Worth a listen

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Fri Jun 24, 2022 6:53 pm

As a sort of sub thread to dwd's watching or not threads I though I'd put forward a few listening ideas seeing as inone of the other threads I'd mentioned Lucy Worsley's programme Ladykillers which looked at women murderers during the Victorian age.
The BBC might get a bit of a slagging for some of it's programming but it still produces some cracking radio. A lot of it is available on BBC sounds. I've been listening while the wife watches that love island shite.
Try Mark Steele's in Town a series where he goes to a town , researches it invites the locals to a show and then takes the p*ss out of the town , rea?ly funny.
Also funny and into somehing like 68 series is just a minute , perhaps not quite as good as the days when Kenneth Williams was a regular but still funny.
Emily Matliss is currently doing a very good series on J Edgar Hoover , good consumer programmes like You and Yours , Sliced Bread and More or Less ( well the last one is a bit of fact checking as much as anything else).
Anybody else listen to much?
I did think of going all Queenish and asking about "when we all get tired of all the visuals" but thought that might be going a bit too far...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b01p0rpj

etaf · Post by **etaf** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 5:04 am

i used to listen to BBC R4 a lot when i was travelling for work a lot , as a computer engineer on the road in the late 70's early 80's
Then as a Consultant in the 2010's travelling all over the country
I stated listening a lot to podcasts - a lot from BBC
So i often now if travelling will tend to listen to BBC R4
Or BBC Sussex/Surrey local stations

in our time thursday morning can be very good - Melvyn Bragg

A lot of the comedy shows that BBC R4 have can be really good and the panel games

Some of the regular programs I listened to
Desert Island Discs , as mentioned, just a minute , Gardeners Question time, the afternoon play , money box, you and yours , woman's hour, front row, the moral maze
Just some I remember and still on

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 6:09 am

I must confess that I never listen to the radio much these days although like many when I did it was in my car commute. Now I may have Gold on if at all as it just has the music I relate to. I used to listen to Radio 2 and 4 on occasions but these days it is too woke and depressing. For me. Many will not remember Jack deManio who was brilliant, if he was alive I would still listen to him.

DWD

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:33 am

It is something of an overlooked medium nowadays . Go through the listings on the tv and there are loads of stations but I really doubt if most people ever even look. I can't help thinking that it's strength that one isn't tied to watching a box in the corner of the room is also it's greatest weakness in that it gets regulated to background noise when people are driving. I will admit that I have the radio on in the van . It's not dab so I'm limited on channels and often give up on it and put a cd on instead.
Last night I had to pick up my daughter and on the way and while waiting for her I listened to The Infinite Monkey Cage on radio 4. It's a sort light hearted science programme. More serious is The Life Scientific. After the Monkey Cage they had an interview with Henry Kissinger which I heard a little bit of . Sounded interesting but my daughter turned it off so she could concentrate on driving home. Might have to look that one up.

etaf · Post by **etaf** » Sun Jun 26, 2022 9:35 am

Have had dab in the car for a couple of years now
And have a few 70 music channels , but the play list is repetitive
Other half likes magic on dab apparently different to the fm channel
I cannot tell the difference

But I get bored with music in the car after a while
Even with an sd card full of music

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:27 pm

I suppose the "problem" with radio and specifically things like plays is that it involves the listener actually using a little bit of imagination to visualise characters and events and I think it's just too much effort for a lot of people.

Someone-Else · Post by **Someone-Else** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 6:57 pm

Would that not depend on what you are listening too? if it were a "play" then yes, but not music.
I do have to admit, some of the oldies radio stations play all the rubbish stuff, when I am driving I always have an old ipod. (Leave it in the car)

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Mon Jun 27, 2022 9:39 pm

Yes , i perhaps wasn't as clear as I could have been , I was thinking more of spoken word and especially plays , that involves some imagination on the part of the listener.
Music requires less imput but on the other hand becomes a sort of background noise.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:38 am

That said even music demands some level of commitment. Am I the only one who sometimes feels I haven't listened to a track "properly" and replays the song again? That happens more when I'm driving to be honest and I also have the habit of leaving a cd in for multiple plays before changing it.

Tom d'Angler · Post by **Tom d'Angler** » Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:27 pm

I used to listen to Radio 2 while working but I can't stand Zoe Ball and Jeremy Vine makes me cross. Generally, we listen to Chris Moyles and then Popmaster on R2, and then switch it over to a 70s or 80s channel for the rest of the working day... unless Test Match Special is on and then it's on that (much to Mrs d'A's annoyance.

I like audiobooks. I'm currently listening to a Sherlock Holmes compendium narrated by Stephen Fry, whose narration I greatly enjoy, but I have to remember to set the listening timer to 15 minutes otherwise I'll doze off and the recording keeps playing so I have trouble finding my place the next day

A while ago I listened to "Thanks Johnners" by Jonathan Agnew and that got me hooked on test match cricket.

dewaltdisney · Post by **dewaltdisney** » Tue Jun 28, 2022 3:35 pm

We listen to audio books on occasions and much the same a chapter sees us doze off. We are currently working through Ken Follett's the Eye of the Needle which is brilliant. Check out Borrowbox through you library for free audio books

DWD

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue Jun 28, 2022 6:50 pm

Reminded me that I have a biography of Mao tse tung on audio books. Been a little while since I listened to it. Interesting but it definately needed concentration to listen to although that was largely having to try and remember the Chinese names. I might have to dig it out again...

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Sun Oct 09, 2022 9:06 am

Another series I've started to listen to is The Boy in the Woods . It is researched and presented by Winifred Robinson , perhaps better known for You and Yours , and covers the murder of Rikki Neave in 1994. Features a lot of the original police recordings and very interesting if you're into real crime.