The Daily Telegraph - 07.08.2019

34 ***^ Wednesday 7 August 2019 The Daily Telegraph

The week in radio Iona McLarenen

Sacred Wonders

BBC ONE, 9.00PM



This superbly filmed

three-part series

explores how religious

communities down the

ages have reproduced and

represented the passion

that they feel for their

divine beings in the

exquisite buildings they

create to edify and house

them in. Spanning most of

the globe and all the major

religions, this landmark

series looks not only at the

world’s most beautiful

religious sites, but also

the lengths that devotees

will go to maintain and

preserve these places of

worship, whether they

be monks, priests or

volunteers.

Tonight’s destinations

include the ancient

Angkor temple complex

in Cambodia, the 5th-

century Shaolin Temple

in China, the Al Aqsa

Mosque in Jerusalem

and the wonderful Shri

Swaminarayan Mandir

(the first traditional Hindu

temple to be built outside

Asia) in Neasden, London.

It is the people who are the

beating heart of these

places that get the most

attention, whether they be

the fearless, tower-

climbing maintenance

men who keep the jungle

at bay in Angkor,

paramedics during

Ramadan at Al Aqsa, or the

260-strong team needed to

carry the heavyweight

Virgen de la Esperanza

statue through the streets

of Malaga during Holy

Week. Gerard O’Donovan

Comedy

Sean Lock: Keep It Light

CHANNEL 4, 10.35PM

 The comedian’s 2017

Keep It Light stand-up

routine is a blend of

silliness, cynicism,

grumpiness and pin-sharp

observation on matters as

diverse as parenting, bucket

lists, growing older and the

outrageous price of snacks

in the cinema. GO

Documentary

Animal Babies: First Year

on Earth

BBC TWO, 9.00PM

 The last episode of the

series looks at how breaking

maternal bonds helps

youngsters build self-

reliance, including a

rejected Arctic fox cub

in Iceland learning how to

fend for itself and, in Kenya,

how two hyena sisters

discover that lions are not

their friends. GO

Jade: The Reality Star

Who Changed Britain

CHANNEL 4, 9.00PM

 Ten years on from the

death of Jade Goody, this

three-part series looks

back at the advent and

influence of reality TV –

and the culture of Z-list

celebrity it engendered in

the Noughties – through the

prism of Goody’s rise to

fame on Big Brother, and

subsequent fall. GO

Make

SKY ARTS, 9.00PM

 What is it to be a young

creative in the 21st century?

Why do people want to

make, design, fabricate,

print, sing, mould, play and

What to watch

Radio choice Charlotte Runcie

Top job: Miles Jupp (front, right) with the rest of the cast of Radio 4’s Party’s Over

MATT STRONGE

How a disgraced PM has put

Miles Jupp back on form

M

iles Jupp is

effortlessly funny. His

name alone sounds

like someone being

given the Heimlich

manoeuvre. He has

one of those elastic voices – the speech

equivalent of Jim Carrey’s rubber face

• that lets him suspend a deliciously
  long comic pause in a sentence
  without it sounding forced. His radio
  writing, in particular In and Out of the
  Kitchen (2011), in which he starred as
  the precious food writer Damien
  Trench, has been superb.
  But as host of The News Quiz, which
  he did for four years and 12 series,
  “effortless” shaded into “effort-free”.
  For much of last autumn’s series, he
  didn’t show up because he was filming
  elsewhere. When he did, he was too
  soft a chair, lacking the necessary
  spring. It’s a difficult job: you have to
  be firm but fair but still somehow fun.
  Jupp ruthlessly prioritised the last of
  the three, dropping in his scripted
  jokes like cherries, then floating off
  into the ether as his panellists jawed
  on. In May, he quit “to focus more on
  acting and writing”.
  Last week, thankfully, he was back
  on the radio for a very funny sitcom
  pilot, Party’s Over (Radio 4, Friday),
  about how it feels to be an unpopular
  former prime minister. Jupp played

the underwhelming Henry Tobin,

who, despite being in office for only

eight months, managed to lose

Gibraltar, feed dog meat to children

and send gift baskets to terrorists by

clerical error. The writers Paul Doolan

and Jon Hunter caught the wriggling

ministerial diction very nicely: “You

call it a petrol crisis, I call it more

Britons using bicycles than ever

before.”

