#radio4 — Public Fediverse posts

The hill I will die on: Radio 4’s Today programme has become really annoying since I left | John Humphrys https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/11/the-hill-i-will-die-on-radio-4-today-programme-bbc-news #Radio4 #Bbc #RadioIndustry #Media #FactualRadio #TalkRadio #Radio #TelevisionRadio #Culture #UkNews

End of era as #BBC switches off #Radio4 #LongWave service
First BBC Long Wave transmissions in the mid-1920s were on 1600m or 187.5 kHz.
A famous BBC programme tied to Long Wave is #ShippingForecast, a weather bulletin for deep-sea fishermen which became cult listening on land and now features on FM and digital, and there’s even a probably-apocryphal tale that nuclear submarine captains would once use its presence or absence to judge whether nuclear war had occurred.
https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/06/29/end-of-era-as-the-bbc-switches-off-radio-4-long-wave-service/5263506

End of era as #BBC switches off #Radio4 #LongWave service
First BBC Long Wave transmissions in the mid-1920s were on 1600m or 187.5 kHz.
A famous BBC programme tied to Long Wave is #ShippingForecast, a weather bulletin for deep-sea fishermen which became cult listening on land and now features on FM and digital, and there’s even a probably-apocryphal tale that nuclear submarine captains would once use its presence or absence to judge whether nuclear war had occurred.
https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/06/29/end-of-era-as-the-bbc-switches-off-radio-4-long-wave-service/5263506

Fatboy Slim recalls Zoe Ball threatening to leave if he didn't get sober

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/fatboy-slim-recalls-zoe-ball-37356693

https://www.europesays.com/uk/1054027/ BBC Dr gives ‘increased risk’ update to blood pressure ramipiril users after ‘side effect’ alert #Arthritis #aspirin #BloodPressure #Health #LungCancer #paracetamol #Prescriptions #Radio4 #TheMedicines #TheOneShow #UK #UnitedKingdom

Requiem For Long Wave, As The BBC Goes Silent

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/27/requiem-for-long-wave-as-the-bbc-goes-silent/

Requiem For Long Wave, As The BBC Goes Silent

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/06/27/requiem-for-long-wave-as-the-bbc-goes-silent/

BBC Dr gives ‘increased risk’ update to blood pressure ramipiril users after ‘side effect’ alert

In 1 in 140 cases drugs such as ramipril can trigger a reaction called angioedema, resulting in swelling…
#NewsBeep #News #Health #Arthritis #aspirin #bloodpressure #GB #LungCancer #paracetamol #Prescriptions #Radio4 #TheMedicines #TheOneShow #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/660973/

Catching a bit of longwave while I still can, as I have a rest before driving the last hour to Halsway, this is on now & worth a listen.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p09hbsqb

#198Longwave #Radio4Longwave #BBCR4 #BBCRadio4 #Radio4 #Radio #RadioDrama

Matthew Biggs dead: BBC Radio and Gardener’s Question Time star dies after cancer battle https://www.allforgardening.com/1789181/matthew-biggs-dead-bbc-radio-and-gardeners-question-time-star-dies-after-cancer-battle/ #BbcRadio #BowelCancer #Cancer #garden #gardener #gardening #obituaries #QuestionTime #Radio4

Matthew Biggs dead: BBC Radio and Gardener’s Question Time star dies after cancer battle https://www.allforgardening.com/1789181/matthew-biggs-dead-bbc-radio-and-gardeners-question-time-star-dies-after-cancer-battle/ #BbcRadio #BowelCancer #Cancer #garden #gardener #gardening #obituaries #QuestionTime #Radio4

Gardeners' World star Alan Titchmarsh aims dig at BBC star who 'lives in London'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/gardeners-world-star-alan-titchmarsh-37199106

BBC Radio 4 explores shortwave broadcasting and soft power

https://swling.com/blog/2026/05/bbc-radio-4-explores-shortwave-broadcasting-and-soft-power/

#BBCRadio4 #InternationalBroadcasting #JosephineMcDermott #Radio4 #RadioDocumentaries #ShortwaveRadio #TheSoundOfSoftPower

BBC Radio 4 explores shortwave broadcasting and soft power

https://swling.com/blog/2026/05/bbc-radio-4-explores-shortwave-broadcasting-and-soft-power/

#BBCRadio4 #InternationalBroadcasting #JosephineMcDermott #Radio4 #RadioDocumentaries #ShortwaveRadio #TheSoundOfSoftPower

Mwynhau dyddiau olaf Radio 4 ar LW.

#radio #longwave #bbcradio4 #bbc #bbcradio #radio4 #analogue

Mwynhau dyddiau olaf Radio 4 ar LW.

