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20 Questions With20 Questions With John HumphrysThe veteran broadcaster reflects on a career that led him to become a presenter on the BBC's flagship Today programme, and one of Britain's most famous interviewers. He explores the impact growing up in a Cardiff slum had on his later life, reveals what has motivated him in his work, and shares his views on politicians. Humphrys also looks ahead to the BBC's future, predicts the end of the licence fee and, despite describing a "slight liberal bias" at the corporation, insists BBC News is to be trusted.
2025-12-2335 min20 Questions With20 Questions With John HumphrysThe veteran broadcaster reflects on a career that led him to become a presenter on the BBC's flagship Today programme, and one of Britain's most famous interviewers. He explores the impact growing up in a Cardiff slum had on his later life, reveals what has motivated him in his work, and shares his views on politicians. Humphrys also looks ahead to the BBC's future, predicts the end of the licence fee and, despite describing a "slight liberal bias" at the corporation, insists BBC News is to be trusted.
2025-12-2335 min
Broadcasting HousePresident Trump threatens to sue the BBCWith the President squaring up to the BBC, veteran Radio 4 broadcaster John Humphrys gives us his views about the crisis at the corporation. Also on the programme, we hear about tourists chasing pigs in the New Forest during pannage season. We have a briefing on briefing from Patrick Maguire, Chief Political Commentator at The Times. And the papers are reviewed by Ulrika Jonsson, Calum Leslie from Radio 1 and Anna Gross of the Financial Times.
2025-11-1649 min
Rosebud with Gyles BrandrethMore Rosebud: First memories from John Humphrys, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and more...In this episode you join Gyles and Harriet at the Oldie of the Year lunch, where Harriet asks some of the guests at the event for their first memories. Including memories from Radio 4 legend John Humphrys, children's writer Dame Jacqueline Wilson, choreographer Arlene Philips, actress Nanette Newman and 102 year-old skydiver Manette Baillie. Plus some chat from Gyles and Harriet and one of your emails, about synaesthesia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-03-2533 min
RadioMMT#037 Martha & John: Worst Neoliberal Policy EverWith the help of Martha Knox-Haly, and John Haly, we examine the worst ever neoliberal policy that continues to inflict suffering on hundreds of thousands of Australians. Just how airy-fairy are the economics behind this policy, and how could unions and Labor governments have fallen for all this? Show Notes Fiat Socialism by Carlos García Hernández (book review) How Labour Built Neoliberalism by Elizabeth Humphrys (book) The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton (book)Choosing unemployment: what of job seekers? by John Haly – (article - part 1) Choosing unemployment: what of job seekers? by John Haly (article – part 2) Inside Politics: Treasurer Ji...
2024-09-1300 min
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Fiction, DramaProtesting Too Much: A BBC Radio 4 Sitcom by Kate Brooke, Sally PhillipsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/785120 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Protesting Too Much: A BBC Radio 4 Sitcom Author: Kate Brooke, Sally Phillips Narrator: Louisa Milwood-Haigh, Alan Francis, Sue Elliott-Nicholls, Chris Pavlo, John Fortune, Sally Phillips, Brian Bowles, Full Cast, Eleanor Bron Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 53 minutes Release date: August 8, 2024 Genres: Drama Publisher's Summary: A hilarious 90’s BBC Radio 4 sitcom performed by an all-star cast Starring comedian John Fortune, best known for the satirical TV show Bremner, Bird and Fortune, and screen legend Eleanor Bron, Protesting Too Much is written by Sally Phillips and Kate Brooke. A classic co...
2024-08-0805 min
Desert Island DiscsClive Myrie, journalistClive Myrie is an award-winning journalist and news presenter who is one of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents. In 2021 he took over from John Humphrys as Question Master of the quiz show Mastermind and has also presented travel programmes about Italy and the Caribbean. Clive’s parents are from Jamaica and he was born in Farnworth, near Bolton – one of seven children. As a young boy he had a paper round and one of the perks was reading the leftover newspapers which gave him the opportunity to learn about a world beyond Bolton. He loved watchi...
2024-07-1452 min
Radio OldieOldie Podcast - John Humphrys in conversation with Charlotte MetcalfCharlotte Metcalf is a journalist, editor, award-winning documentary film-maker and was co-presenter of the Break Out Culture podcast. She is Supplements Editor and a frequent contributor at The Oldie.
John Humphrys is the legendary BBC journalist who presented Radio Four’s Today for 30 years. He talks about his Welsh upbringing, how Superman inspired him to become a journalist and what it was like digging for truth from the dominant politicians of our time, notably Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair.
2024-06-0333 min
Stream Popular Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & CultureParanoia: A Journey into Extreme Mistrust and Anxiety by Daniel FreemanPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/674817 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Paranoia: A Journey into Extreme Mistrust and Anxiety Author: Daniel Freeman Narrator: Robin Laing Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 35 minutes Release date: February 1, 2024 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: 'A TRULY IMPORTANT BOOK’ JOHN HUMPHRYS 'FASCINATING… SHOCKING' SPECTATOR What is paranoia? What makes us mistrustful? How can this be overcome? Daniel Freeman, Professor of Psychology at Oxford, has spent thirty years at the vanguard of paranoia research and treatment. This remarkable and moving book tells the story of that journey. For decades, conventional wisdom held that paranoia was only expe...
2024-02-0105 min
Bunny in the Garden with...5: John HumphrysIn this episode Bunny is in the garden with the renowned broadcaster John Humphrys. John has had many notable jobs including being a foreign correspondent and a diplomatic correspondent for the BBC, presenting the Nine O’Clock News, The Today Programme and Mastermind to name but a few. At present you can find him hosting the Sunday evening Classical Music Show (4-7pm GMT) on Classic FM.
Hear how his garden is chockablock with plants from friends, how the places that he has lived have shaped the way he lives and gardens, hear him eulogise about his homemade comp...
