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Wonderful comedy drama adapted from the beloved novels featuring an all-star cast Welcome to Thrush Green, a small and peaceful village in the Cotswolds, where everything and nothing happens. This wonderful, gentle comedy features and all-star cast including Adam Godley (Charlie and the...

Three new American plays: Dancing Lessons centers on Ever, a young man with Asperger's syndrome who seeks the instruction of a Broadway dancer to learn enough dancing to survive an awards dinner. Judith of Bethulia, written by and starring Broadway legend Charles Busch, is an outrageous and bawdy celebration of the Hollywood biblical epic genre! Jeffrey Sweet's Kunstler brings to life the once-comfortable suburban lawyer who became America's most revered and reviled attorney for the civil rights and radical movements.

Nostalgia radio had incredible comedy, mystery, detective, western, sci-fi, musical, and drama shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear their favorite Hollywood stars in fully-dramatized broadcasts that entertained millions.

Ein Stück Pop-Geschichte wird neu gedichtet: Ammers' Einheit nutzt die Songs der bekanntesten aller LPs, "Abbey Road", nicht für eine erwartbare Coverversion oder als Remix. Die Texte werden vielmehr übersetzt, neu gedichtet oder nach Regeln der Konkreten Poesie "dekonstruiert" mit Geschichten um den damaligen Tontechniker oder Gerüchten um die Gruppe angereichert und von einem Radio-Interview mit John Lennon gerahmt. Als Begleitband treten Heroen der deutschen Popkultur auf.

This series, broadcast on Radio 4, is an assessment of the Bible's cultural, political, moral, social and personal impact, and a personal odyssey for John McCarthy as he questions the chapters he read during his time in captivity and discusses the meaning of truth and what it means to be human...