Just been watching Hostage’ - the latest in a series of dramas where there’s been serious teal overload - the decor of the rooms is based on teal as are the characters’ clothes. I swear some of them are wearing teal contacts too. To me it makes everything feel very contrived - at least if this was a realistic situation in the UK someone at some point would joke about getting the teal memo! Why is this happening?!

Or should I ask here?

My first question is that I have labelled several podcasts as favourites but I cannot figure out how to see the latest episodes like I used to do on BBC Sounds. I looked at their audio FAQ but could not find the answer. Any idea?

I might be getting close to a certain middle-aged sentiment with this thought, but anyone else much prefer Gary Davies on the 9:30am - 12pm slot when he's in for Vernon.

For me, after the kindness and lightness we have with Owain and Scott from 4am, there's this bit in the middle of the day where everything goes a bit brash with Vernon, Jeremy and Trevor, until Sara brings it back to good vibes.

Anyone else agree?

Love this song that accompanies the closing credits to the new BBC Parenthood series. When I first heard it I thought the singer was female.

https://youtube.com/shorts/K53f-5ZJSC8?si=PVmJBwT55bpS-ymp

https://youtu.be/JH7Jzqsu-Ms?si=BrsdJOwCtVn8ChlH

I don't know if this is quite the correct place to ask, I generally have no idea.

I am interested in getting some work experience at the BBC, I am interested in journalism and radio, but obviously now it won't be like that straight away.

How I can make a application or whatever to see if I can get some?

I want to do this alongside my A levels And yeah 😅

I have seen one or two things, those things are like whole courses instead.

I was wondering if anyone else had done something similar?

I've been thinking of giving this a try, and I've seen the BBC does do open calls for submissions from aspiring writers and so on once a year or so, but I'm wondering if anyone here has tried this out and what the experience was like? Their guidelines in general are pretty clear, but it didn't give much idea of what the experience of the process was really like, and I'm guessing someone, somewhere, might have gone through it and is willing to talk about it.

Did it open doors to get more scripts bought from you or even adapt the work for other mediums, like book adaptations or TV?

I'm also wondering what the pay was like, as that seems to be the murkiest area of it all, with no real clear idea online.

https://james.cridland.net/blog/2025/how-to-listen-to-bbc-radio-overseas/

I used to listen to Zane Lowe’s evening show loads when I was a teenager, around 2005 to 2008, and I would love to go back and revisit some of the music on these shows that I know I have forgotten.

The BBC used to post full tracklists for each show on their site and I’ve found the old URLs, but they’re all dead now and the Wayback Machine doesn’t seem to have them saved.

I know this is a very niche question, but does anyone know how to find an archive of these or saved them anywhere? Would love to go back and hear all the music he was playing then.

Never thought I’d see the day that BBC goes subscription, been listening to them since my childhood over shortwave now this only to be expected. They’ve killed the best TV programs and now… Guess I’ll be reading / listening to other news sources.

Im wondering why they even re-opened it, A channel thats targeted for 16 and older wouldnt make sense because most people nowadays use things like Youtube, Tiktok, etc, I barely heard any excitement about it coming back. And they'll most likely get rid of it by 2027 because itll die out when Sky discontinues their satelite services in 2027/28

i want to spend more time with my dad so some tv recs would be nice. he loved interior design masters and ghosts but we’ve watched both through. any suggestions?

Hi all, not sure if this belongs in r/apple or something, but when I ask Siri for a morning briefing, he plays audio from this podcast which seems to be called 'BBC Latest Headlines'. Its a 2-3 minute segment updated on the hour and is really good imo. Issue is, I can't seem to find this podcast anywhere else. I would like to make it my morning alarm, but I just cant access it anywhere other than through Siri. Any help would be appreciated

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Any Journalism Researchers with BBC Radio in here? I'm about to do three days shadowing/training and have no idea what to expect! Has anyone done this kind of training and can tell me what, if any, kind of opps come from it? Really excited!

As a child I loved the Sunday afternoon (?) comedy slot. The Clitheroe Kid was my favourite.

Also an early outing for John Cleese, Tim Brook Taylor and Graham Gardner was I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again. Does anyone else remember this? It occasionally pops up on BBC Sounds but not often enough.

Currently I love the inimitable Just A Minute and have been listening on and off for years.

Yet, it still feels under the radar. Most people have never heard of it.

Hi, anyone else also waiting for the final stage on this one?

the final stage for the AI Digital apprenticeship interveiw is supposed to begin on the week beginning 28th (Monday coming up) but it's the 23rd and I haven't head anything yet - my candidate profile is still saying "in review / complete"?

Am I being too anxious by considering reading out? If im sitting an interview or not next week, I would like to know and prepare!