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First sitcom, first chef, first castaway, first dance and first Woman’s Hour: 100 years of the BBC, part three

Desert Islands Discs launched, a raffish bachelor made sitcom history, hoofers had a riot and a man called Alan hosted Woman’s Hour – which revealed how to keep your husband’s suits crease-free

The Guardian - UK

Ernie Rea to step down as Beyond Belief presenter after two decades

Rea has hosted the Radio 4 show since its launch in 2002.

The Independent UK

The radio was the soundtrack to my life. But I turned it off a week ago – and may never turn it back on

I could handle the monarchism after the Queen died, but not the repetition. I’m getting my news from Twitter now

The Guardian - UK

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When is Jeremy Paxman leaving University Challenge? Huge amount his successor earns

Jeremy Paxman is due to step down as University Challenge host in 2023, with the BBC's media editor Amol Rajan due to replace him. Reports suggest Rajan is due for a pay bump after bagging the role

Daily Mirror

Martin Lewis breaks down exactly how much your energy bill could rise by this winter

MoneySavingExpert founder Martin Lewis appeared on Radio 4 to explain what the latest Ofgem price cap prediction could mean for your monthly energy bill payments

Daily Mirror

The Archers: why June Spencer was the Queen of Ambridge

The actor, who plays Peggy, appeared in the very first episode of the Radio 4 soap in 1951

The Guardian - UK

Martin Tyler apologises after appearing to link Hillsborough with hooliganism

Martin Tyler and the BBC have apologised after the football commentator appeared to link the Hillsborough disaster and hooliganism in a Radio 4 interview

The Guardian - UK

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Martin Tyler urged to clarify and apologise for Hillsborough comment made on BBC radio show

Veteran Sky Sports broadcaster Martin Tyler was speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today show to mark the return of the Premier League season

Liverpool Echo

‘So much more stuff to know’: why Brain of Britain has got much harder

It’s not that Britons are becoming less intelligent, it’s that the quiz canon has expanded, say top quizzers

The Guardian - UK

BBC found in breach of impartiality guidelines in Ruth Davidson interview

REGULATOR Ofcom has found the BBC breached impartiality guidelines in an interview with Baroness Ruth Davidson on the anticipated appearance…

The National (Scotland)

Ofcom finds BBC guilty of impartiality breaches over Ruth Davidson interview

Regulator says World at One failed to properly balance suggestions democracy had become corrupted under SNP government

The Guardian - UK

Kate Moss breaks silence on harrowing reality behind topless shoot when she was just 15

Supermodel Kate Moss recalls the disturbing underwear catalogue shoot 33 years ago. She ran away from the photographer as she wasn't comfortable with posing topless

Daily Mirror

Chris Stuart obituary

Journalist, broadcaster and producer who devised TV shows including BBC Two’s Only Connect

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast); Teach Me a Lesson; Schools Apart and more

Shows on education range from the warmly comic to the thoughtfully investigative, while TS Eliot’s The Waste Land gets a centenary revival

The Guardian - UK

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Durham-born BBC Radio 2 DJ Chris Stuart dies aged 73 - leading to tributes from colleagues

The DJ who has been hailed as 'one of the greats' of broadcasting set up the company behind the Only Connect TV quiz

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: 28ish Days Later; The Followers; In Dark Corners

Periods, stalkers and sexual abuse in private schools are all the subject of essential, fascinating listens

The Guardian - UK

We interrupt this broadcast … Boris Johnson’s resignation – and other amazing breaking news moments

After the PM stood down virtually live on Radio 4, we interrupt this broadcast to bring you some jarring tonal shifts, the best putdowns of Simon McCoy, and a message from outer space

Daily Mirror

Adele slams weight loss critics who 'weren't there when she sobbed with anxiety'

Superstar Adele says she faced a mixture of responses after her dramatic weight loss was revealed to the world, but the trolls don't realise she used to sob with anxiety at 4am

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Evening Standard

U2’s Bono reveals discovery he has a half-brother

The Irish singer said on Desert Island Discs he was unaware of relative’s existence for decades

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: Visible Women; The Grenfell Tower Inquiry Podcast; Today In Focus; Different; First Person

Caroline Criado Perez highlights ways that the world is built around men, while Grenfell is remembered through voices and the BBC’s doggedness

The Guardian - UK

Bleak Expectations review – Radio 4’s Dickens parody bursts on to the stage

This fast-paced comedy mashup of the great Victorian novelist sends up Britishness with oodles of silliness

The Guardian - UK

‘A link across time’: how shipping forecast will outlast Radio 4 long wave

Boats have not needed the broadcast for decades but radio bosses know nostalgia for it runs deep

The Guardian - UK

Broadcaster Alan Dein: ‘To be a conduit for telling stories is really exciting’

The award-winning oral historian and broadcaster on talking to random people on the radio in his hit BBC show Don’t Log Off and why he always switches the camera off on Zoom

The Guardian - UK

The week in audio: The Podcast Show; Betrayal; Sports Star; Naga Munchetty

Podcasts revel in the spotlight, while a tale of romantic betrayal makes for uncomfortable listening – as do post-Sue Gray report PMQs

The Guardian - UK

BBC announces raft of closures with CBBC and BBC Four to be online only

Plans include merging BBC News and World as well as cuts to local TV and radio services in England

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