Radio

Mr Blue Sky

Second season of Andrew Collins' warmly cosy Radio 4 comedy

27 Mar 2012

When a recession hits, even optimists can feel the heat. In the opening episode of Mr Blue Sky’s second series lovable oaf Harvey Easter tries a few tricks to save the pennies. Such as walking to the newsagent rather than having his paper delivered…

Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave break world record

TV Gossip

18 Mar 2011

Chris Moyles and Comedy Dave have broken the Guinness World Record for the longest-ever marathon radio show. The Radio 1 DJ duo - who have raised almost £2 million for Comic Relief with their mammoth challenge - broke the current world record at…

T in the Park 2010: Edith Bowman interview

23 Jun 2010

BBC presenter and Anstruther lass-done-good Edith Bowman is coming to Balado for this year’s T in the Park. But she’s not bringing her wellies, right?

Danny 'DJ Danny' Robins on Adam Ant, Lil Kim and 'Ice, Ice Baby'

The character comedian divulges his eclectic musical secrets

9 Jan 2012

First record you ever bought Adam Ant – 'Prince Charming'. I was precociously young to buy a record and dressed up like him to listen to it. Last extravagant purchase you made A large kebab. It was the size of a man’s arm. I almost lost…

Meanwhile, It's Will and Greg

Will Andrews and Greg McHugh revive their Ugly Kid sketch talents for radio

6 Jan 2012

On first hearing that Will Andrews and Greg McHugh have collaborated for sketch work under the moniker of Will & Greg, the cynical might believe this to be a forced pairing simply to fulfil a US TV show pun. Reflect on this, cynics: the duo’s working…

Ramshorn Theatre stages The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

Production recreates radioplay using Douglas Adams' original scripts

24 Feb 2011

DON’T PANIC – the Ramshorn has finally gained permission to bring The Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy back to the stage, after Disney purchased the rights over 10 years ago. A collaboration between the Strathclyde Theatre Group and the Radio Theatre…

List film editor Paul Dale discusses Sun Ra on radio show

17 Jun 2010

The List’s reclusive film editor Paul Dale will be making a very exclusive appearance this Saturday on Scotland’s best jazz radio show. Dale will be guesting on the mighty DJ Oscar Askin’s Jazz and Beyond show from 10pm-Midnight on Saturday 19 June to…

Five reasons to: Save BBC 6Music

4 Mar 2010

First came a collective up-in-arms from indie fans across the land; then came the validation of their anguish by the BBC: its small but much-loved digital radio station, 6Music, is to close next year – alongside the Asian Network – pending a public…

Edinburgh radio station Talk 107 to close

18 Dec 2008

Edinburgh based radio station Talk 107 is to close after both the search for a buyer and a management buyout failed to transpire. UTV Radio (GB) has today announced that it is to close its Edinburgh based speech radio station talk107 and hand the…

Last word: Sanjeev Kohli

27 Nov 2008

First record you ever bought ‘From Langley Park to Memphis’ by Prefab Sprout. Had I been financially solvent at the age of 11 it would have been ‘Snooker Loopy’. Last time you were chatted up The last time I wore a kilt, a very drunk female…

Baggage

29 Nov 2007

RADIO Radio 4, Wed 5 Dec, 11.30am With the Grumpy Old Women back doing their grumpy old thing on the nation’s stages, it’s good to hear of another female comic trio who aren’t just wielding rolling pins and frying pans while moaning about the…

Jo Whiley to apologise on air for BBC Radio 1 slip up

3 Oct 2007

Radio 1 DJ Jo Whiley is to apologise to viewers today (3/10) after it emerged that a BBC worker posed as a phone-in competition caller. It is the latest incident to come to light in which the broadcaster has been shown to mislead viewers. A…

Famous names to DJ for BBC birthday

6 Sep 2007

Sir Paul McCartney and Ozzy Osbourne will help BBC Radio 1 celebrate its 40th anniversary by becoming honourary DJs. The musicians will join a host of stars - including Debbie Harry, Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller - to DJ for the Radio 1 Legends…

Franz Kafka Big Band

2 Jul 2007

RADIO SHOW There’s no such thing as bad publicity, as the old adage more or less goes. So, when the papers got wind of the Franz Kafka Big Band’s proposed radio sketches, the most controversial of which was dreaming up a scenario where Rolf Harris…