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RAJAR Q1 2020: Four percent growth in digital share
Digital listening share has increased to a new record of 58.6% up from 56.4% year on year in the latest RAJAR figures. Digital reach is also at a new record with 36.9 million adults, or 67% of the population, tuning in via a digital platform, up from 36.3m in Q1 2019. Listening via online and apps now accounts for 14% of all listening and nearly a quarter (24%) of digital listening, having grown by 25.4 million hours (or by 23%) year on year. With 32% of adults now claiming to own a smart speaker, online listening in home was for the fourth consecutive quarter the fastest growing platform and location, increasing by 21 million hours (or by 26.6%) year on year...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 14.05.2020
RAJAR Q4 2019: New record for digital radio listening
Digital listening share has increased by 11% to a new record of 58.5%, up from 52.6% in Q4 2018 in the latest figures for Q4 2019. They were boosted by the launch of new national commercial digital stations, and the growth of listening online via smart speakers in home and DAB listening in car. Overall digital listening grew by 43.4 million hours or 8% year on year. Listening via online and apps grew by 28.5 million hours (or by 30%) to now account for 12.5% of all listening and 21.5% of digital listening...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 06.02.2020
RAJAR Q4 2019: London and national brands round-up
Coverage of the general election helped 5 Live, Radio 4 and LBC each add half a million listeners across 2019. 5 Live is up from 4.9m to 5.4m in the Q4/2019 RAJAR listening figures, while Radio 4 has added a similar amount, rising from 10.4m a year ago to 10.9m now. LBC, including new digital station LBC News, posts a record high of 2.7m listeners (up more than half a million year on year), while talkRADIO is up more than 40% from 12 months ago to now have 433,000 listeners a week – another record high for the Wireless station...More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 06.02.2020
Kenneth Branagh returns to Radio 4 in Stalingrad
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RAJAR Q2 2019: London and national brands round-up
Zoe Ball has lost more than three quarters of a million listeners to her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, according to the latest audience research from RAJAR. The show’s reach is down 781,000 quarter-on-quarter to 8.266m for the three months survey period up to the 23rd June 2019. In Q1/19 she had 9.047m listeners; in Q2/2018 Chris Evans reached 9.038m. Radio 2’s audience at breakfast is now the lowest its been since Q3/2010, when Evans was fairly new in the job.More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 01.08.2019
RAJAR Q1 2019: Milestones reached for DAB and digital radio
Digital listening has reached a new record share of 56.4%, up from 50.9% in Q1 2018, according to RAJAR Q1 2019 data released today. The annual growth of 5.5 percentage points to 56.4% from 50.9% represents the strongest ever percentage point growth in digital listening platform share since records began. Digital reach increased by over 2 million listeners to 36.3 million and overall digital listening grew by 55.9 million hours or by 10.7% year on year.More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 16.05.2019
Festive Highlights for 2018 on BBC Radio
BBC Radio has today announced its on-air highlights for the festive period.
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RAJAR Q3 2018: London and national brands update
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00:00 - Poetry Extra
September 1, 1939
Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
Daljit Nagra chooses the best programmes from the BBC's poetry archive.
00:30 - How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith (Omnibus)
Episode 1
1/2 Molly and an intense young man travel across Britain on a voyage of discovery.
1/2 Molly and an intense young man travel across Britain on a voyage of discovery.
01:40 - Inheritance Tracks
Rob Rinder
Barrister turned broadcaster Rob Rinder chooses tracks by Max Bruch and Beethoven.
Barrister turned broadcaster Rob Rinder chooses tracks by Max Bruch and Beethoven.
01:50 - Hester by Margaret Oliphant (Omnibus)
A young woman takes on the running of a bank in a 19th century Cheshire town.
03:00 - A Life of Bliss
From 18/06/1957
With his engagement to Penny at an end, will David Bliss stay single for long?
With his engagement to Penny at an end, will David Bliss stay single for long?
03:30 - Home to Roost
Series 1, To Be Or Not To Be - An OAP
3/6 William reluctantly signs-up for his pension.
3/6 William reluctantly signs-up for his pension.
04:00 - Desert Island Discs Revisited
British Music Makers, Lily Allen
Singer-songwriter Lily Allen is castaway by Kirsty Young.
Singer-songwriter Lily Allen is castaway by Kirsty Young.
04:45 - David Attenborough's Life Stories
Series 1, Bird's Nest Soup
The naturalist recalls the challenge of filming the birds of Borneo.
