I'd just like to comment that In Our Time is usually pretty good. I caught the end of this morning's program on the Borgias. After hearing about murder, nepotism and incest, it was a bit disorientating to hear Melvyn announce crystallography as the next subject :)
m > -----Original Message----- > From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of > Peter Keller > Sent: 22 November 2012 13:52 > To: ccp4bb > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Crystallography on BBC Radio 4 next week > > Dear all, > > I have had several queries about this off-list, so here are some > clarifications. > > I don't know if Melvyn Bragg is related to WL and WH Bragg. I doubt it, > but if he is maybe he will say. (Bragg is a fairly common name in > English.) > > The normal subject matter of "In Our Time" is humanities-based (i.e. > art, history, philosophy etc.), but they deal with scientific or > mathematical subjects occasionally. > > There are two live broadcasts, at 09:00 and 21:30 UK time. The later > one > is a shortened version (edited from about 42 mins to about 28), so > better to listen to the earlier one if you can. > > There are three options for listening other than the terrestrial radio > broadcast. All should work outside the UK (restrictions on using the > BBC > iPlayer overseas mostly apply only to television, or on the radio to > certain special broadcasts such as some sporting events). > > (i) Live on the internet at the times above: go to the programme page > at > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p0s9s> and click on the "LISTEN" > icon (with a picture of a small loudspeaker) towards the upper right of > the page. > > (ii) Using iPlayer after the second broadcast has finished. Go to the > programme page at <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p0s9s> and click > on the "Listen now" button on the left of the picture illustrating the > programme. In principle this should become available within a few > minutes of the end of the second broadcast (i.e. soon after 22:00 UK > time), but sometimes there is a longer delay of up to an hour. It won't > expire, so you can always listen on another day. > > (iii) Download a podcast in mp3 format from > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot>. This will become available > sometime after the second broadcast has finished, but it could be a day > or two afterwards. These podcasts also don't expire or disappear: you > can download them years after the original broadcasts. > > Options (ii) and (iii) will get you the full rather than the shortened > version of the programme. > > Regards, > Peter. > > On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 10:30 +0000, Peter Keller wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > On Thursday next week, the BBC radio program "In Our Time" will be > > discussing the history of crystallography. The link to the program is > > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p0s9s>. Unfortunately, it doesn't > say > > who the guests are, but they usually manage to find people with > something > > interesting to say, even if the presenter Melvyn Bragg's grasp of > scientific > > material isn't always that great. > > > > I think that from outside the UK it is possible to listen live from > the link > > above, and that a day or two after the broadcast a podcast will be > available > > to download from <http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/iot>. > > > > Regards, > > Peter. > > > > -- > Peter Keller Tel.: +44 (0)1223 > 353033 > Global Phasing Ltd., Fax.: +44 (0)1223 > 366889 > Sheraton House, > Castle Park, > Cambridge CB3 0AX > United Kingdom
