As Sara Cox starts her new show, here are all the full-time breakfast presenters since Radio 2 launched in 1967.
If I could retune my radio back in time, I'd go for mid 90s Wogan. Who would you like to tune in to again? (I might give the late 80s a miss!)
In today’s schedule from 0400 - 1900 there is not a single “star” presenter fronting their own show. Every single person is a stand in. What a shambles.
The radio2 breakfast show is an absolute mess. The idiotic "wheeling in the jukebox" nonsense, the mundane "do you say lido or lido, Shrewsbury or Shrewsbury, scone or scone?", the pointless giant air conditioning sound effect. It's all just bloody awful. The rest of the programming isn't much better right now.
I'm willing radio 2 to rise again.
EDIT: I mean the radio "Radio 1 Anthems" on BBC sounds and DAB, not just radio 1 playing anthems
Firstly, most but not all of the time, they cut EVERY song down to be 1-2 minutes long, or to be 2 choruses only, just so they can fit 6 songs and 2 talking segments for every 15 minutes (yes i have timed and worked it out). I don't mind this with the workout anthems however, but its criminal they are doing this on an AD FREE radio, so no need to cut anything to fit ad breaks because there are none. But there is the advantage of the borign song passing quicker.
Secondly, when they do choose to play the full songs on "My radio 1 anthems", it has to be a noughties or tens, 1 guest artist said they could not play a song because apparently it was too new or something despite being halfway through the 20s decade and R1A playing a few 2020s songs in the normal programming.
Lastly, I have rarely heard a random song get sped/pitched up. Nope.
Recently the plot of an old radio drama came into my head, but I have no idea what it was called and I can't pinpoint the year very precisely. I think I heard it in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep, perhaps on the World Service, but maybe 4 Extra or its predecessor Radio 7. As I remember a young man was taken into hospital in a coma and his identity could not be established. Police realised he met the description of a child who had gone missing, presumed to have been abducted, a number of years earlier. The parents, especially the mother, became convinced this was their long lost child, desperately hoping they had found him. Eventually the truth about what had happened to him is revealed and - spoilers! - >!it turns out the mother had killed him, perhaps accidentally, then disposed of the body in a lake. !<
Does this ring any bells with anybody? I hope it wasn't a messed up dream.
Hypothetically, "Sorry I Haven't a Clue", "Just A Minute", "The News Quiz" and "The Unbelievable Truth" are on the chopping block, off to join "The Now Show". A combined 330 series of radio. Which one goes off the air if you're in charge?
edit: I must say that I not a higher up at Radio 4 and this is not a litmus test to see what we/they should get rid of
Does anyone know where I get hold of a copy of this radio series? I heard part of it many years ago back on Radio 7 but never heard it all. I would love to relisten it.
Hi everyone,
I am looking for a digital copy (MP3 or stream) of a rare BBC Radio 3 comedy drama that I would love to share with some friends.
Here are the details of the broadcast:
Does anyone happen to have an off-air recording of this in their archive, or know if it's hosted in a specific community folder?
Thank you so much for any help!
Its been a good run. That LW transmitter gave vital news to occupied Europe, and could transmit to the entire continent with a single transmitter. As someone who loves radio, I confess I still would tune on LW. Could be heard out at sea, in mines, and at the bottom of the sea in subs due to its wavelength and groundwave propagation of the radio signals.
I will be listening for the last time this evening before turning to my FM dial. If you want one last time to listen to it, tune in tonight.
Tonight is the last night to try and DX the station. Here is a recent DX of 198 heard in Canada this month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1T5NGB0ops
What is the best podcast on the BBC Sounds app for a B1-B2 level? And what is the best podcast for a C1-C2 level?
I've seen a few reels/clips from this radio show where it's been filmed too. Is there anywhere I can watch longer versions?
I fully understand it's a radio show, but I really struggle with just listening due to my neurodivergence. Actually seeing the host/panellists cements my engagement so I'd love to be able to watch more of the show outside of the snippets I've seen in reels.
Is there anything available at all? Do they routinely visually record all episodes?
Like I say, I'm not holding out much hope because it's a radio show but you never know!
Thank you :)
Get well soon.
LA Theatre Works has done hundreds of plays and I would love to get mp3 Downloads of as many as I can. Especially its older plays. If anyone could assist It would be greatly appreciated. I know they have a podcast and I have those.
