PJ Harvey to Guest Edit BBC Radio 4 Show

[March]

This should be interesting, definitely looking forward to it.

http://pitchfork.com/news/53081-pj-harv ... io-4-show/

[mickeyskippycat]

Sneaked a look at the Radio Times in the supermarket ..

Polly is listed as co editing the BBC Radio 4 "Today" programme on Friday 27th December. The programme runs from 6.00am to 9.00am.

The programme is recorded by the BBC and is available for 7 days following it's broadcast:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03m80qp

Hopefully someone can confirm this..

[jesuspolly]

It seems BBC radio 4today isn't shouting about it but PJ Harvey is guest editor of tomorrow if this chronological
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latest ... itors.html

[Romario11]

i listened to the end of thursdays program and they said it was the m16 boss on friday... i wonder if shes still doing it?! i reckon its next monday or tuesdays show

[jesuspolly]

PJ Harvey will be guest editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme on Thursday 2nd January, 6am to 9am. http://pjharvey.net/home.asp

[Black Hearted Love]

wow! guests are Julian Assange, Dr. Rowan Williams, John Pilger and Ralph Fiennes

[sanvean]

Contributors to PJ Harvey's Today programme on BBC Radio 4 on Thursday 2nd January, 6am to 9am will be: Mark Curtis (Journalist and Historian), Denis Halliday (former United Nations Humanitarian Co-ordinator), Clive Stafford Smith (Human Rights Attorney and Director of Reprieve), John Pilger (Journalist and Film Maker), Dr. Rowan Williams (former Archbishop of Canterbury), Ralph Fiennes (Actor and Director), Giles Duley (Documentary Photographer and Photojournalist), Phil Shiner (Public Interest Lawyer), Ian Cobain (Author and Reporter), Julian Assange (WikiLeaks Founder and Publisher), John Rees (Political Activist and Broadcaster), and Dave Zirin (Political Sports Writer).

Sound recordings: Flight of the Conchords 'Ladies of the World', Tom Waits 'Strange Weather', and Joan Baez 'Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya'.

Poems read by Ralph Fiennes: 'Austerities' by Charles Simic, 'They Fight For Peace' by Shaker Aamer, 'London' by William Blake, and Woody Guthrie's song lyric 'Ticky Tock'.

http://pjharvey.net/news.asp?newsid=1054&year=2013

[sau]

You won't believe how happy I am to see Mark Curtis' name in the line-up. Brilliant historian and writer. Buy his books, I implore you.

Just noticed Dave Zirin as well! Bloody hell, Polly knows her stuff.
That's the funny thing about the MBE acceptance; read Curtis and you'll question the 'Establishment' forever.

Will be besotted with Polly forever.

http://www.markcurtis.info/

http://www.edgeofsports.com/

[sanvean]

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/j ... on-radio-4

Julian Assange to be guest on Radio 4's Today programme

Founder of WikiLeaks, holed up in embassy in London for more than a year, chosen by guest editor PJ Harvey

Press Association
The Guardian, Wednesday 1 January 2014

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks who has been holed up in an embassy in London for more than a year, is to be a guest on BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Assange, who has been granted asylum by Ecuador but faces arrest if he leaves the country's London embassy, will be giving his thoughts on the history of the control of information on Thursday.

He has been chosen by the day's guest editor, musician PJ Harvey, to speak on the news show which will also feature contributions from campaigning journalist John Pilger and a Thought for the Day from the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, in the form of a poem.

The singer, who was awarded an MBE last summer, said she was assured by the BBC that the guests she had chosen would not be edited. Harvey is one of a number of guest editors who are commissioned by the programme each year over the Christmas and the new year period.

Others in the past few days have included Michael Palin and Lady Manningham-Buller, the former director general of MI5.

A statement issued on the singer's behalf said: "Having received a guarantee from the BBC not to edit her contributors, Harvey carefully selects a diverse group with thought-provoking views."

Assange entered the Ecuadorian embassy while he faced extradition to Sweden to face rape allegations and he was given asylum in August 2012.

Harvey's Today programme will be broadcast from 6am on Thursday and will feature poems read by actor Ralph Fiennes including William Blake's London and song extracts from Tom Waits, Joan Baez and New Zealand comedy duo Flight of the Conchords.

[yarnforhair]

Even though it's available on BBC's site after it airs, is anyone going to try to record this? My internet likes to be touchy when streaming things from other countries -___-

[sanvean]

The full running order for PJ Harvey's Today programme, airing January 2nd from 6am to 9am GMT on BBC Radio 4 is as follows:

PJ Harvey spoken piece explaining her choice of contributors to the programme.

Mark Curtis: 'Arming Repression', followed by 'Ladies of the World' song recording by Flight of the Conchords.

Denis Halliday: 'The U.N. Security Council - Dump The Wolves'.

Clive Stafford Smith: 'Is the N.H.S. the best thing about Britain?'

Bruce Springsteen '57 Channels And Nothin' On'.

John Pilger: 'Is the media now just another word for control?'

Dr. Rowan Williams: 'Thought for the Day' in the form of one of his poems.

Charles Simic poem, 'Austerities' read by Ralph Fiennes.

Giles Duley: 'Behind The Faces Of War: the realities for injured servicemen', followed by Joan Baez, 'Johnny I Hardly Knew Ya'.

Phil Shiner and Ian Cobain: 'How Britain taught the world to torture', followed by 'They Fight For Peace', a poem by Shaker Aamer, read by Ralph Fiennes.

Julian Assange's 'Thought for the Day' followed by Woody Guthrie song lyric 'Ticky Tock' read by Ralph Fiennes.

Weather/Business/Sport Sections

Weather Section - Tom Waits 'Strange Weather' acoustic demo version.

Business Section - John Rees: 'How the city of London rules the world', followed by the poem 'London' by William Blake, read by Ralph Fiennes.

Sport Section - Dave Zirin: 'The effects of money and vested interests on sport'.
posted: 01.01.2014

[Her_Majesty]

https://twitter.com/bbcr4today/status/4 ... 7190331392

[sau]

The comments online about the format of the show have been overwhelmingly positive. Just search for: PJ Harvey, Radio 4 Today on Twitter.

[sau]

From the official Twitter page of The The:

Bravo to #PJHarvey for her thoughtful editing of @r4today. A wonderful New Year antidote to the usual BBC propaganda.

[mart]

Polly explains her intentions.....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25574846