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Helen Lederer: ‘There was no room for more women on TV in the 80s and 90s, the slots were taken’
Letter To My Younger Self

Helen Lederer: ‘There was no room for more women on TV in the 80s and 90s, the slots were taken’

Her stink bombs put a whole class in detention, but when the comedian and actress bombed on The News Quiz it left her with bigger regrets

Nish Kumar: ‘My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11’
Letter To My Younger Self

Nish Kumar: ‘My experience of being a brown man in Britain shifted after 9/11’

He wishes he could tell his teenage self to enjoy his youth, but also to prepare for public scrutiny

Rick Edwards: ‘I assumed I’d embrace being famous. I quickly realised that wasn’t the case’
Letter To My Younger Self

Rick Edwards: ‘I assumed I’d embrace being famous. I quickly realised that wasn’t the case’

He was aimless yet competitive and loved being in the spotlight. There was only ever one way his career was going to go

BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: ‘You don’t have to be lonely’
Youth homelessness

BBC Radio 1 star Dean McCullough shares his experience of homelessness: ‘You don’t have to be lonely’

Police trust is at all-time low after years of scandals. This is what I learned from new recruits
Chris Warburton

Police trust is at all-time low after years of scandals. This is what I learned from new recruits

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BBC cuts to local radio are a cost we cannot afford: ‘Vulnerable people rely on radio’
Radio

BBC cuts to local radio are a cost we cannot afford: ‘Vulnerable people rely on radio’

Alan Partridge on teen years, getting older and why, in a way, he’s always been a chat show host
Letter to my younger self

Alan Partridge on teen years, getting older and why, in a way, he’s always been a chat show host

How I enlisted The Archers in an environmental battle for the soul of our countryside
Environment

How I enlisted The Archers in an environmental battle for the soul of our countryside

I found out I had ADHD while live on air
ADHD

I found out I had ADHD while live on air

Clive Anderson: ‘I think it’s good not to be a sycophant’
a life in Comedy

Clive Anderson: ‘I think it’s good not to be a sycophant’

‘I can’t put your accent on the radio’: Edith Bowman reveals snobbery she faced starting out
Culture

‘I can’t put your accent on the radio’: Edith Bowman reveals snobbery she faced starting out

Edith Bowman: ‘It would be unbelievable to the teenage me that I ended up being on the telly’
Letter To My Younger Self

Edith Bowman: ‘It would be unbelievable to the teenage me that I ended up being on the telly’

‘My hands are blue’: Colin Murray, Melanie Sykes and James O’Brien sell The Big Issue
Vendor Week

‘My hands are blue’: Colin Murray, Melanie Sykes and James O’Brien sell The Big Issue

Joe Cornish: ‘Revolution brought on by young people is very attractive’
ghosts

Joe Cornish: ‘Revolution brought on by young people is very attractive’

Roman Kemp wants us to talk about the male mental health crisis
Interview

Roman Kemp wants us to talk about the male mental health crisis

Radio 1’s Greg James to judge Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition
Kids Cover Competition

Radio 1’s Greg James to judge Big Issue Christmas Kids Cover Competition

Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’
Letter to my Younger Self

Colin Murray: ‘I never, ever wanted to be on the radio’

Ricardo P Lloyd: ‘I want to see the industry celebrate Black talent instead of pushing actors out’
Culture

Ricardo P Lloyd: ‘I want to see the industry celebrate Black talent instead of pushing actors out’

Rylan interview: ‘I won’t censor myself’
TV

Rylan interview: ‘I won’t censor myself’

This week’s Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change
What to watch

This week’s Big TV: Ten Percent, Navalny, Clark and Generation Change

‘Everything should be up for debate’: Fearne Cotton on ‘toxic’ cancel culture
Yungblud

‘Everything should be up for debate’: Fearne Cotton on ‘toxic’ cancel culture

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Taboo: Comedy hasn’t lost its edge yet
Radio

Taboo: Comedy hasn’t lost its edge yet

Joanna Neary and John Hegley: More of these original voices, please
Radio

Joanna Neary and John Hegley: More of these original voices, please

‘Listening to Akala is a reminder of how ugly recent British history was’
Radio

‘Listening to Akala is a reminder of how ugly recent British history was’

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme might just be a work of radio genius
Radio

John Finnemore’s Souvenir Programme might just be a work of radio genius