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"It’s not like anything else. I liked it for that. We'd always take a different path": The story behind The Kinks' brilliantly subversive classic Lola

A tale of sexual ambiguity in 60s Soho, Lola provided The Kinks with a worldwide hit at the exact moment they needed it most

Louder

Stephen Mangan to star in new desert island comedy alongside ‘castaway’ celebrities

The star of TV drama The Split joins Sandi Toksvig, Richard Madeley and more in Radio 4 sitcom based on the fictional tropical isle

The Guardian - UK

Sorry, Dame Judi, BBC Radio’s job is to find listeners, not train playwrights

Drama on 3 may have lost its place but there’s no need for theatrics, it’s just the reality of change in an era of new formats

The Guardian - UK

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Nick Cave: I’ll retire when I can’t do knee drops anymore

Cave was speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs.

Evening Standard

Writers and actors urge BBC to scrap ‘catastrophic’ plan to axe Radio 3 drama

BBC’s decision to scrap drama Radio 3 called ‘short sighted’ by writers

The Independent UK

‘We have Radio 4 voices, but we swear’: pioneering podcasters Answer Me This! on the show’s return

Hosts Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann tell us why their comeback coincides with Trump’s second act – and how they now feel like the punks of the speech-audio world

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Virtually Parkinson; The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby; The Pitcairn Trials; Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban – review

A stilted AI Parky proves that interviews are a two-way process. Plus, the strange story of a woman who kept faking pregnancy and a gripping true crime tale

The Guardian - UK

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The week in audio: Human Intelligence; Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring; UnReality; The Hole Truth – review

Naomi Alderman’s 50-part history of great thinkers gets off to a flying start. Plus, an exposé of Russian interference in UK politics; and in the week the BBC axed Short Cuts, where now for young audio talent?

The Guardian - UK

New BBC show to explore 'vibrant' Scots language and poetry

A NEW BBC show, hosted by a prominent advocate of the Scots language, will explore poetry and the "vibrant" leid ...

The National (Scotland)

The week in audio: Today’s guest editors; A Point of View; Monstrosities Mon Amour; Shipping Forecast Day – review

Radio 4’s Today guest editors ranged from the glum to the glorious, while the station truly excelled in a day-long celebration of the Shipping Forecast at 100

The Guardian - UK

Comedian Alex Edelman: ‘People think my show is about antisemitism. It’s about assimilation’

The US standup on why his show on white nationalists resonated so widely, being taught writing by Zadie Smith and working on a new spinoff of The Office

The Guardian - UK

Tidy! Ruth Jones to read Shipping Forecast as Nessa to mark centenary

Gavin and Stacey actor among celebrities including Ellen MacArthur and Damon Albarn who will join celebrations

The Guardian - UK

Ruth Jones reprises iconic Nessa role for Shipping Forecast days after Gavin & Stacey finale

Stephen Fry, Adrian Dunbar and Dame Ellen MacArthur are also marking the broadcast’s centenary.

Evening Standard

‘We listen to it to remind us of home’: 100 years of the Shipping Forecast

An enigmatic nautical bulletin that has transmitted across dark waters for a whole century, it has beguiled everyone from Carol Ann Duffy to Blur – and offered a very British comfort to people across the globe

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‘Serious and silly’: Radio 4 team behind Now Show replacement plan to break news as well as joking about it

The broadcaster’s recently launched Naked Week will mix satirical humour and topical investigative journalism

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: County Lines; Shane MacGowan – The Old Main Drag; The Rest Is Classified; Short Cuts – review

How children become drug dealers is explored up-close. Plus, fond memories of the Pogues’ poet, a new espionage dadcast, and in praise of the BBC’s axed mini-documentary strand

The National (Scotland)

Radio 4 Today presenter Mishal Husain to quit BBC

Mishal Husain, one of the presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, will be leaving the corporation in the new year.

The Independent UK

Lauren Laverne thanks One Show viewers for support after ‘all clear’ cancer update

Presenter has reflected on ‘difficult time’ during cancer treatment

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The Guardian - UK

Mishal Husain believed to be stepping down from Radio 4 Today programme

BBC presenter expected to take extended break in new year then move on to different role

The Guardian - UK

‘Cate Blanchett looks stylish in a bee-suit’: Martha Kearney on her wild new interview series

The former Today presenter has swapped news coverage for grilling the famous on their love of nature while out walking

The Independent UK

5 new podcasts to listen to this week

These are our top podcast picks.

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Shattered By Hanif Kureishi; The Hidden 20%; Begin Again; The Joe Rogan Experience – review

The now paralysed writer’s memoir is a compelling listen; an award-winning show features neurodivergent guests; Davina McCall connects with fellow midlife women; and the world’s biggest podcaster meets Musk and Trump

Evening Standard

Queen says Archers star June Spencer was ‘much-loved part of people’s lives’

Camilla invited Spencer and her co-stars to Clarence House for a reception marking the show’s 70th anniversary in 2021.

The Independent UK

June Spencer: The Archers star dies, aged 105

Spencer, who was the sole surviving original cast member, voiced Peggy Woolley for 62 years

Evening Standard

The Archers star June Spencer dies aged 105

She featured in the first episode of the long-running soap in 1951.

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