Radio
The week in audio: Tokyo Olympics coverage; The Hundred; Passenger List; Fully Amplified
Radio and podcasts have all aspects of the Games covered, while a new take on cricket proved a bit too zippy for the airwaves
Miranda Sawyer
31, Jul, 2021 @4:00 PM
Annie Mac’s last Radio 1 show review – beloved DJ bows out with a beautiful tearjerker
After 17 years at the BBC – from embarrassing herself in front of Pete Tong to forgetting she interviewed Rihanna – Mac hangs up her headphones with an emotional plea to her many fans
Rachel Aroesti
30, Jul, 2021 @8:55 PM
The week in audio: Greg James’s Summer Breakout; Manatomy
James finds himself locked up again - this time in a hot campervan - in Radio 1’s latest stunt project. Plus, a podcast that gets men to open up
Miranda Sawyer
24, Jul, 2021 @4:00 PM
Sue Perkins confirmed as new host of BBC Radio 4’s Just a Minute
Former Bake Off presenter to take helm of comedy panel show after death of Nicholas Parsons
Alex Mistlin
20, Jul, 2021 @10:42 AM
The week in audio: Have You Heard George’s Podcast?; Neutrinowatch
George the Poet returns with a third series – and a new venture. Plus, an innovative podcast from the hosts of Here Be Monsters and Ask Me Anything
Miranda Sawyer
17, Jul, 2021 @4:00 PM
The week in audio: Fogo: Fear of Going Out; The Everyday Hustle with Sonya Barlow; We Can Be Heroes
A look at America’s obsession with camping is a treat. Plus, the fearsome business nous of Sonya Barlow and LBGTQ+ stalwart Glyn Fussell’s new show
Miranda Sawyer
10, Jul, 2021 @4:00 PM
Charlotte Higgins on The Archers: crack cocaine hits Ambridge
Shades of EastEnders in the village this month, with the first bisexual in Borsetshire, sexathons and drugs before teatime
Charlotte Higgins
06, Jul, 2021 @8:00 AM
Annie Mac on women in the music industry: ‘There’s still a long way to go’
As the Irish presenter and DJ leaves BBC Radio 1 after 17 years, she has spoken out about her experiences of ‘tokenism’
Lucy Campbell
05, Jul, 2021 @11:01 PM
Lemon drizzle cake memories take me back to the 1950s | Brief letters
Brief letters: Tourist coaches | Ageing readership | Lemon drizzle cake | Constitutional reform | Quick crosswords
Letters
04, Jul, 2021 @5:08 PM
The week in audio: Pieces of Britney; Elon Musk: The Evening Rocket; Human Resources and more
Radio 4 series on Britney Spears’s troubles and Elon Musk’s space ambitions highlight society’s double standards
Miranda Sawyer
03, Jul, 2021 @4:00 PM
John Theocharis and the tale of Mikis Theodorakis’s tapes | Letter
Letter: Peter Fraenkel pays tribute to the late BBC radio drama producer John Theocharis
Letters
02, Jul, 2021 @2:19 PM
Nick Grimshaw leaves Radio 1 after 14 years
The former breakfast show presenter and current drivetime host said working on the station had been ‘everything I’d imagined and more’
Hannah J Davies
30, Jun, 2021 @3:28 PM
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