It needs membership so wondered if it's worth that? On par with the old 5 Live show?

This is a slightly niche piece of radio archaeology.
I’m trying to track down the original BBC Radio 4 broadcasts of Christopher Lee’s This Sceptred Isle, read by Anna Massey. The original series consisted of 216 episodes, each roughly 12–14 minutes long, totalling about 46 hours.

The commercially released BBC collections covering 55 BC to 1901 appear to contain only about 29 hours, while the third collection is the separate Twentieth Century continuation first broadcast in 1999. I’ve also found versions on Archive.org and Fourble described as “complete,” but these seem to be the same abridged commercial recordings divided into smaller files — not the original 216 broadcasts.

Does anyone have off-air recordings of the original episodes, or know whether they circulate among radio collectors? Alternatively, does anyone know whether the complete series survives in the BBC Sound Archive or the British Library and, if so, whether it can be accessed?

I’d be perfectly happy to buy an official release if one exists. I’m mainly trying to establish whether the full original broadcasts are available anywhere.

Thanks!

Jazz Score has just started being repeated on 4 Extra. It's a 'quiz', but the main point of it is to get the regular people (like Humphrey Lyttelton, Ronnie Scott, Acker Bilk, George Melly) reminiscing and repeating anecdotes they had heard. Very comfortable radio if you are interested in jazz. I enjoy it anyway

Has anybody got a few episodes archived somewhere? Thanks!

I’m trying to track down the audio files for the BBC Radio 4 / Radio 4 Extra comedy series Mordrin McDonald: 21st Century Wizard by David Kay and Gavin Smith, with Jack Docherty and Gordon Kennedy.

The original Archive.org pages and Fourble feeds for the show are completely dead or have been taken down, and it's completely geoblocked/unavailable on BBC Sounds where I live.

Does anyone happen to have the MP3s of this series saved on a hard drive or know of a working archive folder where I can find it? I would be incredibly grateful for any help or direct links. Thanks!

Obviously now retired after being in the business for years, very marmite.

You either liked him or hated him.

Very blunt presenter, but also very sensible with his answers. His answers were almost always like the highest upvoted Reddit comment that was about 5 words but correct in my opinion. I found his dryness quite amusing.

Used to love the Allan Beswick late night phone ins on BBC radio Lancashire/Manchester that he did up until a couple of years ago. Id religiously listen every other Saturday.

Prior to that, his weekdays stuff was always a pleasure to listen too.

Not seen him mentioned at all on this sub which is quite surprising.

Any love for the old school presenters like him back in the day?

Did anyone ever talk to Allan?

Does anyone have a complete archive of the That's What He Said) podcast by Greg James and Chris Smith that they'd be willing to share? There are some episodes on the internet archive but plenty are missing. I have quite a lot of archived radio so happy to share anything you're looking for in return if I have it. Thanks!

EDIT: Turns out the rating wasnt added while it was live, it has since been added! But the songs are still censored as heck, so whats the point?

Unlike the previous Saturday's and the rest, this one lacks a G warning on Sounds, no intro voice about strong language, and... censoring words every 5 SECONDS!!! What happened? Why censor the long uncensored rap show starting tonight?

In the time I have typed this I heave heard at least 20-30, if not maybe 50 censors. Why are they even playing the songs? I already posted about the bad radio edits/cut shorts... im so done with R1... why cant we be like Australia and Canada, Europe and uncensor everything.

Just curious really, what random bits of radio live i your head rent free? I'm desperate to know if anyone else remembers the same things...

I have a few but the one that really sticks out is Jamie Cullum had recently covered Pharrell Williams' Frontin' just him and a piano for the Live Lounge on R1. Jo Whiley played it to Pharrell and instead of being unimpressed he was like a child on Christmas "wait wait can I hear the bridge?"

I’m trying to find a recording or information about a competition on Christian O’Connell’s Virgin Radio breakfast show in autumn 2006.
It was a competition specifically for dads. My dad, Dave (David) Booth from Sunbury-on-Thames in Surrey, heard the competition announced on the breakfast show and entered via a link on the Virgin Radio website.
He was called by the producer the next day, selected as one of two contestants and given the topic DIY. He then performed a rap live on the following morning’s show, lasting under a minute. Listeners voted by telephone and Dave won by a substantial margin, reportedly thousands of votes.
The prize was a Ford Galaxy and a family trip to Disneyland Paris for seven people. The Galaxy was delivered to our house and we drove it to France. The trip took place around 26/27 April 2007.
Ford was the sponsor.
Absolute/Bauer/Rayo have confirmed that they no longer have audio or competition data going back to 2006.
Does anyone have recordings/airchecks of Virgin Radio’s Christian O’Connell Breakfast Show from autumn 2006, or know someone who does?
I’m particularly interested in broadcasts where a dad performed a DIY rap competition.

Not intended as a repost, just looks like one. But i am also asking YOU to tell me what your worst radio edit is?

A few days ago, Nicki Minaj's song Starships was played on Radio 1 (or one of them, but think 1). First of all, the "mother-" is very hard to hear during the instrumentals after the choruses, yet was completely silent. Maybe only the "mother" should be hearable. Then, despite there being a version of the song where the F words are replaced by "check", this other edit version applies distortion effects instead which sound terrible. Finally, the word "Onika" is incorrectly censored as it sounds like something else, but i swear it sounds like the song skips there instead of just muting it.

Honestly some (but not all) of the recent release songs (such as high hopes 3000, stupid song, lost boys and others) on radio 1 are always cut to 2 chorus, or have a small section uneccesary cut, even if other, LONGER songs are played in full.

I will talk about "Stupid Song", as someone pointed it out in one of my previous posts. The official edit changes the drug related phrase to "hanging out" in the first verse (which R1 plays usually during chart countdowns or evening shows).
But if R1 cuts the second half of chorus 2 out (morning/afternoon shows), which also ruins the build up of the chorus, then they MUTE the drug phrase instead. WHY??? If Radio 2 can play it properly and full, why cant R1?

Also, lost boys is mostly played at 2 chorus during daytime Radio 1, cutting a rather epic sounding section after chorus 2, as well as Phoebe screaming "1 2 3 4!"

Finally, Radio 1 Anthems, so bad it got its own sub radio station, cuts 90% (if not 99%) of songs to 2 chorus, and if its a long 2 chorus song, then to 1 chorus. But the absolute worst one I have heard is Avicii's Waiting For Love, because it didnt even reach the first fully built-up instrumental after chorus 1, just started building up after chorus 1, then just faded to talking!

I make a point of going back to listen to this, because I have two children and there's no way I'm staying up until 01:00 listening to these two and being woken up at 06:00 by my three year old.

Absolutely love this show. Big fan of the chemistry between O'Hara and Cundy. Doesn't take itself too seriously which makes it all the more entertaining. Some of the segments are genuinely funny.

Long may it continue!

The Shuttleworths S01E01 - Cotton Buddies

Woke up this morning, found myself humming My Wife Died In 1970 to myself, decided to check if YouTube had the right pole with which to scratch my itch. Oof!

If anyone here is from Norfolk and North Suffolk, breakfast radio legend Rob Chandler has been replaced by a new duo this morning, having made no mention of him leaving last week. He’s also been removed from Broadland Radio’s website.

Any ideas what’s happened?

Which band or artist has you switching off the radio?