The 50 best BBC radio broadcasters of all time
From Sandi Toksvig and Graham Norton to Kirsty Young and Terry Wogan, industry figures helped us compile a list of masters of the medium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of BBC radio
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The panel
Experts’ choice: the radio royalty who cast their votes.
STIG ABELL editor of The Times Literary Supplement and LBC presenter
JENNY ABRAMSKY former director of BBC radio
DAVID BENEDICT critic
ZOË BALL Radio 2 presenter
HELEN BOADEN former BBC director of radio
LYNN BOWLES Radio 2 presenter
KEN BRUCE Radio 2 presenter
ADRIAN CHILES Radio 5 Live presenter
GIDEON COE 6 Music presenter
CORRIE CORFIELD Radio 4 newsreader
SARA COX Radio 2 presenter
PETER CURRAN Radio 4 producer and performer
VICTORIA DERBYSHIRE Radio 5 Live presenter
PAUL DONOVAN radio columnist
CATHY DRYSDALE producer of Desert Island Discs
CLAIRE FOX regular on Radio 4’s The Moral Maze
SEBASTIAN FAULKS novelist and regular on Radio 4’s The Write Stuff
MARK FRITH Editor of Radio Times
PAUL GAMBACCINI Radio 2 and Radio 4 presenter
FI GLOVER Radio 4 presenter
LINDA GRANT broadcaster and writer
JEREMY HARDY comedian and Radio 4 News Quiz regular
BOB HARRIS Radio 2 presenter
NATALIE HAYNES broadcaster and writer
DAVID HENDY historian of the BBC
PETER HENNESSY broadcaster and writer
DAVID HEPWORTH broadcaster and radio critic
MARY ANNE HOBBS 6 Music presenter
JOHN HUMPHRYS Today presenter
SUSAN JEFFREYS radio critic
ANNE KARPF radio critic
MARTHA KEARNEY presenter of Radio 4’s The World at One
SHAUN KEAVENY 6 Music presenter
BRIDGET KENDALL broadcaster
LIZ KERSHAW 6 Music presenter
NICHOLAS LEZARD radio critic
JOHN LLOYD Radio 4 comedy producer
TIM LUCKHURST journalism professor and biographer of Today
NICK LUSCOMBE Radio 3 presenter
SUE MACGREGOR Radio 4 broadcaster
ELISABETH MAHONEY radio critic
EDDIE MAIR Radio Times columnist and presenter of Radio 4’s PM
SARFRAZ MANZOOR broadcaster and writer
IAN McMILLAN presenter of Radio 3’s The Verb
ROSIE MILLARD broadcaster and writer
AASMAH MIR presenter of Radio 4’s Saturday Live
JENNI MURRAY presenter of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour
CATHERINE PEPINSTER journalist and Thought for the Day regular
PHILIP PULLMAN writer
LIBBY PURVES former presenter of Radio 4’s Midweek
SUSAN RAE Radio 4 newsreader
IAN RANKIN writer
CAROLINE RAPHAEL radio producer
MAX REINHARDT Radio 3 presenter
GILLIAN REYNOLDS Radio Times columnist
MIRANDA SAWYER broadcaster and radio critic
WILL SELF writer and broadcaster
ALYN SHIPTON Radio 3 presenter
NINA STIBBE writer and RT contributor
TOM SUTCLIFFE presenter of Radio 4’s Saturday Review
ISY SUTTIE comedian
FIONA STURGES radio critic
MATTHEW SWEET Radio 3 presenter
FIONA TALKINGTON Radio 3 presenter
DJ TAYLOR writer and broadcaster
LAURIE TAYLOR presenter of Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed
CLARE TEAL Radio 2 presenter
PETROC TRELAWNY Radio 3 presenter
LYNNE TRUSS broadcaster and writer
JEREMY VINE Radio 2 presenter
JOHNNIE WALKER Radio 2 presenter
JUSTIN WEBB Today presenter
ARABELLA WEIR actress and comedian
FRANCIS WHEEN regular on Radio 4’s The News Quiz
JO WHILEY Radio 2 presenter
STEVE WRIGHT Radio 2 presenter
CAROLINE WYATT BBC news journalist
KIRSTY YOUNG presenter of Desert Island Disc