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Laura Barton’s Notes from a Musical Island

RADIO 4, 11.30AM

Music is often uniquely evocative of the place it was composed, and in this documentary music journalist Laura Barton visits four British locations and revels in the music created there. Music and poetic language are interwoven into sound portraits of these places, which begin with Aberdeen, where she hears folk music in the Blue Lamp, meets singer-songwriter Kathryn Joseph and duo Best Girl Athlete, and joins psych folk musician Alan Davidson walking along the River Don and through Old Aberdeen.

The Documentary: Nye Bevan – The Man Who Made the NHS

WORLD SERVICE, 10.06PM

 Michael Sheen presents the story of fellow Welshman, Aneurin (Nye) Bevan. Joining in with ongoing celebrations marking the 70th birthday of the NHS, this programme explores the roots of the inspiration that Bevan drew from the model of social care in Tredegar in Blaenau Gwent, South Wales. Sheen relates Bevan’s clashes with Winston Churchill and speaks to 106-year-old Dr William Frankland, who shares insights from before and after the universal healthcare provision began.