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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
Kenneth Branagh, Greta Scacchi, Mark Bonnar, Ann Mitchell, Doon Mackichan, Kenneth Cranham and more star in a dark and honest account of the epic battle of Stalingrad by celebrated war reporter and author, Vasily Grossman. Two part drama based on war reporter Vasily Grossman’s account also stars Greta Scacchi and Mark Bonnar. Anton Lesser reads Grossman’s private journal - translated into English for the first time - in a Book Of The Week special. Translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler, Stalingrad is a prequel to Grossman’s novel Life And Fate which was adapted by Radio 4 in 2011 and featuring many of the same acclaimed cast.More >>www.bbc.co.uk - 12.11.2019
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.
Bob Shennan, BBC Director of Radio & Music, says: “This Christmas BBC Radio will offer an unrivalled collection of programmes featuring the finest DJs, musicians and actors. Across our stations, teams have curated brilliant schedules with world-class talent - all of which are available on BBC Sounds.”More >>www.bbc.co.uk - 22.11.2018
RAJAR Q3 2018: London and national brands update
Nick Grimshaw left the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show with half a million more listeners than a year ago – handing them to Greg James who took over the show halfway through the last quarter. The show now attracts 5.75m listeners (Mon – Fri) and is up 465,000 Year on Year.
In London, Capital is back on top with almost 2,100,000 listeners according to Reach in the London commercial radio battle, as Kiss slips back under the 2m listener mark (1,958,000). Magic is in third place (1.5m) whilst Heart comes in 4th (1.4m). But BBC Radio 4 continues to lead the London Reach with 2.4m listeners.More >>radiotoday.co.uk - 25.10.2018
BBC Radio 4 Extra's programmes04
00:00 - Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
3. Fightback
3/4 Can Colin and Susan recover the Weirdstone and escape the clutches of Selina Place?
3/4 Can Colin and Susan recover the Weirdstone and escape the clutches of Selina Place?
00:30 - Catch My Breath
5. The Truth
5/5 The truth about Isla is revealed, and aid arrives from an unexpected quarter.
5/5 The truth about Isla is revealed, and aid arrives from an unexpected quarter.
01:00 - Desert Island Discs Revisited
Booker Prize Castaways, Bernardine Evaristo
Writer Bernardine Evaristo is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
Writer Bernardine Evaristo is castaway by Lauren Laverne.
01:45 - David Attenborough's Life Stories
Series 2, Cicada
David Attenborough reveals the life of insects that emerge from the earth every 17 years.
David Attenborough reveals the life of insects that emerge from the earth every 17 years.
02:00 - Poetry Extra
A Portrait Of... Andrew Motion
Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
Daljit Nagra selects another highlight from the BBC's poetry archive.
02:30 - The Haunting of Alma Fielding by Kate Summerscale (Omnibus)
A ghost hunter sets out to unravel the haunting of Alma Fielding in 1930s London.
03:40 - Inheritance Tracks
Candice Brathwaite
Author Candice Brathwaite chooses tracks featuring John Holt and Vivaldi.
Author Candice Brathwaite chooses tracks featuring John Holt and Vivaldi.
03:50 - Victor Hugo - Les Miserables (Omnibus)
Episode 5
5/5 Cosette worries over Marius, while Jean Valjean's good deeds pay dividends.
5/5 Cosette worries over Marius, while Jean Valjean's good deeds pay dividends.
05:00 - Beyond Our Ken
From 15/07/1958
Kenneth has his request played on Housewives' Choice, and Hornerama looks at 1908.
Kenneth has his request played on Housewives' Choice, and Hornerama looks at 1908.
05:30 - The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket
Series 2, Evadne's Pantomime
6/13 Evadne's penned a panto so the dear ladies organise a rehearsal with the Vicar.
6/13 Evadne's penned a panto so the dear ladies organise a rehearsal with the Vicar.
06:00 - Whodunnits
Hercule Poirot - Death on the Nile, 1. Threats
1/5 Hercule Poirot begins an Egyptian cruise, but his voyage proves far from smooth.
1/5 Hercule Poirot begins an Egyptian cruise, but his voyage proves far from smooth.
