Best BBC Asian Network Podcasts (2026)

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Best of the Events 2025 29:41

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For our last podcast of 2025, we look back at some of the amazing events we have held or attended this year. From our Foot in the Door days to the big night of the Oscars of the radio and audio industry, the Arias, the EPOD and Crossed Wires festivals, the International Women’s Podcast Awards, SRA Con, and of course our own Radio Academy Festival, …

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Best of the Guests 2025 23:40

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A look back at the best of the Radio Academy podcast guests from 2025. Georgy chats with Academy Fellows Adele Cross and Liam Fisher, and she finds out what it's like to record in the Arctic with Oceans: Life Under Water, plus Ahmed Hussain, head of BBC Asian Network, talks about their new news and current affairs show. She also chatted to Scout Tz…

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The Truth About Phyllis Twigg 21:01

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The story of the very first radio drama is not what many people think; it was actually a children’s drama and was written by a woman. The Truth About Phyllis Twigg, written by Paul Kerensa and directed and produced by Helen Quigley from B7, airs on BBC Radio 4 on Christmas Eve and tells the story of the very first radio drama, which had been forgot…

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Fame Under Fire - Anoushka Mutanda Dougherty 22:38

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How do you successfully mix podcasting with daily reporting? Broadcaster Anoushka Mutanda Dougherty chats about her style of podcasting with the shows Diddy on Trial and Fame Under Fire, and how she cuts through the hype of showbiz’s biggest stories to get to what’s really going on. Contains Strong Language.…

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Overcoat Media - A Very British Christmas 18:08

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How do you capture the sounds of Christmas across the UK? Overcoat Media have produced ‘A British Christmas’ for the BBC Radio 4 Illuminated strand of programmes, which is made up entirely of a montage of WhatsApp voice notes from Christmas Day 2024. Amy Wheel, from Overcoat Media, and freelance producer James Bonney, discuss the show’s social hist…

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Aiir The Radio Academy 30 Under 30: The Phone Calls 37:41

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Our 2025 class of The Aiir Radio Academy 30 Under 30 were all surprised with phone calls to let them know they had been successful. This week on the podcast we share some of their reactions as they received the exciting news. We also hear more from Ricki Lee, CEO of Aiir, who has sponsored this year's 30 Under 30, about how he got started in the in…

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BBC Asian Network - Ahmed Hussain 22:02

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BBC Asian Network has recently launched its first speech and current affairs show, Asian Networking Trending. The station has been broadcasting across the UK on DAB and online since October 2002, and in 2024, it won UK Station of the Year at the ARIAS. Head of the Network is Ahmed Hussain, who took over in 2020. He discusses Asian Network Trending …

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TM Studios - Sonic Branding 21:20

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What is sonic branding and why is it so important? Chris Stevens from TMStudios talks about the new sonic branding the company has created for all of Bauer’s Magic Radio brand. He also chats about how they work with a client to get the right sound and feel for a range of audio to make a station stand out, and how sonic branding can help your listen…

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Audiotrain - Juliette Nicholls 17:16

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Audiotrain from Audio UK have linked up with the BBC and relaunched. This free resource provides modules for training in audio and podcast skills. Juliette Nicholls is Audiotrain Programme manager, and this week on the podcast she tells Georgy all about the training programme, what the modules are, some of the amazing names sharing their advice and…

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Changing Our Mindset Around AI - Dan McQuillin 24:06

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How do we change our mindset around AI? How do we learn to navigate what it can do for us in the audio and radio industry? Dan McQuillin from Broadcast Bionics answers these questions along with talking about embracing change, what actually is ‘AI slop’, and why he is passionate about nurturing new talent and ideas by supporting our Foot in the Doo…

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Foot in The Door - Sunderland 18:57

2M ago18:57

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Our latest Foot in the Door event was held at The University of Sunderland and this week on the podcast Spark University Sunderland are our guest hosts. Grace and Granger from Spark spoke to some of the people involved in the event, from the talks to the networking, who shared their invaluable knowledge.…

