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Producer BBC Radio 4 Soul Music A Good Read Word of Mouth Poetry. Prix Europa & Radio Academy winner. West of Scotland. Blog on the disappearance of Peter Begg

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@theMaggieAyre
Maggie Ayre
19 days
Happy Birthday Dear Soul Music. 25 years old and still collecting awards @elizalomas @MairBosworth @_karengregor @EmmaHarding01 https://t.co/rkFMb0d02q
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Emma Harding
20 days
Looking for some book inspiration? A Good Read @BBCRadio4 is back - with a riveting roster of readers. Today, novelist Sarah Waters & film editor Walter Murch join @HarriettSG to talk bears, fanaticism & Irish women. 3pm Mon 13 Oct. Producer @theMaggieAyre
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Novelist Sarah Waters and film editor Walter Murch share favourite books.
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@EmmaHarding01
Emma Harding
4 months
A Good Read @hayfestival with guests James Rebanks @herdyshepherd1 & @kiripritchardmc who join @HarriettSG for some lively disagreement about novels set in Finland, Australia - and Hell. 3pm Mon 7 July @BBCRadio4 Producer @theMaggieAyre #books #fiction
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We're at the Hay Festival talking books we love.
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@antonyszmierek
Antony Szmierek
5 months
who else do you know going from parklife to @BBCRadio4? a real honour and a lovely bit of radio airing today at 4pm x
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@bbcpoetryplease
Poetry Please
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https://t.co/1CllGjyd8u A trio of great wordsmiths in reception of Broadcasting House. Join us this afternoon to hear @antonyszmierek choose the poems he loves and admires in conversation with Roger at 1600 @MichaelRosenYes was recruited merely for the photo op🥰What a team!
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@theMaggieAyre
Maggie Ayre
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TERRY ISAIAH JOHNSON - BBC's Maggie Ayre's Soul Music Series - Music wi... https://t.co/OR25D9MA55 via @YouTube
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@EmmaHarding01
Emma Harding
7 months
‘Had we never lov’d sae kindly…’ Robert #Burns’ Ae Fond Kiss, his heartfelt farewell to his beloved, is this week’s Soul Music. Featuring @Karenmatheson7 @SirGeoffPalmer @karenjguthrie @SeonaidAitken 10.30 Sat 12 April @BBCRadio4 Producer @theMaggieAyre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://t.co/APDfdQzsuF
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The story of one of Robert Burns's most famous poems set to music.
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Emma Harding
9 months
A Good Read is back! 3pm Mon 10 Feb @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds Today, Nicci Gerrard & Sean French @FrenchNicci join @HarriettSG to recommend novels about vengeful teens, self-sabotage & waking up in a world transformed. Producer @theMaggieAyre #fiction #Moomin
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The husband and wife writing duo pick favourite reads.
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@theMaggieAyre
Maggie Ayre
10 months
Can any of the decent people left on here help us track down the kind Bristol person who delivered my son RS' wallet to the house today. lost Friday pre Christmas. All contents were in tact. V sorry to miss them and would like to thank them personally #Bristol #found #wallet
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@EmmaHarding01
Emma Harding
10 months
Happy New Year! Celebrating 100 Years of The Shipping Forecast @BBCRadio4 throughout NYD, incl a special edition of Soul Music on Sailing By – the Ronald Binge classic. Producers @theMaggieAyre & Toby Field 9.30am & 23.30 or @BBCSounds https://t.co/4ebRtfGQ3K
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Stories about a piece of light music which became interwoven with the Shipping Forecast.
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@EmmaHarding01
Emma Harding
11 months
Michael Sheen reading Dylan Thomas @RSThomaspoet and Robert Graves' Welsh Incident? Don't mind if I do... Poetry Please @bbcpoetryplease with @McgoughRoger 4pm Tues @BBCRadio4 or catch up @BBCSounds Producer @theMaggieAyre
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Actor Michael Sheen makes his selection of poems.
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Poetry Please
1 year
We are excited to be welcoming the wonderful @michaelsheen to Poetry Please to choose some of the poetry he loves. Watch this space
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@EmmaHarding01
Emma Harding
1 year
Music-lovers of #Bristol! Come along to a live broadcast concert of dance-themed music for our @BBCRadio3 Day of Dance - Fri 8 Nov 1.30pm at the Arnolfini, with BBC New Generation Artists @kleioquartet & pianist @juliusasal, presented by @fionatalkington
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Rising classical music stars the Kleio Quartet and pianist Julius Asal perform at a live Radio 3 concert As part of BBC Radio 3’s Day of Dance celebrating dance and...
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Emma Harding
1 year
'When the day that lies ahead of me Seems impossible to face...' Today's episode of Soul Music @BBCRadio4 @BBCSounds opens the box of memories inspired by Bill Withers' Lovely Day. Producer @theMaggieAyre 10.30am Sat 26 Oct #BillWithers #SoulMusic https://t.co/WFkqXfWjG2
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The deceptively simple song that is a mantra for people.
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@bbcpoetryplease
Poetry Please
1 year
We want your requests! What would you like to hear in the next series of Poetry Please? Reply below...
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@EmmaHarding01
Emma Harding
1 year
A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 - writers Amy Liptrot #TheOutrun & @KarlOveKnausgar #MyStruggle join @HarriettSG @edbookfest to recommend (and disagree) about books they love. Producer @theMaggieAyre https://t.co/okghXGEYNq Join the conversation on Instagram
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We're at the Edinburgh International Book Festival again.
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@EmmaHarding01
Emma Harding
1 year
A Good Read is back @BBCRadio4 - with a pantheon of great guests recommending books they love. Today 3pm Mon 7 Oct @HarriettSG is joined by Andrew O’Hagan & @IrvineWelsh at @edbookfest to talk film-lovers & secret identities. Producer @theMaggieAyre https://t.co/t4SsvJagOn
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@theMaggieAyre
Maggie Ayre
1 year
Fascinating insight into the language of Space with Colonel Chris Hadfield and @MichaelRosenYes in conversation on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds now https://t.co/HQEIKi8ryv
bbc.co.uk
The Canadian former astronaut and author talks about communicating Space
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@HarriettSG
Harriett Gilbert
1 year
In Edinburgh on Sunday 18 August? Just a few tickets left to join the audience when we record two editions of #agoodread. Great guests. Here’s the link:
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@theMaggieAyre
Maggie Ayre
1 year
This was really fun (and funny) https://t.co/ajrlsYYZwm
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