06:30 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair, 1. The Sitter-in
1/8 The detective and his journalist wife must find a missing baby and identify a mystery man.
1/8 The detective and his journalist wife must find a missing baby and identify a mystery man.
07:00 - Like They've Never Been Gone
Series 2, Trouble With the Credit Card
1/6 It's duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame, and she's been spending.
1/6 It's duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame, and she's been spending.
07:30 - The Navy Lark
Series 11, The Security Clampdown
9/17 CO Murray’s furtive behaviour raises suspicions of dockyard espionage
9/17 CO Murray’s furtive behaviour raises suspicions of dockyard espionage
08:00 - North by Northamptonshire
Series 2, Episode 3
3/6 A visiting choir sets hearts aflutter among the ladies of Wadenbrook.
3/6 A visiting choir sets hearts aflutter among the ladies of Wadenbrook.
08:30 - Lizzie Siddal
1. New Beginnings
1/5 Pre-Raphaelite painters made red haired Lizzie Siddal famous in the Victorian era.
1/5 Pre-Raphaelite painters made red haired Lizzie Siddal famous in the Victorian era.
08:45 - One Down
1. Mystery Crossword
1/5 A mystery crossword appears in The Rainswick Mercury and the staff are flummoxed.
1/5 A mystery crossword appears in The Rainswick Mercury and the staff are flummoxed.
09:00 - Yesterday in Parliament
04/11/2024
Susan Hulme reports on the impact of one of this week's Budget announcements.
Susan Hulme reports on the impact of one of this week's Budget announcements.
09:30 - The Animals' VC
1. Brave Beginnings
1/5 Dylan Winter traces the history of the PDSA Dickin Medal.
1/5 Dylan Winter traces the history of the PDSA Dickin Medal.
09:45 - Daily Service
Hymn Writers: Timothy Dudley-Smith
Pam Rhodes reflects on the life and hymns of Timothy Dudley-Smith.
Pam Rhodes reflects on the life and hymns of Timothy Dudley-Smith.
10:00 - Sounds Natural
Bernard Cribbins
The actor talks to Derek Jones about his love of bird watching, fishing and conservation.
The actor talks to Derek Jones about his love of bird watching, fishing and conservation.
10:30 - The Actor's Gang on the Outside
Tim Robbins hears from former inmates who he tried to rehabilitate before release.
11:00 - Whodunnits
Hercule Poirot - Death on the Nile, 1. Threats
1/5 Hercule Poirot begins an Egyptian cruise, but his voyage proves far from smooth.
1/5 Hercule Poirot begins an Egyptian cruise, but his voyage proves far from smooth.
11:30 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair, 1. The Sitter-in
1/8 The detective and his journalist wife must find a missing baby and identify a mystery man.
1/8 The detective and his journalist wife must find a missing baby and identify a mystery man.
12:00 - Like They've Never Been Gone
Series 2, Trouble With the Credit Card
1/6 It's duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame, and she's been spending.
1/6 It's duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame, and she's been spending.
12:30 - The Navy Lark
Series 11, The Security Clampdown
9/17 CO Murray’s furtive behaviour raises suspicions of dockyard espionage
9/17 CO Murray’s furtive behaviour raises suspicions of dockyard espionage
13:00 - North by Northamptonshire
Series 2, Episode 3
3/6 A visiting choir sets hearts aflutter among the ladies of Wadenbrook.
3/6 A visiting choir sets hearts aflutter among the ladies of Wadenbrook.
13:30 - Lizzie Siddal
1. New Beginnings
1/5 Pre-Raphaelite painters made red haired Lizzie Siddal famous in the Victorian era.
1/5 Pre-Raphaelite painters made red haired Lizzie Siddal famous in the Victorian era.
13:45 - One Down
1. Mystery Crossword
1/5 A mystery crossword appears in The Rainswick Mercury and the staff are flummoxed.
1/5 A mystery crossword appears in The Rainswick Mercury and the staff are flummoxed.
14:00 - Just a Minute
Series 55, Episode 10
10/10 Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth & Pauline McLynn
10/10 Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth & Pauline McLynn
14:30 - Street and Lane
Series 2, Ringing the Changes
1/4 Fixing some bells in a belfry, the Yorkshire builders get in a flap.
