S1 Ep1449: Radio 4 Today programme adds teasing
Whilst other radio stations are addicted to 'teasing' other programmes - some less skilfully than others - the strategy is rare on Radio 4.  The live pieces into You and Yours previewing the World at One work well - and the live Dimbleby inserts into PM previewing Any Questions are inspired.  The promos/trailers in the Today programme have, however, always appeared barely tolerated. But now, l...
36s Mar 07, 2018
36s
S1 Ep1447: Greg James - Pedal to the Peaks - in the snow of 2018
23m Mar 02, 2018
23m
S1 Ep1446: Snowy radio from Darren Rice, Beat 102-103 Waterford - 2018
1m Mar 01, 2018
1m
S1 Ep1445: Snowy radio from Radio Pembrokeshire in 2004
10m Mar 01, 2018
10m
S1 Ep1441: Andy & Louise announce Signal 1 departure - 2017
12m Feb 13, 2018
12m
S1 Ep1440: Final Hamish & Andy show - 2017
Hamish and Andy became a comedy duo in 2003 after they met at University.  After student radio, their reputation was built on the drivetime Hamish and Andy show on the Hit Network, which became the highest-rating radio series in Australian history. As they moved to further their TV career, their last show (for now at least) was aired on 1st December 2017. More info and audio at www.hamishandand...
1hr 8m Feb 12, 2018
1hr 8m
S1 Ep1438: Noel Edmonds on Stephen Nolan 5 Live - 2018
47m Feb 10, 2018
47m
S1 Ep1437: Radio Scilly closedown sequence
2m Feb 10, 2018
2m
S1 Ep1433: Century 106 - promos from 1999
A few funky and powerful promos for the East Midlands regional station Century 106 which lived from 1998 to 2005 on 106 FM, sandwiched between the lives of Radio 106 and Heart/Gem 106. They tell of a full-blown personality station and a time and place in British radio history. Great production too from Ian Chilvers. He had some great ideas of his own - and also, when I gave him a raw idea, he ...
7m Jan 28, 2018
7m
S1 Ep1430: Christian O'Connell announces Absolute departure
9m Jan 23, 2018
9m
S1 Ep1428: Ed Doolan tributes
Ed Doolan, hugely-respected broadcaster in the West Midlands, passed away on 16th January 2018. Here the tributes flow, initially from Caroline Martin on BBC WM, then from Eddie Mair on BBC Radio 4 - and then fellow broadcaster Les Ross from BBC 1 TV in the Midlands.
22m Jan 16, 2018
22m
S1 Ep1427: Jon Culshaw call to Blair on Steve Penk Capital show 1998
3m Jan 16, 2018
3m
S1 Ep1424: Carrie Grace coverage on Radio 4's Today and Woman's Hour
Following the resignation of Carrie Gracie from her post as the BBC's China Editor on grounds of pay inequality, she hosted the Radio 4 Today programme on 8th Jan 2018. Hear clips of that programme here in which her resignation was covered, including her reading the headlines in which that story was not mentioned; the bulletins in which it was; the press reviews where it was, albeit John Humph...
26m Jan 08, 2018
26m
S1 Ep1423: Prince Harry produces Radio 4 Today - 2017
12m Jan 06, 2018
12m
S1 Ep1421: Radio Caroline in 2017 - AM launch
Ray Clark issues the formal launch announcement as Radio Caroline launches afresh on a licensed AM frequency at last in December 2017.
10m Dec 23, 2017
10m
S1 Ep1418: Snow in 2017 - UK radio responds
14m Dec 10, 2017
14m
S1 Ep1416: 1930s Radio Times coverage on Radio 4 PM in 2017
5m Dec 05, 2017
5m
S1 Ep1415: 2Day FM 2012 Prank Call
4m Dec 04, 2017
4m
S1 Ep1412: Zimbabwe radio on day of Mugabe resignation
A flavour of radio in Zimbabwe after Mugabe relinquished power after 37 years. Hear the mood of the country that day as they ‘unlocked the key’ to future success. Good questioning too: what went wrong? What went right? Was he popular with some people? What happens next?
