Articles tagged Radio:
LISTEN: Am I Really Responsible for Putting the Idea of Running for Leader into Jeremy Corbyn's Head?
- 28 Jul 2015
This audio suggests so. It’s an interview I recorded with Jeremy Corbyn on May 9th, the Saturday after polling day. Scroll in 14.10… Surely, Prime Minister, that’s got to be worth at least a Knighthood?!
LISTEN: Political Books Podcast with Andrew Roberts
- 27 Jul 2015
I talk to historian Andrew Roberts about his critically acclaimed book Napoleon the Great. We discuss Andrew’s favourite periods of history, our very individual writing processes and why Andrew – contrary to popular portrayal – believes Napoleon to be a benevolent dictator. ...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter: The Complete Series 1-30
- 26 Jul 2015
A few years ago I started writing about lessons I have learned while presenting on the radio. A friend suggested I should bring them altogether in one blogpost, so here you are. Looking back there’s some hilarious moments here, as well as some instructive ones. This isn’t a ‘...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 30: Hosting a Labour Party Leadership Hustings
- 25 Jul 2015
A few people have asked what it was like hosting the Labour Leadership hustings debate and how I prepared for it, so I thought I’d jot down a few notes about what happened both in the runup to and at our live 90 minute debate on Wednesday. I have seen several of the other h...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 29: When a Caller Says Jews Should Get Over the Holocaust
- 15 Jul 2015
It’s not often I shout at a caller or stun them into silence, but that is what happened tonight on LBC. I was conducting a phone-in about the 94 year old Auschwitz guard who was sentenced to four years in prison today in a court in the German town of Lueneburg. I started off b...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 28: Should You Ever Disagree With a Fellow Presenter On Air?
- 9 Jul 2015
Earlier today my LBC colleague James O’Brien discussed the Tube strike on his morning show. He launched an impassioned defence of the strikers and an attack on employers. I could hardly believe what I was hearing, so I thought I’d take him to task on my Drivetime show. He are ...
LISTEN: LBC's Four Minute Election Night Montage
- 6 Jun 2015
This is a four minute montage of some of the best bits from LBC’s election night coverage. It’s quite stirring in places. And it brings back a lot of memories. It’s a night which will live with most of us for a very long time.
LISTEN AGAIN: LBC's Seven Hour Election Night Show
- 10 May 2015
LISTEN HERE On Thursday night, Shelagh Fogarty and I spent seven hours presenting LBC’s election night coverage. Tim Montgomerie, Damian McBride and our resident Elections Analyst Gareth Knight were with us for the whole night and we were also joined for a lot of it by the Li...
It Shouldn't Happen to a Radio Presenter 27: Getting Off To a Good Start on Election Night
- 9 May 2015
Listeners and viewers have a lot of choice on election night, so it’s important to get off to a flying start. We decided to start our show at 9.55 and build up to 10pm when we would get the exit poll flashed onto our screens. I was co-presenting with Sheila Fogarty for the...
Join Shelagh Fogarty Tonight From 9.55 for the LBC Election Night Coverage
- 7 May 2015
I hope you will join me and Shelagh Fogarty from 9.55pm until 5am for LBC’s election night coverage. We’re intending to have some fun and give the BBC a run for their money. We have reporters at 100 counts, we’ll get the results on air as soon as they are announced and we’ll ...