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World War 2 Remembered - the 80th Anniversary of the D Day Landings - War Series - Episode 4

The LLC's podcast for the 80th Anniversary of the D Day landings on June 6th 1944. In this episode 91 year old Agnes Kaposi remembers Hungary as a Jew in Spring 1944, 95 year old Micky Watkins remembers the bombing of London, and the front in India is remembered through diary extracts written by Alfred Doulton in Spring 1944.

 

Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.

Transcription by: Michelle Stannard

 

Music:

Bach Cello Suite No 1, G major Prelude.

 

Beethoven Symphony No 7. Toscanini.

 

Bach Italian Concerto in F. Andras Schiff.

 

Lillibulero - World Service. 

 

For the historical background, click here and enter the following code 'h6?0bQh5' to listen to David Farbey's talk on Operation Overload DDay 80 years on.

 

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LLC Commemorates VJ Day – War Series - Episode Three

Following on from our second episode ‘LLC Commemorates the 75th Anniversary of VJ Day’ released in August 2020, Episode Three also features spoken extracts from 'The Fighting Cock Being the History of the 23rd Indian Division 1942-1947' by Lieut-Colonel A.J.F. Doulton. The terrible plight of the refugees is described.

 

Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.

 

The following music is used in the intro and outro:

INTRO: Bach Cello Suite played by Pablo Casals.

OUTRO: The Last Post played by Corporal Matthew Creek of the Royal Military College Band. Australia.

  

Additional music included is:

Sergeant Alen Bell - 2 tin whistles

Sad War Music Volume II - Only The Dead Have Seen The End Of War

 

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Celebrating Companionship with LLC – Episode 6

Valerie is delighted to release the sixth and final episode of The Live Literature Company’s latest podcast series ‘Celebrating Companionship’.

 

 

In this episode you can hear Victoria Jeffrey talking about her personal companionship with her dog, Alfie. She also talks about her experiences of grief, life during lock down, and how important her companion Alfie has been in these difficult times.

 

 

Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.

 

 

The piece of music used in the intro/outro for this podcast is BACH CELLO SUITE No.1 G Major, Prelude played by Cooper Cannell.

 

 

Additional music included is:

Sonny Rollins - Alfies Theme differently - 1966.

Alfie · Dionne Warwick The Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits ℗ 1967 Scepter Records Producer: Burt Bacharach Producer: Hal David Composer: Burt Bacharach Composer: Hal David.

 

 

The photo of Vicky and Alfie was taken by Valerie Doulton.

 

 

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Celebrating Companionship with LLC – Episode 5

Valerie is delighted to release the fifth episode of The Live Literature Company’s latest podcast series ‘Celebrating Companionship’.

 

This episode is focused on the companionship of friendship. Valerie has chosen to celebrate the friendship of one particular dear friend Fiona McCracken, who is no longer alive. She first met Ona when she was a student at the now, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

 

Phyllis Logan will be reading the emails written by Ona and Valerie her own emails, which they both exchanged in the last year and a half of Ona's life.

 

Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.

 

The piece of music used in the intro/outro for this podcast is BACH CELLO SUITE No.1 G Major, Prelude played by Cooper Cannell.

 

Additional music included is:

Dashing White Sergeant, "Has Anybody Seen My Gal?" by Ray Henderson, Sam Lewis and Joe Young; Played by "Two For Tea"  (feat: Wendy Morgan and Heather Simmons), “Alligator Crawl” by Fats Waller; Piano Solo 1935, Allegro by Emmet Fenn, Remembering Her by Esther Abrami and 'Rebel, Rebel' by David Bowie. 

 

The photo of Ona was taken by Simon Annand.

 

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Celebrating Companionship with Shakespeare’s Sonnets - Part 2 - Episode 4

Valerie is delighted to release the fourth episode of The Live Literature Company’s latest podcast series ‘Celebrating Companionship’.

 

This is the second episode, featuring a choice of Shakespeare's Sonnets as a companion, leading up to and celebrating Shakespeare's birthday near the end of April.

 

Valerie is delighted to be joined by 5 actors, Margo Cargill, Nicholas Farrell, Geraldine James, Freddie Meredith, and Wendy Morgan, who will speak personally about why they have made their sonnet companion choice, before sharing a reading of it with you.

 

Podcast editor: Wendy Morgan.

 

The piece of music used in the intro/outro for this podcast is BACH CELLO SUITE No.1 G Major, Prelude played by Cooper Cannell.

 

Please have a listen or click here for the transcription. If you like our podcast, we'd love for you to subscribe and follow us!