Maggie Ayre
@theMaggieAyre
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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
Bristol
Joined April 2009
Happy Birthday Dear Soul Music. 25 years old and still collecting awards @elizalomas @MairBosworth @_karengregor @EmmaHarding01
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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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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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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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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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TERRY ISAIAH JOHNSON - BBC's Maggie Ayre's Soul Music Series - Music wi... https://t.co/OR25D9MA55 via @YouTube
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‘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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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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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
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Stories about a piece of light music which became interwoven with the Shipping Forecast.
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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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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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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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'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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We want your requests! What would you like to hear in the next series of Poetry Please? Reply below...
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A Good Read 3pm @BBCRadio4 - writers Amy Liptrot #TheOutrun & @KarlOveKnausgar #MyStruggle join @HarriettSG @edbookfest to recommend (and disagree) about books they love. Producer @theMaggieAyre
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We're at the Edinburgh International Book Festival again.
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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
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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
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The Canadian former astronaut and author talks about communicating Space
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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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