#radio #longwave #bbcradio4 #bbc #bbcradio #radio4 #analogue

BBC staff strike as new director general warns of ‘tough choices’ on his first day https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/18/bbc-staff-strike-director-general-matt-brittin-first-day #Bbc #MattBrittin #IndustrialAction #TelevisionIndustry #BbcWorldService #Radio4 #UkNews #Media #RadioIndustry #Business #TradeUnions #NationalUnionOfJournalists

BBC staff strike as new director general warns of ‘tough choices’ on his first day https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/18/bbc-staff-strike-director-general-matt-brittin-first-day #Bbc #MattBrittin #IndustrialAction #TelevisionIndustry #BbcWorldService #Radio4 #UkNews #Media #RadioIndustry #Business #TradeUnions #NationalUnionOfJournalists

Next Saturday on Radio 4:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wsj8
#MilesDavis #Radio4 #BBC #BBCRadio

The BBC have said they will stop transmitting BBC Radio 4 on Long Wave, LW, on Sunday 21st June 2026 😭☹️🤬☹️😭

#Radio #BBC #BBCRadio #BBCRadio4 #LW #LongWave #SaveLongWave #SaveRadio #Radio4

The BBC have said they will stop transmitting BBC Radio 4 on Long Wave, LW, on Sunday 21st June 2026 😭☹️🤬☹️😭

#Radio #BBC #BBCRadio #BBCRadio4 #LW #LongWave #SaveLongWave #SaveRadio #Radio4

Fellow humans, this episode of Naturebang is worth a listen (I mean they all are, but definitely this one).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vyh4

#NatureBang #Radio4 #BBCRadio4 #BBCR4 #Radio #Nature #HumanNature

Fellow humans, this episode of Naturebang is worth a listen (I mean they all are, but definitely this one).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002vyh4

#NatureBang #Radio4 #BBCRadio4 #BBCR4 #Radio #Nature #HumanNature

I like listening to the shipping forecast. I just don’t like being awake to do so.
At least it isn’t the early edition today.

#Radio4 #ShippingForecast #TheShippingForecast

M. C. Escher
#InOurTime #MCEscher #maths #IOT #Radio4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002v19c

M. C. Escher
#InOurTime #MCEscher #maths #IOT #Radio4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002v19c

M. C. Escher
#InOurTime #MCEscher #maths #IOT #Radio4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002v19c

M. C. Escher
#InOurTime #MCEscher #maths #IOT #Radio4
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002v19c

Since the demise of #Radioarchive and the other #Cheops sites, is there anywhere to get some of that old #BBC #Radio4 stuff?

It's kind of ironic that the BBC calls out to people who have preserved their stuff in the past to fill in programme gaps for stuff that they then sell, and yet do their damndest to stop archivists preserving things that have now ended up lost again.

Ever since I lost my old iPod with the 48 hour version of "This Sceptred Isle" on it, I have been trying to find it again. There are plenty of torrents with 0 seeds and no "last seen" info, and I think even the abridged one is gone from Archive.org so unless someone has copies, it's just on its way to becoming yet another lost show, that I partly paid for.

Grrr.

#History of #Britain #UK #Museum #Curation #Collecting #LostMedia #Radio no #Podcast #ThisSceptredIsle

Since the demise of #Radioarchive and the other #Cheops sites, is there anywhere to get some of that old #BBC #Radio4 stuff?

It's kind of ironic that the BBC calls out to people who have preserved their stuff in the past to fill in programme gaps for stuff that they then sell, and yet do their damndest to stop archivists preserving things that have now ended up lost again.

Ever since I lost my old iPod with the 48 hour version of "This Sceptred Isle" on it, I have been trying to find it again. There are plenty of torrents with 0 seeds and no "last seen" info, and I think even the abridged one is gone from Archive.org so unless someone has copies, it's just on its way to becoming yet another lost show, that I partly paid for.

Grrr.

#History of #Britain #UK #Museum #Curation #Collecting #LostMedia #Radio no #Podcast #ThisSceptredIsle

Since the demise of #Radioarchive and the other #Cheops sites, is there anywhere to get some of that old #BBC #Radio4 stuff?

It's kind of ironic that the BBC calls out to people who have preserved their stuff in the past to fill in programme gaps for stuff that they then sell, and yet do their damndest to stop archivists preserving things that have now ended up lost again.

Ever since I lost my old iPod with the 48 hour version of "This Sceptred Isle" on it, I have been trying to find it again. There are plenty of torrents with 0 seeds and no "last seen" info, and I think even the abridged one is gone from Archive.org so unless someone has copies, it's just on its way to becoming yet another lost show, that I partly paid for.

Grrr.

#History of #Britain #UK #Museum #Curation #Collecting #LostMedia #Radio no #Podcast #ThisSceptredIsle

Since the demise of #Radioarchive and the other #Cheops sites, is there anywhere to get some of that old #BBC #Radio4 stuff?

It's kind of ironic that the BBC calls out to people who have preserved their stuff in the past to fill in programme gaps for stuff that they then sell, and yet do their damndest to stop archivists preserving things that have now ended up lost again.

Ever since I lost my old iPod with the 48 hour version of "This Sceptred Isle" on it, I have been trying to find it again. There are plenty of torrents with 0 seeds and no "last seen" info, and I think even the abridged one is gone from Archive.org so unless someone has copies, it's just on its way to becoming yet another lost show, that I partly paid for.

Grrr.