2024-01-251h 10
Are you an artist?Richard Philp : from art dealing to painting, and the importance of friendship in lifeToday’s episode is with Richard Philp, who speaks about his journey from art dealing to painting, but also the importance of friendship in life. This was mentioned : Richard’s brother Paul Philp, Emmanuel Cooper, Monet, Rembrandt, Tician, Georgione, Bellini, Giacometti, John Humphrys, Cerulian blue, El Greco, Modigliani, Herzog’s films Fitzcarraldo - Aguirre, the Wrath of God - Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Willem de Kooning, Rothko’s Seagram series, and Van Gogh.Richard Philp’s website : https://www.richardphilp.com/ Contact : rphilp@richardphilp.com Instagram : @richardphilppainter Instagram : @ar...
2024-01-121h 14
Enjoy Offering of Full Audiobooks in Funny, Performing ArtsCraig Brown: A BBC Radio Collection - Craig BrownListen to full audiobooks for free :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTITLE Craig Brown: A BBC Radio CollectionSUBTITLE This Is Craig Brown, 1966 & All That, as Told to Craig Brown and Lost DiariesAUTHOR Craig BrownNARRATOR Juliet Stevenson, Various, John Humphrys, Dolly Wells, Lewis McLeod, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Craig Brown, Alistair McGowan, Barry Norman, Ewan Bailey, Harry Enfield, Jan Ravens, Rory BremnerLANGUAGE EnglishRELEASE DATE 12-07-2023PUBLISHER BBC AudioCATEGORIES Funny, Performing ArtsSUMMARYColumnist, critic and award-winning author Craig Brown is well known for his...
2023-12-0700 min
The Good Listening To Show: Stories of Distinction & GeniusLouise Minchin, BBC Presenter, Author & Endurance Athlete on her New Book "Fearless: Adventures With Extraordinary Women"Send a textLouise Minchin has a wonderful story to tell and she tells it very well. Born in a typhoon in Hong Kong some 55 years ago, one of her earliest memories as a young child is of the water in her bath moving as her tower block shook in gale-force winds! To this day, Louise finds storms exciting…You can also watch/Listen to Louise here: https://vimeo.com/chrisgrimes/louiseminchinHer grandparents had a house at the foot of a mountain in Spain, which she fondly remembers visiting year after year. Lou...
2023-09-1649 min
Pod Save the UKMatt Hancock vs The Grim ReaperMatt Hancock fails to win over bereaved families at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry, as they turn their backs on him while another confronts him dressed as the grim reaper. Nish and Coco get to grips with ‘greedflation’ as MPs question supermarket bosses about their huge salaries. Plus Coco questions why Labour has an all-white all-male line up of candidates for the upcoming by-elections. And Nish is disheartened by a report that finds cricket is racist, sexist and elitist - the “full fruit machine” of prejudice!We continue ‘Chat Shit Get Banged’, our campaign to stop politicians lying, with the hel...
2023-06-2954 min
Intelligence Squared: Arts & CultureBetween You and I The English Language Is Going To The DogsSpeaking and writing correct English are the hallmarks of an intelligent person. No one who cares about language wants to be caught splitting an infinitive or muddling up ‘infer’ and ‘imply’. Which is why the bestseller lists are regularly topped by books on 'good' English by the likes of Daily Mail polemicist Simon Heffer and Today programme presenter John Humphrys - both of whom defend the motion in this debate. Taking them on are Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge, and Oliver Kamm, top commentator at The Times. No one would dare describe either as lacking in grey m...
2023-05-091h 01
Last WordBarry Humphries, Len Goodman, Professor Elizabeth Murray, Jah ShakaMatthew Bannister onBarry Humphries, best known for his comic creations Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. We have tributes from Rob Brydon and John Humphrys.Len Goodman, who went from working as a welder to international fame as head judge of Strictly Come Dancing.Professor Elizabeth Murray, a pioneer in the use of digital technology in health care.And Jah Shaka, dub reggae star, producer and sound system king.Interviewee: Rob Brydon
Interviewee: John Humphrys
Interviewee: Mary Richardson
Interviewee: Anne Pender
Interviewee: Professor Fiona Stevenson
Interviewee: Neil...
2023-04-2827 min
Emma & Tom Talk TeachingEaster Special 2023It's the Easter break, and we've come to our beloved studio B2.16, plagued as it is with the noise of building work and passing students, with a pile of thought-provoking material from books, podcasts and the news.How can we reduce inequities for pupils in poverty? How do we effectively challenge deficit perspectives in student teachers? What's going on with pupil behaviour policies which insist on 'standard English'? Why did that man just give me a bunch of flowers and run away?All of these questions, and more, will...
2023-04-071h 05
1857Sentimental Preservation Society 🏺BF Squire x Erasable - A pen that’s dressed like a pencil | WoodclinchedPelikan Souveran M600 Fountain PenLoot | Official TrailerThe Crown | Official TrailerObituary: Queen Elizabeth II - BBC NewsThe Capture | TrailerLexx Education PodcastThe News Agents PodcastTao Te ChingIn God We Doubt - John HumphrysThe Snowball System - Mo BunnellIced Salted Maple and Caramel Latte | StarbucksNon Alcoholic Drinks | The World's 1st Distilled Non Alcoholic Sp...
2022-09-261h 341857Life’s Rich Tapestry 🌅Pelikan – The Journal ShopreMarkable 2BULLET TRAIN (2022Garth Marenghi's DarkplaceBaz Luhrmann’s ELVIS (2022)Huberman Lab PodcastAlcohol Explained: - William PorterThe Unexpected Joy of Being Sober - Catherine GrayIn God We Doubt - John HumphrysMen at Arms: A Discworld Novel: 15 - Terry PratchettThe Metamorphosis - Franz KafkaJameson Orange – Jameson Irish WhiskeyMac Studio - AppleIf you need help or just support, there are plenty of resources out th...
2022-08-291h 28
Looks Unfamiliar092 - David Smith - It Made Me Want To Go Out And Buy A Bryan Adams AlbumLooks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.Joining Tim this time is quiz expert David Smith, who's trying to recharge the remembering batteries for Have I Got Unbroadcastable News For You, Stranger In This Town by Richie Sambora, 28 Acts In 28 Minutes, the soundtrack from Billy Connolly's World Tour Of Australia, the Sega Game Gear, Grand Theft Auto Vice City Official Soundtrack Box Set, Police Squad!, Bart Simpson's Guide To Life and Duck Tales T...
