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IN FOCUS: Whether you’re a fan of the ‘Today’ host’s warm, conversational tone or bristle at his informal presenting style, Amol Rajan certainly knows how to get an audience talking. As one of the BBC’s most ubiquitous faces steps down from his biggest gig yet, Katie Rosseinsky looks at how…

Misha Glenny’s debut as host of the long-running Radio 4 series tackled JS Mill’s On Liberty – a bold move given the BBC’s current legal battles

Pioneer of radio phone-ins who hosted a popular show on LBC in the 1970s and 80s, and won Sony awards for his work on BBC Radio 2 and Radio 5 Live

He chats with BBC Radio 4 host Martha Kearney on the Dumfries House estate.

Kelly will present in Jeremy Vine’s slot over the festive period and Radio 4 will feature a festive special of Desert Island Discs with Kate Winslet.

BBC groupthink goes beyond Trump to transgender issues, migration and Hamas

Wiggins has revealed why he wanted to open up on abuse by a childhood cycling coach in his new book, ‘The Chain’, and why he only blames himself for his descent into cocaine addiction

Like afternoon tea, red pillar boxes and bracing walks on crisp autumn days, there is something reassuringly British about the Shipping Forecast, broadcast twice a day on Radio 4, and three times at weekends.

BBC Radio 4 listeners had written to the station to say they were ‘appalled’ by Partridge’s on-air behaviour