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Radio review: Dickensian, Opening Lines, and The Bottom Line

AUDIO books are stealing the ears of listeners who might once have been radio listeners; so the BBC has invested a laudable tranche of its resources into high-end literary adaptations

25 Oct 2024

Radio review: Punt and Dennis: Route masters, Witness History, and A Mucky Business with Tim Farron

AT AN early stage in Punt and Dennis: Route masters (Radio 4, Tuesdays) one of our eponymous presenters admits, “I don’t really understand what I’m dealing with”

18 Oct 2024

Radio review: Drama on 4: It Can’t Happen Here, Evil Genius with Russell Kane, and Short Works

YOU know not to trust someone if they quote with approval 2 Kings 18.31-32. The vision of “a land of grain and new wine, of bread and vineyards”, sounds appealing; but, as any Church Times reader will know, it comes from the mouth of an Assyrian king and is not to be trusted

11 Oct 2024

Radio review: Daily Dose of History and Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

04 Oct 2024

Radio review: Thinking Allowed, Free Thinking, and Randy Feltface’s Destruction Manual

27 Sep 2024

Radio review: The Coming Storm and Scamtown

20 Sep 2024

Radio review: Complex, Composer of the Week and More Wow

13 Sep 2024

Radio review: Grenfell: Building a disaster and The Human Subject

06 Sep 2024

Radio review: World of Secrets and The Life Scientific

30 Aug 2024

Radio review: File on 4, In the Studio, and The History of Curb Your Enthusiasm with Jeff Garlin and Susie Essman

23 Aug 2024

Radio review: Archive on 4: Sister Blues, Retracted, and Assignment

16 Aug 2024

Radio review: Status by Carl Honoré, The Moral Maze, and Miss Me?

09 Aug 2024

Radio review: Sideways, How to Write a Book, and The Bottom Line

02 Aug 2024

Radio review: Health Check, Alexei Sayle’s Strangers on a Train, and Americast

26 Jul 2024

Radio review: Rory Stewart: The Long History of . . . Ignorance, Ten Second Showdown, and Music Map

19 Jul 2024

Radio review: The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam, On Your Farm, and The Rest is Football

12 Jul 2024

Radio review: Free Thinking, Crowd Science, and Mark Steel’s in Town

05 Jul 2024

Radio review: Whose Truth?, Gone Medieval, and Composer of the Week

28 Jun 2024

Radio review: Writing the Universe, The Ancients, and Drama on 3: Jubilee!

21 Jun 2024

Radio review: Orwell vs Kafka and The Beaches

14 Jun 2024

Radio review: Thief at the British Museum, The Briefing Room, and Child

07 Jun 2024

Radio review: Michael Spicer: No room, Thinking Allowed, and We Have Ways of Making You Talk

31 May 2024

Radio review: Rosebud, Just One Thing with Michael Mosley, and The Essay: Music in bloom

24 May 2024

Radio review: The Price of Paradise, Assignment: Italy’s Mafia whistleblower, and A Celebration for Ascension Day

17 May 2024

Radio review: About the Boys, The Boys are Not Alright, and Woman’s Hour

10 May 2024

Radio review: The Invention of China, In Good Faith, and The Documentary: The Poker Parent

03 May 2024

Radio review: AntiSocial, The Current Thing, and The Now Show

26 Apr 2024

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Radio

Radio review: Dickensian, Opening Lines, and The Bottom Line

Radio review: Punt and Dennis: Route masters, Witness History, and A Mucky Business with Tim Farron

Radio review: Drama on 4: It Can’t Happen Here, Evil Genius with Russell Kane, and Short Works

Radio review: Daily Dose of History and Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

Radio review: Thinking Allowed, Free Thinking, and Randy Feltface’s Destruction Manual

Radio review: The Coming Storm and Scamtown

Radio review: Complex, Composer of the Week and More Wow

Radio review: Grenfell: Building a disaster and The Human Subject

Radio review: World of Secrets and The Life Scientific

Radio review: File on 4, In the Studio, and The History of Curb Your Enthusiasm with Jeff Garlin and Susie Essman

Radio review: Archive on 4: Sister Blues, Retracted, and Assignment

Radio review: Status by Carl Honoré, The Moral Maze, and Miss Me?

Radio review: Sideways, How to Write a Book, and The Bottom Line

Radio review: Health Check, Alexei Sayle’s Strangers on a Train, and Americast

Radio review: Rory Stewart: The Long History of . . . Ignorance, Ten Second Showdown, and Music Map

Radio review: The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam, On Your Farm, and The Rest is Football

Radio review: Free Thinking, Crowd Science, and Mark Steel’s in Town

Radio review: Whose Truth?, Gone Medieval, and Composer of the Week

Radio review: Writing the Universe, The Ancients, and Drama on 3: Jubilee!

Radio review: Orwell vs Kafka and The Beaches

Radio review: Thief at the British Museum, The Briefing Room, and Child

Radio review: Michael Spicer: No room, Thinking Allowed, and We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Radio review: Rosebud, Just One Thing with Michael Mosley, and The Essay: Music in bloom

Radio review: The Price of Paradise, Assignment: Italy’s Mafia whistleblower, and A Celebration for Ascension Day

Radio review: About the Boys, The Boys are Not Alright, and Woman’s Hour

Radio review: The Invention of China, In Good Faith, and The Documentary: The Poker Parent

Radio review: AntiSocial, The Current Thing, and The Now Show

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