Radiation of Light Fermions in Heavy Fermion Production

Recent analytic calculations on the rate for the production of a pair of massive fermions in $e^+ e^-$ annihilation plus real or virtual radiation of a pair of massless fermions are discussed. The contributions for real and virtual radiation are displayed separately. The asymptotic behaviour close to threshold is given in a compact form and an application to the angular distribution of massive quarks close to threshold is presented.