Thu, 01/05/2008 - 14:12 — Anonymous
Description:
Part of the BBC Radio 2 2006 Radio Ballads documentary series. In the late
1950s Ewan MacColl and Charles Parker produced a series of groundbreaking
documentaries called the BBC Radio Ballads, broadcast on the BBC Home Service.
They were masterpieces of radio, weaving the voices of rarely-heard communities
with songs written from and about the recorded experiences of the
interviewees.
In 2006 a second series was recorded, written and produced by John Leonard
and John Tams and was broadcast on BBC Radio 2. The new series, expertly
created, featured specially composed songs and interviews with those affected by
a variety of current social and political issues.
- Unprotected
- The Sum of What I am
- Hobo
- Superman
- The Day
- Sticks and Stones
- Fire Thief
- Come the Hour
- What Will I Tell
- Tablets
- Unprotected part II