New Commissions for BBC Radio 4
14 July 2009
Forthcoming programmes on Radio 4 in 2010
Falling Tree Productions has received a number of new commissions from BBC Radio 4. Rosie Goldsmith will present a five part series examining the role of the Virgin Mary in The Wind Cries Mary. The job prospects of graduates is explored in a two-part series based on the universities of Leeds. Peregrine Andrews produces i-shrine, a feature about how technology is changing the way we remember the dead. Howard Sounes uncovers the story behind a Bob Dylan song that has haunted two families for more than forty years in, The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll. Katie Burningham and Michael Sanders create a portrait of the range workers at RAF Wainfleet in Target Practice and Alan Hall considers the benefits of daydreaming, in Still Points, Turning Worlds.
Falling Tree has also been awarded a contract to produce six arts programmes per year for the next two years and will be making programmes about the African American playwright Lorraine Hansberry (prod. Ellie McDowall), the children's character Pippi Longstocking and the phenomenon of Open Mic Nights (prod. Nina Perry).
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