Radio 3 Unwind starts on the 4th of November

[Serial_Apologist]

Brilliant

Blow, R3 unwind, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!

Rage, rage, against the dying of the Light Programme.

[Serial_Apologist]

An appropriate question given the date: how much of R3's budget is allocated to the launch and maintenance of R3 Unwind?

Was it included in Rachel's budget for the NHS?

[Serial_Apologist]

Just heard that awful trail again . What is “brain space” exactly ? A gap where your brains should be ?

Empty heads and hearts a-talking
Make a rough road easy walking.

[Old Grumpy]

Empty heads and hearts a-talking
Make a rough road easy walking.

Thanks for that, S_A...


...must admit I had to look that one up

[french frank]

...must admit I had to look that one up

I immediately heard John Shirley-Quirk singing the Butterworth setting in my head and that identified it.

[Old Grumpy]

Repent, for the end is nigh!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_three_unwind?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

[french frank]

Repent, for the end is nigh!

I couldn't bear to listen until the end of that. It's like one of those comedy shows of the Beeb laughing at itself. 3u ...

PS What happens when 3u gets more listeners than R3?

[AuntDaisy]

I couldn't bear to listen until the end of that. It's like one of those comedy shows of the Beeb laughing at itself. 3u ...

PS What happens when 3u gets more listeners than R3?

Sir Sam?

[Pulcinella]

Sir Sam?

Or will he get an honorary degree from u3a?

[AuntDaisy]

Or will he get an honorary degree from u3a?

Wot, another one... According to LinkedIn, Sam J has an Honorary Doctorate from Univ. of Aberdeen & an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Academy of Music.

[french frank]

I was more meaning - what happens to R3?
Digital only? Online only? and see whether that 'improves' the listening figures.

[Old Grumpy]

I was more meaning - what happens to R3?

Yes, that is what I was alluding to with my Soundsbite!

[AuntDaisy]

I was more meaning - what happens to R3?
Digital only? Online only? and see whether that 'improves' the listening figures.

You forgot to add "write on both sides of the paper"...

Digital/online only must raise age discimination issues.

Since R3 is still elitist As Dante so eloquently said "lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate"* - translated by Dorothy L Sayers as "Lay down all hope, you that go in by me".

(* Courtesy of Wikipedia)

[gurnemanz]

I duly tuned in on my laptop. It seems harmless enough and presumably achieves what it sets out to achieve - wallpaper? Even if I was wanting to become a regular listener - unlikely - I would probably not tune in since I can only play Sounds through a decent speaker by the slightly circuitous route of going through the TV which is in turn connected by an optical cable to my amp. It does not seem to figure among the multiplicity of internet stations that I can receive directly and uncomplicatedly via my tuner/streamer.

If they bring out a companion station featuring music to induce distress, existential angst and general malaise, I might be interested. Radio Put the Wind Up?

[Pulcinella]

I duly tuned in on my laptop. It seems harmless enough and presumably achieves what it sets out to achieve - wallpaper? Even if I was wanting to become a regular listener - unlikely - I would probably not tune in since I can only play Sounds through a decent speaker by the slightly circuitous route of going through the TV which is in turn connected by an optical cable to my amp. It does not seem to figure among the multiplicity of internet stations that I can receive directly and uncomplicatedly via my tuner/streamer.

If they bring out a companion station featuring music to induce distress, existential angst and general malaise, I might be interested. Radio Put the Wind Up?

Or Radio 3 Screw-up?