Bookings are now open for the Charles Parker Day on 3 April 2020 – click here to reserve your place! 40 years ago Charles Parker, one of Radio’s greatest innovators and pioneers, died in Birmingham after rehearsing a new play …
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Bookings now open for Charles Parker Day 2020
Call for Proposals – Oral History and the Media Conference July 2020
Here’s a conference for people interested in oral history in relation to media. We’re posting it now because the deadline for proposals is 20 December. The call for papers is available from the OHS website Oral History Society Annual …
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Historic radio editing desk donated to Birmingham City University
The Charles Parker Trust has donated a historic editing desk belonging to BBC producer Charles Parker to Birmingham City University. It joins other broadcasting artefacts curated by Sam Coley, Senior Lecturer in Radio. The photo shows the desk being handed …
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Details of the 2020 Charles Parker Prize announced
Details of the Charles Parker Prize 2020 for the Best Student Radio Feature have just been announced. The competition will be open for entries from 1000 on Monday 18 November 2019 with a final deadline of 2359 on Monday 24 February …
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Charles Parker Prizewinners to feature on Radio 4 from 29 July to 2 August
New Storytellers on BBC Radio 4 – the short documentary pieces from the five Charles Parker Prizewinners will be broadcast at 1:45pm each day Monday 29 July to Friday 2 August. Each episode in the series will be available online …
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Congratulations to Phil Maguire of Prison Radio
The Charles Parker Trust sends its heartiest congratulations to its Trustee Phil Maguire, who has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for ‘Services to Radio Production and Prison Radio’. Phil is the founding Chief Executive …
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Great Lives to feature Alan Lomax
Today on BBC Radio 4 at 11pm as part of the Great Lives series, also available online, English folk singer Shirley Collins nominates the life of the legendary American song-hunter Alan Lomax. She’s joined by singer-songwriter Billy Bragg.
Tony Macaluso to speak at Charles Parker AGM
We are delighted to announce that Tony Macaluso will be the main speaker at the AGM of Friends of the Charles Parker Archive Trust on Thursday 16 May. Tony Macaluso served as director of the Studs Terkel Radio Archive from …
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Charles Parker Prizewinners announced
The five winners of the Charles Parker Prize 2019 for the Best Student Radio Feature were announced yesterday at Bournemouth – more details here Student Title of piece University Bruce Guthrie The Flapper West of England Rosa Eaton Beyond the …
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Charles Parker Day 2019 is sold out!
Tickets for the Charles Parker Day 2019 have all now been sold – apologies if you wanted to come along. We will be carrying a report of the Day on the website in due course.