Pete Myers discusses the acclaimed autobiographical novel “Empire of the Sun”, whose main character is based on the author’s own boyhood memories. Born in Shanghai, J.G. Ballard (1930-2009 describes how […]
Yearly Archives: 1984
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To coincide with the second World Population Conference in Mexico City City, Pete Myers presents in-depth interviews with two experts on India’s family planning programme. It was a prelude to […]
In this Mainstream Asia special, Pete Myers meets Indian writer Anita Desai to discuss her life, her preferred writing language – English – although she speaks fluent Hindi and German, […]
These interviews with African writers, produced and presented by John Hammond (1933-2012) and Veronica Wilson, were first broadcast in “Afroscene” in 1984. Veronica Wilson meets Nigerian writer Buchi Emecheta (1944-2017), […]
The weekly Afroscene programme frequently featured African music. The 1984-1985 season was no exception. Here’s a selection of some of the people John Hammond (1933-2012) and Veronica Wilson interviewed. John […]
To mark the 65th anniversary of the Happy Station, host Pete Myers takes the programme on safari to Aruba, just off the coast of Venezuela, which together with Bonaire and […]
As guest host of Talking to, Pete Myers meets one of Holland’s leading Dutch actors, Jeroen Krabbé. At the time of the interview, Krabbé was appearing as Otto Frank in […]