22m Nov 21, 2017
22m
S1 Ep1410: BBC Local Radio strategy changes discussions
Two on-air takes of the proposed new strategy for BBC local radio, as announced by the DG in November 2017, including rowing back on the cuts, ending the networked evening show, and stopping targeting 50+.Hear here Julia George on BBC Radio Kent holding her Managing Editor to account; and Ben Jackson taking to the DG himself on Ben’s programme on BBC Radio Leicester.
31m Nov 18, 2017
31m
S1 Ep1408: BBC Essex, launch - 1986
BBC Essex launched on November 5th 1986 - with Alex Lester.
54s Nov 05, 2017
54s
S1 Ep1407: BBC Nottingham - jingle contest in early 70s
3m Nov 05, 2017
3m
S1 Ep1406: BBC Local Radio - 50 years. Radiomoments review special 10th Nov 2017
7m Nov 02, 2017
7m
S1 Ep1404: Today Programme 60th anniversary edition in 2017
1hr Oct 28, 2017
1hr
S1 Ep1403: Desmond Lynam on 60 years of the Today programme
6m Oct 26, 2017
6m
S1 Ep1402: Radiomoments weekly review 3rd Nov - Today 60th special
8m Oct 21, 2017
8m
S1 Ep1399: Ophelia arrives in Ireland - Irish radio responds
When people are worried - radio responds best. The information you need - delivered by the well-connected friend who puts their arm around you. As Ophelia arrived across Ireland on Oct 16th 2017, hear how the likes of stations such as RTE, Newstalk, Today FM, Midlands 103, Spin, 98 FM, WLR FM coped.
11m Oct 16, 2017
11m
S1 Ep1396: Tony Blackburn 50th anniversary show 2017
35m Sep 30, 2017
35m
S1 Ep1395: Sam & Amy - last show on Gem
33m Sep 29, 2017
33m
S1 Ep1394: Radio 1 on BBC1 - The One Show 28th Sept 2017
13m Sep 28, 2017
13m
S1 Ep1392: Radiomoments weekly review - BBC 50th Special
13m Sep 26, 2017
13m
S1 Ep1391: Fractious Scargill IRN interview -Chris Mann
A delicious lengthy live exchange in the heat of the miners' strike between miners' leader Arthur Scargill and Chris Mann from IRN. They don't get on.
9m Sep 26, 2017
9m
S1 Ep1390: Tony Blackburn on Front Row 2017
He's now art! Tony Blackburn appeared on BBC Radio 4's earnest Front Row with Samira Ahmed on 21st September 2017 as he prepared to mark 50 years since his first Radio One breakfast show. The contrast between Tony and the programme's puzzled style was arguably not too different maybe from the culture clash of a 1960s BBC.
11m Sep 21, 2017
11m
S1 Ep1388: Edith Bowman announces Virgin farewell
After eighteen months on the new Virgin Radio breakfast show, Edith Bowman announced her departure.
2m Sep 17, 2017
2m
S1 Ep1387: Sam and Amy announce Gem farewell
On Sept 15th 2017, Sam and Amy announced their imminent farewell from East Midlands radio. They'd served on the breakfast show on 106 in its Heart and Gem guises for well over eleven years, with ratings and awards success.
6m Sep 17, 2017
6m
S1 Ep1384: Plurality on Radio 4
For everyone - there's a word or two we can't manage. For me it's 'visitor', and I'm not too keen on 'Saturday'. Whenever possible, I find a substitute.  For the fine Jim Lee, it seems to be plurality
26s Sep 14, 2017
26s
S1 Ep1381: David Hamilton with Iain Lee on TalkRADIO
The wonderful David Hamilton, given the Iain Lee treatment. As heard on the ‘Late Night Alternative’ on TalkRADIO in August 2017. Including the great anecdote about the listener who tried to deposit yellow paint over David. David’s book is out now: ‘The Golden Days of Radio 1’.
