Another chance, as they say, to hear (the late) Humphrey Lyttleton’s appraisal of Louis Prima on BBC Radio 4. As Humphrey says, most people knew Prima only as the voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book, but there was much more to him than that one song. Prima and his band were musical pioneers [...]
Tagged: BBC, Humphrey Lyttleton, Jungle Book, King of the Swingers, Louis Prima
Tilt is a new topical comedy programme fom BBC Radio 7, and one of its first episodes deals with the question: Why does the government need to issue ID cards when we have Facebook? This short sketch is called “StateBook”. Read more about the tem >>
I should have guessed that corporate bean counters were at work the day I was presented with a user feedback survey to fill out during my weekly visit to Collective. I got a distinct whiff that someone, somewhere was trying to cut some of the more fringe activities and services that the BBC is so [...]
Categories: Art,Publishing
Tagged: BBC, Collective, eclectic
