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‘It’s been quite a ride!’ Melvyn Bragg to step down from Radio 4’s In Our Time after 27 years

The broadcaster is leaving the hit BBC programme after presenting more than 1,000 episodes and having ‘enriched the lives of millions’

The Guardian - UK

Melvyn Bragg steps down from hosting BBC series In Our Time

Lord Bragg has presented the programme since it first launched in 1998, taking listeners through conversations with expert guests.

Evening Standard

BBC Radio 2 loses nearly half a million listeners since weekday relaunch

It is the lowest total for the radio station since autumn 2021

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Radio 2 loses nearly half a million listeners since weekday relaunch

The station has recorded its lowest weekly audience since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Evening Standard

Where Oasis, the Killers and Noddy Holder raised hell: Britpop’s debauched HQ, the Columbia hotel

Noel Gallagher named a song after it, Marc Almond practically moved in and the Killers had a bathtub reserved for puking in – but was it rock’n’roll, or just a bit tragic?

The Guardian - UK

BBC Scotland news, interviews and updates on the broadcaster

All the latest news, interviews and updates about BBC Scotland.

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Pete Townshend makes cryptic comment about The Who’s farewell show

Veteran rocker reflected on his past as he prepares to go on the road for The Who’s final tour in North America

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Radio 2 breakfast audience drops slightly following Zoe Ball’s exit

Zoe Ball bowed out as presenter on December 20 2024 after nearly six years in the role.

The Independent UK

Labour minister Lucy Powell ‘mortified’ over grooming gangs remarks

The Leader of the Commons appeared to describe the grooming gangs issue as a ‘dog whistle’ during a Radio 4 debate.

Evening Standard

Murder on Line One review: Another British broadcaster hops on the whodunnit bandwagon

For many, the words “the first in a new murder mystery series from Jeremy Vine” will feel more like a threat than a promise. Ever since Richard Osman’s monster hit The Thursday Murder Club five years ago, there has been a barrage of crime novels written by British broadcasters —…

Evening Standard

The week in audio: Invisible Hands with David Dimbleby; Artworks: Talk Talk – Living in Another World; White Hot Hate; Luigi – review

David Dimbleby on the fighter pilot who waged war on government policy; Guy Garvey celebrates a misunderstood masterpiece. Plus, confessions of an FBI agent, and divisive US murder suspect Luigi Mangione

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Lockdown’s Legacy; Journey Through Time; IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson – review

A powerful Radio 4 series explores the long shadow of Covid; a new history show feels more like a lecture; and the former first lady teams up with her brother

The Guardian - UK

BBC News presenter Anna Foster to join Radio 4 Today team

Insiders say her skill in reporting on Middle East convinced bosses she was right person to join flagship programme

The Guardian - UK

Bill Dare obituary

Comedy producer behind many popular satire shows, notably Spitting Image, The Mary Whitehouse Experience and Dead Ringers

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Dead Ringers creator Bill Dare dies after accident overseas, says agent as tributes paid to comedy writer

Bill Dare’s agent confirmed the comedy writer died at the weekend following an accident overseas

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Lucky Boy; Moorgate; Thirty Eulogies; Harford: An Oral History and more – review

Past traumas processed through investigative journalism and drama; a truly moving and surprising documentary; laugh-out-loud indie comedy; and Lauren Laverne’s return

Evening Standard

50 years on from Moorgate crash, what caused the worst Tube disaster in peacetime remains a mystery

Questions remain as memorial service held to mark the crash that killed 43 and injured 74

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Henry Kelly obituary

Former news journalist who found TV fame in the 1980s as presenter of Game for a Laugh and Going for Gold

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Evening Standard

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

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

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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

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