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Reply #30 - Aug 7^th, 2016 at 11:33am

This is an ABSOLUTE gem. But only if you like PG Wodehouse, which I guess is an acquired taste.

But in this short series, called Uncle Dynamite, you can enjoy the talents of Richard Briers (of too much to mention) as the Uncle, Hugh Grant (ditto and of the back seat with a hooker) as Pongo Twistleton and Paul Eddington (of Yes Minister) as the narrator.

Go to radioechoes.com/comedy and scan down till you find P G Wodehouse

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #32 - Aug 8^th, 2016 at 7:30am Can't help you there, I haven't had a hangover in 35 years.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #33 - Aug 27^th, 2016 at 11:39am Australia's greatest detective: http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2016/08/23/4524861.htm
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Reply #34 - Sep 28^th, 2016 at 10:04am

http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/stephen-dando-collins-on-'her...

Paul Brickhill. I read most of his books and saw most of the movies: The Dam Busters, The Great Escape, Reach for the Skies.

A famous Aussie writer who slipped into obscurity and died in a small flat in Balmoral, Sydney, a sufferer of PTSD and alcoholism.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #35 - Oct 16^th, 2016 at 1:54pm http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/warren-brown-on-the-mystery-o... The fascinating & farcical story of the 1930s expedition to look for the fabled Lasseter's reef gold treasure.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #36 - Dec 2^nd, 2016 at 12:45pm You've only got till the end of this month to hear this hilarious episode of Alexei Sayle http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04hk7zw
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #37 - Dec 18^th, 2016 at 10:38am Interesting series currently on BBC R4 - 50 Things that made the Modern Economy http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #38 - Dec 21^st, 2016 at 2:52pm BBC Podcasts is now giving listeners a choice between 64 & 128 bit downloads. It involves a few more clicks but then if you have limited data it can make a difference.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #39 - Jan 5^th, 2017 at 2:58pm Interesting history and Australian connection to a John Lennon song: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/pocketdocs/being-for-the-benefit-mr...
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #40 - Jan 20^th, 2017 at 9:58am BBC Radio 3 is running a series of essays on British "kitchen sink" movies of the late 50s & early 60s http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x3hl/episodes/downloads
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #41 - Jan 23^rd, 2017 at 6:33pm I wonder if a DVD of Billy Liar available with Tom Courtenay. I was listening to the BBC essay about it and it sounds fascinating. I've seen all the other movies discussed.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #42 - Feb 6^th, 2017 at 9:06am http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04psqnb This is more than worth a listen. It should probably be compulsory listening for all secondary students and anyone who uses facebook, twitter etc. Only available till 17/2/17 I think.
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Reply #43 - Mar 5^th, 2017 at 12:40pm

I find stories about survival at sea or shipwrecks fascinating.
This is the story of the clipper Strathmore which was wrecked in 1875 on the Crozet Islands, told from survivors diaries.

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/hindsight/tell-me-a-shipwreck/31217...

(Incidentally, this is from a long running program the ABC dropped last year. Why?)

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Worth a listen Reply #44 - Mar 29^th, 2017 at 9:11am The heroin epidemic that haunted the world of jazz in the 1940s-1960s era. The scores of stars who were affected and the enlightened treatment at Lexington. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04y5j51
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