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RAMP 2026 17:57

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Our RAMP scheme for 2026, sponsored by Broadcast Bionics and BBC Sounds, has now launched. RAMP is the Radio Academy’s mentor programme for mid-career professionals and in the podcast we chat with course lead Fran Plowright about the power of mentoring and hear from some of the 2025 cohort at their graduation about what the scheme has meant to them…

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The Radio Academy Festival 2025: Episode 3 Sponsored by Rayo 33:51

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The Radio Academy Festival 2025: Episode 2 Sponsored by Rayo 36:22

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Adam Skinn brings you the second part of a special Radio Academy Podcast, sponsored by Rayo, covering all of the action from The Radio Academy Festival 2025 in London. Tom Jackson, Ruth Cooper-Dickson and Issy Brand chat with a range of speakers from the event, including Phil Maguire OBE, Monica Whitlock and Penny Murphy - and we go all Eurovision,…

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The Radio Academy Festival 2025 - Episode 1 Sponsored by Rayo 30:25

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Adam Skinn brings you part 1 of a special Radio Academy Podcast Sponsored by Rayo, covering all of the action from The Radio Academy Festival 2025 in London. Tom Jackson, Ruth Cooper-Dickson and Issy Brand chat with a range of speakers from the event in this episode, including Valerie Geller, Tony Phillips and Axel Kacoutiè.…

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Thanks for coming to The Radio Academy Festival 0:33

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Thank you for joining us at The Radio Academy Festival 2025. We dissected everything from the history of radio to the future of audio and took a deep dive into where our industry is heading over the next decade. We heard from individuals on every continent about sound and what it means to them. And over the next few weeks, The Radio Academy Podcast…

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The Fusion of Science and Sound 29:25

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The 2025 Radio Academy Festival’s theme is World of Sound and this week on the podcast we hear about some of the sessions from the new Dolby Library Stage and how they explore the fusion between science and sound. Georgy chats to Richard Addis from Dolby about their Atmos technology, she also talks with Kay Matschullat from Media Art Xploration abo…

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Fix Radio 20:42

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This week we are back to full episodes after the summer and we find out about the Fix Radio story with their CEO and founder Louis Timpany. Fix Radio is the UK's national digital radio station for tradespeople, with trade news and music. Louis chats about how he had the initial idea for the station, the importance of market research and what winnin…

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Highlights of The Radio Academy Festival 2024 - Summer Shorts 10:17

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This year's Radio Academy Festival 2025 World of Sound is on 17th September, so in this week’s Summer Shorts podcast we look back at some of the highlights of last year's festival, Impact Amplified. We’ll hear highlights from conversations with speakers and guests from all three stages, along with Arias winners and people getting their first break …

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Crossed Wires 2025 - Summer Shorts 11:29

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This week’s Summer Shorts podcast captures the atmosphere of the Crossed Wires Podcast Festival. With previously unheard footage from Georgy’s time in Sheffield soaking up the sights and sounds of the world’s biggest podcast festival. She finds out about the BBC Sounds Garden, chats to people about how they got their start in audio and there’s more…

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You Keep Me Sane - Summer Shorts 11:26

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This week our Summer Shorts podcast is with friends Aileen and Julie from the You Keep Me Sane podcast. Georgy met them at The Podcast Show in London and discovered that one of them lives here in the UK but the other lives in Australia. They chat about how the podcast started and why, after only 6 months they decided to invest in having a stand at …

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Man Made - Summer Shorts 10:16

5M ago10:16

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In this week’s Summer Shorts podcast - where we revisit some best bits, highlights and previously unheard footage in bite size podcasts for your summer listening - Georgy chats with Geoff Jein, from Biscuit Jim, about the launch of the Pete Wicks podcast Man Made. In this previously unheard audio Geoff talks about how the mini Man Made podcasts for…

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Fun Kids Science Weekly Live - Summer Shorts 12:15

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It’s another Summer Shorts podcast - where we revisit some best bits, highlights and previously unheard footage in bite size podcasts for your summer listening. This week Georgy chats with Lloydie James Lloyd, Content Director of Fun Kids Radio, about how the station has taken their Science Weekly Podcast out on the road with a live tour. They talk…

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Richard Johnson on RAJAR - Summer Shorts 8:47