As Tobin, Jupp trod a dainty line

between contemptible and amusing.

His mission was to sell his memoirs for

more than David Cameron had got for

his. The power behind the throne was

his terrifyingly social wife Christine

(Ingrid Oliver), a clever plot device that

meant things could happen to Tobin,

despite him being hopeless. The minor

characters – his amiable bodyguard;

his besotted assistant Natalia, author

of a steamy thriller about “Harvey

Tarplin” giving his secretary “a seeing

to” – also had legs. With any luck, Jupp

will have more success getting this

pilot commissioned than his character

in it had at, well, anything.

Stephen Fry is, notoriously, a stupid

person’s idea of a clever person, but it

would take a very stupid person to be

intimidated by him in Fry’s English

Delight (Radio 4, Tuesday), a series

squarely aimed at a cynical person’s

idea of a Stephen Fry fan. Part English-

language trivia, part chat show, now

back for its 10th series, it’s a masterclass

in low-octane radio: about eight

minutes of entertainment spread over

half an hour, with the occasional puff

of light jazz, like a chloroform-soaked

napkin, to keep you under.

This episode was all about order.

There was a “studies have shown”

segment on how people with

surnames later in the alphabet tend to

have less satisfactory lives. Fry fluffed

the one good joke – asking his guest,

David Sedaris, whether he was “the

sort of person who won’t say OCD

because it’s not in alphabetical order”

• by apologising to any offended
  listeners. More lively was a bit about
  syntactical order, which posited that
  English adjectives want to fall into the
  following sequence: opinion, size, age,
  shape, colour, origin, material,
  purpose. Thus you can talk about a
  “lovely little old rectangular green
  French silver whittling knife”, but any
  other order sounds bizarre.
  This was of interest. Then Fry, in his
  nursery tones, put another promising
  question: can one have thoughts
  without language? He ruined this by
  banging on about unexpressed
  thoughts in the head being like
  scrambled eggs, which was an
  unhelpful metaphor, because you can
  unscramble thoughts but, famously,
  not eggs. He concluded: “How do I
  know what I am going to say until I’ve
  said it?” This gentle programme
  seemed to prove his point.
  Classified Britain (Radio 4,
  Tuesday), broadcast straight after it,
  managed to say twice as much in half
  the time. Jim Naughtie was back for a
  second series, looking at the classified
  ads of an old newspaper, in this case an
  1827 Edinburgh Evening Courant.
  It was a clever cross section that
  let Naughtie juxtapose vendors of
  “most superior marmalade oranges”,
  physicians warring over phrenology,
  and the single-masted boats with nine
  sails that made the journey from
  Edinburgh to London in an unbeatable
  45 hours (the railway didn’t yet exist),
  bringing live salmon down to
  Billingsgate market in nets. The past
  prickled into life in these charged
  vignettes. After a big, fatty slice of
  Fry’s English Delight, it cut the grease.

A Singer’s Guide to Britain

RADIO 4, 9.00AM

 The songs we sing as

we’re growing up can

profoundly shape our

identity. As the baritone

Roderick Williams explores

in this joyful subject for a

documentary, singing

together can express a sense

of belonging, share an

emotion and give a sense of

heritage down through the

generations. Williams

speaks to folk singers about

their own heritage in music,

including Eddi Reader on

the songs of Robert Burns in

Kilmarnock; Georgia Ruth

on Welsh-language songs in

Aberystwyth; and Billy

Bragg and siblings Cuthbert

and Lydia Noble.

Edinburgh International

Festival 2019

RADIO 3, 11.00AM

 One of the musical stars

of the wedding of the Duke

and Duchess of Sussex

features in this live

lunchtime concert. The

young cellist Sheku Kanneh-

Mason mesmerised the

congregation during the

ceremony, and his sister

Isata, a pianist, is a similarly

accomplished musician and

has performed with Elton

John. Together they perform

two great cello sonatas:

Mendelssohn’s passionate

second sonata written for

his cellist brother Paul, and

Debussy’s sonata in D; as

well as Lutoslawski’s Grave

for Cello and Piano.

arrange things in a way

that no one has before?