2022-06-031h 45
Progress With Unity PodcastPWU Latics Podcast - Gills Reaction, Arsenal PreviewSend a textGillinghamGoalsChancesMotMTop Of The LeagueArsenal Pizza PreviewRef WatchArsenal Competition FormPredictionsAnother 3-2 thriller between the Latics and Gillingham, this turned out to be our third win in seven days as we climbed to the summit of League One with four games in hand on second placed Sunderland. What a season this is turning out to be.Will Keane bagging two goals, Stevie Humphrys scoring his second in two games, Graeme Shinnie making a solid debut and Gwion Edwards putting in a Man...
2022-01-2323 min
Album Clash - a music podcast!The Great Escape vs (What's the Story) Morning Glory - Part 1Just like the changing of the actual seasons is a seamless transition from the balmy days of Summer into the rich Autumnal hues, so the end of one Album Clash season and the beginning of another occurs without you even noticing. Except that I'm telling you about it here.
Yes folks, to celebrate the end of our 'beef' season, while at the same time welcoming in the season of Britpop, we are doing the Granddaddy of them all. A rivalry so intense that it made headline news on both sides of the Atlantic. So colossal that it...
2021-08-261h 18
amplifyamplify #46 - Deirdre Gribbin on her new quartet for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, and a conversation with the festival's artistic director Francis HumphrysEpisode 46 features composer Deirdre Gribbin on her latest commission ‘Dark Matter Hunting’ from the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and her long association with the Bantry-based festival, and artistic director Francis Humphrys on this year’s programme and the challenges of putting on an online festival. Presented by Jonathan Grimes and Evonne Ferguson.CMCIreland · amplify #46 - Deirdre Gribbin & West Cork Chamber Music Festival's Francis HumphrysShow notes West Cork Chamber Music Festival Festival progamme Pacifica Quartet concert featuring Deirdre Gribbin world online premiere Citizens of Everywhere concert featuring Finola Merivale ‘The silent sweep as you stand...
2021-06-2539 min
LexisEpisode 18 - Emma Byrne*Explicit warning*
Show notes for Episode 18 Here are the show notes for Episode 18 - our first birthday episode! - where Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about: ‘So’ and why it annoys language pedants and prescriptivists. Language discourses around two texts discussing ‘so’. And we talk to Dr Emma Byrne, author of ‘Swearing Is Good For You: the amazing science of bad language’ about...swearing. Obvs. Emma Byrne’s Swearing is Good for You page: Swearing is Good for You – Emma Byrne, Science Writer and Broadcaster Emma Byrne in The Guardian: Swear by it: why bad language is good for you...
2021-06-0950 min
RunPodJohn HumphrysDo you consider yourself a runner, a jogger or a plodder? In this episode of RunPod, the guest is adamant he’s a plodder! He also fully expected to have exhausted all running chat in approximately 5 minutes, then surprised himself by enthusing about the feelgood of running for a good 40 minutes.
Journalist, quiz show host and former presenter of the ‘Today’ show, John Humphrys, is known for asking questions, yet for a change, here you hear him answer them.
John’s been running for almost 50 years and started whilst in Washington DC reporting on the Watergate scandal.
Despite his reluctance to admit...
2021-05-2841 min
Museum of Welsh Cricket PodcastI've got a stat for you - An interview with author Andrew EdwardsTell us what you think of this episodeAndrew was born in 1984. At the age of four, in April 1989, he was diagnosed with autism. “Go home and watch Rain Man,” the specialist told his mother. “In all probability your son will be institutionalised.” Determined to prove the specialist wrong, his mother, Hazel Davies, set out to give her son the best life possible. Raised in a single parent household and encountering bureaucracy, bullying and a lack of understanding from many he came across, Andrew emerged from a turbulent childhood to win a Welsh Natio...
2021-03-2631 min
Get Best Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment28 Acts in 28 Minutes – A BBC Radio 4 stand-up comedy show: Fast, fun, witty comedy against the clock by John HumphrysPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/485952 to listen full audiobooks. Title: 28 Acts in 28 Minutes – A BBC Radio 4 stand-up comedy show: Fast, fun, witty comedy against the clock Author: John Humphrys Narrator: Stephen K Amos, Adam Buxton, Sarah Millican, Isy Suttie, Miles Jupp, Tim Minchin, John Finnemore, Tim Key, Nicholas Parsons, John Humphrys, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 16 minutes Release date: January 28, 2021 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: John Humphrys hosts the quick-fire comedy show featuring 28 acts performing for one minute each 'Hilarious ... great fun' Elisabeth Mahoney, The Guardian 28 Acts in 28 Minutes is a traditional variety show with a di...
2021-01-2805 min
Explore Complete Audiobook Titles in High QualityBBC Audio presents The Now Show: Series 50-52: The BBC Radio 4 topical comedyPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/413749 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Now Show: Series 50-52: The BBC Radio 4 topical comedy
Author: BBC Audio
Narrator: Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 11 hours 35 minutes
Release date: June 18, 2020
Genres: Comedy, Satire & Parody
Publisher's Summary: 25 episodes of the flagship topical comedy show presented by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis The Now Show is a much-loved stalwart of radio comedy. Featuring some of the best and brightest contemporary comedians, this award-winning show takes a satirical look at the news through a mix of stand-up...
2020-06-1911h 35
Saturday LiveKirstie Allsopp and Paul O'GradyRichard Coles and Shaun Keaveny are joined by Kirstie Allsopp - she has been in our living rooms, stepping into other people’s living rooms, and generally exploring their houses, for 20 years via TV's Location, Location, Location. She’s also embraced the nation’s obsession with crafts with programmes such as Kirstie's Homemade Home, Kirstie's Homemade Christmas, and most recently Keep Crafting and Carry on. She joins us.
We also have Paul O’Grady, first known to us as Lily Savage, comedian from Birkenhead, dog lover, small holding owner, national treasure.
And Esther Safran Foer, the daughter of a holocaus...
