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Kirsty Young is this week’s Radio Times cover star
The broadcaster chats bouncing back from illness, returning to Radio 4 and crying for the Queen.
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- Laura Rutkowski
Published: Tuesday, 26 September 2023 at 9:40 am
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Radio was our first love, as you can tell from the name of the magazine.
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But it has also been an enduring affair. Radio Times has been here from the earliest days of public service broadcasting in 1923 to today, when we are able to celebrate radio in all its forms, including podcasts.
The rise and rise of podcasts shows no sign of slowing, and this week some big names from Radio 4 join the revolution with new shows that can be heard both on the network and on BBC Sounds.
Kirsty Young hasn’t presented on Radio 4 since 2018, when illness forced her to leave Desert Island Discs. She has been seen occasionally on BBC TV – for the Platinum Jubilee and, memorably, presiding over the BBC’s coverage of the late Queen’s funeral – but her absence from the airwaves has been felt by those who value her warmth, her voice and her interviewing skills.
But now she’s back with a new show on Radio 4 that seems a lot like Desert Island Discs without the discs.
Except, as she tells us, it isn’t. It’s looser, baggier, more like real life. As well as being available to lovers of network radio, it’s also available to everyone to listen to at any time on BBC Sounds. Read our interview with Kirsty in this issue.
Kirsty Young is the cover star of this week's Radio Times.
Also in this week’s Radio Times:
- Nick Robinson and Amol Rajan on launching a Today Programme podcast, how pods have helped loosen up Today’s interviews and how the programme is more representative these days
- Angela Rippon discusses her overdue Strictly Come Dancing debut, why being the oldest contestant in Strictly history doesn’t faze her and why Kai is her perfect partner
- As commercial radio celebrates its 50th anniversary, Eddie Mair asks if the BBC can justify its cost-cutting local radio strategy
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