Speech Radio You Have Listened To Lately

[LMcD]

I belatedly discovered this evening that the latest series of 'John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme' has just finished (although earlier episodes are still available on the iPlayer). If you're not familiar with his work, you might care to give it a try. After all, it's not every programme that finds space for a 13th century samphire collector in Japan. (I'm aware of the danger of recommending comedy programmes, especially those broadcast on Radio 4 where the quality is so variable, but I consider him and his team to be refreshingly original and often laugh-out-loud funny).

[johncorrigan]

I belatedly discovered this evening that the latest series of 'John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme' has just finished (although earlier episodes are still available on the iPlayer). If you're not familiar with his work, you might care to give it a try. After all, it's not every programme that finds space for a 13th century samphire collector in Japan. (I'm aware of the danger of recommending comedy programmes, especially those broadcast on Radio 4 where the quality is so variable, but I consider him and his team to be refreshingly original and often laugh-out-loud funny).

I like him too, LMcD...original is a good word. I haven't heard anyone quite like him before.

[johncorrigan]

It's always great to hear a great broadcaster at the top of her game, so it was terrific to revisit Kirsty Young's interview with James Ellroy on Desert Island Discs Revisited on 4 extra this evening. Fascinating performance, bringing out the most from this complex character: and it left me hoping that it won't be long till we have her back in charge of casting away.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01696ly

[Lat-Literal]

BBC Radio 4 Extra:

Two brief series which have been very much more interesting than their titles might suggest.

Lucy Kellaway's History of Office Life

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037kz7w/episodes/player

Book of the Week

The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth about the Nordic Miracle

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03tx0zc

[Stanfordian]

It's always great to hear a great broadcaster at the top of her game, so it was terrific to revisit Kirsty Young's interview with James Ellroy on Desert Island Discs Revisited on 4 extra this evening. Fascinating performance, bringing out the most from this complex character: and it left me hoping that it won't be long till we have her back in charge of casting away.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01696ly

Kirsty is top-drawer. It's not the same now and hope she returns to the programme very soon.

[Serial_Apologist]

Kirsty is top-drawer. It's not the same now and hope she returns to the programme very soon.

[DracoM]

[Lat-Literal]

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Cold Swedish Winter

Series 1, Episode 2 - Spring

This is excellent.

Gentle well written comedy.

A lot of fun to be had in trying to identify the music which is used so evocatively.

I hadn't heard it before

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b04dk87p

[LMcD]

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Cold Swedish Winter

Series 1, Episode 2 - Spring

This is excellent.

Gentle well written comedy.

A lot of fun to be had in trying to identify the music which is used so evocatively.

I hadn't heard it before

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b04dk87p

There have been (I think) 3 series to date, and the quality remains high throughout, so you have several hours' listening pleasure in store!

[LMcD]

After the first news bulletin on 'Today' this morning, Nick Robinson announced that it was 'seven minutes after sex'. He clearly has impressive powers of recovery.

Re. 'The Cold Swedish Winter': if you google 'Cold Swedish Winter Series (1, 2 or 3) Playlist', you'll find details of all the music played plus a commentary on the items chosen for the programme. Series 4, recently broadcast on Radio 4, is not currently available, but will presumably appear on Radio 4 Extra in due course. It was just as good as series 1 to 3!

[Serial_Apologist]

Today at 1.45 there was broadcast the first of five programmes on each day this week on Radio 4 dealing with "denial" - as in "I can't accept the truth of this (whatever) and therefore I'm going to tell myself it's not true", sort of thing. Well worth listening to, given that there is so much of it around right now, if today's offering was anything to go by.

(I, of course, am never, ever "in denial").

[gradus]

Sir Ken Robinson in discussion with Chris Anderson on the TED interview R4Extra. Extremely interesting even for a casual listener ie me.

[Nick Armstrong]

Very much enjoying the splendid Rufus Sewell reading Thorndike's Doctor Syn (10 half-hour episodes)

[teamsaint]

Very much enjoying the splendid Rufus Sewell reading Thorndike's Doctor Syn (10 half-hour episodes)

Have you seen Rufus in the Shakespeare Retold “ Taming of the Shrew “ ? He is superb, as is the whole thing. Watched it again last week, just magic. And certainly confirmed that I was right not to do a Pre Nup........

[johncorrigan]

(I, of course, am never, ever "in denial").

Me neither, S_A. Actually, I've never been to Egypt.