2020-05-231h 22
Inheritance TracksJohn HumphrysHenry Belafonte singing Mary’s Boy Child and Take the A Train performed by Duke Ellington
2020-05-2306 min
The Sustainable Food Trust PodcastIn conversation with John HumphrysThis week's podcast features Patrick in conversation with journalist and broadcaster John Humphrys. Patrick and John have known each other for more than 30 years, initially through John's involvement with organic dairy farming in West Wales, during which time they have had an ongoing dialogue, both public and private, about the need for changing our food systems and the reasons why it isn't happening fast enough. Themes explored during the conversation include – why John believes only a catastrophe will provide enough motivation to persuade people to pay more for sustainable food, how well the supermarkets have performed during th...
2020-05-0134 min
Game Shows, I SupposeMastermind w/ Brian HenegarCheck Out Brian on Participating 8ThreeStudios Podcasts:https://www.8threestudios.com/https://itwasathingontv.podbean.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjCDlbCvET6a6K53TV9ZhZA SHOW NOTES:https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/912526/mastermind-bbc-show-john-humphrys-bill-wright-harry-potter-fawlty-towers-blackadder-nazismhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(TV_series)http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Mastermindhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/57HKHLLYTBxhkyYCqJvJlL5/the-history-of-mastermindhttps://british-game-show.fandom.com/wiki/Mastermindhttp://gameological.com/2012/06/british-game-shows-mastermind...
2020-02-122h 09
5x15John Humphrys on A Day Like Today in conversation with Rosie BoycottJohn Humphrys was the voice of Radio 4’s Today programme for over three decades. Written to coincide with his retirement from the BBC, his memoir, A Day Like Today, brings all of Humphrys’ formidable intellect and insight to bear on the state of politics and current affairs in the United Kingdom. Charting John's life from his Cardiff childhood, through to the ups and downs of his life as a journalist covering Watergate and apartheid South Africa, his time presenting the BBC Nine O'Clock News, and his 33 years holding politicians to account on Radio 4's Today, it is a riveting insight into...
2019-12-0420 min
5x15John Humphrys on A Day Like Today in conversation with Rosie BoycottJohn Humphrys was the voice of Radio 4’s Today programme for over three decades. Written to coincide with his retirement from the BBC, his memoir, A Day Like Today, brings all of Humphrys’ formidable intellect and insight to bear on the state of politics and current affairs in the United Kingdom. Charting John's life from his Cardiff childhood, through to the ups and downs of his life as a journalist covering Watergate and apartheid South Africa, his time presenting the BBC Nine O'Clock News, and his 33 years holding politicians to account on Radio 4's Today, it is a riveting insight into...
2019-12-0420 min
Radio Moments - ConversationsJohn Humphrys - Journalist and presenter, BBC Radio 4He rose from humble but determined roots in Wales to become one of the leading radio journalists of his generation.
In this hour of ‘Radio Moments – Conversations’, John Humphrys opens up about his life, resulting more in an encyclopaedia of World history rather than of media. He tells of his early days in press, where he not only wrote stories, he delivered the newspapers. Spurning a job at the Times – he moved to television where he was to be the first reporter on the scene at the Aberfan disaster in 1966 – an experience which he confesses had a ‘profound effect’ on hi...
2019-11-101h 00
2019-11-1015 min
Radio Moments - ClipsJohn Humphrys, Classic FM debut - 2019“You silver-tongued Lothario” said Moira Stuart at the end of a bulletin as she bantered with the man she’d last worked with 35 years prior.
28th October 2019 saw John Humphrys make his debut on Classic FM, filling in for a week on the ‘More Music Breakfast', normally hosted by Tim Lihoreau.
John observed he was the ‘new kid on the block’ – ‘new to presenting a programme like this on a station like this’. ‘Beethoven and Brahms instead of Brexit’. Maybe the most similar environment was his delightful interview on Essential Classics on Radio 3.
To say he is a pro would b...
2019-10-2808 min
National Secular Society PodcastEp 17: Thought for the Day | RE in WalesIn this week’s episode, Emma Park is joined by Chris Sloggett and Helen Nicholls to discuss whether BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day should still be exclusively for “speakers from the world’s major faiths”. John Humphrys, former presenter of the Today programme in which Thought for the Day is featured, recently criticised it as ‘discriminatory’.
Emma also speaks to Stephen Evans and Alastair Lichten about a consultation on the reform of sex and religious education launched by the Welsh government this month. Proposals include making both subjects compulsory for all children regardless of their parents’ beliefs; and changing their n...
2019-10-2832 min
Living BlindfullyFood glorious food, new tiles, Uber Pet, the awesome Microsoft Edge Chromium beta and moreHi Mosen at Largers. Thanks for joining me again. Are you as enthralled by the Brexit drama as me? Before putting the show together, I pulled an all-nighter watching coverage of the unusual and dramatic Saturday session of the UK House of Commons. I offer a few thoughts.We talk about food you absolutely adore, and food you detest. Even though the answer to this question should be blatantly obvious, at a listener's request I outline just a few of the things that make soup an abomination.I review and highly...
2019-10-201h 23Lutheran Radio News - #315• Pope urges bold action to protect the Amazon at start of divisive synod
• Radio 4's Thought for the Day should be scrapped because it is discriminatory, says John Humphrys
• Vicar catches thieves ‘lead-handed’ on church roof in...
2019-10-1115 min
5 Live News SpecialsEmma Barnett meets John HumphrysAfter 32 years presenting the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, last month John Humphrys hung up his headphones and stepped away from the microphone for the final time. He's interviewed every British prime minister from Alec Douglas-Home to Theresa May, but it’s time for Humphreys’ role as interviewer to be reversed, as he speaks to Emma Barnett.
2019-10-0824 min
Stream Complete Digital Audiobooks TodayListen to A Day Like Today: Memoirs by John HumphrysPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374835 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Day Like Today: Memoirs
Author: John Humphrys
Narrator: John Humphrys
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 4 minutes
Release date: October 3, 2019
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary: ‘The bombshell book everyone is talking about’ DAILY MAIL ‘A radio genius … the maestro of the show’ EVENING STANDARD As presenter of Radio 4’s Today, the nation’s most popular news programme, John Humphrys was famed for his tough interviewing. He has been at the heart of journalism for decades. Now, he offers his life story from the poverty of...