40m Aug 25, 2017
40m
S1 Ep1380: Shipping Forecast 150th anniversary
Radio 4 celebrates here 150 years of the shipping forecast. Not, of course, 150 years of it on appearing on radio - as the first broadcast was not until January 1924 - but a bit of shippery is always welcome
5m Aug 25, 2017
5m
S1 Ep1377: The Changing Voice
How have voices changed over the years? Listening to the clipped tones of the young Princess Elizabeth is a stark contrast from Her Majesty’s voice today. In this comprehensive piece from the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, the topic is examined, including an example of how the sound of John Humphrys himself has changed over the close to sixty years he’s been on-air.
12m Aug 17, 2017
12m
S1 Ep1376: Tony Blackburn on R4 Today - on 50th anniversary of Marine Offences Act
4m Aug 14, 2017
4m
S1 Ep1375: Big Ben silent in 2017
A Radio 4 Today programme report from 14th August 2017
5m Aug 14, 2017
5m
S1 Ep1374: Johnnie Walker 50 years on - 3.00 pm Aug 14th 2017
8m Aug 14, 2017
8m
S1 Ep1373: Dave Cash's ashes scattered at sea
On the 50th anniversary of the closure of most of the remaining pirate stations, as the Marine Offences Act came into force, Dave Cash's former colleagues joined his family as his ashes were scattered at sea off Harwich. The coverage was live on the special commemorative pirate BBC Essex station, hosted for this part of the day by Norman St John and Tom Edwards.
3m Aug 14, 2017
3m
S1 Ep1371: Nick Bailey - Final Classic FM programme 2017
2m Aug 11, 2017
2m
S1 Ep1362: Ivor Biggun on Mansfield 103.2 - Radio 4 coverage
Pirate broadcasters can interrupt listening to legitimate stations. They can be a pain in the neck – and I recall stories from my days in London of how the operations can involve some very shady characters. And, with such availability now to spectrum via RSLs to community stations to renting DAB space, there is really no excuse.Mansfield 103.2, is suffering from a Nottinghamshire pirate which i...
4m Jul 11, 2017
4m
S1 Ep1360: Colin Bower chatting on BBC Radio Nottingham
The life and times of thespian and broadcaster Colin Bower.  After some earlier considerable exploits, as he explains here, Colin was memorably the launch presenter on Plymouth Sound, going on to host many programmes on Radio Trent in the 70s and 80s, at a time when the schedule included all manner of styles.  Here he is, in conversation with Dean Jackson in 2017 on BBC Radio Nottingham. Colin...
32m Jul 02, 2017
32m
S1 Ep1359: Classic FM birdsong story on Radio 4 BH
Slow radio may be said to be a new phenomenon, yet in a sense, it has been done before. In this piece on Radio 4's Broadcasting House, Quentin Howard tells of how birdsong from his garden formed the test transmissions for the new Classic FM,.
5m Jul 02, 2017
5m
S1 Ep1358: Radio 1 Vintage launch - Radio 4 Today and PM coverage
As Radio 1 prepared its 50th anniversary celebrations, it announced a plan to launch a DAB offshoot. Here's how it was announced, by an earnest Radio 4 piece and a typical Eddie Mair sideways angle on PM, with a mad tech op pressing some old cart machines. Some of those cuts sound decidedly MP3 quality though! Who stole the masters?
3m Jul 01, 2017
3m
S1 Ep1355: Henry Blofeld announces retirement
Henry Blofeld, 77, has announced he’s to retire from BBC Radio's Test Match Special commentary after 45 years. Here Radio 4’s Today programme salutes his work and talks to the great man, who’s on fine form.
5m Jun 23, 2017
5m
S1 Ep1351: Manchester Arena bomb coverage
27m May 23, 2017
27m