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BBC Radio 4 has announced a major line-up of new comedy programmes, featuring Omid Djalili, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Slim, Alistair Green, Pierre Novellie and Ayoade Bamgboye.
Omid Djalili will front Noise Pollution, a mix of stand-up and conversations with fellow comedians on global issues. Slim, known as the “Godfather” of Black British comedy, presents Slim’s Guide to Life, drawing on experiences from childhood to grandparenthood.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean will lead Kiri’s Farm, set on her family’s 51 acres in Ynys Môn, while Alistair Green hosts a spoof podcast featuring misguided guests from the worlds of wellness, business and influencing. Pierre Novellie debuts Why In the Name of Pierre Novellie, tackling subjects from rude medieval poetry to pasta.
Ayoade Bamgboye, fresh from her Edinburgh Comedy Award win, pilots Matters of No Matter, exploring eccentric questions with pseudo-science and satire.
Alongside these, a series of one-off stand-up specials will include Emer Maguire, Amy Annette, Finlay Christie, Matt Hutchinson, Maria Shehata, Ray Bradshaw and Nina Gilligan. Topics range from navigating the Noughties to growing up with deaf parents, medical life during the pandemic and middle-aged memory lapses.
Radio 4 is also piloting new formats, including Sikisa’s Border Control, Colin Hoult’s The Making of Colin Hoult, Zoe Lyons’ Now What?, and Eleanor Morton’s Eleanor & Pals. A sitcom pilot, Crossing The Floor, written by Rosie Holt and David Quantick, follows the fictional journey of Rosie Holt MP defecting to Labour.
Popular series returning for a second run include sketch show P.O.V., Ian Smith is Stressed, *The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty and Laura Smyth’s Your Mum.
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Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month returns on 29 September with performances from some of the world’s biggest artists.
The annual event will air on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 12pm in Rickie, Melvin and Charlie’s mid-morning show, with sessions also available on BBC Sounds, BBC iPlayer and YouTube.
This year’s line-up features Olivia Dean, Conan Gray, Myles Smith, mgk, PinkPantheress, The Last Dinner Party, Skye Newman, Reneé Rapp, Lewis Capaldi, Demi Lovato, Wet Leg, Mumford & Sons, Louis Tomlinson and Florence + The Machine.
A new addition is the Radio 1 Anthems Live Lounge, part of the launch of the new Radio 1 Anthems station on DAB+. Robbie Williams will headline the first of these on Friday 10 October.
Lewis Capaldi will also perform a special Live Lounge Late on Monday 20 October, with extra tracks airing later in Jack Saunders’ New Music Show.
Reneé Rapp said: “I love being in the UK and I love when I get to sing songs that aren’t my own, it’s a fun switch up.”
Rickie, Melvin and Charlie said: “Artists stripping things back, surprising us with covers you’d never expect, and creating those unforgettable moments that only the Live Lounge can bring.”
Head of Radio 1 Aled Haydn Jones said: “The magic of the Live Lounge is in its intimacy: stripped-back performances that let fans experience their favourite artists like they’ve never heard them before.”
Live Lounge Month has been a fixture on the station for nearly two decades. Previous performers include Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande and Noah Kahan, with some sessions drawing tens of millions of views online.
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Starting with a bit featuring Andy Cohen that got publications including the Associated Press to believe he was gone for good, Howard Stern is staying with SiriusXM. […]
Marquee Broadcasting Country “Highway 103.7” WZVL Philo/Zanesville OH has announced the arrival of Rick Sabine as morning host. Sabine was previously co-owner and morning host of Classic Hits “Y107.3” WYBZ Crooksville from 1990 until 2023. Sabine told co-owned WHIZ-TV, “Well, I’ve been in the radio business since about the mid-70’s and I was in Circleville. […] […]
Bauer Media Group has celebrated its 150th anniversary with a simultaneous staff party across 16 countries, featuring performances from major artists including David Guetta and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.
The event, held on 5 September, was part of the company’s 150 Years of Now campaign and connected employees in cities including London, Oslo, Paris, Helsinki, Čadca, Dublin, Stockholm and Brussels.
More than 12,000 employees across Europe were invited to take part, including hundreds from across the UK who gathered at the Roundhouse in Camden, and staff from stations across Ireland attended the Mansion House in Dublin.
Alongside the celebrations, Bauer Media Audio UK marked the milestone year with record listening figures, and handed out awards to its own stations at the Bauer Media Awards held on the same day.
Founded in 1875 in Hamburg, Bauer has grown from a family-run publisher into one of Europe’s largest commercial media companies, operating radio, publishing and out-of-home businesses across multiple markets.
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