2019-10-041h 04
Chat 10 Looks 3Ep 120: I don't like the DaffCrabb declares that Sales is nothing but a "great big school prefect". To prove her wrong, Sales stays up well past 9pm and chats away with merry abandon for nearly an hour! • The Testaments by Margaret Atwood • Author Margaret Atwood on her long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale interviewed by Leigh Sales (7.30; 17 Sep 2019). • Margaret Atwood full author listing at Booktopia • Handmaid's Tale plot refresher (Wikipedia) • The Handmaid's Tale (2017 -2019) Adapted from the novel by Margaret Atwood. Starring: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski. • The wastelands created by Australian rubbish in Indonesia reporter David Lipson (7.30...
2019-10-0359 min
Get Lost In This Inspiring Full Audiobook — Perfect While Cooking.A Day Like Today by John HumphrysPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/225630to listen full audiobooks.
Title: A Day Like Today
Author: John Humphrys
Narrator: John Humphrys
Format: mp3
Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
Release date: 10-03-19
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 2 ratings
Genres: Europe
Publisher's Summary:
A Day Like Today charts John’s journey from the poverty of his post-war childhood in Cardiff, leaving school at 15, to the summits of broadcasting. Humphrys was the BBC’s youngest foreign correspondent, the first reporter at the catastrophe of Aberfan, an experience that marked him for ever; he was in the White House when Richard Nixon became the first Amer...
2019-10-031h 02
New Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Current Affairs, Law, & PoliticsA Day Like Today: Memoirs by John HumphrysPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374835 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Day Like Today: Memoirs Author: John Humphrys Narrator: John Humphrys Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 4 minutes Release date: October 3, 2019 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: ‘The bombshell book everyone is talking about’ DAILY MAIL ‘A radio genius … the maestro of the show’ EVENING STANDARD As presenter of Radio 4’s Today, the nation’s most popular news programme, John Humphrys was famed for his tough interviewing. He has been at the heart of journalism for decades. Now, he offers his life story from the poverty of his post-war child...
2019-10-0305 min
The Thought PoliceTopical creamMike and Matt address the recent news including the Labour Party conference, the collapse of Thomas Cook and John Humphrys stepping down from Radio 4 as well as the major breaking story of the week, MG's horrific injury.
Follow the podcast on Twitter: @ThoughtPoliceTP and @IROMG, email the show: thoughtpolicepod@gmail.com and subscribe from your favourite podcast provider so you never miss an episode. New ones drop every Tuesday and Thursday.
2019-09-2435 min
The Nolan ShowBroadcaster John Humphrys hits out at BBC for 'liberal-left bias' days after retiringJust two days after leaving Radio 4's Today programme, the presenter John Humphrys has criticised the BBC saying there is "a form of institutional liberal bias" within the organisation and that he is now free of 'the BBC Thought Police.' In his book, A Day Like Today, Humphrys also said the BBC was terrified of offending "fashionable pressure groups - usually from the liberal Left, the spiritual home of most bosses and staff". So what do you think at home? Stephen got the views of Observer columnist Andre Walker and journalist Malachi O'Doherty.
2019-09-2322 min
The Parish CounselThe Parish Counsel - Episode 423Juliet and Terence on: Shane Gillis joins Saturday Night Live! Oh! No he doesn't!; the art of digital messaging; and what's the deal with John Humphrys?; plus Spot The Singer!
Also - four particularly sparkly tracks of music.
2019-09-2150 min
Radio Moments - ClipsJohn Humphrys - final Today programme on BBC Radio 4 - 2019John Humphrys left the BBC Radio 4 Today programme on 19th September 23019 . This was the final edition after 32 years.
2019-09-1947 min
How To Academy PodcastJohn Humphrys - How to Make the NewsFor the last 33 years, John Humphrys has held politicians to account as the host of our most popular news programme - Radio 4's Today. In this week's How To Academy Podcast, Matthew Stadlen - a man who is himself no stranger to asking tough questions of those in power - sat down with him to explore what John has learned from a lifetime at the forefront of current affairs in the UK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2019-09-1948 min
Radio Moments - ClipsBBC Radio 4 Today fills when the line goes down - 2019Light relief on the Radio 4 Today programme from 6th April 2019 with John Humphrys and Justin Webb when the line went down and filling ensued...
2019-04-0602 min
Big Question – Good News UnlimitedThe Big Question 50: Is Religion Just a Crutch?
Radio Version:
Is religion just a crutch?
Yeah, I’ve heard this idea; that religion some kind of a crutch for the weak and the ignorant. This idea kind of says that people who are fearful or uneducated rely on religion to avoid facing the harsh realities of life and to avoid taking responsibility for their own lives and decisions.
In the books by the new atheists, believers are contrasted with the supposedly stronger, intellectual atheists, who have no need for such comforting, but infantile nonsense such as belief in God.
It...
2019-03-1803 min
Alan Buttle Radio ShowHour 18 - Manufactured Ilhan Omar controversy, David Duke's support for Omar, Jewish Voice for Peace, "Jewish" anti-Zionism.In this episode I discuss the recent media controversy concerning Ilhan Omar's comments regarding AIPAC and the paying of politicians for their support for the state of Israel, and David Duke's support for her among other related things.DavidDuke.com - Dr Duke & Eric Striker: By Defiance to Z.O.G. Ilhan Omar is NOW the most important Member of the US Congress! - https://davidduke.com/thursday190131-4/from DavidIcke.comForward.com - Rashida Tlaib’s Political Pa...
2019-03-091h 03
FeedbackJob Vacancy: Radio 4 ControllerRoger Bolton talks to former Radio 4 Controller Mark Damazer about the challenges and joys facing whoever takes the job next, James Runcie reflects on his role as commissioning editor for arts on Radio 4, and we hear your responses to a slate of new breakfast shows. Zoe Ball and Lauren Laverne are the new voices of Radio 2 and Radio 6music's breakfast shows, and John Humphrys has announced his departure from the Today Programme. Listeners give their reactions to changing sounds of early morning BBC radio. In January, Gwyneth Williams announced her departure from the BBC as...
2019-02-2227 min
Off-Air ClipsIs talkRADIO changing to talkNEWS? Chris Evans says it is.On his Virgin Radio breakfast show on Friday 8th February 2019, Chris Evans 'reveals' that talkRADIO is going to change its name to talkNEWS.
He also thinks Nick Ferrari and John Humphrys would be great signings for the station.
