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Discussion Groups / English Usage / May 2009Armando Ianucci and Milton
For Rightpondians who may have been watching the football/The Apprentice last night, I recommend the programme on Milton and Paradise Lost - catch it on the BBC iPlayer. I loathed Milton when we read him at school but I found Ianucci's enthusiasm infectious and it was very encouraging to see eleven year olds (in a portakabin classroom in Slough) grappling with the language.  SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) > For Rightpondians who may have been watching the football/The > Apprentice last night, I recommend the programme on Milton and > Paradise Lost - catch it on the BBC iPlayer. I loathed Milton when we > read him at school but I found Ianucci's enthusiasm infectious and it > was very encouraging to see eleven year olds (in a portakabin > classroom in Slough) grappling with the language. Yes: heartily recommended. Radio 3 did a fine Milton series earlier this year: worth tracking down the recordings. Also recommendable was tonight's Beowulf show by Michael Wood, though it was not so much about the poetry as poetry. As John said yesterday, it was noticeably banished to BBC4, and I think that was a pity. Julian Glover's bard role came off very well, too; and it's always nice to hear Seamus Heaney. (But do you think they made those kids chew with their mouths open as a sign of barbarity for the telly, or are the OE re-enactors of Kent too busy re-enacting to teach their young table manners?) SignatureMike. Mike Lyle wrote, in <gvn1hu$bm4$1@news.eternal-september.org> on Thu, 28 May 2009 23:00:20 +0100: > > For Rightpondians who may have been watching the football/The > > Apprentice last night, I recommend the programme on Milton and [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > sign of barbarity for the telly, or are the OE re-enactors of Kent too > busy re-enacting to teach their young table manners?) The repeat of the programme on the Sutton Hoo Hoard that was on before it was good too. SignatureNick Spalding BrE/IrE > Mike Lyle wrote, in gvn1hu$bm4$1@news.eternal-september.org [...] >> Also recommendable was tonight's Beowulf show by Michael Wood, >> though it was not so much about the poetry as poetry. As John said >> yesterday, it was noticeably banished to BBC4, and I think that was >> a pity. Julian Glover's bard role came off very well, too; and it's >> always nice to hear Seamus Heaney. [...] > The repeat of the programme on the Sutton Hoo Hoard that was on before > it was good too. Darn! I didn't notice that: I still haven't got used to having more than two BBCs at my disposal. But I'm sure it'll come up again. SignatureMike. >> Mike Lyle wrote, in gvn1hu$bm4$1@news.eternal-september.org > [...] [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Darn! I didn't notice that: I still haven't got used to having more > than two BBCs at my disposal. But I'm sure it'll come up again. iPlayer? SignatureJohn Dean Oxford >>> Mike Lyle wrote, in gvn1hu$bm4$1@news.eternal-september.org >> [...] [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >iPlayer? That programme is not available on iPlayer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_four/2009-05-28 SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) [...] >>>> The repeat of the programme on the Sutton Hoo Hoard that was on >>>> before it was good too. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > That programme is not available on iPlayer. > http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_four/2009-05-28 I wonder what the criteria are. I'd have thought it would have been an irresistible pairing. SignatureMike. >[...] >>>>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >I wonder what the criteria are. I'd have thought it would have been an >irresistible pairing. I don't know. The Sutton Hoo programme was a repeat. If it was not made by the BBC, but for the BBC, the production company might not have given permission for it to be put an iPlayer. SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) Mike Lyle wrote, in <gvpis0$pk2$1@news.eternal-september.org> on Fri, 29 May 2009 22:08:06 +0100: > > Mike Lyle wrote, in gvn1hu$bm4$1@news.eternal-september.org > [...] [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Darn! I didn't notice that: I still haven't got used to having more than > two BBCs at my disposal. But I'm sure it'll come up again. It was very apposite as Michael Woods was one of the several talking heads on it. SignatureNick Spalding BrE/IrE |
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