Saints and Sinners is a 30 minute radio documentary about two very different artists, Bob Farquhar and Paolo Camilleri-Cauchi.     Paolo is a sacred artist painting saints and religious icons, known for his beautiful religious art which adorns churches throughout the Maltese islands.  Whereas 'Bob - the Brush' studied and taught art in prison and chooses to paint sinners,  the prisoners and prostitutes he met on the inside and whilst on the run from prison.  This programme explores how their very different life experiences drew them to seek an artistic life.

Saints and Sinners

This is a short radio feature about the resurgence of the Ukulele musical instrument,  recorded with performers from the Poole Ukulele group in Dorset.

Poole Ukulele Players

The Century Speaks was a BBC local radio social history series charting the 21st century as  lived through the experiences of our listeners.   This story features the recollections of Dennis Smith

RADIO CUE:  Today, Dennis Smith from Sheerness recalls his childhood years.  His earliest memory is of lying in an iron lung in hospital after contracting polio at the age of 3.  Dennis, an orphan, was then moved to a children’s home and recalls what life was like in the institution.

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The Century Speaks was a BBC local radio social history documentary series,  charting the 21st century as lived through the experiences of our listeners. This story features the recollections of Albert Hammond.

RADIO CUE:  Albert Hammond from Sittingbourne forged a successful career for himself within the Navy, despite his impoverished upbringing.  He excelled at school and was the first poor child from his area to be admitted into Grammar School.  Today he tells us of his childhood in Bluetown in Sheppey.

The Century Speaks - Albert Hammond.WAV

The Century Speaks was a BBC local radio  documentary series  charting the 21s century through the experiences of our listeners.  Each day we broadcast many of the fascinating memories from interviews collected for the series.   

BETTY PILCHER
RADIO CUE:   Today, Betty Pilcher from Temple Ewell near Dover shares her experience of childhood during wartime Britain – and although only nine at the time – she vividly remembers the broadcast which announced the start of World War Two.

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