BACKCHAT prog no 18-2022 Communism

Kay Baxter introduces and reads her poem Spring Can’t Wait.

Sarah Bamford HMRC on Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion.

The Red Notes choir sing Tolpuddle man 

An interview with Helen Kaye about her Grandfather who was one of the founders of  the Communist Party of  Great Britain.the CPGB in 1920.

An nterview with Anthony Wedgewood Benn recorded at the Tolpuddle festival in 2009.

Marcos who faced being shot dead during a robbery in Ecuador, describes his experience.

Martin Reiser reads his poem The Communist.

Marion Mentes reads an extract From Animal farm by George Orwell.

Producer Anthea Page

Backchat prog no 17-2022 East Harptree 

The National Gardens Scheme, we visit Rose Cottage in East Harptree. the home of Bev and Jenny Cruse.

Mike Birkin looks at the deeply worrying subject of Energy Security…

Philomena Winn reads a poem by Ivan V |Lalic.

Brian Wade talks about his adopted country, Borneo.

Robin Haward reads the last instalment from Edith and Kim by Charlotte Philby, a novel based on Producer Anthea Page

Backchat prog no 16-2022 Black Suns 

Alistair Miles is back with a new space talk and this week it’s black suns and black holes. 

Robert Walton poet introduces and reads his poem called Space. 

An interview with Jodi Peacham , the grounds manager at Henleaze lake.
 A new film about the life of Hannah More. The film was shown commercially at the Sherborne Cinema,Gloucester. 

Martin Kiszko is a famous television and film composer… from the archives Martin tells us all about composing for the BBC Natural History Unit.

Robin Haward reads an extract from Edith and Kim, a novel by Charlotte Philby, based on her grandfather Kim Philby.

producer Anthea Page, 

Backchat prog no 15 2022 KIM PHILBY

Martin Smith’s talk is titled Freedom from Fear. 

Robert Walton introduced and reads his poem . Observation Post .

Brian Wade part 2 of his life’s story. This week Brian tells us how he graduated from riding a basic motorcycle around in a field to becoming a motorcycling champion.

A feature about a charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People and the psychological impact of sudden deafness.

Charlotte Philby has written a novel based on her grandfather Kim Philby and Edith the woman who coerced him into becoming a spy for Russia.

Robin Haward reads an extract from Edith and Kim by Charlotte Philby

Producer Anthea Page

Backchat prog no 14-2022 motorcycles 

 Brecon Beacons canal boat trip, from the canal basin in Brecon town itself up to the acqueduct, 

Brian Wade has written his autobiography which tells the amazing story of how from the gift of a motorcycle his life turned a corner and with it brought fame and success.

Robert Walton introduces and reads 2 of his own poems, Man in a Mustang and Car.

Elspeth Austin describes her trip to Kviv and the Ukraine in 1998, just after the breakup of the USSR.

Robin Haward reads an extract from The Blossoming World , the autobiography by H.E. Bates and this week H.E Bates meets his publisher for the first time, Jonathan Cape.

 producer Anthea Page, 

Backchat Prog no 13 2022 Thornbury

A feature on Thornbury, a picturesque small town near the banks of the river Severn.

Tim Mars and his subject is the revival of British cinema thanks to the first multiplex cinema built in Milton Keynes in 1985.

Robert Walton introduces and read 2 of his own poems.. Three Out of Four Original Members and A Bus Named Dusty.

Pommy Harmar and Caroline Levett share their experiences of a visit to Russia.

Lisa Coleman reads an extract from

Stalin's Children: Three Generations of Love, War, and Survival by Owen Matthews

producer Anthea Page..

BACKCHAT PROG NO 12 2022 SUPERNOVAE

Alistair Miles is back with a new talk and this week it’s all about Supernovae.

Laura ..Shepherd Robinson novelist talking about her latest book, Daughters of Night.

Philomena winn reads 2 poems by Ted Hughes 

Kenneth Branagh’s film Belfast was based on his childhood growing up during the Troubles..

from the archives Pommy Harmar interviews Ade Couper who spent much of his childhood in a town 10 miles from Belfast.. 

Fran D’eath is a Quaker and in this interview Fran gives us an insight into this movement

Robin Haward reads Dogger, a children’s story by Shirley Hughes.

producer Anthea Page, 

Backchat programme no 10 2022 the Displaced Child

Martin Smith, the producer of many documentaries about the Cold War, is talking about how his films and the Russian attack on Ukraine have affected his life and thinking.

Part 2 of Anthony Smith’s interview about The Newcomers.. Anthony and his wife Alison starred in this black and white documentary, directed by John Boorman and set in Bristol in 1964. The tv series was made to launch BBC 2.

A visit to Cheltenham, we meet the people involved in the launch of a statue commissioned by the Everyman Theatre which depicts the Displaced Child.

An interview about the grain crisis in Lebanon caused by the war in the Ukraine

Robin Haward reads an extract from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. 

Producer Anthea Page

Backchat prog no 9-2021 the Newcomers

An interview with Anthony Smith about The Newcomers, a documentary series made in 1964, and directed by John Boorman, to launch BBC2 

From the archives Colin Thomas looks back to his working life at the BBC working with John Boorman.

Martin Smith was a film director on the World at War series. Here he describes what it was like to work on such a programme and the impact on his life.

Philomena Winn reads 2 poems,’From you I have been absent in the Spring’, a sonnet by William Shakespeare and A Backwards Spring by Thomas Hardy.

Robin Haward reads an extract from War and peace by Leo Tolstoy .

Producer Anthea Page

Backchat prog no 8-2022 Marigold Man

A feature from Wotton Under Edge, we meet people from the community

Robert Walton introduces and reads 2 of his own poems, Balance and Fisticuffs.

An interview with David Jay Hall about his debut novel for adults titled Marigold Man, about a man who collects litter , but before this feature, from the archives some real litterpickers

Robin Haward reads an extract from a short story How George Beat Captain Najork and his hired Sportsmen by Russell Hoban

 Producer Anthea Page