Sunday Miscellany Sunday 8 November 2020
New Writing:
Bosco and the Monkey, by Jonathan White;
Notes on a Small Island, by Madeleine Keane
Trash-Talking Their Way to the White House, by Lourdes Mackey;
Of Ponies, Black Cats and Ancient Graveyards, by Kevin Mc Dermott
And
We Are What History Made Us, by Mícheál Nelson
Music:
One Monkey Don't Stop No Show, by Honey Cone;
It’s Torn, by Leonard Cohen;
Yankee Doodle Dandy sung by James Cagney and Bob Hope, from the film The Seven Little Foys;
And
Capaillín Dubh ina Thaibhreamh, played by Zoe Conway on fiddle and John McIntyre on guitar, and composed by Steve Cooney
Ghosts and graveyards... boozy bohemia... and a monkey in a television studio -- what could go wrong? -- all part of the mix on this week's Miscellany. With writers Jonathan White, Madeleine Keane, Lourdes Mackey, Kevin McDermott and Mícheál Nelson
An unpredictable guest joins the children's TV puppet star
On writer Charmian Clift and her bohemian circle on the Greek island of Hydra
Insults and dirty tricks in the US Presidential elections go back a century or two
Contemplating the beloved dead this November time
Uniting two traditions in one family on Remembrance Sunday
New writing for radio, accompanied by complementary music, broadcast every Sunday morning since 1968.
One Monkey Don’T Stop No Show
Honey Cone
1:51
It's Torn
Leonard Cohen
2:57
Yankee Doodle Dandy
James Cagney/Bob Hope
2:16
Capaillín Dubh Ina Thaibhreamh
Zoe Conway (Fiddle); John Mcintyre (Guitar)
3:43
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Producer: Sarah Binchy
Broadcasting Co-ordinator: Carolyn Dempsey