The week in audio: Who Is Aldrich Kemp?; I Must Have Loved You; Some Kind of Black Sting can’t lift his own limp drama, but a ludicrous crime caper is a hoot and there’s fun to be had for breakfast The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2022
Our Friends in the North still depressingly relevant, says writer Themes of corruption and attitudes to poverty still resonate today, says Peter Flannery ahead of new Radio 4 adaptation The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2022
Sting to star in play he created with North East author Michael Chaplin Sting - and his music - will take a lead role in BBC Radio 4 drama I Must Have Loved You about a singer seeking worldwide success Chronicle Live · Mar 2, 2022
Ahead of her time? Programme re-evaluates Mary Whitehouse’s legacy Radio 4 programme presented by Samira Ahmed argues case for nuance in judging campaigner mocked as ‘puritanical harridan’ The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2022
What’s next for BBC news? Promise of freedom lures away more ‘big beasts’ The departures of Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel for Global, which operates LBC, are part of a wider talent drain as other broadcasters offer more independence The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2022
Our Friends in the North adds 25 years with a new chapter for radio Radio 4’s new adaptation of Peter Flannery’s landmark saga follows the characters through to 2020 in a new 10th episode The Guardian - UK · Feb 24, 2022
The week in audio: Siege; Archive on 4: Wonderlands; Backlisted; Headwaters; Absolute Radio Natalie A new Radio 4 thriller electrified; Frank Cottrell-Boyce made a compelling case for children’s books; and a charming listener got to run her own station for the day The Guardian - UK · Feb 12, 2022
Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: is this a Radio 4 show – or an M Night Shyamalan movie? The village’s bright young things are struggling against the ‘powerful hold’ of Ambridge, while Hazel Woolley escapes the invisible forcefield of this ‘self-satisfied, two-bit place’ The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2022
Barry Cryer obituary Quick-witted, inventive comedian and writer who was a longstanding panellist on BBC Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2022
Barry Cryer dead: Celebrities pay tribute as Leeds comedy legend dies aged 86 Celebrity tributes pour in for BBC Radio 4 stalwart who began his career in Leeds and wrote for Tommy Cooper, Sir Bruce Forsyth, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise Leeds Live · Jan 27, 2022