Page 240 - ASMF Marriner 100 Coverage Book
P. 240
how the genre evolved from being criticised for sexism and violence to embracing the LGBTQ
community.
Wednesday
Kicking Back With The Cardiffians (BBC Sounds)
After Miss Me? featuring Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver, BBC Sounds brings listeners their
fellow precocious millennial Charlotte Church with her first podcast, which is as personal
as Miss Me?. Church’s series has her interview friends, family and locals from her life in her
hometown of Cardiff, and she is a warm and engaging host. It’s also refreshing to hear a
celebrity podcast that isn’t just famous people talking to each other, but one that offers a realistic
picture of family life outside the London media bubble.
Drama On 4 (Radio 4, 2.15pm)
Kamaal Kaan and Mary Cooper’s three-parter Bat Girls is the story of three Bradford girls who
become involved in their school cricket team and have to choose between the game and parental
expectations. No Balls — The Cricket Podcast (BBC Sounds) has former England players
Kate Cross and Alex Hartley report on the women’s game.
Never Too Late (Radio 4 Extra, noon)
You can tell this restored sitcom was made in 1981, as it’s hard to imagine the BBC making a
new series about the lives of OAPs today. Thora Hird stars in this Lancastrian comedy as the
chairwoman of a senior citizens’ holiday group. There’s grumpy southern pensioner action in
Christopher Douglas and Andrew Nickolds’ modern classic sitcom Ed Reardon’s Week (BBC
Sounds).
Friday
Heart And Soul (BBC World Service, 1.30pm/10.30pm)
Robert Beckford’s surname is a slave name, inherited from his enslaved African ancestors in
Jamaica. He has become increasingly uncomfortable with it and what it stands for, and the
programme follows him on his quest to find a name he can live with and which reflects his
spirituality. He talks to others who have faced the same dilemma.
The Now Show (Radio 4, 6.30pm)
The satire show fronted by Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis comes to an end after 25 years and 64
seasons, and while it still raises more than a few laughs, it seems about the right time to make it
The Then Show. Punt and Dennis will return to the station later in the year with a podcast
called RouteMasters, with entertaining ways to link random subjects.
