Woo Hoo!: BBC radio is to launch a major cross-station drama season based around the science fiction genre, which will see BBC 7 broadcast its biggest original series commission to date ( Read more... )

Jazz legend Lyttelton dies at 86

Humphrey Lyttelton 1921 - 2008Humph died peacefully with his family and friends around him on April 25th at 7.00pm following surgery.
There are no words I can say.

RIP Humph.

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Right then, last year, you lot voted that Best Xmas song lyric ever is: You scumbag, you maggot You cheap lousy faggot
Well, this morning, BBC Radio 1 decided this was offensive to some listeners but then later on in the day saw sense and backed down. I agree with pickwick, it's a damn shame that the BBC manages to tie itself into hoops as often as it does ( Read more... )

Following up from yesterday, this morning's best radio show award goes to Stewart Lee proclaiming the Devil gets the best tunes. Lee of course is co-creator of Jerry Springer: The Opera, and the show, available on Listen Again, has interviews with Andy Hamilton about oldharrysgame and a bit about the Faustian elements of the Charlie Daniels Band song Devil ( Read more... )

Guessing I ought to pay attention to the listings a bit more.

ETA: Was rather good. The moving service stations thing was a bit silly, but still. Listen again for one week from now, and it'll be repeated at 12.30pm Sunday.http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/genius.shtml

Jennie and I met because she and ginasketch came down to London to attend a recording of the News Quiz, a show we were all fans of. Suffice to say I've a little soft spot for the show that inspired Have I Got News For You and is always worth a listen. So these headlines aren't really welcome.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Broadcaster Alan Coren dies at 69
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Nearly forgot about this, but it'll be on Listen Again as well:
BBC Radio 4 - Comedy - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

BBC - Radio 4 - Word of Mouth

Talking about the origins and usage of memes.

ETA:It's finished, he was on for about 5 minutes at the beginning, and it's available on listen again. He got the word from the Greek word mymeme(sp?) apparently, and seemingly approves of the usage in quiz memes-it's become a meme in its own right, but thinks it might ( Read more... )

OK, anyone paying attention will have seen me mention the awesome Radio4comedy that is oldharrysgame a few times, and I've linked to ginasketch's trailer for it before. but she's finally finished it, so go tell her how cool this is:

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Prof: People are fundamentally decent and moral
Satan: *chuckles* Oh, I'm sorry, you were serious...
*puts CD of series 1 back into player*