Women's Hour is mostly fine, and sometimes great.
It's just the hours and hours of shit drama. And the Archers.

If they stopped doing fiction altogether, I'd probably never switch it off.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:41, 2 replies)

Fool.
Without the Archers, R4 has no soul.

I was slowly converting my old office away from shitty local radio, through use of the Afternoon Play. Simply put, everything on R4 is listenable, with the following exceptions:
- Open Country
- Ramblings
- Something Understood
- Count Arthur Strong
- Saturday Live (until Fi Glover left)
- PM (when Eddie Mair is presenting)

The sound of Sailing By is one of utter joy, and a reason to be proud of our country (I'd make it the national anthem, just so it could be played at sports events, thus chilling everyone out).
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 15:49, closed)

I suppose I would like to hear Sailing By sung from the terraces
and to be honest, I've tended to switch off all the plays and haven't really given them a chance. But if they weren't so damn good at journalism and commentary, I wouldn't resent them scheduling everything else.
(leviticus no longer likes the cut of your gib on, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:00, closed)

R7
must be hell for you!
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:17, closed)

Oh Eddie Mair is great.
But You and Yours must be destroyed, as must Quote Unquote - and that "medieval" sitcom they're running on Wednesday evenings at the moment, which is about as funny as mesothelioma.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 1 Oct 2011, 14:06, closed)

Do not diss The Archers.
My friend emigrated to Australia after finding a stray one over here that would allow him to do sex onto it. He's got the Archers as his ringtone on his mobile, and it really winds everyone he works with up hahahahaha
( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:15, closed)

This
is so romantic.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 16:23, closed)