July 12, 2008 -- Clair Patterson - Scourge of the Lead Industry Mon 9pm Radio 4 In the early Fifties, the geochemist Clair "Pat" Patterson was measuring the...
July 5, 2008 -- Ed Sullivan and the Gateway to America Tue 10.30pm Radio 2 Looking back, it's hard to fathom his appeal, but between 1948 and 1971 Ed Sullivan was...
June 28, 2008 -- American Dreams Mon 8pm Radio 4 In a recent New York Times/CBS News poll, 81 per cent of Americans said that they now felt their nation was on...
June 21, 2008 -- The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Tue 1.30pm Radio 4 The ukulele may not seem the most likely candidate for musical rehabilitation, but this...
June 14, 2008 -- In Living Memory Wed 11am Radio 4 In 1971, two Danish schoolteachers, Soren Hansen and Jasper Jensen, published a small paperback called The...