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18 November - 9 December 2008 |
Tuesdays 6.30 - 7.00pm |
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There is too much radio isn’t there? If all the radio in the UK were laid end to end then it would reach from here to The Moon Under Water, which is a pub in Balham, south London. And that’s where Listen Against can help. Like Radio 4’s Feedback but with less violence, Alice Arnold and Jon Holmes look back in amplitude at snippets from RadioÌý1 throughÌýto ´óÏó´«Ã½ 7 and beyond, and invite listeners toÌýrise upÌýand shout at it all.
Listen Against is the show that prises the back off your radio, fiddles around with the programmes inside and then puts it all back together the wrong way round.
Naturally you'll hear repeated requests to contact the programme using a telephone or even a computer of some kind ( ...even though the team have neither a phone number or an email address). On your behalf, Alice and Jon will examine the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s output, and presenters and programme makers will be held to account. Or sometimes just held against their will. Some of the things you’ll be hearing across the series include:
• We look in to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio’s ongoing animal experiments – just how effective is John Humphrys’ latest replacement: a pitbull?
• An up-to-date service report on the leak of damned souls in to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio studios
• Details of Michael Portillo’s new documentary series, in which he is shrunk to the size of an atom and injected in to Gordon Brown
• The truth behind the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s latest information security breach – a lost laptop containing the subjects for the next 10,000 episodes of Just A Minute.
• All the latest from the 245th Archers Fan Convention in Las Vegas
• Footage of what happened when Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood and Thought For the Day’s Rabbi Lionel Blue swapped places
• The results of Radio 4’s experiments with a sub-atomic programme collider
• A review of Radio 4 drama’s latest biopic: The Rise and Life Of Robert Peston, Financial Correspondent
• Breaking news of the latest takeover bid to rock the financial world, as ´óÏó´«Ã½ 2’s ‘Working Lunch’ aggressively asset-strips Radio 4’s ‘Moneybox’
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Listen Against is the bastard brain-child of its co-presenter Jon Holmes, well-known to Radio 4 listeners as the short one from The Now Show and for being one of the team behind the multi-award winning Dead Ringers. He has six Sony Radio Awards and a goldfish.
is one of the best known voices on Radio 4. She is a much respected newsreader and continuity announcer and sounds simply magnificent.
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Writing credits |
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Written and created by
Jon Holmes
With writers across the series
Bill Dare
Joel Morris and Jason Hazeley
Carl Carter
Matt Charlton
Sam Bryant
Gareth Gwynn
Luke Roberts
Research
Gareth Gwynn
Broadcast assistant
Elaine Wigley
Producers
Jon Holmes and Sam Bryant
Performers across the series
Jon Holmes
Alice Arnold
James Bachman
Adam Buxton
Jill Cardo
Justin Edwards
David Mara
Catherine Shephard
Kim Wall
With special guest appearances
Konnie Huq
Michael Portillo
John Craven
Tim Westwood
John Walsh
Matthew Bannister
Matthew Parris
Vaughan Savidge
Charlotte Green
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