Fake news? News UK tells RadioToday: "Chris likes to have fun on air - and that's exactly what it was, Chris having fun on air!"
2019-02-0803 min
Radio Moments - ClipsJohn Humphrys announces he'll leave the Today Programme - 2019A sniff that just possibly John Humphrys may leave the Today programme some time in 2019 merited a sizeable chunk of the World at One on Radio 4 on 6th Feb – and prefaced the item on the North Korea nuclear summit. And so it should have. Here, he talks to former dawn colleague, Sarah Montague on the World at One on the day the story appeared on the front page of the Daily Mail.
2019-02-0610 min
Radio Moments - ClipsIn Our Time on BBC Radio 4 - 20th anniversary - 2018Good humoured chat between Melvyn Bragg and John Humphrys on Radio 4's Today programme on 15th October 2018, as the programme celebrates its 20th anniversary.
2018-10-1506 min
A Sustainable Life with Jen Gale[016] – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT…CLIMATE CHANGE
This is the first in a new series for the podcast of commentary type episodes, some might even say rants, about some of the big sustainable issues we're facing right now.I hope you enjoy!I couldn't sleep last night, and I got to thinking, and then to worrying, and then to freaking out, about climate change.The latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change) report said that we need to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C and highlights the differences we might see with a 1.5C rise versus a 2C increase. And...
2018-10-1015 min
Sustainable(ish)[016] – WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT…CLIMATE CHANGE
This is the first in a new series for the podcast of commentary type episodes, some might even say rants, about some of the big sustainable issues we're facing right now.I hope you enjoy!I couldn't sleep last night, and I got to thinking, and then to worrying, and then to freaking out, about climate change.The latest IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change) report said that we need to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C and highlights the differences we might see with a 1.5C rise versus a 2C increase. And...
2018-10-1015 min
RadioToday ProgrammeNew Radio 1 Breakfast presenter Greg JamesRadio 1’s Greg James talks to RadioToday’s Stuart Clarkson ahead of starting on the station’s breakfast show next week.
Plus - Roy Martin and Stuart discuss the week’s big industry stories, James Cridland shares his thoughts on intelligent segues and David Lloyd’s Radio Moments look back at Radio Clyde’s FM-AM split, the Marine Offences Act of August 1967 and marks John Humphrys’ 75th birthday.
2018-08-1535 min
Mandate Now#r4today preview of IICSA's report into Ampleforth and Downside to be published today. One girl, who left in 2010, was given marks out of ten for performing oral sex on the teacherWhy has it taken so long for abuse to surface? asks John Humphrys. Because there is no mandatory reporting law in Regulated Activities, unlike 86% of Europe.
2018-08-0903 min
Oh God, What Now?47: Fixing the BBC, Leavers for a Final Say vote and Ask RemainiacsThis week on the premier reason-based podcast for Brexit-watchers… The BBC’s coverage of Brexit is causing increasing alarm. Is the Corporation failing in its duty to explain? Is it just frightened of government and demagogues? How do we fix it? Is John Humphrys really past his sell-by date? And if Remainers join the Bash The BBC mob, will we all live to regret it?Plus: Theresa May’s world tour of Britain’s cow-sheds. With even volunteers for Vote Leave saying there must be a Final Say referendum, will it happen? Special guest Harry Eyres tell us about...
2018-04-061h 03
Commons People#107 - Fudge Is A Great Brussels Product100 years since women got the vote, Tory backbenchers, John Humphrys caught off guard and who wants to be a Carillionaire? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2018-02-0828 min
Radio Moments - ClipsCarrie Grace coverage on Radio 4's Today and Woman's HourFollowing the resignation of Carrie Gracie from her post as the BBC's China Editor on grounds of pay inequality, she hosted the Radio 4 Today programme on 8th Jan 2018.
Hear clips of that programme here in which her resignation was covered, including her reading the headlines in which that story was not mentioned; the bulletins in which it was; the press reviews where it was, albeit John Humphrys read them; the interview with John which wasn't an interview; the one between John and Mariella Frostrup which was; and John explaining why everything was or wasnt being discussed.
2018-01-0826 min
The Week Unwrapped - with Olly Mann#43 Prisons, masculinity and Radio 4Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days. What's John Humphrys' problem? Why are some prisoners getting the vote? And what do modern men want? Felicity Capon, Kari Wilkins and Holden Frith reveal all
2017-11-0330 minFeedback20/10/2017Roger Bolton airs listener criticism of a Today programme interview with the director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders on sexual harassment.A record number of sex offenders have been brought to justice in England and Wales and convictions for both rape and other sexual offences have risen sharply. But despite topping the news agenda, some listeners were not happy with John Humphrys' tone and line of questioning. Also, Radio 4's Commissioning Editor of Drama and Fiction Jeremy Howe discusses his decision to run The Omen as last week's Book at Bedtime.Following regulatory...
2017-10-2027 min
The National ObsessionThe National Obsession - Episode SixEpisode Six of a brand new podcast all about life in football's National League, brought to you by two Torquay United fans - comedian Charlie Baker and talkSPORT's John Cadigan.This week features Truro City's Ivor Dewdney, a celebration of Shaw Lane, a focus on Woking, a mucky book, and a celebrity tale about John Humphrys... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2017-10-1931 min
Radio Moments - ClipsThe Changing VoiceHow have voices changed over the years?
Listening to the clipped tones of the young Princess Elizabeth is a stark contrast from Her Majesty’s voice today. In this comprehensive piece from the Today programme on BBC Radio 4, the topic is examined, including an example of how the sound of John Humphrys himself has changed over the close to sixty years he’s been on-air.
2017-08-1712 min
RadioToday NewsRadioToday News - 21 July 2017Stuart Clarkson presents an audio-illustrated summary of the big stories from the radio industry for the week ending Friday 21st July 2017. Includes lots on #BBCpay including clips of Jeremy Vine, John Humphrys, Stephen Nolan, Eddie Mair, Adrian Chiles & Tony Livesey... plus there's news of a new breakfast show at Heart Four Counties and Chris Moyles investigates why there was 40 seconds of silence just before 8am on his show on Thursday morning.
