The Egg Man

yesterday afternoon (thursday 28th), 2.15-3.00pm, on bbc radio 4 

the egg man (by catherine dyson) (starring nigel planer) (in the drama on 4 series)

“A writer tries to reconstruct her grandfather’s flight from Ukraine in the 1930s, and locate the bones of her missing family members.

It’s an impossible task. Grandad is gone, mum doesn’t want to talk about it and there are almost no records.

Inspired by playwright Catherine Dyson’s experience of trying to trace her family, this semi-autobiographical story blends fact and fiction.”

6ocn: Roger Waters

this afternoon (thursday 28th), 6.23-6.25pm, on bbc radio 4 

six o’clock news includes …

“Roger Waters, the co-founder of Pink Floyd, has been accused of antisemitism by some of those who worked alongside him.

The claims are made in a new documentary by the Campaign Against Antisemitism.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter aleem maqbool 

• saxophonist norbert stachel

CAA: Roger Waters

this afternoon (wednesday 27th), podcast, 37 minutes, by campaign against antisemitism 

the dark side of roger waters (presented by john ware) 

“Is Roger Waters antisemitic? Watch The Dark Side of Roger Waters now and decide for yourself.”

including contributions from …

• producer bob ezrin

• saxophonist norbert stachel

• gideon falter, campaign against antisemitism 

(see also https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/roger-waters-email-reveals-he-wanted-to-write-dirty-kyke-on-inflatable-pig/)

Click: Holocaust education

last saturday morning (23rd september), 1.31-1.38pm (repeated 1.31pm 8.31pm 5.31am and 2.31pm), on bbc news tv 

holocaust education (in the click series) (presented by nick kwek) leads with …

“Nick Kwek visits Meta in Berlin to find out how immersive technology is breathing new life into the way events of the past can be seen and heard today.”

including contributions from …

• yfat barak-cheney, director, technoology and human riights, world jewish congress 

• johannes baldauf, meta

• survivor inge auerbacher, b.1934 germany, author, i am a star: child of the holocaust

• stephen smith, storyfile

W@1: Loach on Labour

this afternoon (wednesday 27th), 1.37-1.41pm, on bbc radio 4 

world at one (presented by sarah montague) includes interview with …

• former labour party member ken loach

“You are very dismissive of Keir Starmer, but I wonder whether part of that stems from the fact, in your words, that you were kicked out of the Party?”

“They say that you have been appalling in your antisemitism denial?”

“It is worth explaining that when we recorded that this morning, the conversation about whether we should have touched on allegations of antisemitism was much much longer, but as it involved a lot of heat but not much light, we edited it down.”

(see also https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/loach-reacts-furiously-after-bbc-presenter-raises-record-of-appalling-antisemitism-denial/)

Rudolf Hess

this morning (wednesday 27th), 1.20-2.20am (repeated from 2006), on bbc 4 tv 

rudolf hess (starring ben cross) (3rd of 3 episodes of nuremberg: the nazis on trial) (narrated by matthew macfadyen)

“After his bizarre flight to Scotland in 1941 to offer peace to Britain, Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess, was declared insane by the Fuhrer.

At Nuremberg, Hess’s fitness for trial was at the centre of his case, as he claimed not to remember his Nazi past and was seemingly suffering from paranoid delusions.”

including contributions from …

• professor richard overy 

• interpreter richard sonnenfeldt

• historian robert gellately

• interrogator john dolibois 

• psychiatrist simon wessely 

• prosecutor whitney harris 

• radio journalist harold burson 

• psychopathologist edgar jones 

• defence lawyer johann-georg schatzler 

• journalist susanne von paczensky 

Hermann Goering

this morning (wednesday 27th), 12.25-1.20am (repeated from 2006), on bbc 4 tv 

hermann goering (starring robert pugh and adam godley) (2nd of 3 episodes of nuremberg: the nazis on trial) (narrated by matthew macfadyen)

“Goering was Hitler’s charismatic and ruthless second-in-command.

On trial for his life, the unrepentant Reichsmarschall turned the tables on the Allies.

This documentary drama looks at Goering’s attempt to re-ignite Nazism from the courtroom and reveals the role that a Jewish psychologist played in Goering’s final defeat.”

including contributions from …

• interrogator john dolibois 

• prison guard bud jones 

• professor richard overy 

• prosecutor roger barrett 

• survivor ernest michel 

• prosecutor whitney harris 

• interpreter richard sonnenfeldt

• radio journalist harold burson 

Albert Speer

yesterday evening (tuesday 26th), 11.25pm-12.25 (repeated from 2006), on bbc 4 tv 

albert speer (starring nathaniel parker) (1st of 3 episodes of nuremberg: the nazis on trial) (narrated by matthew macfadyen)

“Actor Nathaniel Parker provides a fascinating portrayal of the most inscrutable Nazi on trial at Nuremberg, Hitler’s architect and armaments minister Albert Speer.

Speer was the only defendant who unreservedly accepted responsibility for the Nazis’ crimes.

But was his remorse genuine or just a clever defence strategy?”

including contributions from …

• professor richard overy 

• prosecutor henry king 

• prosecutor roger barrett 

• prison guard emilio di palma 

• prosecutor whitney harris 

• interrogator john dolibois 

FT: Miller & Laski

yesterday evening (tuesday 26th), 10.00-10.45pm, on bbc radio 3   

betty miller and marghanita laski (presented by matthew sweet, with • novelist howard jacobson, • academic lisa mullen, and • author lara feigel) (in the free thinking series)

“Rejected by her usual publisher, Farewell Leicester Square is a novel by Betty Miller, written in 1935, exploring antisemitism, Jewishness and ‘marrying out’.

Marghanita Laski may now be best known for her contributions to broadcasting on programmes like The Brains Trust, but was also a published author of many stories including The Victorian Chaise-Longue and Little Boy Lost.

Both writers have now been republished by Persephone Books.”

T: Yaroslav Hunka

this morning (wednesday 27th), 6.50-6.52am, on bbc radio 4 

today (presented by martha kearney) includes …

“A Ukrainian has caused the resignation of the speaker of the Canadian House of Commons.”

including interview with …

• journalist justin ling