The naturalist recalls the challenge of filming the birds of Borneo.
05:00 - Arthur Conan Doyle - Micah Clarke
1. The Messenger from the Lowlands
1/5 1685. England is once again threatened by Civil War.
1/5 1685. England is once again threatened by Civil War.
05:55 - The Fanthorpe Investigations
The Croglin Grange Vampire
3/5 Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a tale of the unexplained.
3/5 Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a tale of the unexplained.
06:00 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, A Visit To Innsbruck
4/8 Betty Conrad's roommate disappears, as Temple and Steve face more peril.
4/8 Betty Conrad's roommate disappears, as Temple and Steve face more peril.
06:30 - Whodunnits
Outbreak of Fear by RD Wingfield, 1. The Body on the Beach
1/5 Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the coastal fishing village of Polford.
1/5 Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the coastal fishing village of Polford.
07:00 - How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith
6. The Scarecrow
6/10 Homeless girl Molly stays with Luca's parents on her way to Skegness.
6/10 Homeless girl Molly stays with Luca's parents on her way to Skegness.
07:15 - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
1. The Marriage
1/10 Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Bovary, but is distraught over the lack of passion
1/10 Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Bovary, but is distraught over the lack of passion
07:30 - Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Series 2, The Financial Crash
2/4 Alexei Sayle considers the causes and fallout of the 2008 financial crash.
2/4 Alexei Sayle considers the causes and fallout of the 2008 financial crash.
08:00 - Stop Messing About!
Series 1, Episode 13
13/13 Blast off into space the bona way! Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims.
13/13 Blast off into space the bona way! Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims.
08:30 - Semi Circles
Series 1, A Nice Area
2/6 An action committee is formed when a foreign owner applies to open a new restaurant.
2/6 An action committee is formed when a foreign owner applies to open a new restaurant.
09:00 - It's Your Round
Series 2, Episode 2
2/6 Angus Deayton is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones.
2/6 Angus Deayton is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones.
09:30 - Alison and Maud
Series 2, Men Misbehaving But Only Slightly
6/6 The landlady sisters plan a celebration for Father's 85th birthday. Stars Miriam Margolyes
6/6 The landlady sisters plan a celebration for Father's 85th birthday. Stars Miriam Margolyes
10:00 - Arthur Conan Doyle - Micah Clarke
1. The Messenger from the Lowlands
1/5 1685. England is once again threatened by Civil War.
1/5 1685. England is once again threatened by Civil War.
10:55 - The Fanthorpe Investigations
The Croglin Grange Vampire
3/5 Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a tale of the unexplained.
3/5 Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a tale of the unexplained.
11:00 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, A Visit To Innsbruck
4/8 Betty Conrad's roommate disappears, as Temple and Steve face more peril.
4/8 Betty Conrad's roommate disappears, as Temple and Steve face more peril.
11:30 - Whodunnits
Outbreak of Fear by RD Wingfield, 1. The Body on the Beach
1/5 Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the coastal fishing village of Polford.
1/5 Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the coastal fishing village of Polford.
12:00 - How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith
6. The Scarecrow
6/10 Homeless girl Molly stays with Luca's parents on her way to Skegness.
6/10 Homeless girl Molly stays with Luca's parents on her way to Skegness.
12:15 - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
1. The Marriage
1/10 Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Bovary, but is distraught over the lack of passion
1/10 Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Bovary, but is distraught over the lack of passion
12:30 - Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Series 2, The Financial Crash
2/4 Alexei Sayle considers the causes and fallout of the 2008 financial crash.
2/4 Alexei Sayle considers the causes and fallout of the 2008 financial crash.
13:00 - Stop Messing About!
Series 1, Episode 13
13/13 Blast off into space the bona way! Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims.
13/13 Blast off into space the bona way! Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims.
13:30 - Semi Circles
Series 1, A Nice Area
2/6 An action committee is formed when a foreign owner applies to open a new restaurant.
2/6 An action committee is formed when a foreign owner applies to open a new restaurant.
14:00 - It's Your Round
Series 2, Episode 2
2/6 Angus Deayton is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones.
2/6 Angus Deayton is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones.
14:30 - Alison and Maud
Series 2, Men Misbehaving But Only Slightly
6/6 The landlady sisters plan a celebration for Father's 85th birthday. Stars Miriam Margolyes
6/6 The landlady sisters plan a celebration for Father's 85th birthday. Stars Miriam Margolyes
15:00 - Arthur Conan Doyle - Micah Clarke
1. The Messenger from the Lowlands
1/5 1685. England is once again threatened by Civil War.
