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Melvyn Bragg steps down from presenting In Our Time

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290 points aways | 1 comments | 04 Sep 25 06:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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mellosouls ◴[04 Sep 25 07:49 UTC] No.45124731[source]▶
Its odd that when places like HN or Reddit ask for favourite podcasts the amazing resources of BBC radio (that precede all modern internet podcasts and the best of which still wipe the floor with most of them) are often forgotten.

In Our Time represents the best of the form, and the BBC, and that's significantly down to the excellence of Bragg.

The archive (you may need a VPN outside the UK):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qykl/episodes/player

Some curated lists:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2Dw1c7rxs6DmyK0pMR...

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stevage ◴[04 Sep 25 09:26 UTC] No.45125305[source]▶
> Its odd that ...the amazing resources of BBC radio ... are often forgotten.

> you may need a VPN outside the UK

Not that odd, really.

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1. adammarples ◴[04 Sep 25 13:27 UTC] No.45127053[source]▶
You may need a VPN inside the UK nowadays...