Archive for the ‘Radio’ Category
It’s a London Thing
Dudes, radio update: Tune in to London Thing, my new show with @charmlshake on Pulse Radio. It’s about the best things happening in London, with some historical smatterings and crap jokes. Every Thursday from noon. And you can listen again here.
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Tags: London, London Thing, LSE, Pulse Radio, Radio
What’s so funny?
Wow it’s a great time to be a radio and comedy enthusiast. As well as the phenomenal stand-up scene in London at the moment, a quick glance at Radio 4 Extra’s comedy page shows a wealth of BBC comedies going back 40 years, all available on demand. There’s also lots of new programming, including fantastic [...]
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Tags: BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 7, comdedy, Dave Gorman, News Quiz, News Quiz Extra, Penny Dreadfuls, Radio, Rufus Hound, What's so funny
The BBC’s Dickensian radio spoof Bleak Expectations is being adapted for television, according to the Guardian and others. Obviously this is great news for a fantastic writer and a talented cast, but I’ve got mixed feelings about it – I love Bleak Expectations; it’s one of the funniest shows around – but like Hamish and [...]
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Tags: BBC, BBC comedy, Bleak Expectations, Comedy, Old Shop of Stuff, radio comedy
The Social
It’s almost one in the morning here and I’ve fallen asleep in public twice today so I’ll make this quick. My sis and I will be talking about happiness on tomorrow’s The Social on Pulse Radio. We’ll be featuring some comedians from the LSE comedy night, Mavericks, and you can listen live here. (It’s also [...]
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Tags: Comedy, LSE, Mavericks, Pulse Radio, Radio, The Social
Well day one of the new ‘every day posting’ gig, and I very nearly conk at the first chukka. The internet was down this morning, so I spent an inordinate amount of time trawling round Notting Hill looking for a place to set up camp. Combined with my natural inclination to sack it all in [...]
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Tags: Camden, cooking, Houseparty of the Dead, LeCool, London Fields Radio, podcasts, pubs, zombies
Gotta be quick here ‘cos it’s the London Bloggers Meetup tonight, but I just thought I’d mention a double helping of London goodness for you: First up for all you Greenwichers, The Greenwich Podcast has just been launched. Very exciting news and a superb South London complement to the Hackney Podcast (also a goodie). As [...]
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Tags: audio, Conkers, Greenwich, Greenwich Podcast, Hackney Podcast, hyperlocal, London Bloggers Meetup, podcasts, Tim Key
Radio: An Illustrated Guide
Another quick one, just before I dash out to watch A Prophet. But I just thought I’d give a quick shout out to a fantastic book for anyone interested in radio. Radio: An Illustrated Guide, by Jessica Abel and Ira Glass follows the This American Life team as they put together one of their programmes. [...]
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Tags: audio, Books, Comics, Radio, This American Life


