Recent noteable productions made at The Rockethouse...
The Ballet Russe in England
TX 23/2/10 11.30am Part 2 2/3/10 BBC Radio 4
What did Britain do for Diaghilev? And vice versa.
Presented by Jane Pritchard of the V.&A. Museum.
Produced by Frances Byrnes.
Extract Programme 1
Extract from Programme 1

Recording echoes on location at The Old Manse, Pentcaitland, Scotland
Extract of John Bett as Rev. Gilbert White
Extract of John Bett as Gilbert White
The Hybernaculum
A day in the life of Rev Gilbert White.
Written by Yolanda Pupo-Thompson
Starring John Bett
Sound design: Joe Acheson
Gilbert White was played by John Bett, Molly White by Madeleine Worrall, John Mulso by Simon Scott, Dr Chandler and Thomas Hoare by Crawford Logan, Hecky Chapone by Hilary Neville, Tom White - William Neville-Towle, The Boys by Sebastian Coke, Thomas O'Brien and Carlos Williams.
The sound design was by Joe Acheson who also played the spinet. And the spinet Joe played is an historic instrument from The Raymond Russell Collection of Instruments at the University of Edinburgh.
Original TX 23 August 2009 - 90'
Drama on 3 - BBC Radio 3
Reviews:
THE STAGE
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
A day in the life of Rev Gilbert White.
Written by Yolanda Pupo-Thompson
Starring John Bett
Sound design: Joe Acheson
Gilbert White was played by John Bett, Molly White by Madeleine Worrall, John Mulso by Simon Scott, Dr Chandler and Thomas Hoare by Crawford Logan, Hecky Chapone by Hilary Neville, Tom White - William Neville-Towle, The Boys by Sebastian Coke, Thomas O'Brien and Carlos Williams.
The sound design was by Joe Acheson who also played the spinet. And the spinet Joe played is an historic instrument from The Raymond Russell Collection of Instruments at the University of Edinburgh.
Original TX 23 August 2009 - 90'
Drama on 3 - BBC Radio 3
Reviews:
THE STAGE
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
Sound of Snow and Ice:
BBC World Service TX 01/01/10
Producer/Music/Presenter: Joe Acheson
Facilitator - Iván Torres Hdez
Voice of Henri's mother Minttu Mäntynen
Nice reviews in The Spectator and The New Statesman-
DOWNLOAD it here - BBC PAGE
BBC World Service TX 01/01/10
Producer/Music/Presenter: Joe Acheson
Facilitator - Iván Torres Hdez
Voice of Henri's mother Minttu Mäntynen
Nice reviews in The Spectator and The New Statesman-
DOWNLOAD it here - BBC PAGE

The Great Writ
With Frances Fyfield
Habeas Corpus - a history BBC World Service TX 29th March 2010
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Saving The Tiger
With Sir Mark Tully
Research by Gillian Wright
Includes a rare interview with an actual tiger poacher.
BBC World Service (BST) -
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UPDATE on Panna Tigers click here...