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  • Radio review: Any Questions?, Times Radio, and The Media Show
  • Radio review: Desert Island Discs, A Celebration for Ascension Day, and Sunday
  • Radio review: Start the Week, and Moral Maze

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churchtimes.co.uk /1 month ago

Radio review: Any Questions?, Times Radio, and The Media Show

AUDIENCES on Any Questions? (Radio 4, Friday) sound increasingly like football crowds — a tendency that reached fever pitch in this edition, from Spalding. Solar farms were the fir...

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churchtimes.co.uk /1 month ago

Radio review: Desert Island Discs, A Celebration for Ascension Day, and Sunday

DESERT ISLAND DISCS (Radio 4, Sunday) showcased the BBC’s chief North America correspondent, Gary O’Donoghue. One of broadcasting’s most recognisable figures, partly on account of...

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churchtimes.co.uk /3 weeks ago

Radio review: Start the Week, and Moral Maze

ON Start the Week (Radio 4, 15 June), Dr Adam Rutherford caught up with three writers whose work explores their council-estate backgrounds. Nicola Wilding, a writer and TV producer...

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churchtimes.co.uk /2 weeks ago

Radio review: All Things Considered and The Media Show

THE Law Commission for England and Wales is currently consulting on whether to legalise new funerary methods (News, 5 July). All Things Considered (BBC Wales, Sunday) caught up wit...

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theguardian.com /2 weeks ago

‘Four white presenters feels retro’ – is the BBC Today programme doomed?

With bosses at the BBC prioritising social media platforms over radio, things feel apocalyptic at the broadcaster’s flagship news show – especially given the lack of diversity. Is...

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thenational.scot /2 weeks ago

BBC shuts down Radio 4 along with long wave service after almost a century

THE BBC has shut down its long wave radio service after almost 100 years ...

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churchtimes.co.uk /4 weeks ago

Radio review: Sunday Sequence, and Sunday

AFTER the racist riots in Belfast, Sunday Sequence (BBC Radio Ulster) promised to be essential listening — but the resulting programme was a curate’s egg. The Revd Brian Anderson,...

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churchtimes.co.uk /1 month ago

Radio review: Sunday, Times Radio, and Heart and Soul

THE Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Martyn Snow, fresh from speaking alongside the Archbishop of Canterbury in a House of Lords debate on AI, outlined a Church of England position...

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dailymail.com /2 weeks ago

BBC Radio switches off long wave after it played key role in D-Day

It brought everything from the shipping forecast to The Archers to listeners in remote areas - but BBC radio's long wave is no more. (file image)

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churchtimes.co.uk /2 days ago

Radio review: Sunday and All Things Considered

THE crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has made us more aware of our dependence on the sea and seafarers; this was specifically referred to by the Precentor of Portsmouth Cathedral, Ca...

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journalism.co.uk /1 week ago

Who gets to shape the national conversation? Shining a light on BBC Radio 4’s diversity gap

Seventy years on air and not a single black British main presenter has hosted the BBC's agenda-setting radio shows, The Today Programme or Any Questions?

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churchtimes.co.uk /1 month ago

Radio review: Book of the Week, Sunday Sequence, and Heart and Soul

KATJA HOYER has built a niche as the explainer of all things East German to British audiences. Her latest book, Weimar: Life on the edge of catastrophe, has received rave reviews....

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theguardian.com /2 weeks ago

Today programme suffers ‘body blow’ as BBC prioritises social and digital content

Staff at Radio 4 show, which has 5 million listeners, told making content for likes of TikTok will take precedence for correspondentsThe task of briefing the nation on Radio 4’s ag...

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theguardian.com /4 weeks ago

BBC to axe Radio 4s The World Tonight after more than 50 years - BBC

BBC to axe Radio 4s The World Tonight after more than 50 years - BBC

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churchtimes.co.uk /1 week ago

Radio review: Heart and Soul and Sunday Sequence

HEART AND SOUL (BBC World Service, Friday) was centred on Emily Buchanan’s interview with “Appiah”, a pseudonymous former Anglican cleric in Lagos State, Nigeria, who had been dism...

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theregister.com /2 weeks ago

End of era as the BBC switches off Radio 4 Long Wave service

Aging infrastructure shuts down tomorrow after almost a century

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newatlas.com /2 weeks ago

The long goodbye: BBC pulls the plug on long-wave radio (and TV is next)

After more than a century, an era comes to an end as the world's longest-running long-wave radio service shuts down. On June 27, 2026, the BBC switched off its Radio 4 long-wave br...

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campaignlive.co.uk /2 weeks ago

Radio Times launches first above-the-line campaign in 20 years

Ad will run across ITVX for the next six weeks.

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ncl.ac.uk /1 month ago

Radio show inspired by University music project wins prestigious award

The Song Detectorists has won silver in the New York Festivals Radio 2026 Awards.

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metro.co.uk /3 days ago

John Humphrys slams ‘profoundly irritating’ BBC Radio 4 presenters 7 years after quitting

The legendary broadcaster penned a scathing column.

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theguardian.com /5 days ago

John Humphrys criticises successors on ‘irritating’ Today programme

Ex-presenter of BBC Radio 4 show complains in Guardian of ‘gratuitous gratitude’ and ‘gushing’ between host and guestFor more than three decades, John Humphrys delighted and infuri...

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chroniclelive.co.uk /1 month ago

BBC take over 'secret' North East location for Radio 1 Breakfast Show ahead of Big Weekend

The team from BBC Radio 1 took up residence at a famous location in the North East for Tuesday's Breakfast Show

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writeoutloud.net /1 month ago

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oxfordmail.co.uk /1 month ago

Hospital radio seeking volunteers to present shows

The Banbury-based hospital radio service broadcasts to the Horton General Hospital and wider care community.

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