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Did he retire? I can't find much online about him after 2020. "Clue" really misses him.

BBC Radio 4 has just dropped some brilliant news for comedy lovers: a bumper crop of new and returning series packed with top-tier talent and plenty of laughs. From political zingers to heartwarming tales, 2024 is set to be a cracking year for fans of radio chuckles.

http://www.jonn.co.uk/2024/11/new-laughter-on-airwaves-bbc-radio-4s.html

I recently downloaded BBC iplayer on my PlayStation and tried to watch the news this morning. I am in Banbury, Oxfordshire but am recieving London news. I have set my location to South, but it is still just giving me London news.

Advice would be much appreciated.

Sometimes the broadcasts can be off by as much as 40 minutes. So if I tune in on the hour to listen to something, I find it starts at 40 minutes past the hour.

I am in NE USA

Biased beyond belief. Tories trashed the UK for 14 years and got an easy ride. Robinson is frothing at the mouth as he attacks Reeves this morning.

Absolutely brilliant. Daft police crime, totally unreal crimes, solved in the most complex way. Loved every one of them. Hoping the next series is just as good. Edit Great stuff 👌 David Mitchell's Ludwig to return for season 2 as renewal is confirmed

Hi, What's Everyone's Opinion On The New Features In The New Series Of Michael McIntyre's The Wheel.

I'm Personally Am A Bit Mixed as some of the features (like one shot endgames) really improve the wheel but the double celebrities as the experts makes it a bit unfair for the Rankings at the end in my opinion.

Anyway, What Do You Guys Think?

I’m thrilled to share that the BSL version of the Autumn Statement will once again be provided for the deaf and hard of hearing BSL community. This is an important step in ensuring accessibility and inclusion for all.

The inclusion of BSL interpretation during the Autumn Statement first began in 2020, and it has continued to grow, allowing more members of our community to engage with significant government announcements.

The BSL version will once again be available on the BBC News Channel on Wednesday, 30th at 12:35 pm.

You can tune in on Freeview 231, Sky 503, Virgin 601, and Freesat 200.

Additionally, the BSL version will be accessible online and through the BBC iPlayer app, making it easier for everyone to catch up at their convenience.

Subtitles will also be available on the BBC News Channel for the signed version, enhancing the viewing experience and ensuring that all information is communicated clearly.

This commitment to providing a BSL version of significant broadcasts like the Autumn Statement is crucial in promoting equal access to information and fostering a more inclusive society.

So, it's BSL on the BBC News Channel!

Let’s spread the word and ensure that our community knows about this vital resource!

The new crime drama Crá stars Dónall Ó Héalai, known for Monster and Foscadh, alongside Alex Murphy from The Young Offenders and newcomer Hannah Brady. Filmed on location in County Donegal, this six-part series was produced by Fíbín Media and Zoogon for BBC Gaeilge and TG4, with support from Northern Ireland Screen's Irish Language Broadcast Fund, Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, Gréasán na Meán Skillnet, and distributor About Premium Content.

http://www.jonn.co.uk/2024/10/cra-irish-language-crime-drama-unravels.html

The Radio 4 mainstay Soul Music has discussed hundreds of classic songs over the years. Which ones would you like to hear them talk about in the future?

I'll get the ball rolling with five of my suggestions:

- Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)

- Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)

- Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell)

- Message In A Bottle (The Police)

- Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan/Billy Joel/Adele)

Am interested to know what people think about the blessed Beeb giving Michael bloody Gove a programme on Radio 4. Heard the start of it after Wato but am not gonna put myself through the hell of hearing him rabbit on after 14 years of tory government. Had enough of them all but auntie thinks it's a good idea. Perhaps Gibb et al. pitched it to programme makers to try and rehabilitate their bastard chums!

I've been loving watching Solar system with prof Brian Cox but I've gotten to episode 4 ice world's and something has really irked me. Why did someone feel the need to paste old Wooden prop biplane sound effects over the turbine Kodiak? What was the point, seems totally useless time wasted and irrelevant to the show, Anyways had to vent but the program is good so far

So the beeb was eventually pressured into showing the AC Final series on iPlayer. Yesterday I watched race1 and race2. Today I couldn't find race3 on iPlayer so reverted to YouTube which has the exact same stream. Are the beeb showing the series or are they not?

Chatting to someone who admitted to not paying their TV licence earlier and me reflecting on why I still resolutely pay mine (and did even when I was out of country for a few years). So in the style of ‘What did the Roman’s ever do for us?” - what has the BBC given you?

