Here's a round-up of all things English-related appearing on your TV or featuring on the radio soon. Try and catch them - if you can drag yourself away from the glorious sunshine of course!
Television
Stephen Fry's new series, Fry's Planet Word, continues on Sunday 2nd October (9pm, BBC2). The second programme of the series investigates the relationship between speech and identity by looking at dialect and class. AS and A2 English Language students should take a look...
AS English Literature students may want to set their videos (am I showing my age..?) for this one: BBC2 is showing a short programme called Poets in Person on 5th October (Wednesday) which explores contemporary poems with insights from the poets themselves. It starts at 4.00-4.30am...
Radio
A2 English Literature students may be interested in listening to Katie Him's new dramatisation of Captain Corelli's Mandolin. You can follow this via BBC Radio 4 Extra; the first installment begins on Tuesday 4th October at 11.15am-12.00pm.
The BBC Radio 3 series The Verb continues tonight (Friday 30th September) at 10pm. Diana Athill talks about her latest book.
Enjoy your weekend!
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