 You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
to download for a drive across france this weekend...
comedy and docs, no drama...
David Sedaris (spl?)
Once you can accept his accent, he has a joyous way of telling stories.
I mentioned the accent as it had put me off listening. Then, I came across him again on a long flight and realised I was utterly wrong.
Delicious story telling.
Sorry flashie, he's shit. 😛 /anti-stw
That one with Jack Dee. Now Show. S1 of In and out of the Kitchen
In Our Time is always fascinating, even when on subjects you might not normally be interested in.
More or Less is good too.
And Desert Island Discs is always worth a listen, and it's often the people you've never heard of who make the best shows.
JUST A MINUTE!!
JUST A MINUTE!!
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
APF
+1 Just a minute
Deadringers
Don't forget R4 extra, Ed Reardon, Round the Horne, On the Hour, Old Harry's Game. Some of the old dramas are quite compelling, Dorothy L Sayers' 'Wimsey' in on at the moment.
Urgh JAM is awful!
Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups
'The infinite monkey cage' if you have any interest in science-y things. The whole back catalogue is available on iPlayer.
Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun has recently been re-run on 4 extra at the mo'. It's Not What You Know is good too, as is Tim Key's Poetry Programme. Not Radio 4, but the Lee Herring at the Leicester Square Theatre Podcasts are very funny too.
excellent stuff - some stuff i'd forgotten about... more documentaries? i've actually got access to the last 5 years of beeb programming, so if you remember something good which isn't on iplayer.......
Along with the ones already mentioned: Mark Steel's In Town, especially funny if you live in or know the areas being ridiculed.
Beauty of Britain
Well done APF 🙂 Edit: That was a pun wasn't it?!
The current series of dead ringers is most excellent.
There was also a fascinating interview with Denis Norton yesterday at 9am (bloody traffic) that's definitely worth a listen.
Another edit: Very interesting doc on tea plantations (file on 4) just finished, which is worth a listen. Not happy listening though 😕
Horns section with Alex hor is good.
Crossing continants and from our own correspondent.
More or less is very good as it amazing the number of stats quoted in the news are just lies
Documentary stuff
Frys English Delight[ language with stephen fry
In our time - Melvyn Bragg discusses an array of topics
Infinite Monkey cage - science topics covered with humour
Great lives - a guest [ usually famous] argues that a famous person has had a great life and they look at their life
More or less - stats based fun.....no really
The Life scientific - scientist - jim alkalili [ spell??] interviews scientists about their work
Old one but worth finding
History of the world in 100 objects
thanks aracer and toys it works great
Get a three sim and just listen to it live as you drive across France, we did it two weeks ago and over 450 miles we only dropped signal 4 times.
Tune in radio is a brilliant app
Cabin Pressure
Clare in the Community
HR
Party
Analysis, seriously, file on 4.
amazing. think that's enough to fill there and back!!
Lake Wobegon days - not on iplayer but were broadcast on R4
Boogie up the river - 2 episodes available on iplayer
Last Word (obituary program)
R4 ones on subscription on my phone are :-
Costing the earth
Infinite Monkey cage
Desert Island Discs (pick and choose if I bother depending on the person)
Great Lives (pick and choose if I bother depending on the person- and you have to forgive Matthew Paris for his stupid anti bike nonsense first)
Friday Night Comedy
Thinking Allowed
Also, In true stw fashion, recommending something not asked for....
A non R4 one....Damn Interesting - they only issue a new one every now and again but always worth it.
From our own correspondent, and since you're in France, The Food Programme.
Grayson Perry's Reith lectures...
Looking at these lists, it saddens me so much that the government is cutting it back.
Chain reaction is worth a listen IMO, all the others I like have already been mentioned.
Oh and I like gardeners question time but I don't think that's what you're after
Making history - strangely enough a history magazine programme
Human zoo - interesting series about psychology
Punt PI - Steve punt investigates some pretty random yet intriguing mysteries
Ddigital human - IT / tech programme
Not radio 4, but a podcast well worth a download - No such thing as a fish. Basically the QI elves sitting around talking about their favourite facts they've discovered each week - interesting sharp and witty
Ooh and 'listen against' if you can find it in the back catalogue, one of the funniest things to ever grace R4
Just grab a couple of episodes of any answers. You'll really appreciate the fact you're in another country, away from those bell ends.
The infinite monkey cage is definitely well worth getting though. When is a strawberry really dead?
The food program, kitchen cabinet, digital human, ed Reardon, David Sedaris, in and out the kitchen
From Our Own Correspondent. Loads and loads of back episodes on iplayer. Best news/current events programme out there.
Can't stand In our time, but the long view is a good history documentary.
Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation
In And Out Of The Kitchen and David Sedaris are my current favourites although some of the dramas aside, there's not much I don't like on Radio 4.
+1 David Sedaris.
I also listen to a lot of podcasts The Comedians comedian and Richard Herrings being current favourites - more than enough to keep you going.
The Classic Serial at the weekend is very good, can't stand anything with Stephen Fry in it, Melvyn Bragg or many of the comedians - who are a bit stale now.
If you're going for RHLSTP then I can recommend the Stephen Fry and Tim Minchin ones (the latter definitely not recommended if you have kids in the car).
If it's not already been mentioned then a History of the world in 100 objects was fascinating and great listening.
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nrtd2/episodes/downloads ]BBC[/url]
The news
I largely agree with most of what's been said above but can I also recommend [url= http://thebuglepodcast.com/ ]The Bugle[/url] podcast, it's probably the most 'Radio 4-like' audio program to have never actuallyed on Radio 4.
I should probably declare my vested interests in that I appear to have developed a slightly weird bleeding heart liberal man-crush on John Oliver.
[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nrtd2/episodes/downloads ]a history of the world in 100 objects[/url] sorry just seen ^^^^