Vandal Factory #19: Palestine Solidarity Special
Today, 6:15pm
In this special 2-parter (Part 1), we champion Palestinian artists and voices in the struggle for rights and freedom against a brutal military siege and occupation.
Programmes
Have a look through our past programmes to listen or watch again. You can even filter the results to find the kind of programmes you're particularly interested in.
Left of Leeds #84
Today, 7:30pm
This months programme features an interview with Leeds based composer, performer, academic, film maker and artist Alannah Halay.
Love The Words #236
Today, 4:00pm
Peter Spafford takes a well earned rest after a mammoth Writing On Air Festival so listen to a repeat of one of the best shows from W.O.A 2023
Teen Music #89
Today, 5:00pm
Toby and the gang bring you more fun and games.
POETRY AND POISONS, Part 4
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 10:45am
Are poetry and poisons related? Four programmes on past herbal remedies with a poet GP and a Professor of Prescribing Practice.
MISSING MUSIC
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 11:00am
Silent films selected by The Chapel FM Live Events Group. Audience are invited to provide the music with on-site instruments. Or bring your own!
GOREJA
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 1:00pm
I am a woman. I am an immigrant. I am a cricketer. My life is too complicated to be confined in the neat lines of a pretty poem’. Home, passion, freedom. By Zainab Goreja.
MISSING LINKS
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 1:30pm
A conversation with Chapel FM regular Phil Harvey about a life long-lived as farmer’s boy, oilman, china man, and woodsman.
RAAVI, RIVER OF TWO PUNJABS
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 2:00pm
A Punjabi song about missing the river Raavi and the old province of five rivers. Audio poem by Jaspreet Mander.
THE GREAT WALL OF LEEDS
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 2:30pm
Could it ever happen? Chapel FM young writers from 2017 on the theme of walls, physical, psychological, and emotional.
BLACK DAISIES FOR THE BRIDE
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 3:00pm
A film by legendary Leeds poet Tony Harrison about dementia and memory, introduced by East Leeds MP Richard Burgon.
THE SILENCE OF ALONENESS
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 4:30pm
Clare Wigzell and Hannah Stone present the fruits of their workshop inviting writers to adopt silence as a prompt for writing poetry.
IN CONCERT: THROUGH OUR EYES
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 6:00pm
A resident Chapel FM ensemble that ensures musicians with disabilities have a place to make adventurous music. Featuring the premiere of several new compositions.
THE DELI, LIVE!
Sun 3rd Dec '23, 7:30pm
The Deli team round off Writing On Air 2023 with their first-ever show in the radio theatre. Expect original poetry, music, and zany humour.
POETRY AND POISONS, Part 3
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 10:00am
Are poetry and poisons related? Four programmes on past herbal remedies with a poet GP and a Professor of Prescribing Practice.
Write Across the Lines: Poets From Brno, Czech Republic
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 8:00am
Poets from Brno, Czech Republic (one of Leeds' Twinned Cities) inlcuding a conversation with Ondřej Hrabal and work by Jan Těsnohlídek and Apolena Vybíralová.
WRITE ACROSS THE LINES
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 10:30am
A gathering of poets/guests from Leeds’ sister cities Brno and Lille, with writers/ guests from Kharkiv (Ukraine), in solidarity with that city’s pursuit of peace and freedom.
INTERVIEWS THROUGH HISTORY, NOW!
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 11:30am
DJ Brandy has somehow wangled interviews with Socrates, Nefertiti, DaVinci, and Houdini. Let’s hear what each have to teach us.
Write Across the Lines #2: Poets From Lille, France
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 9:30am
Poetry and conversation with three poets from Lille, France: Martine Delannoy, Ndrix and Valérie Ketels (aka Féal) with translation from Nick Wanklyn.
FORGET ME NOT
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 12:00pm
A runaway, infant mortality, a fissure in a new relationship. It’s the absence that causes the ache. Three mini audio dramas from John I. Clarke.
Write Across the Lines #1: Poets From Kharkiv, Ukraine
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 10:30am
Poetry and conversation with four poets from Kharkiv, Ukraine: Ivan Senin, Kateryna Khailo, Nataliia Marynchak and Svitalan Horbunova-Ruban.
BICYCLE THIEF
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 12:30pm
Young boy goes for a ride on his bicycle, meets a girl, loses his bicycle. Dramatised short story by Neil Rathmell.
Write Across the Lines #4: Jonathan Pryor Leeds Councillor Deputy Leader
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 7:30am
As part of Chapel FM Arts Centre's collaboration with Leeds Department of International Relations' twinned cities poetry + radio project, we speak with Councillor Jonathan Pryor.
THE SLEEPING
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 1:00pm
Experimental soundscapes from extraordinary East Leeds composer, singer, producer Alex Rushfirth.
Write Across the Lines #3: Poets From Brno, Czech Republic
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 8:30am
Poets from Brno, Czech Republic (one of Leeds' Twinned Cities) inlcuding a conversation with Ondřej Hrabal and work by Jan Těsnohlídek and Apolena Vybíralová.
ONE OF OUR ACTORS IS MISSING
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 1:30pm
Stumbling mess of a radio play that desperately tries to make itself happen despite the principal actor being absent. From poet/musician Jimmy Andrex.
OULIPO: A guide to potential literature and what it brings that is missing
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 8:30am
The second American member of legendary literary group the OULIPO, Daniel Levin Becker, introduces this fascinating cohort of writers that includes Italo Calvino & Georges Perec.
THE LOST AND THE LIVING
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 2:30pm
Waymaker-General Harriet and her apprentice Vicky battle bad weather to bring a mysterious vessel in from the storm. Atmospheric audio drama by S.J.Bradley
GREY OWLS AND PICKLEBALL
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 3:30pm
Two of Chapel FM’s resident music ensembles, one featuring inventive teenagers, the other made up of adults, present their original compositions.
MISSED STITCHES
Sat 2nd Dec '23, 4:00pm
LS14’s famous Hookers knitting group reflect on socks, cardies, and the meaning of life in Boggart Hill, Leeds, LS14.