Guest Kincardine Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 So it's neither TV nor film but Radio 4 has to have some of the best broadcasting irrespective of medium. I like, "In Our Time" presented by Melvyn Bragg. Last week's article about Caxton was a delight: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nbqz3 Do you listen to Radio 4? Post links to good programmes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calum_gers Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I'm on my phone so I can't, but from our own correspondent is good, as is Friday night comedy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Used to enjoy the shipping forecast from time to time. No idea what it meant but reassuring that someone did. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Radio 4 (and Radio 4 Extra) is great. Listen to the following.... Museum of Curiosity (prefer it to the similar QI on televsion) News Quiz Unbelievable Truth I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Great Lives Desert Island Discs Moral Maze So Wrong It's Right Richard Herring's Objective Unreliable Evidence I've Never Seen Star Wars Comedy Controller Plus older repeated comedy on Radio 4 Extra such as Ivor Cutler Beachcomber The 99p Challenge Hamish and Dougal I'm Sorry I'll Say That Again Hancock's Half Hour Yes Minister Goon Show Lots of Armando Ianucci stuff Not all currently in rotation but there are usually at least 3 or 4 good things to be found on iPlayer every week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shire Voice Of Reason Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 There is nothing bad about Radio 4. Whatever you tune in to, it becomes interesting. Except Gardener's Questiontime. That's boring. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Everything except Women's Hour and Gardener's Question Time. I concur about In Our Time, it's up there with the Mark and Lard Graveyard Shift as the great radio programmes of my life time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePARadox Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Brilliant for long drives. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 ISIHAC 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shire Voice Of Reason Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 ISIHAC I think you'll find that under Thornton's controversial 3rd Amendment, abbreviations are not allowed. Unless you're playing Crockford's Official Gambling Version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 The Archers, is Lizzie goign to tup Ifty behind Kirstys back? is emma going to resort to theft? what has happened to Tony, Pat and Helen? have Joes teeth really gone into the cider? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Ponce Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Ed Reardon's week is one of the best things I've heard on any radio station let alone Radio 4, Vent was also very good. Desert Island Disks and What the papers say are classics and does anyone else's heart sink a little when the run of 'The News Quiz' comes to an end and 'The Now Show' replaces it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 What's 'I've never seen star wars' that sounds intriguing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 What's 'I've never seen star wars' that sounds intriguing? Celebs undertake tasks that they have never done before - Ian Hislop buys a pair of jeans and plays GTA, Frank Skinner eats jugged hare etc that sort of thing. The quality depends on how funny the guest is and how interesting their "never done" things are. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shire Voice Of Reason Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Celebs undertake tasks that they have never done before - Ian Hislop buys a pair of jeans and plays GTA, Frank Skinner eats jugged hare etc that sort of thing. The quality depends on how funny the guest is and how interesting their "never done" things are. Did Justin Lee Psycho not present this on TV? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Did Justin Lee Psycho not present this on TV? It was Marcus Brigstocke who presented the television version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drs Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Jo Brand hosted the last tv version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I think you'll find that under Thornton's controversial 3rd Amendment, abbreviations are not allowed. Unless you're playing Crockford's Official Gambling Version. Surely that only applies if I was in Nidd, and since it's my first go, I can't be? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowfer_Lichtie Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 I enjoy "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" and "Just a Minute." Also sometimes like "Claire in the Community" and "The Now Show" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shire Voice Of Reason Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Surely that only applies if I was in Nidd, and since it's my first go, I can't be? Sorry, didn't realise it was your first go. No Nidd, then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunfellaff Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 'Meet David Sedaris' on a Sunday night is hilarious. He sounds like Elaine Strich but seems quite a youngish guy going by the pictures, and it is just a long monologue each week but it is comedy genius. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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