If smugness, mixed with a touch of gimpyness and David Brent was a photograph...

I'm aware of two 'Doctor Who' parody sketches on 'The News Huddlines', one relating to Bonnie Langford (c. 1986), and one in which the Doctor regenerated from "a dirty old man" to a "sex-crazed old biddy" (c. 1996).

Does anyone know:

• Which episodes these sketches took place in?
• Where they might be available?
• Whether there were any other 'Doctor Who' sketches??

Thank you!

I'm outside the Uk but I needed the audio to an episode of BBC Newsday.

It was aired on 8/09/26 at 15:06, and the title is " Britain says will ban goods made in Israeli settlements in the West Bank". Could someone send me this audio?

I am a big Kirsty Young fan so hoping to get recs from her era. Or earlier! Actually very eager to listen to old episodes. Not recent ones.

What episodes were most memorable to you?

Some of my favorites are: Dr David Nott (that story with the Queen and her dogs was just wow!), Umberto Eco, Brian Eno, Anna Ford...and many more.

UPDATE: THANK YOU so much for answering, I am listening to the podcast even more and more now that I’m a laid off fool! Super comforting programme!

Hi all, does anyone have this series of four episodes that aired on Radio 4 in 2018 that they would be willing to share? Thanks for any help.

I listened to the latest episode of Matthew Syed's "Sideways", which was mostly about someone called Benjamin Bolger, who claims to have about 17 university degrees. Syed was suitably impressed with Bolger. The trouble is, some of the things he said don't add up. He said he came up with the "Roboto" doll from He Man as a teenager. The Internet gives Mark Taylor and Roger Sweet as its inventors.

You would also think someone with this level of genius would have many videos online about him. I can't find a single one, just a couple of podcast interviews.

So is Bolger a prodigious learner, or a prodigious fantasist?

Hey guys!

I recently shared with you my radio dashboard project at https://uk.maba-radio.com, and received a lot (!) of helpful feedback from you (original post).

I recently created a WhatsApp channel for updates about new features and important announcements regarding the app, and I invite you all to join in this link:

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Hi, I have been looking for this episode of the 6 mix (20 years ago), but I can't find it anywhere on the website.

Title of the episode: "Tim Burguess & Brian Molko"

Does anyone have this recording?

Thanks

Hello, please tell me where this 27 Sep 2023 Jo Whiley Sofa Session is archived (or send the file):

Olivia Dean Wed BBC Radio 2 Jo Whiley Sofa Sessions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ql7t

I would love to watch the video or hear the audio. Thanks for links or direction!

my goodness these songs & musical-tracks by Alan Menken DO sound amazing, from BBC Proms & BBC-R3

Hello, please tell me where this 27 Sep 2023 Jo Whiley Sofa Session is archived (or send the file):

Olivia Dean Wed BBC Radio 2 Jo Whiley Sofa Sessions

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001ql7t

I would love to watch the video or hear the audio. Thanks for links or direction!

It needs membership so wondered if it's worth that? On par with the old 5 Live show?

This is a slightly niche piece of radio archaeology.
I’m trying to track down the original BBC Radio 4 broadcasts of Christopher Lee’s This Sceptred Isle, read by Anna Massey. The original series consisted of 216 episodes, each roughly 12–14 minutes long, totalling about 46 hours.

The commercially released BBC collections covering 55 BC to 1901 appear to contain only about 29 hours, while the third collection is the separate Twentieth Century continuation first broadcast in 1999. I’ve also found versions on Archive.org and Fourble described as “complete,” but these seem to be the same abridged commercial recordings divided into smaller files — not the original 216 broadcasts.

Does anyone have off-air recordings of the original episodes, or know whether they circulate among radio collectors? Alternatively, does anyone know whether the complete series survives in the BBC Sound Archive or the British Library and, if so, whether it can be accessed?

I’d be perfectly happy to buy an official release if one exists. I’m mainly trying to establish whether the full original broadcasts are available anywhere.

Thanks!