2017-07-2109 minFeedbackKeeping it impartialThis week a storm of controversy has surrounded Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray. Many listeners feel a newspaper article she wrote breached the BBC's guidelines on impartiality and compromised her presenter role. Others supported her right to free speech. We hear from listeners on both sides of the argument.John Humphrys has also attracted criticism. During a Today programme interview he suggested that referring to MP Jo Cox's murder as an act of terrorism could "muddy the waters". Listeners say he "muddied the waters" himself and was inaccurate. They share their views on his remarks....
2017-03-1027 min
Radio Moments - ClipsFM switched off in Norway - Radio 4 coverageAs Norway prepares (Jan 2017) to turn off its FM and be the first country to go digital in quite that way, Ford Ennals, Chief Executive Officer Digital Radio UK, spoke to John Humphrys on the Radio 4 Today Programme
2017-01-1104 min
2017-01-1110 min
iPM: We Start With Your Stories'I'm not the sort of person who wants to live to 100, so 56 doesn't sound so bad'A listener talks about the cancer he's been told will kill him and the effect that's had on him and his family. Presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. And Today programme legend John Humphrys reads the bulletin about the lives of listeners, Your News. iPM@bbc.co.uk If you're looking for the details of organisations offering information and support in dealing with cancer they're available at bbc.co.uk/actionline, or you can call for free, at any time, to hear recorded information on 08000 560 190.
2016-10-1518 min
2015-06-2500 minFeedback31/10/2014Russell Brand was invited onto Radio 4's Start the Week to join a discussion on Revolution. But was he out of place on the panel of experts? Some listeners saw it as little more than blatant promotion of his latest book. The programme's editor, Rebecca Stratford, explains the thinking behind her decision.Surround sound has long been enhancing mainstream cinema, and it's now made an appearance in BBC radio drama. And you don't need a 5.1 surround sound speaker set to hear it. So how does it work? All is revealed in a behind the scenes laboratory at...
2014-10-3127 minFeedback24/10/2014Lord Heseltine has been criticised for his use of the word 'handicapped' on Radio 4's Any Questions. But should Jonathan Dimbleby or the programme's producers have stepped in to correct him? Radio 4's Peter White, who's also the BBC's Disability Affairs Correspondent, gives his take on the evolution of terminology -and the minefield of words to avoid.Moral Maze presenter Michael Buerk also came under fire this week for his choice of words in a live on-air trail. He was promoting this week's debate on whether the footballer and convicted rapist Ched Evans should be allowed to...
2014-10-2427 minFeedback17/10/2014Have political interviews become a monotonous drone on your radio? Newsnight Editor Ian Katz believes most are simply "boring-snoring". 5 live Breakfast presenter Nicky Campbell and Today's John Humphrys fought their corner in a Masterclass at this year's Radio Festival in Salford on "The Art of the Political Interview." Three Feedback listeners also went along and put their questions to Radio 4's Grand Inquisitor.Roger Bolton also talks to Desert Island Discs' Kirsty Young about how she gets her castaways to open up. She also reveals which castaway made her go weak at the knees.The...
2014-10-1727 minSaturday LiveAbergavenny Food FestivalRichard Coles and Suzy Klein and a live audience at the 2014 Abergavenny Food Festival, with doyenne of the wine world Jancis Robinson, Jay Rayner from Radio 4's Kitchen Cabinet, tree hunter Rob McBride and beekeeper Scott Davies who gave world leaders a taste of honey at the recent NATO summit in Newport. The Today programme's John Humphrys tucks into some Welsh treats with JP Devlin, BBC Introducing star Kizzy Crawford performs and musician and broadcaster Cerys Matthews shares her Inheritance Tracks.Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson write 'The World Atlas of Wine'. The seventh edition is available...
2014-09-201h 20
My Classical FavouritesJohn HumphrysThis week's interview with our guest, the journalist and broadcaster John Humphrys.
2014-09-1945 min
Mandate NowSir Keir Starmer #r4today 4/11/13 "the case for mandatory reporting of #CSA is now overwhelming"Sir Keir Starmer being interviewed by John Humphrys on issues arising from the Rotherham child sexual exploitation case. Asked about law Sir Keir made clear his support for #MandatoryReporting. His choice of words should be treated with cautious optimism.
2014-08-2800 minFeedback01/08/2014Listeners' views on the BBC's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict continue to dominate our inbox. There are allegations of bias on both sides - the BBC coverage is accused of being too pro-Palestinian and too pro-Israeli. But how easy is it to accurately report the conflict on the ground from within Gaza? Roger Bolton speaks to the BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet.Also this week, should history stay in the past? John Humphrys and Melvyn Bragg have gone head-to-head over the use of the present tense to describe historical events. Matthew Parris, who presents Radio 4's...
2014-08-0127 minFeedback14/03/2014Is anyone at the BBC listening? This week we'll be talking to John Humphrys about whether liberal bias at the BBC has put it out of step with public opinion, and whether anything is changing. And there's a tale of sabotage and sacrilege in a Lincolnshire abbey.In an interview with this week's Radio Times, John Humphrys admitted the BBC had, in the past, been wrong in its coverage of immigration and Europe. "We weren't sufficiently sceptical - that's the most accurate phrase - of the pro-European case. We bought into the European ideal". And he went...
2014-03-1427 min
Connect to Complete Audiobooks in High QualityAudiobook: This Is Radio 4 A Celebration by BBC AudioPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404666 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: This Is Radio 4 A Celebration
Author: BBC Audio
Narrator: Hugh Dennis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 26 minutes
Release date: October 1, 2013
Genres: Arts & Entertainment
Publisher's Summary: This fascinating celebration of BBC Radio 4 features archive clips from some of the channel's best-loved programmes, including The Archers, Desert Island Discs, Today, Woman's Hour, Weekending, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, The Now Show, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Just a Minute, and many more. Amongst the personalities heard from during this radio extravaganza...
2013-10-022h 26
Get Best Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentThis Is Radio 4 A Celebration by BBC AudioPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/404666 to listen full audiobooks. Title: This Is Radio 4 A Celebration Author: BBC Audio Narrator: Hugh Dennis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 26 minutes Release date: October 1, 2013 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: This fascinating celebration of BBC Radio 4 features archive clips from some of the channel's best-loved programmes, including The Archers, Desert Island Discs, Today, Woman's Hour, Weekending, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, The Now Show, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Just a Minute, and many more. Amongst the personalities heard from during this radio extravaganza are Dame Edna Everage, Sue Lawley, Neil...
