People of Note

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY PIETER TOERIEN PRODUCTIONS. People of Note is broadcast on Sunday evening at 6 pm on Fine Music Radio with a repeat on Thusday afternoon at 1 pm, presented by Rodney Trudgeon.

Says Rodney: “There are a number of fascinating people who pass through Cape Town and I’ve always felt there to be a need for a programme that allows an in-depth discussion with these personalities. Whether their fields are music, literature, theatre, dance, opera or even politics and economics, we’ll invite them into the studio to talk about their lives, inspirations and role models, among other things.
“Rather like the famous BBC programme, Desert Island Discs, I’ll ask my guests to bring with them their six or seven favourite pieces of music to share with us.”

Among the long list of guests on the programme so far have been people such as Rhoda Kadalie, Lord Robin Renwick, Petronel Malan, Pieter Dirk Uys, Ruby Wax, Jonathan Roxmouth, Imam Rashied Omar and many more.
Weekly English South Africa TV & Film
465 Episodes
232 – 252

People of Note -Shiloh Noon

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is radio presenter, poet and music aficionado SHILOH NOONE, known to many FMR listeners for his long running series called Song Catcher. Shiloh has also written a history of rock called Seekers Guide to the Rhythm of Yesteryear, which won a…
14 Mar 2021 55 min

People of Note -Peter Kramer

There’s a touch of LP buying nostalgia on People of Note this week. Rodney Trudgeon invited Peter Kramer into the studio to talk about his long life in the record business, dating back to his father’s famous shop “Hans Kramer’s The Home Of Music”, and including his singing career with…
7 Mar 2021 57 min

People of Note -Patric van Blerk

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is songwriter and record producer Patric van Blerk who is also a presenter on FMR. Patric has had a long and distinguished career In the music industry in South Africa and abroad and two of his most well-known songs celebrate anniversaries…
28 Feb 2021 57 min

People of Note -Richard Cock

This week’s edition of People of Note, which was first broadcast last year, features an interview with one of South Africa’s most loved musicians. RICHARD COCK is not only a popular conductor, but he is known as a superb choral trainer and conductor, organist and entrepreneur. His annual Last Night…
21 Feb 2021 56 min

People of Note -Brendan Argent and Sarah Boyd

A new and fascinating CD has just been released called “Echoes of Sophiatown”. It is a re-creation of a number of the songs which became famous in the jazz clubs of Sophiatown before the apartheid machine declared it a white area. The CD is dedicated to preserving, celebrating and reviving…
14 Feb 2021 59 min

People of Note - Mandla Langa

Mandla Langa (born 1950 in Stanger, Durban) is a South African poet, short story writer, and novelist. He grew up in KwaMashu township.[1] His novel The Lost Colours of the Chameleon won the 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (Africa region).[2][3] Langa studied at the University of Fort Hare, graduating in 1972…
7 Feb 2021 51 min

People of Note - Owen Rogers

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is Western Cape High Court Judge Owen Rogers who is as adept with the violin and piano as he is with the law, according to his many supporters. He is also a member of the choir Vox Cape Town. Judge Rogers…
31 Jan 2021 59 min

People of Note - Dizu Plaatjies

This week on People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon’s guest is the well known and much respected musician Dizu Plaatjies whose latest album, “Ubuntu The Common String” has just been nominated for a SAMA award. Famously, Dizu was the founder of the celebrated marimba group Amampondo and he has travelled the…
24 Jan 2021 53 min

People of Note - Mike Allsopp

Honeybees travel the equivalent of twice around the world to produce that half kilogram jar of honey we pluck off the supermarket shelf. One in every three mouthfuls of food we eat is pollinated by honeybees. But humanity's greatest friend among the insects seems to be in trouble. Dwindling forage,…
17 Jan 2021 53 min

People of Note - John Hammer

or the first edition of People of Note for 2020, Rodney Trudgeon has decided to repeat an edition of the programme done some years ago which created great interest at the time and in fact many listeners have asked us to repeat it. The interview was with JOHN HAMER who…
3 Jan 2021 59 min

People of Note - Robert Sutherland

The 16th of September marked the death in 1977 of one of the world’s most famous and iconic singers, Maria Callas. Fine Music Radio has been paying tribute to her in a series that was presented by Anton Smit over the past 2 weeks and in People of Note this…
27 Dec 2020 53 min

People of Note - Jeremy Day

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is Jeremy Day who is a painter well known for his paintings of ships for the Ship Society’s annual calendar. The 2021 calendar has just been published with yet another beautiful, detailed and atmospheric painting by Jeremy of the…
6 Dec 2020 57 min

People of Note - Emmanuel Pahud

This week we have a repeat broadcast which I hope you’re going to enjoy, especially in this Beethoven year. It is the interview I recorded in the Philharmonie in Berlin when I was there for the cycle of 9 Beethoven symphonies with the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle…
29 Nov 2020 58 min

People of Note - Dr Dean Allen

My guest on people of note this week, is the author and academic Dr Dean Allen, whose new , Empire War and Cricket in South Africa, traces the story of Matjiesfontein and of James Douglas Logan, Dr Dean has produced a remarkable book with fascinating archival photographs of the early…
22 Nov 2020 54 min

People of Note - Percy Tucker

I wonder if you’ve heard our new programme on a Sunday evening at 7.30 called Just The Ticket? It an adaptation for radio of a fascinating book of the same name by Percy Tucker. The book chronicles the life in theatre and show biz of the man who invented Computicket…
8 Nov 2020 59 min

People of Note - Dion Irish

On this week’s edition of People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon’s guest will be Advocate Deon Irish, who, apart from his work as Senior Council, is the Titular Organist and Choirmaster at St Micheal’s Church in Observatory, a post he has held since 1972. Deon has contributed substantially to the community…
1 Nov 2020 53 min

People of Note - Kevin Smuts

I wonder if you have seen that extraordinary documentary called My Octopus Teacher? It is making waves around the world and has already won a number of prestigious awards. It tells an amazing story of a form of friendship that develops between a diver and film maker Craig Foster and…
18 Oct 2020 57 min

People of Note - Barry Salzman

A photographic exhibition called “The Other Side Of Christmas” opened at the Deepest Darkest Art Gallery in Cape Town on 7 November 2019. The works document every day scenes across the American south during the 2014 mid-term elections in the USA which were the precursor to the divisive 2016 Presidential…
27 Sep 2020 57 min

People of Note - Africa Melane

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is Africa Melane, a broadcaster who hosts the Early Breakfast Show on Cape Talk and 702 and who has interviewed leading personalities, politicians and business leaders both in South Africa and abroad. Africa is currently the Interim Managing Director and Board…
20 Sep 2020 58 min

People of Note - Wendy Ackerman

On People of Note this week is a repeat broadcast of the interview with the Executive Director of Pick n Pay Stores, WENDY ACKERMAN. Among Wendy’s many achievements and awards is the Inyathelo Award for Family Philanthropy as well as being recognized as one of Africa’s most influential women. Wendy…
13 Sep 2020 57 min
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