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    <description>Read all about it! Arena, the BBC’s art strand, provides a unique cultural perspective on the rolling news agenda. Using its archive of over 500 films, which spans much of the last 50 years and beyond, the Arena blog chronicles the characters, places and stories behind today’s headlines.</description>
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      <title>ARENA NEWS WEEK: Tribute to John Peel, Carmen Dell'Orefice opens Gallery and 'Under Milk Wood'</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Arena Gazette 1-5 September 2014 - Tribute to John Peel, Carmen Dell'Orefice opens exhibition and sound recording for Dylan Thomas' 'Under Milk Wood']]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2014 07:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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    <p><strong>TRIBUTE TO JOHN PEEL </strong></p><p></p>
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            <em>Radio 6 Music tribute to the legendary DJ John Peel</em>
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    <p>To mark the 10th anniversary of the death of legendary DJ John Peel, BBC 6 Music hosted a series of special shows to celebrate his life and legacy. Contributors included Lauren Laverne, Annie Nightingale and Don Letts, heard here introducing one of Peel's favourite records from Misty-in-Roots.</p><p>Back in 1983, Arena filmed John Peel in his home and studio at the height of his career. His radio show provided a unique platform for thousands of groups who had been making music entirely outside the big business of the record industry. Peel and his producer John Walters recieved hundreds of tapes and LP's everyday from young hopefuls searching for a play on air. From his home studio in 'Peel Acres', John listens to Misty and talks about his love of Reggae. </p><p></p>
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            <em>John Peel filmed in his home and studio</em>
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    <p>Arena: Today Carshalton Beeches, Tomorrow Croydon (1983). Directed by Anthony Wall</p><p><strong>CARMEN DELL'OREFICE OPENS GALLERY AT THE V&amp;A</strong></p><p></p>
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    <img class="image" src="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p02630mj.jpg" srcset="https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/80xn/p02630mj.jpg 80w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/160xn/p02630mj.jpg 160w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320xn/p02630mj.jpg 320w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/480xn/p02630mj.jpg 480w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640xn/p02630mj.jpg 640w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/768xn/p02630mj.jpg 768w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/896xn/p02630mj.jpg 896w, https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/1008xn/p02630mj.jpg 1008w" sizes="(min-width: 63em) 613px, (min-width: 48.125em) 66.666666666667vw, 100vw" alt=""><p><em>Carmen Dell&#039;Orefice opens Gallery</em></p></div>
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    <p> </p><p>The world's oldest supermodel Carmen Dell'Orefice opened an exhibition of works by the late fashion photographer Horst P Horst at the V&amp;A Museum in London. Horst first discovered Carmen at the age of 15 and from then on, she soon became one of his muses. She spoke to BBC News about her collaborations with Horst, and how he influenced her life and work. See the full clip here</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29017638">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29017638</a></p><p>Horst was not the only photographer to find a muse in Carmen. She had a close relationship with fashion photographer Norman Parkinson, who first discovered her in New York in the 1950s. Arena interviewed Carmen in 2013 for the documentary 'aka Norman Parkinson' as she describes her first encounter with 'Parks' on a photo shoot at New York's Plaza Hotel. From that moment, she became one of Parkinson's most treasured friends as well as one of his greatest models. </p><p></p>
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            <em>Carmen Dell&#039;Orefice&#039;s first photoshoot with Norman Parkinson</em>
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    <p>Arena: aka Norman Parkinson (2013). Directed by Nicola Roberts, Series Editor - Anthony Wall </p><p><strong>DYLAN THOMAS' 'UNDER MILK WOOD'</strong></p><p></p>
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            <em>How the sounds were recorded for Dylan Thomas&#039;s &#039;Under Milk Wood&#039;</em>
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    <p>A new recording of 'Under Milk Wood' is to take place to mark the centenary of the poet Dylan Thomas. Radio 4 talks to the man who did the sound effects on the original recording with Richard Burton, as he explains the ad hoc nature of finding the right instrument to produce the right sound. </p><p>The art of the sound effect often comes from the most unlikely places, and nowhere more so than on the set of Spitting Image. The satirical puppet show took a crew of hundreds to ensure the puppets, scripts and sounds were all ready and in place for the weekly show. The chaos of the production meant it was all down to the last minute, and up in the Birmingham studio, sound specialist Peter Rubbery grabs a conveniently places polystyrene cup to record an unusual sound. </p><p></p>
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            <em>Spitting Image sound effects</em>
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    <p>Arena: Whatever Happened To Spitting Image? (2014). Directed by Anthony Wall</p><p>'Under Milk Wood' was originally a radio drama written by Dylan Thomas in 1954. A narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the inhabitants of a fictional small Welsh village called Llareggub. It is thought this is based on the town where Dlyan spent much of his life, Laugharne. Arena visited Laugharne to film the 2003 film 'Dylan Thomas: Grave to Cradle'. The opening scene features the voices of significant people from Thomas' life and he reads from 'Under Milk Wood' as we drive through the Welsh town where it all happened. </p><p></p>
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            <em>Dylan Thomas reads from &#039;Under Milk Wood&#039;</em>
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    <p>Arena: Dy;an Thomas - Grave to Cradle (2003). Directed by Nigel Williams, Series Editor - Anthony Wall </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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      <title>PRINCE CHARLES RECORDS DYLAN THOMAS POEM</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Prince Charles reads his favourite Dylan Thomas poem 'Fern Hill' for a special broadcast to mark National Poetry Day 2013.    ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Oct 2013 14:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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            <em>Prince Charles reads Dylan Thomas poem &#039;Fern Hill&#039; for National Poetry Day</em>
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    <p>Prince Charles has recorded one of his favourite Dylan Thomas poems 'Fern Hill' for a special broadcast to mark National Poetry Day. "I was very glad, if somewhat hesitant - to be able to record a reading of one of my personal favourites, <em>Fern Hill</em>, with its poignant and moving evocation of a rural west Wales Childhood" says the Prince of Wales, who is the Royal patron of the Dylan Thomas 100 Festival, marking the centenary of the poets birth in 2014.</p><p>In 2003, Arena traced Dylan Thomas back to his roots in <em>Dylan Thomas: Grave to Cradle, </em>a film unearthing the life and death of the legendary poet. In this clip Dylan Thomas reads his poem 'Fern Hill' as director Nigel Williams returns to the quiet suburban street in the Uplands district of Swansea - Thomas's first home - where his life and writing first began. </p><p></p>
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            <em>Arena profiles the life and death of legendary poet Dylan Thomas in 2003 documentary.</em>
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