This film by Christian

Schultz features a range

of young American

designers, film-makers

and assorted other creatives

talking about their motives,

their process and their

work. It’s a bit of a hymn

to hipster-dom but

definitely interesting

in parts. GO

Drama

Der Pass

SKY ATLANTIC, 9.00PM

 The serial-killer thriller

inspired by Scandi-

sensation The Bridge

continues as, in the wake

of last week’s border-

straddling murder, Bavarian

cop Ellie Stocker (Julia

Jentsch) and her cranky

opposite number from

Salzburg, Gedeon Winter

(Nicholas Ofczarek), are

called to another murder

scene. This time a German

entrepreneur has been

brutally killed on the

Austrian side of the border.

Could there, er, just maybe,

like, be a connection,

y’know, possibly? GO

Factual

Remarkable Places To Eat

BBC TWO, 8.00PM

 The series concludes

in foodie paradise San

Sebastian, TV chef and

restaurant owner Nisha

Katona takes First Dates

maître d’ Fred Sirieix for a

mind-blowing meal at one

of the world’s Top 10

restaurants, Mugaritz, run

by chef Andoni Luis Aduriz,

and also to a tiny sports bar

in the city to learn the

secrets of perfect tortilla-

Charlotte Runcie is away making. GO

Sean Lock: Keep It Light

Der Pass: Julia Jentsch

Holy places: Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in London

Radio 1

FM 97.6-99.8MHZ

6.30am The Radio 1 Breakfast Show

with Greg James 10.00 Radio 1

Anthems with Clara Amfo 11.00 Clara

Amfo 12.45pm Newsbeat 1.00 Scott

Mills 4.00 Jordan North 5.45

Newsbeat 6.00 Jordan North 7.00

Radio 1’s Future Sounds with Phil

Taggart 9.00 Adele Roberts 11.00

Radio 1’s Indie Show with Jack

Saunders 1.00am Benji B 3.00 Radio

1 Anthems 3.30 Radio 1’s Workout

Anthems 4.00 - 6.30am Early

Breakfast with Riyadh Khalaf

Radio 2

FM 88-90.2MHZ

6.30am The Amol Rajan Breakfast

Show 9.30 Gary Davies 12.00 Vanessa

Feltz 2.00pm Steve Wright in the

Afternoon 5.00 Sara Cox 7.00 Jo

Whiley. Music and chat 9.00 The Folk

Show with Mark Radcliffe. Kathryn

Williams plays live 10.00 Trevor

Nelson’s Rhythm Nation 12.00 OJ

Borg 3.00am Pick of the Pops 5.00 -

6.30am Nicki Chapman

Radio 3

FM 90.2-92.4MHZ

6.30am Breakfast 9.00 Essential

Classics 11.00  Edinburgh

International Festival 2019. See Radio

choice 1.00pm News 1.02 Composer

of the Week: Meredith Monk 2.00

Afternoon Concert 3.30 Choral

Evensong 4.30 New Generation Artists

5.00 In Tune 7.00 BBC Proms 2019.

Mozart’s Requiem, live from the Royal

Albert Hall 9.30 Exit Burbage – The

Man who Created Hamlet. Andrew

Dickson puts the spotlight on Richard

Burbage 10.15 BBC Proms 2019.

London Contemporary Orchestra in

music from sci-fi films 11.30 Late

Junction 12.30am - 6.30am Through

the Night

Radio 4

FM 92.4-94.6MHZ; LW 198KHZ

6.00am Today 9.00  A Singer’s

Guide to Britain. See Radio choice

9.30 Four Thought 9.45 Book of the

Week: A Woman of Firsts 9.45 LW:

Daily Service 10.00 Woman’s Hour

10.55 The Listening Project 11.00

Hannah Walker Is a Highly Sensitive

Person 11.30 All Those Women 12.00

News 12.01pm LW: Shipping Forecast

12.04 Ulverton 12.18 You and Yours

12.57 Weather 1.00 The World at One

1.45 The TED Interview 2.00 The

Archers 2.15 Drama: Rumpole and the

Golden Thread 3.00 The Money Clinic

3.30 Inside Health 4.00 The Gamble

Network 4.30 The Media Show 5.00

PM. Presented by Evan Davis 5.54 LW:

