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Radio

BBC radio has excelled itself over the past week

17 September 2022

9:00 AM

17 September 2022

9:00 AM

Today; The Queen Remembered

BBC Radio 4

A Sequence of Music

BBC Radio 3

Listening to BBC Radios 3 and 4 over the past week has been like meeting an old friend who, after decades of squeezing into age-inappropriate designer clothes, has suddenly reverted to a sensible wardrobe. It’s a pity that it took the death of our beloved Queen for this to happen, but I’ve been enjoying it while it lasts – because, like the miracle drug that Robin Williams gives his dementia patients in the film Awakenings, this dose of sanity will quickly wear off.

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