Speech Radio You Have Listened To Lately

[smittims]

I'd be interested to see what you think of the BBC's coverage of the election. (by the way, this is not meant to be, or to start, a political argument).

I know the BBC have a struggle always ro be seen to be impartial ,and they'e often been criticised by one side or the other for allegedly failing to be so. It can't be easy.

Even so, BBC programme makers will , I suppose, have their own personal allegiances, and I can't help wondering sometimes if they're letting these show. Listening to bits (I admit not much) of the special 'Today' programme this morning, I was surprised to hear a defeated Conservative MP being allowed to make quite a lengthy speech of the 'lessons learned' type, while later immense excitement was attempted because 'Rishi Sunak is expected to make a speech in about 15 minutes'. Surely what these two people say now is hardly news, it's hardly important in view of the result of the election. Admittedly they did go on to examine the SNP's dramatic loss, which, apart from the labour majority and the big gain in Liberal seats, is surely a significant aspect of the election.

But I couldn't help feeling someone had said 'we must be fair to the Tories'.

[Serial_Apologist]

I'd be interested to see what you think of the BBC's coverage of the election. (by the way, this is not meant to be, or to start, a political argument).

I know the BBC have a struggle always ro be seen to be impartial ,and they'e often been criticised by one side or the other for allegedly failing to be so. It can't be easy.

Even so, BBC programme makers will , I suppose, have their own personal allegiances, and I can't help wondering sometimes if they're letting these show. Listening to bits (I admit not much) of the special 'Today' programme this morning, I was surprised to hear a defeated Conservative MP being allowed to make quite a lengthy speech of the 'lessons learned' type, while later immense excitement was attempted because 'Rishi Sunak is expected to make a speech in about 15 minutes'. Surely what these two people say now is hardly news, it's hardly important in view of the result of the election. Admittedly they did go on to examine the SNP's dramatic loss, which, apart from the labour majority and the big gain in Liberal seats, is surely a significant aspect of the election.

But I couldn't help feeling someone had said 'we must be fair to the Tories'.

I agree - smittins. That said, I started watching the BBC coverage of the election, and after an hour or so gave up, feeling, this is the usual drab BBC dishing out the obvious status quo line, and switched over to Channel 4, who had teams of commentators including well-known protagonists such as Ann Widdecombe and Rory Stewart, airing frank views often at odds with their generally understood positions, diplomatically but firmly stewarded by the expert Channel 4 news team without resort to the usual platitudes. The entire afternoon and evening proved so utterly gripping I stayed up until well after my usual bedtime, breaking my previous decision to switch off as soon as the first results were announced. In future Channel 4 will be my choice for important occasions such as this

[LMcD]

I'd be interested to see what you think of the BBC's coverage of the election. (by the way, this is not meant to be, or to start, a political argument).

I know the BBC have a struggle always ro be seen to be impartial ,and they'e often been criticised by one side or the other for allegedly failing to be so. It can't be easy.

Even so, BBC programme makers will , I suppose, have their own personal allegiances, and I can't help wondering sometimes if they're letting these show. Listening to bits (I admit not much) of the special 'Today' programme this morning, I was surprised to hear a defeated Conservative MP being allowed to make quite a lengthy speech of the 'lessons learned' type, while later immense excitement was attempted because 'Rishi Sunak is expected to make a speech in about 15 minutes'. Surely what these two people say now is hardly news, it's hardly important in view of the result of the election. Admittedly they did go on to examine the SNP's dramatic loss, which, apart from the labour majority and the big gain in Liberal seats, is surely a significant aspect of the election.

But I couldn't help feeling someone had said 'we must be fair to the Tories'.

I would say it was their best UK general election coverage since 2019.

[Serial_Apologist]

I would say it was their best UK general election coverage since 2019.

[smittims]

Thanks. I heard Ann Widdecombe interviewed wearing her Reform Party hat, and although I disagree with a lot of her views, I think she is an interesting person at the present time. Very 'out-of-date' but I suspect representative of what a lot of people think .

[AuntDaisy]

Enjoying Radio 4's two part dramatisation of Donna Leon's "Death at La Fenice".
Excellent cast including Julian Rhind-Tutt, David Horovitch, Siobhan Redmond, Hugh Ross & Susan Jameson. A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4 - hope they do more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021q58

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021xdp

[johncorrigan]

I found Rory Stewart's 'Long History of Ignorance' on BBC Radio 4 very interesting indeed. I didn't hear his previous series on 'Argument' but intend look it out.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m00199xy

[antongould]

Enjoying Radio 4's two part dramatisation of Donna Leon's "Death at La Fenice".
Excellent cast including Julian Rhind-Tutt, David Horovitch, Siobhan Redmond, Hugh Ross & Susan Jameson. A Big Fish Radio production for BBC Radio 4 - hope they do more.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021q58

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021xdp

i found this excellent …. Thanks for posting it. ….

[Belgrove]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022kng

This quite good fun (sic). Another programme about a classical composer on Radio 4! This one to mark Schoenberg’s birthday.

[LMcD]

One of the many pleasures to be derived from 'The News Quiz', which has just returned, is Andy Zaltzman's artfully topical choice of names for the teams, which this week were 'Get The Old Band Back' and 'Get The Old Banned'.

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On tomorrow at 19:15 R4: might this have been on Radio 3 before the changes?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022sgl

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or even this (Monday 09:30)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022t6x

[johncorrigan]

One of the many pleasures to be derived from 'The News Quiz', which has just returned, is Andy Zaltzman's artfully topical choice of names for the teams, which this week were 'Get The Old Band Back' and 'Get The Old Banned'.

Agreed, LMcD. Good to have it back. This week I also really enjoyed the Irish guy in the team, Neil Delamere. I thought he was hilarious.

[vinteuil]

Agreed, LMcD. Good to have it back. This week I also really enjoyed the Irish guy in the team, Neil Delamere. I thought he was hilarious.

... yes, he's a great addition. Lovely timing - "we used to have lovely monasteries..."

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[LMcD]

... yes, he's a great addition. Lovely timing - "we used to have lovely monasteries..."

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He occasionally appears in Countdown's 'Dictionary Dell' - perhaps he's a mate of Colin Murray..

[johncorrigan]

He occasionally appears in Countdown's 'Dictionary Dell' - perhaps he's a mate of Colin Murray..

Loved the St Brendan v Titanic in the Ulster Halls reference. Still laughing.