Sitcom. Solar panelist extraordinaire Philip Hardcastle, embarks on his most difficult task yet - converting the small, backward village of Fort Dunleavy in Scotland to solar power. The problem? Fort Dunleavy doesn't have any sun. Will Phillip persuade the population of Fort Dunleavy to use solar power? Starring Freddy Elletson as Phillip, Louis Lunts as Daniel, Greg Ebdon as Archibald McMurry, and Emma Gallagher as Elspeth, with James Bugg, Harriet Cox, Anjali Vyas-Brannick, Will Haydon, Mike Owen, Jenny Stirling and Dan Wood. The programme was written by James Bugg and produced by John Wakefield.
Exam time is approaching once more and it seems that students are choosing to work through the night, rather than get a good night's sleep. URY News Editor Rachael Venables speaks to Academic Officer Graeme Osborn, Student Support Services Director Steve Page, on-campus GP Dr John Lethem and a student who prefers working through the night and sleeping during the day, to examine the health impacts of exam stress on student sleeping patterns.
on the show this week John Wakefield speaks to the acclaimed comedian stand-up comedian and one line merchant, Stewart Francis and finds out how he got started in the business, what it was like supporting Ricky Gervais and more about his latest tour! We review Dramasoc's c current show, George Bernard Shawe's classic, 'Pygmalion' and Henry Ward's hilarious new play 'A Klingon Hamlet'. We are also joined in the studio by James Bugg, the writer of URY's brand new sitcom 'Going Solar' which starts next week! Produced and presented by John Wakefield with a feature by Laura Stratford.
This week on URY’s acclaimed arts programme, we look at York Stage Musical’s new production of Brassed Off, we are joined by Kate Bull to review Dramasoc’s student written production, ‘Fourth Movement’, we interview the cast of ‘Henry VI’. And on top of all that we have our preview of the highly anticipated Dramasoc production of ‘Pygmalion’.
Should the University of York be doing research funded by BAE Systems, one of the world's biggest weapons manufacturers? That's the issue up for the vote in this term's YUSU Referndum - listen to both sides of the argument in our special referendum debate. With Seb Odell of the university's Campaign Against the Arms Trade and Matt Kilcoyne of York Tories. Produced by Paddy Evans.