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Andrew Sachs; Martin Carthy; Awards speeches

Arts news, interviews and reviews. John Wilson talks to Andrew Sachs about his new autobiography, and to Martin Carthy on a lifetime of folk music.

With John Wilson

Andrew Sachs' new autobiography describes his journey from arriving in Britain as a young Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany to playing Manuel in Fawlty Towers. He discusses the physical hazards of being Manuel and his reaction to the infamous prank phone-calls from Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand.

Tonight musician Martin Carthy is receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Radio 2 Folk Awards. Carthy discusses his love of playing live, starting out in the early 60s, getting over his annoyance about Paul Simon's success with Scarborough Fair, and making his first album with daughter Eliza.

John visits The Courtauld Gallery in London to discover the story behind one of the most beautiful and enigmatic objects in their collection; a seven hundred year old bag made in Northern Iraq.

And with the film awards season in full swing, Stephen Armstrong looks at the art of the awards speech, from the inspiring, to the cringe-worthy and the downright bizarre.

Producer: Gabriella Meade.

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Wed 19 Feb 2014 19:15
麻豆社 Radio 4

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Chapters

  • Andrew Sachs

    Duration: 09:25

  • 13th century Iraq hand bag

    Duration: 04:58

  • Martin Carthy

    Duration: 09:02

  • Awards speeches

    Duration: 04:02

Andrew Sachs

by Andrew Sachs, with a foreward by John Cleese, is out now in hardback published by聽The Robson Press.

Martin Carthy

receives the Lifetime Achievement Award聽at the 麻豆社 Radio 2聽Folk Awards tonight and Martin & Eliza Carthy鈥檚 album The Moral of the Elephant is out on 2聽June 2014.


They are also this spring starting on 2聽May at Haverhill Arts Centre in Suffolk then going to venues including Birmingham, Somerset, London and concluding in Sidmouth on 5聽August 2014.

13th century Iraq handbag

You can see the 13th century hand bag - made for a lady in the courtly circles of the Mongol Ilkhanid dynasty, established in west Asia by Genghis Khan鈥檚 grandson, Hulagu - at the Courtauld Gallery's exhibition from tomorrow Thursday聽20 February until 18 May 2014.

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Presenter John Wilson
Interviewed Guest Andrew Sachs
Interviewed Guest Martin Carthy
Interviewed Guest Stephen Armstrong
Producer Gabriella Meade

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  • Wed 19 Feb 2014 19:15
    麻豆社 Radio 4

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