Radio
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Sarah Koenig’s addictive series about a 1999 murder conviction has raised the bar for both podcasts and old-fashioned investigative reporting
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US podcast to be broadcast daily at 9pm on digital station, beginning with Sarah Koenig re-investigating the 1999 murder of high-school student Hae Min Lee in Baltimore
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George Osborne tells John Humphrys on Radio 4’s Today that BBC reports are rewind of 2010 cutbacks coverage that wrongly predicted return to ‘George Orwell’ world
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Priya Elan: Gabrielle Drake’s insights and reminiscences of her brother Nick made fascinating and poignant listening for his fans
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Serial takes place against the backdrop of Baltimore County, on the outskirts of the city. But what do the places look like, these backdrops against which the mystery is unfolding? The following are the key locations of the story.
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Christopher Beanland: The Day Today creator will debut a new radio sketch on Sunday. It’s welcome news: from On the Hour to Blue Jam, radio is the medium that made him
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Blue Jam and On the Hour satirist’s first radio sketch in 15 years will be broadcast on Mary Anne Hobbs’ morning show
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The BBC Trust has deliberated long and hard and concluded that it won’t uphold a complaint that the imaginary character on the long-running radio show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue is unacceptably sexist
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Presenter who appears as regular co-host tipped to joint Ten show as permanent replacement for Charlie Pickering
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The investigation into a 2000 conviction by Baltimore Sun reporter Sarah Koenig is running in parallel with a legal process Adnan Syed’s lawyer calls his ‘last best chance’
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Former Tory cabinet minister opens his radio show with an apology for ‘losing it’ with driver
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Reith lecturer Dr Atul Gawande was engaging on medical ineptitude, while an app for puzzled doctors turned up in a top 10 podcast, writes Miranda Sawyer
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David Hepworth gets his plague facts right, hears David Byrne’s favourites and salutes Chris Morris
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The advert for the true-crime podcast has become a hit with fans – and much parodied – but what exactly is MailChimp?
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Priya Elan: Now that’s spreading the word: in 1920s LA, preacher Aimee Semple McPherson looked like a film star and enacted Bible stories with Broadway production values
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Festive highlights also include 90-minute Archers special and final episode of Cabin Pressure starring Benedict Cumberbatch
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Fans of wildly popular This American Life spin-off donate enough money to make second season of real-life murder mystery
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Four Corners, Lateline and Australian Story face cuts and five Radio National shows to go after Coalition cut $254m from public broadcaster
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Theresa May proved a challenge for Kirsty Young as host tried to find out if the politician would run for prime minister
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Go to the north pole with Doctor Who, boo Jerry Hall as a wicked queen, watch Dustin Hoffman woo Judi Dench, and finish it all off with sprout ice-cream … we pick the best of the festive fun
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But home secretary stonewalls when asked on Radio 4 show whether she wants to be prime minister
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The years when art schools were wild and radical were celebrated on Archive on 4, while sleepovers start very early in Shanghai, writes Miranda Sawyer
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David Hepworth on the oratory of an overachiever, horseplay on a Bradford estate and cognitive comedy
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Most politicians opt to play it safe and choose something predictable, so what will the home secretary pick on Sunday
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Guardian analysis reveals a clear political divide in musical tastes of politicians who have so far appeared on the BBC show
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Bim Adewunmi: The star of The Princess Bride on the everlasting joy of working on a much-loved movie
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Nick Conrad was strongly condemned by listeners and anti-rape campaigners after saying women ‘should keep their knickers on’
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Apple says real-life murder mystery from This American Life is the fastest podcast ever to reach that milestone. By Stuart Dredge
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The mission to land a probe on comet 67P was demystified brilliantly, but A History of Ideas resembled a dinner-party debate, says Miranda Sawyer
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David Hepworth on the enduring Plaisir d’Amour, the vivid memories of soldiers and upheaval in Ambridge
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David Hepworth: The BBC programme this week celebrated its 3,000th episode, so here’s to a great British institution
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Review Who’s That Lebanese Man With A Beard? Hipster Or Jihadi?; 10 Moments That Made Jay-Z – review
Priya Elan: Beardy balancing act in Beirut: a lighthearted look at what happens when fashion and fundamentalism collide -
Eleanor Robertson: Since journalist Sarah Koenig is essentially re-opening a closed murder case, we are going on this journey with her – and it’s revolutionary
Jian Ghomeshi harassed me on the job. Why did our radio station look the other way?