2013-10-0105 min
MediaGuardianMedia Talk podcast: Nick Grimshaw and the missing millionWe look at the latest radio listening figures, plus, former Radio 1 DJ Mike Smith lays into commercial stations and John Humphrys discusses his Sony win
2013-05-1744 min
RadioToday ProgrammeThe Radio Today Programme - 15 May 2013In this special programme from behind the scenes at this year's Sony Radio Academy Awards, join Andrea Day and Stuart Clarkson as they talk to some of the winners including Dan & Phil, John Humphrys, Danny Baker, Nick Grimshaw, Colin Murray, Christian O'Connell, Peter Allen, Richard Park and host Chris Evans.
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2013-05-1518 minFeedback26/04/2013In the last of the current series of Feedback, Roger Bolton is joined by Gwyneth Williams, the Controller of Radio 4. She responds to listener questions on topics ranging from the coverage of Baroness Thatcher's funeral to Paul and Lillian's love affair in The Archers.Earlier this week the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, was interviewed by John Humphrys about UK borrowing figures - but the interview took a personal turn at the end when Mr Osborne was quizzed on his tears during Margaret Thatcher's funeral. We hear the views of listeners who were unimpressed by the...
2013-04-2627 minFeedback05/04/2013Does Radio 4 need to replenish its audience with an injection of young blood? Roger talks to the station's Network Manager Denis Nowlan about attracting new audiences and gets the views of age-aware Feedback listeners.And for many concert goers, the most taxing decision during the interval is whether to have a G&T or a glass of wine. But for Radio 3 producers, there's a tricky balance to be struck between entertaining the audience in the stalls and the listeners at home. We talk to Radio 3's Head of Speech Matthew Dodd and hear your suggestions for how...
2013-04-0527 min
Grab Best-Selling Audiobooks with Easy AccessTracey Emin's Tracey Emin In Her Own WordsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405894 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Tracey Emin In Her Own Words
Author: Tracey Emin
Narrator: Tracey Emin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 42 minutes
Release date: December 21, 2012
Genres: Arts & Entertainment
Publisher's Summary: Tracey Emin is an internationally renowned artist. Here she discusses her life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archives: Breakfast With Frost, BBC One (first broadcast 7 November 1999); Front Row, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 6 Sept 2000, featuring Francine Stock); Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 9 Oct 2000, featuring Maud Hand); On...
2012-12-211h 42
Get Best Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentTracey Emin In Her Own Words by Tracey EminPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/405894 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tracey Emin In Her Own Words Author: Tracey Emin Narrator: Tracey Emin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 42 minutes Release date: December 21, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Tracey Emin is an internationally renowned artist. Here she discusses her life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archives: Breakfast With Frost, BBC One (first broadcast 7 November 1999); Front Row, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 6 Sept 2000, featuring Francine Stock); Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 9 Oct 2000, featuring Maud Hand); On The Ropes, BBC Radio 4 (first broadcast 24 July 2001...
2012-12-2105 min
Chemical Crucifixion: Grainne HumphrysCould a young man’s overwhelming visions of Christ and apocalypse be a creative response to life trauma, rather than signs of paranoid schizophrenia? Does madness unfold differently depending on whether it is supported – or feared?
Irish activist and punk musician Grainne Humphrys, herself a survivor of an extreme state, discusses the campaign for the release of former partner John Hunt. John has been incarcerated and drugged against his will since 2005, sparking international outcry.
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2012-01-0141 minFeedback22/07/2011Roger Bolton gives a Feedback listener an access all areas backstage pass to the Today programme. Francesca Fenn talks to Sarah Montague, Charlotte Green and John Humphrys. Roger puts your queries to Ceri Thomas the editor of Today including length of items, gender balance and Murdoch overkill. A Feedback listener has a miserable Sunday night listening to Pick of the Week.And will the "visualisation of radio" mean early retirement for those with "a good face for radio"?
Plus the World Service's Director of Global News Peter Horrocks talks about falling listeners and...
2011-07-2227 minFeedback03/06/2011Is local radio in England worth its £110 million budget? Roger returns to his home county of Cumbria to speak to listeners there about why their local BBC radio station is one of the most popular in the country. And you wanted to hear more from Sharon Shoesmith, the former director of Haringey children's services. Maybe you would have if it was someone other than John Humphrys interviewing her on The Today programme.How many children listen to the radio in the middle of the night? None we hope, so why are so many of you b...
2011-06-0327 min
Discover Thousands of Digital Audiobooks for Your LibraryDylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood (2003)Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350760 to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Under Milk Wood (2003)
Author: Dylan Thomas
Narrator: Richard Burton
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 1 hour 27 minutes
Release date: August 1, 2010
Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1
Genres: Arts & Entertainment
Publisher's Summary: Richard Burton's voice has been digitally remastered and seamlessly mixed with an all-Welsh cast to create a magical, fresh visit to the unique but universally recognisable world of Llareggub. Richard Burton's inimitable narration as the Narrator in the BBC's 1963 recording of 'Under Milk Wood' was hugely acclaimed. In this 2003 production, the...
2010-08-011h 27
Stream Popular Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentUnder Milk Wood (2003) by Dylan ThomasPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/350760 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Under Milk Wood (2003) Author: Dylan Thomas Narrator: Richard Burton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 27 minutes Release date: August 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Richard Burton's voice has been digitally remastered and seamlessly mixed with an all-Welsh cast to create a magical, fresh visit to the unique but universally recognisable world of Llareggub. Richard Burton's inimitable narration as the Narrator in the BBC's 1963 recording of 'Under Milk Wood' was hugely acclaimed. In this 2003 production, the famous radio play has been given a fresh...
2010-08-0110 min
Start writing essays - AudioEarly stages of essay writingJohn Humphrys stresses how important it is to know your subject and know your position in the argument.
2010-01-2000 minStart writing essays - AudioTranscript -- Early stages of essay writingTranscript -- John Humphrys stresses how important it is to know your subject and know your position in the argument.
2010-01-2032 min