| Author | Message | ||
     R.B. Russell (Tartarusrussell) Username: Tartarusrussell Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 217.42.142.102 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2011/50/the-unsettled-dust-the-strange -stories-of-robert-aickman.html Put together and presented by Jeremy Dyson, this should be fascinating. I'm pleased to report that the Landlord contributes... :-) All the best Ray | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.9.228 |
Excellent. Thanks, Ray! | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.16.15.11 |
I'll have to try and remember to listen to this. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.254.46 |
Stu - iplayer's your friend if not. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.25.55.114 |
Yeah, I know. I just don't like using iplayer if I don't have to. But I have a crap memory for radio programmes -- I totally forgot about the Philip K Dick documentary that was on today. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.27.9.228 |
Nothing Freudian there, no sir. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.254.46 |
Stu - I have the PKD thing recorded if you're interested in a copy. | ||
| Lincoln (Lincoln_brown) Username: Lincoln_brown Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 202.124.88.236 |
Any way I can listen to this in Australia? Maybe it will be made available on their site, after broadcast? | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 49.225.148.77 |
I was thinking the same Lincoln...now that I'm based in NZ. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.45.209 |
Me too - I'd really like to hear this. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 213.81.121.216 |
Mick, thanks but I'll just put up with iplayer if I get round to it. | ||
| R.B. Russell (Tartarusrussell) Username: Tartarusrussell Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 86.159.200.40 |
It was good to hear Jenny talking about Robert Aickman, as well as Ramsey. The programme can be listened to again here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0184v2s/The_Unsettled_Dust_The_Strange_Sto ries_of_Robert_Aickman/ | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.44.39.151 |
It was a fantastic show. About time. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 82.11.89.161 |
Great documentary. Makes me want to read some Aickman. Btw, will the iplayer work in the US? I've a friend who would probably enjoy the programme. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.156.32.78 |
Great radio show. It reminded me that mixing with you lot knowing what I'm talking about when I mention Aickman - does not mean that Aickman is someone I can start talking about willy nilly to anyone! | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.254.46 |
Stu - I don't think so, although there are ways around it, I believe. | ||
| R.B. Russell (Tartarusrussell) Username: Tartarusrussell Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 86.159.200.40 |
A friend in the US has just listened to it on the iplayer so the answer, Stu, is yes! | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.254.46 |
In that case I stand corrected. I believe that wasn't the case until recently due to license and copyright reasons, although the restrictions could be circumvented by using VPNs and the like. | ||
| Stu (Stu) Username: Stu Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 86.26.73.127 |
Brilliant! Thanks, Ray. I just reread The Cicerones. I think I nearly understood it this time. (I'm bluffing; I have trouble understanding colouring books.) | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 220.138.163.235 |
I've just listened to it and was impressed. Jeremy Dyson did a really good job with this. Great to hear various opinions about Aickman, especially Ramsey's (and Jenny's) reminiscences. I hope it will help introduce him to new readers. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.50.179 |
Did nobody else catch this? I wonder if it will encourage people unfamiliar with Aickman to seek out his work. I hope so. | ||
| Lincoln (Lincoln_brown) Username: Lincoln_brown Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 143.238.15.20 |
Hey Huw - I listened to it this afternoon, really enjoyed it. I haven't read much Aickman, only four stories. I loved them and plan on working my way through the Tartarus reprints. Have you read all his collected short stories? | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.176.254.46 |
Caught it (as in recorded) but not had a chance to hear it yet. | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.170.88.253 |
It felt odd seeing him 'come out into the light'. I wonder if listeners noticed? A superb programme. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 61.216.204.117 |
Lincoln, yes, I've read the stories. Listening to this programme made me want to fetch the collections from my bookshelves and start reacquainting myself with the tales. I'm rereading 'The Hospice' at the moment. Tony, I hope the programme succeeded in finding some readers who will like his work (and who may not have encountered it otherwise). | ||
| Tony (Tony) Username: Tony Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.152.191.189 |
I've said it before but I think it's almost criminal how overlooked he is. Shocking. But odd; it's like I expect him to vanish now he's been brought into the public awareness, like he only existed in our (folk like us') minds. | ||
| Patrick Walker (Patrick_walker) Username: Patrick_walker Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 94.197.127.191 |
I know it's more than a little late in the day but I just came across this while reading through old threads. Did anybody record this programme? I'd love to get a copy of it. | ||
| Weber (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.147.137.251 |
From the comments above Mick recorded it. Whether he still has it is a different matter. |