#History of #Britain #UK #Museum #Curation #Collecting #LostMedia #Radio no #Podcast #ThisSceptredIsle

Since the demise of #Radioarchive and the other #Cheops sites, is there anywhere to get some of that old #BBC #Radio4 stuff?

It's kind of ironic that the BBC calls out to people who have preserved their stuff in the past to fill in programme gaps for stuff that they then sell, and yet do their damndest to stop archivists preserving things that have now ended up lost again.

Ever since I lost my old iPod with the 48 hour version of "This Sceptred Isle" on it, I have been trying to find it again. There are plenty of torrents with 0 seeds and no "last seen" info, and I think even the abridged one is gone from Archive.org so unless someone has copies, it's just on its way to becoming yet another lost show, that I partly paid for.

Grrr.

#History of #Britain #UK #Museum #Curation #Collecting #LostMedia #Radio no #Podcast #ThisSceptredIsle

Excellent episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage on birds -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09ly26f?

#Birding #Birds #InfiniteMonkeyCage #Radio #Radio4 #BBCR4 #NaturalHistory

Excellent episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage on birds -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b09ly26f?

#Birding #Birds #InfiniteMonkeyCage #Radio #Radio4 #BBCR4 #NaturalHistory

I just listened to the new BBC Inside Science presenter - some twat they've nabbed from 'The Times' - bloody awful.
What the actual fuck have the BBC done with all their top notch science journalists; Marnie Chesterton, Roland Pease and Adam Rutherford?
What the hell is going on?
https://www.instagram.com/p/DQR5DEaDO0F/?img_index=1

#InsideScience
#Radio4
#MarnieChesterton
#ScienceCommunication #ScienceEducation #ScienceNews #AnotherBBCFuckUp #BBC #BBCRadio

@saxifraga @FediFollows @robinince

I'm a fan of science-comedy #BBCRadio #Radio4 show #TheInfiniteMonkeyCage , great to see co-host Robin Ince here on the #Fediverse !

(Brian Cox {don't ask which!} is probably too busy resting in his Gou'auld sarcophagus restoring his youthful appearance & lustrous locks.)

Absolutely shameless appropriation of #WindintheWillows for political purposes on #BBC Radio 4 at the moment. It's brilliant. 👌🏼

#Radio4 #drama #impartiality #not

@SesameSquirrel @kshernandez

At one point, I'd have sworn one of the announcers on #BBCRadio #Radio4 in the 90s/00s (Vaughan something) must have been a kung fu film dubber in his youth

#KungFuSat

"For a programme with a wholly misleading title which started from scratch with a six-month contract, it's been quite a ride!" said Lord Bragg.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewnllp1de8o
#InOurTime #BBC #Radio4 #education
#MelvinBragg

@WEBylines I'm actually not sure how true this is. A little critical thinking and the Beeb, especially as TV used to be quite easy to dissemble. Fortunate man doesn't have a TV anymore. Strictly #Radio3 occasional forays into #Radio6 and #Radio4 before 6.30. (that's when the subs get in!) #justsaying

@WEBylines I'm actually not sure how true this is. A little critical thinking and the Beeb, especially as TV used to be quite easy to dissemble. Fortunate man doesn't have a TV anymore. Strictly #Radio3 occasional forays into #Radio6 and #Radio4 before 6.30. (that's when the subs get in!) #justsaying

I'm actually not sure how true this is. A little critical thinking and the Beeb, especially as TV used to be quite easy to dissemble. Fortunate man doesn't have a TV anymore. Strictly #Radio3 occasional forays into #Radio6 and #Radio4 before 6.30. (that's when the subs get in!) #justsaying
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/genteel-bias-how-the-bbc-dismantles-the-left-without-us-noticing/?feed_id=365&_unique_id=686bfac262171

I'm actually not sure how true this is. A little critical thinking and the Beeb, especially as TV used to be quite easy to dissemble. Fortunate man doesn't have a TV anymore. Strictly #Radio3 occasional forays into #Radio6 and #Radio4 before 6.30. (that's when the subs get in!) #justsaying
https://westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/genteel-bias-how-the-bbc-dismantles-the-left-without-us-noticing/?feed_id=365&_unique_id=686bfac262171

#inourtime #radio4 #civility Been on my mind locally #pembroke #cymru #cymraeg Is it a 'thing' ? Locals here never respond to emails in a 24 hr time frame. Frequently no reply at all. Just plain rude / arrogant / superiority gone wrong?

#inourtime #radio4 #civility Been on my mind locally #pembroke #cymru #cymraeg Is it a 'thing' ? Locals here never respond to emails in a 24 hr time frame. Frequently no reply at all. Just plain rude / arrogant / superiority gone wrong?

Listening to The Curious Cases of Not Rutherford and Fry.
As a licence payer I demand that the #BBC re-hires Adam. It would be so much better with his comments on the crow item.
#CuriousCases #HannahFry #Radio4 #enshittification #DumbingDown #science

Waiting outside Broadcasting House for a recording of Just A Minute. #JustAMinute #bbcR4 #Radio4

The history of copyright:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002c3bm
#copyright #history #IOT #InOurTime #Radio4