Discussion of Between the Ears: Mighty Beast
Jan 28, 2015 11:48:56 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2015 11:48:56 GMT -5
The Radio Academy Awards have been abandoned, for want of a sponsor. They used to be called the Sonys, but in August 2013, Sony announced the end of its sponsorship agreement with The Radio Academy after 32 years. In November 2014, it was announced that The Radio Academy would be axing the annual awards altogether, and looking for other ways to recognise achievement.
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BBC Radio 3 never did particularly well at the Sonys, although in 2014, as a swan song, they won Best Feature or Documentary Gold for BBC Bristol’s Between the Ears: Mighty Beast.
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BBC Radio 3 - Between the Ears: Mighty Beast
Sean Borodale's long poem, Mighty Beast, was created using interviews, a range of voices and overheard conversations he gathered from many visits to cattle markets in towns across Somerset, where he lives. This radio documentary version is told in the voice of the auctioneer: a brilliant, shifting stream of patter that is by turns harsh, lyrical, cajoling, admonitory and consoling. Through this tour de force of poetic writing come the real voices of some of the people who inspired the poem, men whose memories are of the gradual gaining of skills and experience, of childhoods spent in a landscape that has changed beyong retrieval, and the deep love for the animals who provide their livelihood. These voices, real and imagined, are given a rich and lyrical soundscape created by composer Elizabeth Purnell.
Sean Borodale - Mighty Beast
Following a strategic review, the Trustees of The Radio Academy decided that The Radio Academy Awards would not be held in May 2015.
The ambition is to create a new event designed to celebrate and reflect the radio industry in a dynamic and modern way.
A Committee will be formed in the New Year to plan the new event. Please watch this space for further details.
The ambition is to create a new event designed to celebrate and reflect the radio industry in a dynamic and modern way.
A Committee will be formed in the New Year to plan the new event. Please watch this space for further details.
Radio Academy Awards - About
BBC Radio 3 never did particularly well at the Sonys, although in 2014, as a swan song, they won Best Feature or Documentary Gold for BBC Bristol’s Between the Ears: Mighty Beast.
Radio Academy Awards - News
BBC Radio 3 - Between the Ears: Mighty Beast
Sean Borodale's long poem, Mighty Beast, was created using interviews, a range of voices and overheard conversations he gathered from many visits to cattle markets in towns across Somerset, where he lives. This radio documentary version is told in the voice of the auctioneer: a brilliant, shifting stream of patter that is by turns harsh, lyrical, cajoling, admonitory and consoling. Through this tour de force of poetic writing come the real voices of some of the people who inspired the poem, men whose memories are of the gradual gaining of skills and experience, of childhoods spent in a landscape that has changed beyong retrieval, and the deep love for the animals who provide their livelihood. These voices, real and imagined, are given a rich and lyrical soundscape created by composer Elizabeth Purnell.
Sean Borodale - Mighty Beast