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The week in audio: Lives Less Ordinary; Don’t Log Off; Lady Killers With Lucy Worsley

Ordinary people tell extraordinary stories, while Lucy Worsley examines a Victorian poisoning mystery

The Guardian - UK

Radio 4 Today presenter Justin Webb tries Bristol e-scooters and 'doesn't feel completely safe'

The rules on e-scooters could be about to change

Bristol Post

Back to the 1990s: From Bridget Jones to OK Computer, '90s season' is coming to Radio 4

It’s the decade that gave us Britpop and Cool Britannia, but what can the 1990s tell us about who we are now?

Wales Online

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I’m Sorry, I [Still] Haven’t a Clue … how radio’s smuttiest show has beaten the censors for 50 years

Innuendo, tone-deaf singing and dreadful wages: as the cherished BBC panel game celebrates its half century, we look back at its finest moments – and its future

The Guardian - UK

David Tennant to play Macbeth in new radio drama

He will be joined by Daniela Nardini as Lady Macbeth, Stuart McQuarrie as Banquo, and Alec Newman as Macduff.

The Independent UK

The week in audio: Today; The P Word; Chameleon: Wild Boys – review

Brave reporting on the Today programme from Lyse Doucet; Rajan Datar’s investigation into contemporary racism; and a fascinating real-life mystery

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh comic says Fringe is now 'too expensive for working class performers'

There are concerns the Festival Fringe has become too expensive for working class performers which will have a knock on effect on representation in the arts industry.

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The week in audio: Who Is Aldrich Kemp?; I Must Have Loved You; Some Kind of Black

Sting can’t lift his own limp drama, but a ludicrous crime caper is a hoot and there’s fun to be had for breakfast

The Guardian - UK

Our Friends in the North still depressingly relevant, says writer

Themes of corruption and attitudes to poverty still resonate today, says Peter Flannery ahead of new Radio 4 adaptation

The Guardian - UK

Sting to star in play he created with North East author Michael Chaplin

Sting - and his music - will take a lead role in BBC Radio 4 drama I Must Have Loved You about a singer seeking worldwide success

Chronicle Live

Ahead of her time? Programme re-evaluates Mary Whitehouse’s legacy

Radio 4 programme presented by Samira Ahmed argues case for nuance in judging campaigner mocked as ‘puritanical harridan’

The Guardian - UK

What’s next for BBC news? Promise of freedom lures away more ‘big beasts’

The departures of Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel for Global, which operates LBC, are part of a wider talent drain as other broadcasters offer more independence

The Guardian - UK

Our Friends in the North adds 25 years with a new chapter for radio

Radio 4’s new adaptation of Peter Flannery’s landmark saga follows the characters through to 2020 in a new 10th episode

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Siege; Archive on 4: Wonderlands; Backlisted; Headwaters; Absolute Radio Natalie

A new Radio 4 thriller electrified; Frank Cottrell-Boyce made a compelling case for children’s books; and a charming listener got to run her own station for the day

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Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: is this a Radio 4 show – or an M Night Shyamalan movie?

The village’s bright young things are struggling against the ‘powerful hold’ of Ambridge, while Hazel Woolley escapes the invisible forcefield of this ‘self-satisfied, two-bit place’

The Guardian - UK

Barry Cryer obituary

Quick-witted, inventive comedian and writer who was a longstanding panellist on BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue

Leeds Live

Barry Cryer dead: Celebrities pay tribute as Leeds comedy legend dies aged 86

Celebrity tributes pour in for BBC Radio 4 stalwart who began his career in Leeds and wrote for Tommy Cooper, Sir Bruce Forsyth, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise

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