen and Cyndi Lauper. Ronnie's fellow Stones, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts, are in our archive too along with Ronnie's friend Paul McCartney. You can find their episodes on BBC Sounds or on our Desert Island Discs website.
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar Shuffle [Stardust] Jimmy Reed - Shame, Shame, Shame [Life Series] Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning [Avid Entertainment] Muddy Waters - You Need Love [Acrobat] Frank Sinatra - Adelaide [Classic Soundtracks] Anda Géza - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante "Elvira Madigan" [Deutsche Grammophon (DG)] Chuck Berry - Roll Over Beethoven [Universal Music S.A.] Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed [Paul McCartney Catalog]
After finding his love for the stage with the West Glamorgan Youth theatre as a teenager, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
He spent the 1990s making a name for himself as a stage actor, shining in the classics from Romeo and Juliet to Peer Gynt as well as in 20th century masterpieces such as Look Back in Anger and Amadeus, receiving several Olivier Award nominations along the way.
A relocation to the US in the early 2000s with his then partner, the actress Kate Beckinsale, and their young daughter Lily prompted a move into films. His breakthrough came in 2003 when he portrayed Tony Blair in a Stephen Frears film called The Deal. It was the beginning of what became an unlikely specialism: morphing into real people from recent history: Kenneth Williams, David Frost, Brian Clough, Chris Tarrant, and Prince Andrew – with two more outings as Tony Blair thrown in for good measure.
Michael was born in Newport, South Wales, in February 1969, the eldest of two children to Meyrick and Irene. He grew up in Port Talbot from the age of eight and considers it his hometown.
His first love was football, and he was spotted as youngster by an Arsenal talent scout to play for their youth team. His parents decided against moving the family to London and he turned to acting instead and graduated from RADA in 1991.
Alongside the classic dramas, his range extends to appearing in fantasy and science fiction films such as The Twilight Saga and Tron: Legacy.
Michael has said that the most meaningful project to him was a modern restaging of the passion play in Port Talbot in 2011, which involved the participation of a thousand local people, because it opened his eyes to the difficulties many of them were experiencing. He has since used his own money to fund the 2019 Homeless World Cup in Cardiff and set up an organisation which supports community groups.
Michael lives in Wales with his partner, the actress Anna Lundberg, and their two young daughters.
BOOK CHOICE: The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell LUXURY ITEM: A football CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Vienna - Ultravox
Presenter: Lauren Laverne Producer: Sarah Taylor
There are more than 2000 programmes in our archive available for you to listen to. We have cast away other notable actors including Sir Anthony Hopkins and some of the people Michael has played including Kenneth Williams, Chris Tarrant and Tony Blair. You can find all those episodes and more by searching BBC Sounds.
Ultravox - Vienna Ennio Morricone - The Ecstasy Of Gold Talk Talk - Desire The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter Manic Street Preachers - Ready For Drowning Peter Gabriel - Passion Lau - Dark Secret Yello - Oh Yeah
Live at the BBC Proms. BBC Concert Orchestra and conductor Edwin Outwater play film scores by Bernard Herrmann, who died fifty years ago. There's also music by Lalo Schifrin and Quincy Jones; and Sterling Elliot is the soloist in Korngold's Cello Concerto.
Presented by Katie Derham, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Herrmann Prelude (North by Northwest) Herrmann Suite: Psycho (Prelude; The Murder; Finale) Raksin Laura Herrmann Suite: Vertigo Korngold Cello Concerto
INTERVAL: Steven C. Smith is the author of the biography, A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann. He talks about the film scores created by the composer.
Quincy Jones Ironside theme Quincy Jones, arr Guy Barker In the Heat of the Night Herrmann Twisted Nerve Herrmann Taxi Driver (Nightpiece) Isaac Hayes Shaft Quincy Jones On Days Like These (Italian Job) Schifrin Shiftin Gears (Bullitt) Quincy Jones It's Caper Time (Italian Job)
Sterling Elliot (cello) Singers Lance Ellington, Ashton Jones BBC Concert Orchestra Conductor Edwin Outwater
From the shrieking strings of Psycho to the brooding jazz-club sleaze of Taxi Driver: Bernard Herrmann’s music is the soundtrack to the greats of Hollywood’s Golden Age. Join the BBC Concert Orchestra and its Principal Guest Conductor and Curator Edwin Outwater to celebrate the composer’s iconic film scores. A programme rich with suspense and drama also includes excerpts from film scores by Quincy Jones, David Raksin and Lalo Schifrin.
Live at the BBC Proms: Anoushka Shankar brings her Chapter albums to the Royal Albert Hall
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Anoushka Shankar , sitar London Contemporary Orchestra Robert Ames, conductor
Anoushka Shankar Chapter I : Forever, For Now Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn Chapter III: We Return to Light (world premiere)
Multi-Grammy-nominated sitar virtuoso and composer Anoushka Shankar returns to the Proms for the world-premiere performance of music from her three ‘Chapter’ albums, tracing her musical and geographical journeys
She is joined by Robert Ames and the London Contemporary Orchestra to perform new orchestral arrangements of the trilogy: Forever, For Now; How Dark It Is Before Dawn and We Return To Light.
