Kershaw back on R3

[John W]

Music Planet and Human Planet will air this autumn on Radio 3 and BBC1.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/aug/23/andy-kershaw-radio-3-music-planet

[Andy D]

Good news!

[marbleflugel]

good decision by whoever at beeb

[Martin Reynolds]

The series 'Music Planet' featuring music journalism by Andy Kershaw and Lucy Duran, is now to be aired in early 2011. The BBC have released the following clips:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00sggq0

What do you think?

[kleines c]

I am impressed so far, Martin Reynolds, at least from the website.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/humanplanetexplorer/

On BBC One (television) tonight (20:00), 'Human Planet' begins its look at extreme environments: the arctic, mountains, oceans, jungles, grasslands, deserts, rivers and even the urban jungle.   

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00llpvp

As John W pointed out last summer, the music has also been spun off into its own radio series (from 21:00 tonight on BBC Radio 3).   Meet the makers!

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9f4eef54-19e1-11e0-b921-00144feab49a.html#axzz1AuhIL5mM

According to 'Music Planet', " ... music is perhaps the most profound expression of the human spirit, and it can take us to the emotional heart of a culture."

So what appeals more: human or music planet?

[Andy D]

Tonight at 9pm!

[kleines c]

Last night, we watched the television before tuning into 'Music Planet', Andy D.  Both were superb, although some of the scenes on television, for example, hunting a sperm whale, were quite upsetting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rrd81

Andy Kershaw made a substantial entry into the Radio 3 Blog about the making of the radio series:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio3/2011/01/tuning-in-to-the-music-planet.shtml

Both television and radio tackled the world's oceans in the first episode, although not necessarily the same oceans, and the radio programme is divided into a series of four chapters online:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00x31t3

Fascinating stuff!  Welcome back, Andy Kershaw!