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  1. Oh, well, since YOU put it like THAT, this guy sounds COMPLETELY REASONABLE! 👍

    interview 2026-09-07 1310ish

    #Dover #DoverMarches
    #BBCRadio4 #BBCTheWorldAtOne #BBCWato

  2. Last Word (BBCRadio4 Obit Show)

    Roy Hattersley
    Daphne Hamilton-Fairley
    Roger Cook
    Sterling Betancourt

    Last Word

    Lord Roy Hattersley, the former Deputy Leader of the Labour party. He was born and brought up in Sheffield. In his book A Yorkshire Boyhood, he confessed to being passionate about three things: Sheffield Wednesday Football Club, Yorkshire County Cricket and socialist politics. His friend and colleague, Lord Kinnock, pays tribute.

    Daphne Hamilton-Fairley, spoke out for tolerance after her husband was killed by an IRA bomb. He had inspired her to become a speech therapist and after his death she set up one of the first specialist schools for dyslexia and other special educational needs. She named it Fairley House, after her husband. Her daughter Diana Hamilton-Fairley shares her memories.

    Roger Cook was the intrepid investigative journalist who pioneered the technique known as “doorstepping” - challenging those he suspected of wrongdoing face to face with the camera or tape recorder running. First on Radio 4’s consumer affairs programme Checkpoint and then on ITV’s The Cook Report he took on criminals and fraudsters on behalf of listeners and viewers. Matthew talks to his colleague Tim Tate.

    Sterling Betancourt was a pioneer of steel pan music from Trinidad and Tobago. He was one of the first to bring the instrument to Britain in the 1950s and went on to play a big role in the early days of the Notting Hill Carnival. Sterling’s wife Beatrice Elokbi tells his story.

    Presenter: Matthew Bannister
    Producer: Ribika Moktan
    Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell
    Researcher: Jesse Edwards
    Editor: Andrea Kennedy

    downloadable to keep in mp3 format

    #BBCTheLastWord #BBCLastWord #BBCRadio4

    #RoyHattersley
    #DaphneHamiltonFairley
    #RogerCook
    #SterlingBetancourt

    (Steelpan is West Indian #Gamelan 👍)

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xpcb

  3. Bombing of the Minab School

    [ languge use ]
    2026-04-29 0710-0720ish
    Reporter says Centcom/Pentagon is saying "a review" is underway prior to there being "an investigation" or "further probe".

    [ QuangoNote: i figured out a couple of weeks ago that the military-security class have started using the word "review" instead of "investigation" -- "reviews" can last as long as you want them to and so are technically compliant with laws/regulation ]

    wiki -- 2026 Minab school attack
    ... the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls' elementary school of the Shahrak-e Al-Mahdi neighbourhood in Minab, Hormozgan province in southern Iran was destroyed by a missile ...

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCTodayProgramme #2026MinabSchoolAttack #MinabSchoolAttack #MinabSchool

  4. (idiot talks shite on serious political professionals panel programme with serious political professionals)

    #DarrenGrimes

    Darren Grimes, Rachel Millward, Baroness Stowell, Anna Turley MP

    Any Questions?

    Alex Forsyth presents political debate from Ponteland High School near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with Reform UK board member Darren Grimes, who is deputy leader of Durham County Council; Green Party of England & Wales deputy leader Rachel Millward, who is also deputy leader of Wealden District Council; Conservative peer Baroness Stowell; and Labour Party chair and Cabinet Office minister, Anna Turley MP.

    Producer: Paul Martin
    Assistant producer: Lowri Morgan
    Production co-ordinator: Ishmael Soriano
    Lead broadcast engineer: Chris Weightman
    Editor: Glyn Tansley

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCAnyQuestions

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002t2lj

  5. (I think this is the episode where "GCHQ" accidentally admits that they do force screen-spoof spyware onto phones.)

    2026-03-12 1000-1100

    Dunblane 30 years on, Catfishing, Forgetting birthdays
    Woman's Hour

    Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Dunblane massacre on Friday, presenter Anita Rani speaks to three women whose lives changed for ever that day; Melanie Reid, a journalist who was one of the first at the scene in Dunblane that morning, Rosemary Hunter, one of three women leaders of The Snowdrop Campaign that changed UK gun laws and Anna Hall, who grew up in Dunblane and is the director of a Channel 4 documentary about the shootings, The Dunblane Tapes.

    How would you feel if everyone in your household forgot your birthday? After a woman's social media post saying her family had forgotten hers went viral, Anita talks to the author Poorna Bell and the journalist Nell Frizzell about whether forgetting a spouse's birthday is simply a careless moment or the sign of something deeper.

    Catfishing is the act of creating a fake online persona to deceive others for romantic, financial, or malicious reasons. This happened to 19-year old Sasha-Jay Davies, from Aberdare in Wales who for almost four years has been accused of leading men on, arranging to meet them and not showing up, and been harassed by complete strangers, all because someone else has been using her photos without permission on social media. BBC Wales reporter Eleri Griffiths has been covering the story and joins us along with Reagan Brien, a solicitor at Cohen Davis who has worked on similar cases.

    New research carried out by the University of California in the US has revealed that a blood test can detect dementia in women, years before they have symptoms. Dr Sheona Scales, director of research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, explains the research findings and what it could potentially mean for women's dementia diagnosis in the future.

    Presenter: Anita Rani
    Producer: Rebecca Myatt

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCWomansHour

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sg14

  6. It's kicking-off on Any Questions.

    (Well, just slightly shouty.)

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCAnyQuestions

  7. listener phone-in on Digital ID and Leadership

    "Any Answers" hosted by Anita Anand
    (sister show to "Any Questions")

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCAnyQuestions
    #DigitalID #UKPol

    (available for 29 days on Sounds)

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002k3bh

  8. Almost time for the hour of shouting and gnashing of teeth which I suspect will be spectacular today.

    #BBCRadio4 #BBCAnyQuestions #BBCAQ

  9. I’m so looking forward to being a guest on #BBCWomansHour tomorrow, Friday March 31st, tune in, join us from 10am #BBCRadio4 - I’ll be chatting books and poetry with brilliant Anita Rani, catch us LIVE tomorrow morning or anytime via #BBCSounds #BBCiPlayer thank you!

    #PessimismIsForLightweights #MrsDeathMissesDeath #bookchat #bbcradio #bookstodon #SalenaGodden

  10. From #bbc #bbcradio4's #moneybox's #PaulLewis a request: "Sorry to ask but...
    Did you lose a spouse/CP in the last 18 months when you were under 66?
    Do you know someone who did?
    Did you or they claim #DWP #Bereavement #Support #Payment?
    £2500+£100 a month for 18 months, or if you have kids £3500+£350 a month. Tweet, DM, or email [email protected]"

  11. #bbc #Moneybox’s #PaulLewis is asking for help from #listeners: “How are you trying to keep your #costs down during the #festive #month? Is your #christmas going to be different this year? If so, what are some of the things you aren’t doing? And what are the #non-negotiables? Let us know by email: [email protected] and please leave a phone number. This is for the @moneybox #live show tomorrow 7.12.22 with @Chartweeting 3pm #bbcradio4 [It should be at #BBCSounds after broadcast if you miss it].

  12. Many congratulations to #AegonAMJournalismAwards Broadcast Journalist of the Year @felicityhannah for the third year running for work with #bbcradio4’s #Moneybox and for her coverage of the business news on #BBCRadio4Today.