Radio for curious minds.
Radio 4 is a station for anyone interested in intelligent speech. Its schedule is packed with the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.
Welcome to The Archers, where careful use of a yoghurt pot mimics the sound of a lamb being born and lots of the characters have never said a word. (* Farming)
Is it a bird!? Is it a plane? No, it's Santa Claus. And there'll be hell to pay if he doesn't get all of the world's presents out of his sleigh by 5am Christmas morn.
In the 1950s and 60s every band played on BBC Radio had to first audition in front of the forbidding Talent Selection Group. Safe to say, Auntie's gatekeepers weren't impressed with this bunch of musical blow-ins (to be fair, many in the early stages of their careers) - although this doesn't always mean that they didn't book them. Here are the audition notes...
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