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Welcome to our Summer Shorts series - where we revisit some best bits, highlights and previously unheard footage in bite size podcasts for your summer listening. It’s Rajar time again and earlier in the year I chatted with Richard Johnson, managing director of the market research company Hallett Arendt. In this previously unheard footage he goes in…

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Andy Ashton - Greatest Hits Radio 22:11

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Andy Ashton, Network Director of Content for Greatest Hits Radio, was honoured at this year's Arias with a Special Recognition Award. On the podcast this week he tells Georgy what a surprise this award was, about the success of Greatest Hits Radio and what he loves about radio.By The Radio Academy

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30 Under 30 Webinar 29:58

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30 Under 30 is the Radio Academy’s ‘one to watch’ list of up and coming talent in the audio industry. This week’s podcast features highlights of a webinar held to answer any queries to potential applicants, with acting Radio Academy MD Dixi Stewart, former 30U30 alumni Naomi Oiku, judge Nicky Ness and chair of judges Jimmy Buckland. Georgy also cha…

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Crossed Wires 2025 49:16

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This week we are at the Crossed Wires podcast festival in Sheffield. Georgy chats with co-founders Alice Levine and Dino Sofos, from Persephonica, about how the festival has grown and catches up with people taking part like Sara Cox, Frank Skinner and Steph Hirst. She also gets reaction from participants of the Radio Academy Foot in the Door speed …

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EPOD Conference 25:49

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This week the podcast comes from the EPOD Conference at Morley College in London. EPOD, Education Through Podcasting, is for academics, researchers, and professionals to come together and share their research and practices using recorded audio media and podcasting. Georgy chatted to some of the organisers, speakers and students to discover how podc…

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Rhys Hughes - Summer of Live Music 19:32

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How do you put on a whole summer of live music across the BBC and handle the logistics of massive OBs? In this week’s podcast Georgy chats with Rhys Hughes, Head of Live Music and Events for BBC Popular Music, about the planning, tech and team that goes into events like Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Download and Glastonbury.…

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International Women's Podcast Awards 47:07

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This week’s podcast comes from last night’s International Women’s Podcast Awards, which took place at the BBC Radio Theatre in London. We’ll hear the winners' acceptance speeches, and current RAMP mentee and former 30 Under 30, Bea Duncan, was backstage, taking in the atmosphere and reactions of the winners. Ahead of the ceremony, Georgy also chatt…

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Scout Tzofiya Bolton 21:46

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Scout Tzofiya Bolton won two Golds at this year's Arias, for Best New Presenter for her Prison Radio Association Rock Show and Best Creative or Technical Innovation Award for The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag. Scout chats to Georgy about what the awards mean to her, how she ‘found her tribe’ with PRA and the open and honest way she told her s…

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Geoff Jein - Biscuit Jim 20:23

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Geoff Jein has been working in the radio and audio industry for many years but he only founded his company Biscuit Jim last year. Recently they have launched two big new shows, the Zoe Ball Saturday show on BBC Radio 2 and Pete Wicks latest podcast for Bauer, Man Made. Georgy chats with Geoff about launching both of those in the same week and how y…

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Arias 2025 - Part 2 38:59

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This week we have part 2 of our Arias Award night roundup with highlights from the winners speeches and backstage interviews. This batch of winners includes Best Sports award, the Radio Times Moment of the Year and the big ones, the John Myers Local Radio Station of the Year, UK Radio Station or Network of the Year and UK Audio Brand.…

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Arias 2025 - Part 1 38:57

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This week we have part 1 of our Arias Award night roundup with highlights from the red carpet, winners speeches and backstage interviews. We’re featuring the first 11 awards of the night including Best New Presenter, Best Music Breakfast Show and Best Comedy Award, along with the surprise Special Recognition Award and the 2025 Judges' Award. Part 2…

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Rajar - What Does it All Mean? 19:35

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In this week’s podcast we try to demystify the world of Rajar, the radio industry standard figures released every quarter. We dive into what they mean, how they are collated and what you do with your reach, share and listening hours numbers. Georgy chats with Richard Johnson, managing director of market research company Hallett Arendt and Adam Bowi…

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Out of Frame - Yinka Bokinni 19:58

