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BBC radio has consistently produced high quality radio comedy. Here are some examples including The Goon Show, Hancock's Half Hour and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.

Travel the ages of musical sound with the BBC's latest series on classical music history.

Here is a list of five extremely popular and successful songs that have been recreated by indie rock artists.

For over 50 years, BBC reporters have expressed themselves through the flagship program, From Our Own Correspondent heard on Radio 4 and the BBC World Service.

The British Academy of Composers and Songwriters has narrowed this year's nominations for British Composer Awards down to 33 works by a variety of British composers.

Elizabeth Shepherd released her latest CD Parkdale mid year and it soon had her growing legion of fans buzzing. It was her third disc for the indie label Do Right Music.

The new season of New Generation Artists features a jazz trumpeter, a harpsichordist, cellist,, string quartet, violinist and more.

Just when you think there is nothing left in the Beatles vaults Paul McCartney announces his intent to unearth the 14-minute "Carnival of Light."

In Touch is a British radio program, available on internet, presenting the world from the perspective of persons with limited or no sight. It is interesting listening.

A shipping forecast broadcast by BBC Radio 4 in the UK has become habitual listening not just for sailors, but also for a significant number of the general population.

Fung Lam may be less than 30 years old, but he is already busy composing, performing cello, and working with the next generation of young musicians in classical music.

Two years after creating Ben's Brother, band front man Jamie Hartman may at last be to push the band to the forefront of the music industry with the single Stalemate.

In late November, Gordon Brown unveiled his economic rescue package to fight the recession. This included a 2% cut in VAT. Now, it is being hailed as a failure.

Claire Keegan's 'Walk the Blue Fields' has won the second Edge Hill University Short Story Prize at a ceremony held at the historic Bluecoat Centre in Liverpool.

Virtually unknown outside Portugal until the fadista Mariza won the BBC Radio 3 award in 2003, fado, the earthy street music of Lisbon, has hit the world music scene.

After 12 weeks off the air, Jonathan Ross has returned to the BBC. And he has apologized for the offensive phone calls he and Russell Brand made to Andrew Sachs.

Douglas Adams, best known for his Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently novels, turns his attention to the plight of the worlds rarest creatures.

Towns worldwide are reviving the ancient practice of creating their own currency as part of a grassroots movement that's "a party rather than a protest march".

Chester is a beautiful city in the North West of England dating back to Roman times, and is a mecca for history fans. Its links with the English Civil War are strong.

Reggae Superstar Bob Marley spent a year in the 1960s working at the Chrysler factory, Newark, USA. The racism he witnessed helped influence the direction of his music.

In ITV's screen adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park, Dr Who star, Billie Piper takes the lead, as impoverished heroine Fanny Price.

A comedian, instantly recognisable by his very long black hair and gothic chic, O'Neill is an upcoming funnyman worth keeping an eye on.

Popular presenter and author, Stephen Fry, features in a wide variety of audiobooks. These include audiobooks for children and adults.

A year later than expected, "surf's up" has been declared as the first artificial surf reef in Europe, if not the northern hemisphere, at Boscombe is officially opened.

This is a look at the British composer and musician Colin Towns, and how his Mask Orchestra took the jazz world by the scruff of the neck.

Penguin are set to launch Eoin Colfer's official Hitchhiker's sequel on October 12th 2009, continuing Douglas Adams' cult series.

Conductor Vernon Handley passed away at the age of 77 after a lifetime of promoting both popular and unpopular British composers.

The HBO television series Flight of the Conchords chronicles the fake lives of the very real Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement both of New Zealand.

"Legacy of Ashes", Weiner's polemical history of the Central Intelligence Agency, is fiercely argued and impressively detailed.

Metallica have announced their first full UK tour in more than ten years, with Machine Head and The Sword as support.

Miranda Hart's eponymous new sitcom makes the transition from radio to TV. Can she snag her man without tripping over him first?

Trip-hop royalty Portishead change gears and release an electro-charged new track 'Chase the Tear' for Charity.

Portsmouth have announced they will lodge an official complaint with the Football Association over crowd abuse of defender Sol Campbell.

Christmas Eve (Noch' pered Rozhdestvom), a Russian opera by Rimsky-Korsakov: opera plot synopsis, character description, and other Rimsky-Korsakov opera information.

Russell Brand casts his eye over the great British obsession with pets. Those hoping for heartwarming tales of fluffy kittens and puppies should look away now.

Ryan McLaughlin, a 14-year-old Glasgow schoolboy, has persuaded the Scottish Government to inform Scots of the link between Vitamin D deficiency and Multiple Sclerosis.

Tavish Scott became the third leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats on Tuesday 26th August when he emerged as winner in a three-man leadership contest.

A controversial new scheme to electronically tag the elderly has been blasted by critics as a 'gimmick' and as an excuse for negligence by civil liberties campaigners.

Plymouth Against Retail Crime (PARC) is a group of shop owners who have grouped together in order to tackle the issue of thefts from shops. Read how this scheme works.

Thanks to the songwriting skills of their two front men Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford, Squeeze soon moved beyond the constraints of Punk Rock.

Now a movie staring Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, The Other Boleyn Girl novel has thrilled audiences for seven years.

No, that's not a typing mistake. This isn't an article about The Red Hot Chili Peppers; it's about a hot new band from Glasgow, Scotland called The Red Hot Chilli Pipers.

Thierry Henry's ball-juggling skills during France's World Cup play-off win over Ireland have strengthened the calls for video evidence to be used in matches.

Torquay's festival to the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, world's best-selling mystery writer and creator of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot, is held each September.

Comedy duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement announce their hit HBO series Flight of the Conchords will not return for season three in 2010.

Freddie Smith is still grieving for his brother lost in the Great War. On holiday in France, a precipitous car crash leads him to reveal the region's war time secrets.

America is a nation with a particular view of democracy and freedom. This book seeks to explain how that view has been formed through its history of conflicting beliefs.

In recent years there has been much interest in probiotics. Now there is greater understanding of how they work and growing evidence of their benefit.

A huge area of the Atlantic anchored by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and Florida has acquired an undeserved reputation for strange events.

Deborah Kerr, nicknamed "The English Rose" died in October 2007. She leaves a magnificent contribution to English, European and American film and theatre history.