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The editor of The World at One answers listeners' complaints about his programme's interview with the actor Nigel Havers, there's Radio 4's new comedy series about cancer survivors, and the dos and don'ts of eating on the radio.
Debating climate change, Any Questions' slip up, and is 5Live's Radio Bloke back? Plus Sven and the art of innuendo maintenance.
Why did the BBC devote so little news coverage to a 50,000-strong anti-austerity protest? Should the "n word" be used on air? And did Jack Dee really threaten to quit Clue?
Why has Radio 2 cut its live through-the-night programming? Controller Bob Shennan talks cutbacks. And was the UKIP coverage all too much?
With The Archers taking a dramatic turn this week (switch off if you don't want to hear a spoiler before the omnibus on Sunday!), listeners question its recently appointed editor, Sean O'Connor, about whether he's making their favourite programme too tabloid. We hear from some of the listeners who felt that BBC Radio news went over the top with the story that Manchester United manager David Moyes had been sacked. And Roger Bolton pays a visit to the nerve centre of BBC Radio 4 Extra to find out how they resurrect the radio legends of the past.
Today Editor Jamie Angus gives his first radio interview. Problems with the BBC radio iPlayer app. And a visit to radio's longest running daily programme, the Daily Service.
Pistorius trial coverage – salacious and voyeuristic? Is 6.30pm the time for jokes about group sex in parks? And Jane Garvey gives us her thoughts on the Woman's Hour Power List.
Was it insensitive to broadcast Ruth Archer's miscarriage on Mother's Day? We go hitchhiking with Dirk Maggs and John Lloyd. And why is Radio 4 Long Wave dropping off air?
Evan Davis gives Iain Duncan-Smith what for - but listeners wonder what for? 5Live's Peter Allen on the station's 20th birthday. And Radio 3 crosses the river to meet the audience.
We go deep into the Moral Maze with Michael Buerk and panellists. John Finnemore on permanently grounding Cabin Pressure. And last-minute schedule changes on Radio 4.
Is anyone at the BBC listening? This week we'll be talking to John Humphrys about whether liberal bias at the BBC has put it out of step with public opinion, and whether anything is changing. And there's a tale of sabotage and sacrilege in a Lincolnshire abbey. Roger's also been brushing up his Welsh this week to speak to the Editor of Programmes for BBC Radio Cymru, Betsan Powys. After months of conversations with listeners, Radio Cymru has re-launched with a dramatic shake-up to its schedules. Will it work? And will they still be listening now they've made the changes?
Bono! Bono! Colin Paterson tells us about his Alan Partridge moment at the Oscars. Also, the mysterious case of the disappearing programme and we raid the Broadcasting House inbox.
Does Radio 4's production of The Exorcist spell the start of ghastly goings on at the network? Your views on the future of the licence fee. And we Access All Areas at Radio 1. Also, what does power really mean? We'll be speaking to the editor of Woman's Hour Alice Feinstein about the launch of this year's Power List. And we'll hear why forensic science can be incredibly moving.
The Today programme says its science coverage is fair, balanced and impartial. Listeners disagree. Also, is there enough Sochi on 5Live? And we're backstage at the R2 Folk Awards.
Should Today have invited Lord Lawson to comment on climate change? Why have changes been made to BBC iPlayer? And we discuss the BBC's Scottish referendum coverage.