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This fascinating celebration of BBC Radio 4 features archive clips from some of the channel's best-loved programmes, including The Archers, Desert Island Discs, Today, Woman's Hour, Weekending, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, The Now Show, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Just a Minute, and many more. Amongst the personalities heard from during this radio extravaganza are Dame Edna Everage, Sue Lawley, Neil Kinnock, John Humphrys, Humphrey Lyttelton, Douglas Adams, John Peel, Angus Deayton, Kenny Everett, and Roy Plomley to mention just a few.

Featured in this collection are Mavis Cruet, the Fat Fairy; Arthur, the Cockney Caterpillar; Evil Edna, the Wicked Witch; Carwash, the Prissy Pussy; and The Moog, the Droopy Dog. Of course, we mustn't forget 'the Beast', who is really Prince Humbert the Handsome, changed into various shapes and sizes by Evil Edna's spells. They all just happen to be in Doyley Woods when Willo the Wisp is flitting about so he can tell us all the adventures and mishaps that befall them.

If you have an appetite for sharp satirical comedy blended with vintage news items, be sure to sample these 14 archive episodes of BBC Radio 4's long-running panel show, chaired by Barry Took, Simon Hoggart and Sandi Toksvig. This latest smorgasbord of editions, all first broadcast between 1980 and 2012, has for its subjects such delicacies as the Royal family, 'boisterous' TV presenters, Oscar acceptance speeches, pop stars, Teletubbies, the EU referendum, the 2010 financial crash, super-injunctions, ice cream vans and much, much more.

1982 was a historic year, a year in which the battle for a small group of islands in the South Atlantic dominated the news. From the initial broadcasts of the growing Argentine threat and Mrs Thatcher's speech to the Commons informing them that a Task Force will sail, to the battles for Goose Green and Port Stanley, the Argentine surrender and the controversial sinking of the Belgrano—all these historic moments, together with all the other important events of the Falklands War, are recorded here, in live BBC Radio News coverage.

Six more thrilling stories of adventure in Time and Space from the original Doctor Who Annuals. Larger than life and twice as colourful, from the 1960s to the 1980s the stories within the Doctor Who Annual were exuberant and charmingly naive. Now, in this second audio volume, Peter Purves (Steven), Anneke Wills (Polly), Geoffrey Beevers (the Master), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) and Nicola Bryant (Peri) read another selection of these colourful and energetic tales, with atmospheric sound design.

Featuring the popular characters of Dougal, Florence, Zebedee, Dylan, Brian and Ermintrude, the stories include 'Dougal's Experiment', 'A Starry Night', 'The Piano Carrier', 'Dougal's Adventure' and 'The Musical Box'. A bonus interview with Eric Thompson (which was not on the original LP) is also included. Vintage Beeb: classic albums first available as BBC LPs, now available to download for the first time ever.

Enter a surreal universe where David Dickinson goes looking for weapons of mass destruction in 'Weapons Hunt', the Queen sells off the royal jewels on the QVC shopping channel and Delia Smith turns homicidal and starts cooking up the competition. Elsewhere, Anne Robinson votes off The Weakest Disciple, and Simon Schama and David Starkey battle it out - literally - in order to become television's leading historian.

Seven colourful stories featuring K9 in the company of Sarah Jane, Brendan, Aunt Lavinia, the Doctor and Romana. Vintage stories from the K9 and Doctor Who Annuals of the 1980s, featuring the faithful robotic dog and Sarah Jane S Vintage stories from the K9 and Doctor Who Annuals of the 1980s, featuring the faithful robotic dog and Sarah Jane Smith.

First published as an illustrated book in the 1960s and now a collector’s item, Doctor Who and the Invasion from Space sees the Doctor land in the futuristic world of The One. Along with the Mortimer family, whom he rescued from the Great Fire of London, he finds himself recruited to lead a galactic invasion from Andromeda - with the TARDIS instrumental in the plan! In Ten Fathom Pirates, a story from The Doctor Who Annual 1967, the Doctor encounters underwater raiders on a distant planet.

Fios mu bhriathrachas 's mu ghnàthasan-cainnt na Gàidhlig, mu chleachdaidhean 's mu chreideasan nan Gàidheal.Gaelic terminology, proverbs and idioms, as well as Highland customs and beliefs.

A cockroach can live for a week without its head, before dying of starvation? Slugs have four noses? So, if you thought that couldn't get more disgusting, now imagine them with a cold. The natural world is an amazing, compelling and funny place: a place where fact is always more staggering - and often funnier - than fiction. Based on BBC Radio 4's hit science and comedy series Nature Table, and with an introduction from the show's presenter, Sue Perkins, A Housefly Buzzes in the Key of F is a celebration of the astonishing everyday occurrences that happen right under our noses.

In 'TOTP Playback' Shaun Tilley is joined by legendary Pop Stars, DJ’s and Dancers to remember classic editions of the BBC’s Top of the Pops. Plus in 'The Radio Luxembourg Years' he recalls The Station of the Stars by unearthing classic clips from The Great 208 archives.

A new Kiswahili podcast by BBC Media Action in Tanzania.For many Tanzanians, the term ‘climate change’ refers to changes in weather or seasons, and few people understand its impacts at home and around the world. But experts agree that climate change is already affecting our lives, creating many challenges and some opportunities for change.This podcast is for anyone who is interested in the ways in which climate change is affecting people in Tanzania, and wants to learn more about how we can all adapt to those changes.Tanzania Adapts is a Kiswahili language podcast created by BBC Media ...

First published in 1976, The Amazing World of Doctor Who thrilled fans with short stories and strips featuring the Fourth Doctor, Sarah and Harry in brand new adventures. It also supplied the low-down on the Doctor's past history and some of the foes he'd encountered to date.

For most people around the world, weather forecasts are easily available, understandable, mostly accurate – and taken for granted. But in Eastern Africa, climate change is contributing to rapidly changing and more extreme weather patterns, including harsh drought and devastating flooding. Herders and farmers may have no access to smartphones or even radios, and even if they do, how weather information is presented may be too technical to have much relevance in their daily lives. But understanding the changing weather is increasingly a matter of a life or death.The Living Climate Change ...

Three further series of flagship comedy The Now Show presented by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis: with their characteristic wit and satirical flair, Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt and a plethora of special guests crack wise at all things news, using topical sketches, stand-up, songs and chat to bring a smile to your face.

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Public interest journalists and editors from around the world tell their story so we can understand the current information landscape and the likely future for independent media. To dig deep into the issues uncovered by our Brave New Media outlets and to understand how we can ensure a media landscape that’s fit for purpose, we will also hear from global media practitioners and experts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join in with Susan Sheridan and Jimmy Hibbert, as they sing along to 60 of their favourite nursery rhymes, complete with wonderful music and sound effects. Perfect for playtime or in the car, these classic counting songs, action songs and lullabies are sure to delight little ones.

Polar bears, brown bears, honey bears and grizzly bears: here are a host of irresistible bears of all sorts and sizes—from Arabella Squeezenik's very unusual teddybear to Goldilocks and the Three Bears and The Bear and the Goblin. Presented by Anne Rosenfeld and Andrew Branch, and with playful music and sound effects, this delightful collection makes ideal listening at bedtime, story time or in the car.