Radios 3, 4 and 5 see huge drop in listeners The Radio 1 breakfast show has also lost 5% of its audience in a year Wales Online · Oct 27, 2022
BBC Radio 4 and 5 Live suffer massive drop in listenership over past twelve months BBC Radio 4’s total average audience is down 9% year-on-year from 10.8 million listeners to 9.8 million listeners, while listeners to 5 Live have dropped 18% from 5.9 million to 4.9 million Daily Mirror · Oct 26, 2022
Radio 4 and 5 Live suffer drop in listeners over past year All the major BBC stations have seen a decline in audience. The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022
The week in audio: The Witch Farm; File on 4: Is the Patient Breathing?; The Martin Lewis Podcast The paranormal tale of a remote Welsh cottage, the state of the NHS and the outlook for household budgets all offer plenty of scares The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2022
Robbie Coltrane 'put on too much weight' before death claims 'furious' Miriam Margolyes Miriam says she is truly devastated by the news and offered a colourful tribute to him on Radio 4 this morning. Daily Record · Oct 17, 2022
Miriam Margolyes swears live on air on BBC Radio 4 as she talks about new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt The Harry Potter star was being interviewed on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on Saturday morning when she swore and the presenters had to apologise Chronicle Live · Oct 15, 2022
Miriam Margolyes' most controversial moments from swearing to eye-watering cheeky stories Miriam Margolyes has had her fair share of funny and controversial moments while appearing in the media Daily Mirror · Oct 15, 2022
Miriam Margolyes swears live on air as she discusses Jeremy Hunt with BBC forced into apology The BAFTA-winning Harry Potter actress made the explicit remarks on Radio 4’s Today programme Daily Record · Oct 15, 2022
Miriam Margolyes says 'f*** you' to new Chancellor Jeremy Hunt live on Radio 4 Listeners had quite the wake up this morning Manchester Evening News · Oct 15, 2022
Avanti boss apologises for 'terrible' Manchester service and promises return to 'normal' for Christmas in brutal BBC grilling The rail boss was interviewed on Radio 4 this morning Manchester Evening News · Oct 14, 2022
Martin Lewis' astonishing net worth after earth-shattering tragedy made him a teen recluse Friends say that when Martin Lewis lost of his mother, it changed the Money Saving Expert founder in a profound way Daily Mirror · Oct 12, 2022
Diana makes explosive revelations and Partridge devours the hand that feeds him: 100 years of the BBC, part eight Steve Coogan’s alter-ego appears, as does Ricky Gervais’s in The Office, while Panorama rocks the royals The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2022
Critics lament cuts to BBC radio drama – seedbed of UK talent Stoppard, Pinter and Orton are among playwrights to have cut their teeth on a service that’s being cut back because of budget restraints The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022
Four speakers for the 2022 BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures announced Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Lord Rowan Williams, Darren McGarvey and Dr Fiona Hill will give the lectures on the topics of freedoms. The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022 Radio 4 to broadcast long-lost episode of Hancock’s Half Hour featuring Peter Sellers ‘The Marriage Bureau’ has not been heard since 1955
The Guardian - UK · Sep 29, 2022 BBC to broadcast long-lost episode of Hancock’s Half Hour The radio show, which has not been repeated since first airing in 1955, will be played on Radio 4 on 18 October
The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2022 First sitcom, first chef, first castaway, first dance and first Woman’s Hour: 100 years of the BBC, part three Desert Islands Discs launched, a raffish bachelor made sitcom history, hoofers had a riot and a man called Alan hosted Woman’s Hour – which revealed how to keep your husband’s suits crease-free
The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022 Ernie Rea to step down as Beyond Belief presenter after two decades Rea has hosted the Radio 4 show since its launch in 2002.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2022 The radio was the soundtrack to my life. But I turned it off a week ago – and may never turn it back on I could handle the monarchism after the Queen died, but not the repetition. I’m getting my news from Twitter now
Daily Mirror · Sep 5, 2022 When is Jeremy Paxman leaving University Challenge? Huge amount his successor earns Jeremy Paxman is due to step down as University Challenge host in 2023, with the BBC's media editor Amol Rajan due to replace him. Reports suggest Rajan is due for a pay bump after bagging the role
Daily Mirror · Aug 10, 2022 Martin Lewis breaks down exactly how much your energy bill could rise by this winter MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis appeared on Radio 4 to explain what the latest Ofgem price cap prediction could mean for your monthly energy bill payments
The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2022 The Archers: why June Spencer was the Queen of Ambridge The actor, who plays Peggy, appeared in the very first episode of the Radio 4 soap in 1951
The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2022 Martin Tyler apologises after appearing to link Hillsborough with hooliganism Martin Tyler and the BBC have apologised after the football commentator appeared to link the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism in a Radio 4 interview
Liverpool Echo · Aug 5, 2022 Martin Tyler urged to clarify and apologise for Hillsborough comment made on BBC radio show Veteran Sky Sports broadcaster Martin Tyler was speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today show to mark the return of the Premier League season
The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2022 ‘So much more stuff to know’: why Brain of Britain has got much harder It’s not that Britons are becoming less intelligent, it’s that the quiz canon has expanded, say top quizzers