1/4 Fixing some bells in a belfry, the Yorkshire builders get in a flap.
15:00 - Death of a Secret Wife
1910: Harriet Austin lies poisoned. Her dissolute husband Charles recalls their life.
16:00 - Sounds Natural
Bernard Cribbins
The actor talks to Derek Jones about his love of bird watching, fishing and conservation.
The actor talks to Derek Jones about his love of bird watching, fishing and conservation.
16:30 - The Actor's Gang on the Outside
Tim Robbins hears from former inmates who he tried to rehabilitate before release.
17:00 - Whodunnits
Hercule Poirot - Death on the Nile, 1. Threats
1/5 Hercule Poirot begins an Egyptian cruise, but his voyage proves far from smooth.
1/5 Hercule Poirot begins an Egyptian cruise, but his voyage proves far from smooth.
17:30 - Paul Temple
Paul Temple and the Vandyke Affair, 1. The Sitter-in
1/8 The detective and his journalist wife must find a missing baby and identify a mystery man.
1/8 The detective and his journalist wife must find a missing baby and identify a mystery man.
18:00 - Like They've Never Been Gone
Series 2, Trouble With the Credit Card
1/6 It's duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame, and she's been spending.
1/6 It's duo Tommy and Sheila's second stab at fame, and she's been spending.
18:30 - The Navy Lark
Series 11, The Security Clampdown
9/17 CO Murray’s furtive behaviour raises suspicions of dockyard espionage
9/17 CO Murray’s furtive behaviour raises suspicions of dockyard espionage
19:00 - North by Northamptonshire
Series 2, Episode 3
3/6 A visiting choir sets hearts aflutter among the ladies of Wadenbrook.
3/6 A visiting choir sets hearts aflutter among the ladies of Wadenbrook.
19:30 - Lizzie Siddal
1. New Beginnings
1/5 Pre-Raphaelite painters made red haired Lizzie Siddal famous in the Victorian era.
1/5 Pre-Raphaelite painters made red haired Lizzie Siddal famous in the Victorian era.
19:45 - One Down
1. Mystery Crossword
1/5 A mystery crossword appears in The Rainswick Mercury and the staff are flummoxed.
1/5 A mystery crossword appears in The Rainswick Mercury and the staff are flummoxed.
20:00 - Just a Minute
Series 55, Episode 10
10/10 Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth & Pauline McLynn
10/10 Nicholas Parsons challenges Graham Norton, Paul Merton, Gyles Brandreth & Pauline McLynn
20:30 - Street and Lane
Series 2, Ringing the Changes
1/4 Fixing some bells in a belfry, the Yorkshire builders get in a flap.
1/4 Fixing some bells in a belfry, the Yorkshire builders get in a flap.
21:00 - Death of a Secret Wife
1910: Harriet Austin lies poisoned. Her dissolute husband Charles recalls their life.
22:00 - Paul Sinha's Perfect Pub Quiz
Series 3, Bradford - Why West Yorkshire Is the Best Yorkshire
1/6 Paul tests the people of Bradford on their knowledge of home-grown chart-toppers.
1/6 Paul tests the people of Bradford on their knowledge of home-grown chart-toppers.
22:30 - Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train
Series 1, Hull to Liverpool
6/6 Alexei Sayle travels from Hull to Liverpool, talking to strangers on his train.
6/6 Alexei Sayle travels from Hull to Liverpool, talking to strangers on his train.
22:55 - The Comedy Club Interviews
Leigh Francis 1/3
Paul Garner speaks to Leigh Francis in the Comedy Club.
Paul Garner speaks to Leigh Francis in the Comedy Club.
23:00 - Dead Ringers
Series 25, Dead Ringers: Ep1. Budget Politicians
1/4 Rachel Reeves reveals the real inspiration for her budget.
1/4 Rachel Reeves reveals the real inspiration for her budget.
23:30 - Mark Watson Talks a Bit About Life
Series 3, Winter
4/4 Mark Watson continues his doomed quest to understand the world.
4/4 Mark Watson continues his doomed quest to understand the world.