1/5 1685. England is once again threatened by Civil War.
15:55 - The Fanthorpe Investigations
The Croglin Grange Vampire
3/5 Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a tale of the unexplained.
3/5 Priest and paranormal investigator Lionel Fanthorpe relates a tale of the unexplained.
16:00 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Conrad Case, A Visit To Innsbruck
4/8 Betty Conrad's roommate disappears, as Temple and Steve face more peril.
4/8 Betty Conrad's roommate disappears, as Temple and Steve face more peril.
16:30 - Whodunnits
Outbreak of Fear by RD Wingfield, 1. The Body on the Beach
1/5 Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the coastal fishing village of Polford.
1/5 Sergeant Fowler investigates a brutal death in the coastal fishing village of Polford.
17:00 - How to Find Home by Mahsuda Snaith
6. The Scarecrow
6/10 Homeless girl Molly stays with Luca's parents on her way to Skegness.
6/10 Homeless girl Molly stays with Luca's parents on her way to Skegness.
17:15 - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
1. The Marriage
1/10 Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Bovary, but is distraught over the lack of passion
1/10 Beautiful Emma meets and marries Doctor Bovary, but is distraught over the lack of passion
17:30 - Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar
Series 2, The Financial Crash
2/4 Alexei Sayle considers the causes and fallout of the 2008 financial crash.
2/4 Alexei Sayle considers the causes and fallout of the 2008 financial crash.
18:00 - Stop Messing About!
Series 1, Episode 13
13/13 Blast off into space the bona way! Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims.
13/13 Blast off into space the bona way! Starring Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick and Joan Sims.
18:30 - Semi Circles
Series 1, A Nice Area
2/6 An action committee is formed when a foreign owner applies to open a new restaurant.
2/6 An action committee is formed when a foreign owner applies to open a new restaurant.
19:00 - It's Your Round
Series 2, Episode 2
2/6 Angus Deayton is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones.
2/6 Angus Deayton is joined by Sandi Toksvig, Clive Anderson, Humphrey Ker and Milton Jones.
19:30 - Alison and Maud
Series 2, Men Misbehaving But Only Slightly
6/6 The landlady sisters plan a celebration for Father's 85th birthday. Stars Miriam Margolyes
6/6 The landlady sisters plan a celebration for Father's 85th birthday. Stars Miriam Margolyes
20:00 - Radiolab
Series 9, Mixtape 4 - Help?
4/8 Help? Three stories of the peculiar impact of the cassette tape
4/8 Help? Three stories of the peculiar impact of the cassette tape
20:55 - Inheritance Tracks
Ben Elton
Ben Elton with tracks by Marlene Dietrich and Queen.
Ben Elton with tracks by Marlene Dietrich and Queen.
21:00 - Mastertapes
Series 5, Bellowhead (the A Side)
Bellowhead talk to John Wilson about their 2010 album, 'Hedonism'
Bellowhead talk to John Wilson about their 2010 album, 'Hedonism'
21:30 - The Long Drop by Denise Mina
6. Consequences
6/10 The Glasgow underworld is closing in on William Watt and Peter Manuel.
6/10 The Glasgow underworld is closing in on William Watt and Peter Manuel.
21:45 - The Dead Hour by Denise Mina
6. Proof
6/10 Cub reporter Paddy Meehan thinks she knows the identity of the lawyer's killer
6/10 Cub reporter Paddy Meehan thinks she knows the identity of the lawyer's killer
22:00 - Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz
Series 2, Episode 3
3/10 Paul Sinha tests an Andover audience on Hampshire trivia from bridges to flavourless fish.
3/10 Paul Sinha tests an Andover audience on Hampshire trivia from bridges to flavourless fish.
22:30 - Small Scenes
Series 1, Episode 3
3/4 The cosmetic benefits of old men's legs and a witness protection conference.
3/4 The cosmetic benefits of old men's legs and a witness protection conference.
23:00 - The News Quiz
Series 112, Episode 3
3/8 Ria Lina, Ayesha Hazarika, Chris McCausland, and Alisdair Beckett-King join Andy Zaltzman.
3/8 Ria Lina, Ayesha Hazarika, Chris McCausland, and Alisdair Beckett-King join Andy Zaltzman.
23:30 - Lee and Herring's Fist of Fun
Belfast
4/6 The cult BBC Radio 1 series hits Queen's University Belfast.
4/6 The cult BBC Radio 1 series hits Queen's University Belfast.