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unusual facts about BBC Radio Four



Ben Geoghegan

He has been with the BBC News Channel since it launched as BBC News 24 in 1997, and once presented the 0900-1300 shift on weekday mornings, initially alongside Jackie Hardgrave, now with BBC Radio Four, and then with Joanna Gosling, who is still a presenter with the channel.

Love Is a Losing Game

George Michael named the song as one of his eight choices on the Radio Four programme Desert Island Discs.

Maxine Peake

In November 2012, a play that Peake had written and directed about the life of the Leeds born cyclist Beryl Burton and starring herself in the main role was broadcast on BBC Radio Four.


see also

The Crying Boy

Steve Punt, a British writer and comedian, investigated the curse of the crying boy in a BBC radio Four production called Punt PI.