[Swprograms] Fwd: The Strand: BBC World Service launches new arts show with stellar guest line-up

["Richard Cuff" <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Coming soon to the World Service.

Shortwave air times to West Africa include 0930 M-F, 1430 M-F, and
0030 Tu-Sa.  The 1430 airing has a decent chance to propagate to the
Eastern USA.

The live "infotainment" webcast shows air times of 1030, 1530, 1930,
2330 (all of these M-f), and 0230 (Tu-Sa).

Sirius listeners get 0930 weekdays.  XM listeners probably more often
than that.  No idea if the pending consolidation of XM and Sirius
programming will see one of the two World Service streams dropped.

The program will also be available online; don't know if a podcast
will be part of the online mix.

Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA


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PRESS RELEASE
20 October 2008
The Strand: BBC World Service launches new arts show with stellar guest line-up

Roger Moore, Toni Morrison, Candace Bushnell, Neil Gaiman and Curtis
Sittenfeld will appear on BBC World Service's brand-new daily arts and
entertainment show, The Strand, during the launch week from Monday 27
October.

Presented by Harriett Gilbert and Mark Coles, the half-hour programme
takes listeners on a worldwide journey through arts, culture and
entertainment.  According to the programme-makers, "Nothing creative
is out of bounds" - and The Strand will bring the best, newest and
most exciting creative enterprises to listeners around the world.

Novelist Harriett Gilbert has been presenting arts programmes on BBC
World Service for over 10 years.  She will present the Monday and
Friday editions of The Strand, as well as a new hour-long version of
another BBC World Service programme, World Book Club, on the first
weekend of every month.

Harriet, who also teaches creative writing at London's City
University, says: "I'm delighted to be presenting The Strand.  As a
daily programme, it will be a great position to reveal, explore and
debate developments as they happen in the world of the arts –
including, of course, the world of literature."

Mark Coles, an award-winning broadcaster and acclaimed music
journalist, will present the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday editions of
The Strand as well as a special hour-long Saturday compilation.  Mark
– who has played Jimi Hendrix's guitar and was once locked in a cage
with Yoko Ono – has interviewed some of the world's top writers.  He
says: "We'll provide our audience with a thoroughly entertaining,
truly global guide to the arts. We'll be featuring some of the world's
most famous and creative people and be offering unique insights into
arts events and consumption of culture around the world."

The Strand will be broadcast at 19.30 GMT and will be available in
audio online, via bbcworldservice.com.  Details of next week's
highlights follow:

Monday 27 October
Roger Moore on his frank and funny new autobiography My Word is my Bond.

Tuesday 28 October
Toni Morrison talks about A Mercy. The Nobel Prize-winning writer's
ninth novel, an ambivalent, disturbing story of a mother and daughter,
examines what lies underneath the surface of slavery

Wednesday 29 October
Astute observer and commentator on the New York social scene, Candace
Bushnell, originator of Sex and the City, discusses her new novel One
Fifth Avenue

Thursday 30 October
Neil Gaiman is in discussion with AS Byatt. Gaiman, who has written
many comics and graphic novels, as well as books and short stories,
has also created a number of audio books, a TV miniseries, and the
scripts for several movies. His play, Anansi Boys, was broadcast this
year on BBC World Service.

Friday 31 October
A review of Oliver Stone's new film, W, about George W Bush, and
interview with Curtis Sittenfeld, author of American Wife, a fictional
account of the life of Laura Bush.

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