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BBC pulls Miriam Margoyles Dickens comment from radio: ‘It should have been challenged at the time’

The actor made the remark during a live recording of Radio 4’s Front Row

The Independent UK

The week in audio: Policing Protest; Dream Space; Sing It Pink; Prom 21; Hip-Hop Is History – review

A documentary on law and dissent is overtaken by events; Gemma Cairney invites DJ Paulette to fill a limitless imaginary space; and let’s hear it for the Pink Singers

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: The Lost Archive of James Baldwin; Extreme: Muscle Men; Paris Olympics – review

The American writer’s personal effects, languishing in a French lock-up, are only part of a touching story. Plus, an entertaining tale of 80s bodybuilding, and gymnastics on the radio

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Martha Kearney steps down from presenting Radio 4’s Today programme

Tributes paid to BBC presenter who says she will enjoy lie-ins after six years of 3am starts

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Hysterical; The Third Information Crisis by Naomi Alderman; Jon Holmes Says the C-Word

A tale of mystery illness – and Jell-O – grips; Naomi Alderman illuminates our digital age; and comedian Jon Holmes creates the ‘men talk cancer’ show he needed, featuring Eric Idle, Stephen Fry and more

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Behind the Crime: Liam; The Skies Are Watching; Time of the Week – review

On Radio 4, the moving story behind one teenager’s prison sentence; a satisfying mystery show; and a pitch-perfect satire inspired by Woman’s Hour

The Guardian - UK

Jilly Cooper and Harry Redknapp join calls to bring back racing tips scrapped on Radio 4’s Today programme

Eighteen high-profile horse racing fans urge corporation to review decision to scrap tips from flagship morning Radio 4 show

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Michael Mosley revealed obsession with the good life and struggle to follow own advice in final BBC interview

BBC Radio 4 has aired Dr Michael Mosley’s final interview, recorded in Hay Festival last month

The Independent UK

The week in audio: Thief at the Museum; Memories from the Dance Floor; The John Dredge Nothing to Do With Anything Show; More or Less – review

A case of cultural sleuthing makes for a classy whodunnit; LGBTQ+ nightlife in 70s and 80s Wales hits the sweet spot; a comic whose every line is a winner; and politics unpicked

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: You’ll Never Beat Kyle Walker; The Artificial Human; The Case of the Tiny Suit/Case; The Beauty of Everyday Things – review

The Man City captain turns to podcasting; Radio 4 gets deep on AI; into the woods with the team behind Who Shat on the Floor at My Wedding; and poet Ian McMillan hymns the mundane

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: The Archers; Today; Death of an Artist; Gareth Gwynn Hasn’t Fin – review

There’s been high drama in Ambridge and a great start for Today’s new presenter. Plus, a delightful Lee Krasner documentary and an amusing study of unfinished art

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Emma Barnett on the Today programme review – so chilled John Humphrys will choke on his cornflakes

Cool, calm and confidently ribbing guests, Barnett will clearly bring a youthful energy to the BBC Radio 4 morning show – even if she did sound like she was on a royal visit to the studio rather than actually working there

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: To Catch a Scorpion; Romesh Ranganathan; Uncanny Series 4 – review

Sue Mitchell pursues a notorious people-smuggler; Romesh Ranganathan settles into Claudia Winkleman’s seat; and Danny Robins takes his search for the paranormal to the US

The Guardian - UK

Digested week: Trump’s McDonald’s bill is big, but its prices have ballooned

‘Coastal elites’ feel the pinch of fast-food price hikes too. Plus: Liz Truss bars Guardian journalists from book launch. Lol

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The week in audio: Fragments – The London Nail Bombings; Chasing Mountains; Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!; How Was It for You? – review

Powerful first-person accounts of a London terror attack; a race to climb the world’s highest peaks; and two comedies, one magnificently silly, the other soothingly everyday

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Parliamentary punch-ups, painting mishaps and red carpet insults – take the Thursday quiz

Questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

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No heart attack: BBC weather presenter who gasped for breath reassures listeners

Simon King says he had just two minutes to run between studios, including up flight of stairs

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Radio 3’s new schedule; Helen Lewis Has Left the Chat; Strike; Wiser Than Me – review

Jools Holland’s new classical show typifies Radio 3’s dull relaunch; pleasures elsewhere included Jonny Owen’s mum on Welsh miners in the 80s and the wonderful Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Mike Chaney obituary

Other lives: Journalist and broadcaster who edited the Radio 4 Today programme and set up BBC Radio Norfolk

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Lorna Rose Treen: ‘Someone shouted along to one of my jokes, like I was a band’

The character comic on gigging with chickens, harnessing the power of embarrassment and her spoof Radio 4 current affairs show

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Emma Barnett to join BBC Radio 4’s Today programme

Woman’s Hour presenter will replace Martha Kearney as member of morning show’s team from May

The Guardian - UK

Kathryn Davies obituary

Other lives: BBC World Service current affairs presenter and a newspaper foreign correspondent in south-east Asia and the Middle East

The Guardian - UK

Emma Barnett tipped for Today presenter job after Martha Kearney steps down

Woman’s Hour host is frontrunner for BBC’s morning current affairs show after Kearney announces departure

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: One Person Found This Helpful; Straight to the Comments!; The Rise and Rise of the Microchip; Capital Breakfast – review

Frank Skinner’s new Radio 4 panel show is a winner; the Daily Mail goes below the line; Misha Glenny gives us microchips with everything; and Capital gains Radio 1 star Jordan North

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Exposed: The Ashley Madison Hack; Making Sense of Social Housing; Ian Hislop’s Oldest Jokes – review

Not enough users of the hacked infidelity website share their stories; more on the UK’s housing crisis; and a philology of funnies

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