Shipping Forecast 5.57 Weather 6.00

Six O’Clock News 6.30 Gaby’s Talking

Pictures. Team captains John Thomson

and Ellie Taylor are joined by guests

Ben Bailey Smith and Dave Berry 7.00

The Archers. Oliver finds himself

unexpectedly impressed 7.15 Front

Row. Arts programme 7.45 Curious

Under the Stars. By Annamaria

Murphy 8.00 Unreliable Evidence 8.45

Four Thought 9.00 Stranger Than Sci-

Fi 9.30 A Singer’s Guide to Britain

9.59 Weather 10.00 The World

Tonight 10.45 Book at Bedtime:

Ulverton 11.00 The John Moloney

Show 11.15 Tez Talks 11.30 Partition

Voices 12.00 News and Weather

12.30am Book of the Week: A Woman

of Firsts 12.48 Shipping Forecast 1.00

As World Service 5.20 Shipping

Forecast 5.30 News Briefing 5.43

Prayer for the Day 5.45 Farming Today

5.58 - 6.00am Tweet of the Day

Radio 5 Live

MW 693 & 909KHZ

6.00am 5 Live Breakfast 9.00 Your

Call 10.00 The Emma Barnett Show

1.00pm Nihal Arthanayake 4.00 5

Live Drive 7.00 5 Live Sport 10.30

Sarah Brett 1.00am Up All Night 5.00

Morning Reports 5.15 - 6.00am Wake

Up to Money

Classic FM

FM 99.9-101.9MHZ

6.00am More Music Breakfast 9.00

John Suchet 1.00pm Anne-Marie

Minhall 5.00 Classic FM Drive 7.00

Smooth Classics at Seven 8.00 The

Full Works Concert. Jane Jones

explores some of the biggest rivalries

in the classical world 10.00 Smooth

Classics 1.00am - 6.00am Sam Pittis

World Service

DIGITAL ONLY

6.00am Newsday 8.30 Business Daily

8.50 Witness History 9.00 News 9.06

World Book Club 10.00 World Update

11.00 The Newsroom 11.30 The

Documentary 12.00 News 12.06pm

Outlook 1.00 The Newsroom 1.30 The

Compass 2.00 Newshour 3.00 News

3.06 HARDtalk 3.30 World Business

Report 4.00 BBC OS 6.00 News 6.06

Outlook 7.06 The Newsroom 7.30

Sport Today 8.00 News 8.06

HARDtalk 8.30 Healthcheck 9.00

Newshour 10.00 News 10.06 The

Compass 10.30 World Business Report

11.00 News 11.06 The Newsroom

11.20 Sports News 11.30 The

Documentary 12.00 News 12.06am

World Book Club 1.00 News 1.06

Business Matters 2.00 News 2.06 The

Newsroom 2.30 The Documentary

3.00 News 3.06 The Inquiry 3.30 The

Food Chain 4.00 News 4.06 Newsday

5.00 News 5.06 The Newsroom 5.30 -

6.00am Healthcheck

Radio 4 Extra

DIGITAL ONLY

6.00am The Uninvited Guests 6.30

Milton’s Music 7.00 There Is No

Escape 7.30 Gaby’s Talking Pictures

8.00 The Diary of a Nobody 8.30

Doctor at Large 9.00 Act Your Age

9.30 The Attractive Young Rabbi

10.00 Alexander 11.00 Dr John

Cooper Clarke: Complete Control

12.00 The Diary of a Nobody

12.30pm Doctor at Large 1.00 The

Uninvited Guests 1.30 Milton’s Music

2.00 I Saw a Man 2.15 Hunting the

Beagle 2.30 The Backward Shadow

2.45 Tennessee Williams – Mad

Pilgrimage of the Flesh 3.00

Alexander 4.00 Act Your Age 4.30 The

Attractive Young Rabbi 5.00 There Is

No Escape 5.30 Gaby’s Talking

Pictures 6.00 Planet B 6.30 That

Reminds Me 7.00 The Diary of a

Nobody 7.30 Doctor at Large 8.00

The Uninvited Guests 8.30 Milton’s

Music 9.00 Dr John Cooper Clarke:

Complete Control 10.00 Comedy Club

12.00 Planet B 12.30am That

Reminds Me 1.00 The Uninvited

Guests 1.30 Milton’s Music 2.00 I Saw

a Man 2.15 Hunting the Beagle 2.30

The Backward Shadow 2.45 Tennessee

Williams – Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh

3.00 Alexander 4.00 Act Your Age

4.30 The Attractive Young Rabbi 5.00

There Is No Escape 5.30 - 6.00am

Gaby’s Talking Pictures

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