Anoushka Shankar - Daydreaming Anoushka Shankar - Stolen Moments Anoushka Shankar - What Will We Remember Anoushka Shankar - Sleeping Flowers (Awaken Every Spring) Anoushka Shankar - Pacifica Anoushka Shankar - Offering Anoushka Shankar - What Dreams Are Made Of Anoushka Shankar - In the End Anoushka Shankar - Below The Surface Anoushka Shankar - New Dawn Anoushka Shankar - Daybreak Anoushka Shankar - Hiraeth Anoushka Shankar - Dancing On Scorched Earth Anoushka Shankar - We Burn So Brightly Anoushka Shankar - Amrita Anoushka Shankar - We Return To Love
Out of This World unveils compelling personal tales of bravery, tragedy, ingenuity, political manoeuvring, and triumph, revealing the remarkable story of one of humanity's greatest ever feats – the International Space Station.
Celebrating 25 unbroken years of humans living in space, engineer and former international director at the UK Space Agency, Alice Bunn charts the shifting geopolitics which led to the East and West putting aside their differences and creating the ultimate symbol of human ingenuity and collaboration – a space station orbiting our planet at 17500 mph, which has been home to over 300 people from 23 different nations.
Using mission audio, news archive and personal stories of those intimately involved in the station's creation, Alice explores acts of epic survival, inventiveness, humour and selflessness that made the station a reality. She investigates the blueprint for the ISS – Apollo-Soyuz, a joint Soviet/US mission at the height of the Cold War - and why a near fatal disaster on a Russian space station spurred nations to commit to the ISS.
She reveals how a Moscow basement and Hollywood royalty sparked bonding between Russians and Americans and the bromance that fuelled the mission of the first crew to call the ISS home. Alice also discovers how quick thinking and plastic tape saved the station, allowing it to grow to the size of a football pitch and how one astronaut came within seconds of drowning in space.
And looking into the future, Alice questions what is next for the ISS amid such geopolitical turbulence and uncertainty.
This is a timely reminder of the extraordinary feats humanity can achieve when we unite and strive for a common goal.
Producer: Duncan Bulling Presenter: Alice Bunn A 2 Degrees West production for BBC Radio 4
The archive of Richard Burton is a treasure. Hamlet, Under Milk Wood, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf and Equus stand out, and then there are the movies: Wild Geese, Where Eagles Dare, Antony and Cleopatra, Night of the Iguana and The Robe.
Through several periods of Burton's life, most notably from the mid-1960s to the early '70s he kept a diary, sometimes handwritten, mostly typed out and assembled in thick notebooks. The diaries provide a unique view of the world in which he moved, among actors and directors, writers and poets, millionaires and royalty. They also give an insight into his approach to acting, his insecurities, his drinking and his volatile relationship with Elizabeth Taylor at a time when they were the most famous couple in the world.
Shortly after Burton's death in 1984, Melvyn Bragg was given access to the diaries to write his biography of Burton, Rich.
Burton was the son of a Welsh miner. He met a remarkable teacher and made the journey to Oxford and on to fame and fortune but was seldom really happy. He was a hellraiser who often behaved appallingly and was accused of squandering an extraordinary talent on drinking and bad movies. But Burton was also a man of wonderful erudition, passion, insight and self- knowledge. He fought his way in life through force of will, love, and voracious reading. It is this side of the man that makes him such a remarkable presence. It is also a side of him captured in a rich vein of BBC archive and interviews.
"It's funny how often, every author I know, their own favourite book is the one that sold the least… My favourite book is what I'm here to talk about tonight."
Douglas Adams is best known as a science fiction writer. But in the late 80s, the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy embarked on something completely different. After a life-changing meeting with a rare lemur called an Aye-Aye, he decided he wanted to travel the world with the zoologist Mark Carwardine, in search of endangered species. Their journeys became a book and a Radio 4 series called Last Chance To See.
A few years ago, Katherine Rundell stumbled upon Last Chance To See in a second hand book shop. "It was a revelation... the way that he managed to salute the intricate variety and infinite strangeness of living things and still tell some of the best jokes that you will encounter in print, that seemed to me both an extraordinary thing and the thing that we need so much more of."
Here, Katherine Rundell revisits the story behind the book and Radio 4 series – as told by its co-author Mark Carwardine in a new interview, and Douglas himself, thanks to archive from the lecture Douglas gave at the University of California in 2001, just a month before his death.
Ever ahead of his time, the message of the book is even more stark today.
"We don't have to save the world. The world's fine. The world has been through five periods of mass extinction…. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it. That's what we need to think about."
With thanks to Mark Carwardine, the Douglas Adams Estate, and the University of California.
Presented by Katherine Rundell. Produced in Bristol by Polly Weston
