Podcast radio 4 bbc

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At its height, The X factor drew audiences of nearly 17 million. It sometimes turned ordinary people into superstars, but what was it like behind the scenes? Offstage: Inside The X Factor explores the emotion and drama of the programme and considers what led to its enduring success. The podcast looks beyond the glitz and glamour to find out the reality of being a contestant on The X Factor. Featuring contributions from contestants and former staff, Chi lifts the lid on the show and reveals the joy and heartbreak of those looking for fame and fortune. Despite not being on our screens since , the series also hears how social media has played a part in bringing old auditions to a new generation.

Podcast radio 4 bbc

Each episode will feature a take on the zeitgeist alongside sketches which brilliantly capture everything that provokes us: culture, politics, work From an MP's hopeless social media videos and a billionaire who wants to be popular, to a football pundit's nonsensical analysis and Tony Blair looking back on the Iraq War as if it were a classic TV series, this is a show packed with razor sharp wit. Michael Spicer: No Room is an entertaining critique of the modern world by a comedian who isn't really suited to living in it. The series features original music and sound design by Augustin Bousfield, critically acclaimed for his production and composition with St. Etienne, and is produced by Matt Tiller. In fact, I encourage you to say this. To my face if you can. And if you have ever shared my sketches online, thanks very much, it changed my life. The producer is Matt Tiller. The page will automatically reload. You may need to reload again if the build takes longer than expected. JavaScript has been disabled. This page needs JavaScript to work correctly. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.

Gordon speaks to those at the centre of the story, including some of the decision-makers and those living with the consequences.

Your daily Six Nations update. A curated podcast playlist to keep you in the know. Soothing stories and soundscapes to help you drift off to sleep. Explore perfection by taking a trip down the audio rabbit hole. The funniest satire, stories and sitcoms on BBC Sounds. Updated weekly. Mr Tumble sings popular nursery rhymes just for your little listeners.

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories beyond the news headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Combative, provocative and engaging live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories. Insight, analysis and expert debate as key policy makers are challenged on the latest news stories. The series that investigates the latest ad-hyped products and trending fads promising to make us healthier, happier and greener. Are they really 'the best thing since sliced bread'?

Podcast radio 4 bbc

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, people and events that have shaped our world. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the revolt that broke out in in Algeria against French rule, spreading over hundreds of miles and countless towns and villages before being brutally suppressed. In the wake of its swift suppression though came further waves of French migrants to settle on newly confiscated lands, themselves displaced by French defeat in Europe and the loss of Alsace-Lorraine, and their arrival only increased tensions. The Mokrani Revolt became seen as a watershed between earlier Ottoman rule and full national identity, an inspiration to nationalists in the s. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German physicist who, at the age of 23 and while still a student, effectively created quantum mechanics for which he later won the Nobel Prize. Werner Heisenberg made this breakthrough in a paper in when, rather than starting with an idea of where atomic particles were at any one time, he worked backwards from what he observed of atoms and their particles and the light they emitted, doing away with the idea of their continuous orbit of the nucleus and replacing this with equations. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the infamous assault of an army of the Holy Roman Emperor on the city of Rome in

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Review our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service to learn more. That split-second decision and act of astonishing bravery changes his life forever. Mars A season of programmes from Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra exploring the Red Planet of our dreams and, maybe, our futures Natalie Haynes takes a fresh look at the ancient world, creating stand-up routines about figures from ancient Greece and Rome. Art historian Katy Hessel and author Amy Blakemore discuss their favourite books. These are some of the stories that have been told about her - but The Narrative is hers to finish. Greg speaks to experts on a bunk-busting mission to test the latest consumer trends chosen by listeners. For the love of maths 29 mins. Home Front - Omnibus Omnibus editions of the epic drama series tracking the fortunes of characters on the home front as they try to maintain normality while Britain is involved in the First World War. Perhaps the most powerful was a two-hour special edition hosted by Maurice Shauny B and Ashley DJ Ace is all about the events which ignited the Black Lives Matter protests of the summer and the two hosts' reflections on being a Black man in Britain and raising Black sons, as well as featuring listeners' thoughts. Written by Linda Marshall Griffiths. Despite having turned up on Adam Buxton's podcast quite a few times — seek out the one where Louis gets tanked up on energy drinks and pulls out his surprisingly good falsetto to sing Baccarat's 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' — he's not hosted his own until now. Forest Can you feel loss for something you've never known? BBC disinformation reporter Marianna Spring speaks to people caught up in the battle for the truth. Child In this new look at the beginnings of life we tell the story of a child from fertilisation to first birthday through the lens of society, history, and science.

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But there was another sickness that once stalked the nation and turned things very strange for a while. Uncharted with Hannah Fry Behind every line on a graph, there lies an extraordinary human story. And other scientists claim there's uncertainty. Alex Forsyth presents topical debate in which guests from politics, business, science, arts and the media answer questions from members of the public. In this eight-part series for BBC Radio 4, Pandora traces Britney's incredible life: from her hardscrabble childhood in rural Louisiana, to her coronation as the inaugural pop princess of the internet, navigating an insatiable celebrity gossip complex; through to a young mother on trial by the paparazzi. A drama series set in a future flooded world. For them, the mystery of Covid's origin remains unsolved. Woman's Hour Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire. Aleks Krotoski investigates sperm donors and why people put themselves and their future children at risk by going online to find them. Do you have an extraordinary story to tell? How They Made Us Doubt Everything How some of the world's most powerful interests made us doubt the connection between smoking and cancer, and then how the same tactics were used to make us doubt climate change. Michael Portillo explores the cultural, political and economic upheaval forgotten in the familiar images of Edwardian and Georgian calm before the brutal shock of the Great War.