1. BBC Radio 4 - gave my mother an ‘adult’ conversation when bringing up 3 small kids in rural area and probably stopped her going mad
2. By osmosis from above - improved our vocabulary
3. The shipping forecast - I don’t listen regularly but it was such a comfort when homesick while living abroad
4. BBC World service - remembering that there is a whole world outside..and sometimes the only channel I could understand on work trips
5. Balance - yes I know it is up for debate - but as both the right and the left claim that it is biased against them, I’ll take that as a reasonable attempt
6. Classic British novels on audio book - thus attempting to improve my ‘being well read’ 🙃

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What's up with the 5live lineup changes. Have tony and Claire had a falling out, love their evening show together.

found the first couple episodes on youtube but i need to know what happens to Dryden when he goes AWOL. please someone help i must finish this show

Hello, this is a bit of a daft question but I have truly exhausted all avenues of research lol. Basically, I'm looking for a BBC show I watched as a child with my mum in 2012 (possibly 2011 or 2013... but I think 2012). It was on in the evenings and may have had the word 'dinner' in the title.

The show simply featured different British families having dinner together. It was a 'fly on the wall' style reality/factual show. They didn't seem to use any camera crews, just filmed from discreet places in the homes, so the interactions between family members were quite natural. I remember it being very wholesome and funny.

But no one seems to know what I'm talking about, and when I google 'family dinner TV show 2012' I just get results about Friday Night Dinner!

So if anyone remembers this show please let me know, I'd love to revisit it.

Hey everyone!

If you're trying to spoil who is in the dance-off, you won't get that from me! Instead, I’m here to give you the details and accessibility features to watch the first results show of the 2024 Series of Strictly Come Dancing.

📅 When: Sunday, September 28, 2024
🕖 Time: 7:15 PM - 8 PM

You can catch the show on:

• BBC One: Subtitles and audio description are available.
• BBC Red Button 1: This will feature BSL signing and subtitles.

🔍 How to Watch with BSL and Subtitles on Red Button 1 HD:

• SkyQ: Channel 970
• Freesat: Channel 970
• Virgin: Channel 991
• Freeview: Channel 601

And here’s another option for watching with BSL on your TV: press the red button for iPlayer when instructed.

Enjoy the show and let’s keep the spoilers at bay!

I'm trying to find out which BBC (and, ideally, any other) radio stations were available from the Abbey Road/EMI studio area in 1975. Ideally, I'd like to know their frequencies as well. Is there any resource that would let me figure this out?

For background, this is part of an attempt to identify the audio snippet at the beginning of the Pink Floyd song "Wish You Were Here". Relevant post.

Folks:

BBC Built a 500,000 watt radio transmitter on the coast of England closest to the European Continent to transmit counter-German-propaganda during World War 2. It was called the Aspedistra Transmitter.

I understand that BBC had to take 3 high power transmitters and lash them together to come up with the 500,000 watts

I am a retired engineer who used to work on high power transmitters for the U.S. Navy as a civilian engineeer. I am not a volunteer docent for the Spark Museum Of Electrical Invention in Bellingham, Washington and sometimes people ask about the Aspediistra Transmitter.

We currently have an exhibit of the so called a Foxhole Radio that was used by germans to listen to the Aspedistra Transmitter as an alternative to the German propaganda radio stations.

I talk about how important this receiver is because it is a passive receiver and cannot be detected with the special equipment that the Germans use to search for unauthorized radio receivers.

I wish to add into my conversation some key facts of the special transmitter that was used by BBC during the war.

Thank you

Mark Allyn

Bellingham, Washington

During 6o’clock news a reporter covering the full military honours of an Arnhem soldier with full BBC cod-solemnity referred to a lieutenant in the American way as a “lootenant” - so much for the BBC expertise: their news becomes more lightweight, uninformed and tabloid every day.

Hi all, I am fairly familiar with TV license tactics and I myself have not paid for one since I’ve been in the UK since 2018 (because I didn’t need one)

I’ve received an email today saying that their records are showing that I have used BBC iPlayer.

I did watch some olympics back in July and I made the stupid mistake of using my own email address to sign up on iPlayer so that’s how they know it was allegedly me.

What should I do? Try and contact them and tell them it was not me? Ignore it? Try and get it changed again to No License Needed?

Thanks in advance!

Huw Edwards has been handed a six-month suspended prison sentence for accessing indecent images of children. Sentencing the 63-year-old at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, a judge said the journalist’s “long-earned reputation” had been left “in tatters” and ordered that he be subject to 25 rehabilitation sessions and be placed on the sex offender treatment programme for 40 days.

The BBC asked Edwards to repay the salary after he admitted three counts of “making” indecent images of children. Speaking last week, BBC director general Tim Davie said “discussions are underway” about the possibility of getting the money back. He added that the BBC could “explore” legal avenues to reclaim the money, but that it would be “challenging”.

https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1949344/huw-edwards-bbc-salary-sentence