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Ancestry with Prof. Alice Roberts

Professor Alice Roberts shares her findings from her recent book Ancestors. Plus a handpicked eclectic mix of jazz, blues, soul and folk from around the globe to brighten your day.

Professor Alice Roberts shares her findings from her recent book Ancestors. In the book, Alice explores what prehistoric burial sites can teach us about the very early Britons; their diet, social hierarchies, warfare, gender roles as well as attitudes towards death and the afterlife.

Cerys brings you her latest musical discoveries from around the world to brighten your Sunday morning, blended with some much loved classics and rarities.

Alice Roberts is the Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham, she is also an anatomist, author and broadcaster. She's presented 大象传媒 Horizon documentaries, Britain's Most Historic Towns and appeared on The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures.

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Last on

Sun 8 Aug 2021 10:00
大象传媒 Radio 6 Music

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Music Played

  • Bobby Valent铆n

    Geronimo

    • It鈥檚 A Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records (Singles).
    • Craft Latino.

  • TOKiMONSTA

    Naked (feat. Channel Tres)

    • YOUNG ART RECORDS.

  • Joel Culpepper

    Tears Of A Crown

    • Pepper Records.

  • Augustus Pablo

    555 Crown Street

    • El Rocker's.

  • Sharon Jones and the Dap鈥怟ings

    I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Is In

    • I Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Is In.
    • Daptone Records.
    • 1.

  • Mildlife

    Magnificent Moon

  • Greentea Peng

    Hu Man

    • EMI.

  • Odetta

    Hit Or Miss

    • Hit Or Miss.
    • Universal (MT).
    • 1.

  • Fatback

    Keep On Steppin'

    • Shove It! The Essential '70s Soul CD.
    • 7.

  • Marvin Gaye

    A Funky Space Reincarnation

    • Here My Dear (Expanded Edition) CD1.
    • Universal-Island Records Limited.
    • 11.

  • Black Pumas

    Know You Better

    • Black Pumas.
    • ATO Records.
    • 3.

  • Pepe Habichuela

    Canta la Guitarra

    • Habichuela en Rama.
    • 5.

  • Marianne Faithfull

    Green Are Your Eyes

    • North Country Maid Faithfull Sings Folk Songs.
    • London Records.

  • Johnny Cash And The Evangel Temple Choir

    A Thing Called Love

    • 1972 CD1.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 18.

  • Gotts Street Park

    Everything (feat. Rosie Lowe)

  • Hiatus Kaiyote

    Red Room

  • Bobby Valent铆n

    Use It Before You Lose It

    • Fania Records 1964-1980: The Original Sound Of Latin New York CD1.
    • Sunday Best Recordings.
    • 5.

  • Dave & Ansel Collins

    Monkey Spanner

    • Quality television.

  • Toots & The Maytals

    Bam Bam

  • Heshoo Beshoo Group

    Emakhaya

    • Armitage Road.
    • 3.

  • Emicida & Ibeyi

    Hacia El Amor

  • Louis Wasson et L'Orchestre Kandem Iren茅e

    Song Of Love

    • Analog Africa.

  • Orlando Julius

    I'm Back to My Roots

    • Longevity and Reclamation.
    • Nu World.

  • Hugh Masekela

    Grazing In The Grass

    • Billboard Top Rock 'N' Roll Hits - 1968.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 5.

  • Akaba Man & The Nigie Rokets

    Ta Gha Hunsimwen

    • Edo Funk Explosion Vol. 1.
    • Analog Africa.

  • Mary Jane Hooper

    I've Got Reasons

    • Tuff City/Funky Delicacies.

  • Florence Adooni

    Mam Pe'ela Su'ure

  • Leo's Sunshipp

    Give Me The Sunshine

    • Summer Breeze.
    • 7.

  • The Latinaires

    Camel Walk

    • It鈥檚 a Good, Good Feeling: The Latin Soul of Fania Records (The Singles).
    • Craft Latino.
    • 24.

  • Johnny Flynn

    Detectorists

    • Detectorists (Original Soundtrack From The Tv Series).
    • Transgressive Records.
    • 1.

  • Ash

    Moondust

    • Kablammo! CD1.
    • 6.

  • Benny Sings

    Sunny Afternoon

    • Sunny Afternoon.
    • Stones Throw Records.
    • 1.

  • The Latinaires

    Ya Llegaron

    • Camel Walk.

  • Malphino

    Ototoa

    • Visit Malphino.

  • Cymande

    Brothers On The Slide

  • Avi Belleli

    L'ean

    • Shtisel (Original Soundtrack).

  • Lizabett Russo

    The Water Is Wide

    • While I Sit and Watch This Tree, Vol. 1.
    • 7.

  • Tr铆o Matamoros & Cuarteto Maisi

    Comentarios del Solar

    • L谩grimas Negras (Remastered).

  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron & Brian Jackson

    Hello Sunday! Hello Road!

    • Bridges.

  • Osayomore Joseph And The Creative Seven

    Africa Is My Root

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Aug 2021 10:00
    大象传媒 Radio 6 Music