Tag Archives: radio

I’m not a couch potato but…

I’m not a couch potato but…

I am 82 and was brought up in the glory days of BBC Radio: Saturday-Night Theatre; ‘The Man in Black’, Valentine Dyall; Monday Night at 8; Mr. Middleton, Toytown, Paul Temple; Dick Barton; ...
Music to my ears

Music to my ears

I cannot imagine how terrible it must have been to have lived all alone in old age when the radio had not been invented. The long winter nights must have been unbearable, living in those times. I don’ ...
Radio one man show

Radio one man show

A local BBC version of The Archers which is scripted and voiced by just one man has come to an end after 40 years on the airwaves. Gerry Hughes, 58, started his one-man soap opera Acrebury for hospita ...
What more could you want?

What more could you want?

I’m writing in response to two of the letters in your February issue. The one from Maisie Robson, who was looking for a radio 4 alternative – if the lady has internet access, she could buy ...