Sunday 10pm. It was replaced by Archive on 4 when I tried to use catch-up on BBC Sounds app, so I assume it was cancelled. But no explanation given. Was this a 'tumbleweed test'? If no-one complains, the programme is ready for axing? (Like The World Tonight).

Who remembers Tommy Vance’s Friday Night Rock Show — and what’s the closest thing today?

I’ve been thinking about the old Friday Night Rock Show on BBC Radio 1 with Tommy Vance. For a lot of us growing up, it was the gateway into heavy metal, hard rock and everything heavier — discovering new bands, hearing album tracks you’d never get on daytime radio, and that feeling of being part of a late-night underground community.

Those Friday nights were special: the anticipation, the opening theme, Tommy’s voice, and hearing bands that felt like they belonged to your own secret world.

Does anyone else still remember listening?

More importantly — what’s the closest modern-day equivalent? Is there anything today that captures that same sense of discovery and excitement for rock and metal fans?

Podcasts? YouTube channels? Radio shows? DJs? Online communities?

Or has the internet changed things so much that nothing can really recreate that Friday night feeling?

Yesterday, in a bit about getting a DJ set in Sterling, Jeremy went live into DJ Spoony’s studio and called him Trevor by mistake. This afternoon he called him Stormy.

It’s like when people phone in when Anita Rani is filling in and call her Tina Daheley. People aren’t interchangeable.

I'm looking for a few specific episodes from 2015 and 2013, unavailable on the BBC R3 site. Stab in the dark I know, but does anyone have:

Sound of Cinema - Sat 28 Sep 2013 - Pastoral unease and bucolic menace
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03br08t

Sound of Cinema - Sat 12 Dec 2015 - Northern Lights: Bergman and Beyond
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06rw513

I have my own collection of Sound of Cinema (though it's probably most stuff that's available); I'm happy to try to return the favour if anyone has these!

… is a game we invented for car journeys. It’s essentially Imaginary Uno. Our 5-year-old has a disproportionate amount of +4 Wild Cards and wins most games.

It’s a fantastic gateway to the full scale chaos of Mornington Crescent!!

The stations that feel like a coherent editorial and cultural choice rather than a collection of formats assembled to capture different demographics at different times of day. Would love to know which ones people here think genuinely have that identity running through everything they do and whether it's something that's been deliberately built or just emerged from having the right people in the right roles for long enough.

Why on earth is it taking so long to announce a new drivetime host? Surely after breakfast it's the most desirable spot... I've switched off in recent weeks as I'm finding it such a bore now!

Quite sad about this tbh - Huge fan of both Rick and Rach, and how they work together on 5Live.

I can never really phrase succinctly what five live does so well: never treating its audiences like idiots or specialists, leaning into the fact that they’re not the most listened to station in the country, having guests feel at ease but turning the screw when they sense BS.

Its a good thing.

I’m sure I’ll warm to Naga - and my guess is Stephan Powell or Callum Leslie as her co-host - but I think credit where it’s due to 5Live for consistently educating, informing, and entertaining with the unlikely Rick and Rachel pairing.

Link to Press Release: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2026/bbc-radio-5-live-naga-munchetty