radio radio

A beautiful Sunday morning, lying in bed listening to Andy Kershaw on Desert Island Discs. His enthusiasm and passion a joy to hear. Made me feel more enthused and inspired than I have for a while. The first really lovely spring day. And from there on the day just got better and better.
I often use this space to write about things which piss me off, but this time I want to write about one of my great loves - Radio 4. Now, for those amongst you who are not R4 fans, which is probably most of you, let me tell you what you're missing.
- some of the sharpest, funniest, most libellous comedy anywhere, provided by the likes of Andy Hamilton and Punt&Dennis (The Now Show), from whence a lot of TV comedy (Little Britain, Goodness Gracious Me, Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy to name but a few) originated
- some fascinating documentaries and drama......
- Gardeners Question Time, even though I know sod-all about gardening
- the wonderfully hypnotic, soporific catechism of the shipping forecast
I could go on and on givinng lists of programmes, which would be pretty boring and make me sound like a bloody advert, but the point I think I'm trying to make is twofold - firstly, radio 4 is better than an awful lot of telly, and secondly, that it keeps me sane. And the pictures are better on the radio.......