Radio Times: Review by:; Gary Rose

Nearly ten years ago, student John Osborne won a box of records in a competition challenging listeners to write a slogan for the John Peel show. His winning nugget? “Records you want to hear, played by a man who wants you to hear them.” You can see why his entry was picked — it’s dry, avuncular and likeable, a bit like Peel himself.

And also much like this programme, in which Osborne uses his prize as a launch pad for a series of self-effacing and warmly funny anecdotes about how radio has affected his life. Listen out for the one starring a KitKat-eating skinhead: it’s worth the admission fee alone.

About this programme

John Osborne presents a celebration of radio, inspired by a box of records he won in a competition on John Peel's show in 2002 and took eight years to listen to all the way through.