8M ago19:58

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Out of Frame is a new podcast highlighting the different roles in the TV and film industry that makes the magic on the screen happen. Georgy chats to presenter, Yinka Bokinni about the career’s advice the podcast can give and the range of guests she has spoken to about their roles. Yinka also chats about her own broadcasting journey and gives advic…

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My Podium - Camilla Byk 18:00

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Georgy chats to Camilla Byk MBE from Podium.Me, the award-winning audio platform providing training to audio makers, journalists and writers under 25 years old. They talk about the ethos behind the company, young people’s voices and their new series of audio drama podcasts, My Podium.By The Radio Academy

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Radio Times Moment of the Year 25:49

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This week we look in detail at the 10 Arias nominees for the Radio Times Moment of the Year. Our host Georgy Jamieson highlights each entry and we hear from the people who have been nominated with the stories behind the entries and why you should vote for them. You can vote for your favourite moment here https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/radio/arias…

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SRA Con 22:03

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This week's podcast comes from the Student Radio Association Conference hosted at Salford University. Adam Skinn takes you to the event, and alongside Issy Brand and Libby Hornsby talks with some of the guest speakers and delegates across the event including Jack Saunders and Dick & Dom.By The Radio Academy

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Arias Nominations - 2025 20:30

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After last night’s Arias Nominations. Georgy chats to some of the head judges about their experience this year. She’s joined by Chair of judges Bob Shennan and two category head judges, Ray Paul, founder of The Playmaker Group and Rebecca Frank, Content Director for Kiss, who talk about what the standard of entries was like this year, how they pick…

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Fiona Hanlon - Persephonica 16:15

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Fiona Hanlon spent 17 years with the BBC doing everything from making the tea and opening the post to launching a Radio 1 breakfast show and finally becoming the commissioner for BBC Sounds. Now she’s joined Persephonica, the Sheffield based podcast company, as their new managing director. She tells Georgy about how she got into the industry, her f…

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Foot in The Door - Belfast 18:13

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This week’s podcast comes from our Foot In the Door event at Queen’s University, Belfast. Guest producers Izzy Edge and Fiona MacIntyre from Queen’s Radio chat with some of the guest speakers from the day and ask how they got their foot in the door of the audio and radio world.By The Radio Academy

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Meet the Fellows - Liam Fisher 22:33

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In the last of our Meet the Fellow series Georgy chats to the Head of talkSPORT Liam Fisher, who was announced as a fellow of the Radio Academy at the festival last year. Liam talks about what it means to him to be made a fellow of the Radio Academy, his love of sport and his career highlights so far.…

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Oceans: Life Under Water 22:36

10M ago22:36

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What’s it like to record a podcast in an unusual and remote location? Vicky Wright, producer with Manchester podcast makers Crowd Network, tells Georgy about travelling to the Arctic to record podcast episodes for the new series of Oceans: Life Under Water, which they make in collaboration with Greenpeace. Vicky talks about the challenges she and p…

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Fee Mak - Women in Broadcasting 18:38

10M ago18:38

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Fee Mak from Radio 1Xtra is passionate about encouraging women into the broadcasting industry. She tells our host Georgy about her journey into the industry via university and community radio stations, and how we break down the barriers that women, and especially women of colour, face working in radio and audio.…

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Meet the Fellows - Phil Maguire 23:07

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This week, we meet another of our Fellows, Phil Maguire OBE. Phil is the Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association and was honoured with a fellowship at last year's Radio Academy Festival. He chats to our host Georgy Jamieson about where his love of radio came from, how his career started, and the important role the PRA plays for prisoners an…

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Bridget Jones Radio 18:50

10M ago18:50

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To mark the end of one of the biggest British film franchises of all time, Bauer has developed Bridget Jones Radio on their Rayo app. Producer and music scheduler Rick Simmonds chats to our host Georgy Jamieson about the concept, commercial partnership, and technicals behind this pop-up station.By The Radio Academy

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Meet The Fellows - Adele Cross 20:24

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Radio 1Xtra breakfast producer, Adele Cross, is our latest guest on the Meet the Fellows series. Adele was made a Fellow of the Academy last September and she tells our host Georgy Jamieson how surprised and humbled she felt at the accolade. She also chats about how her radio career was a complete accident and the importance of mentoring young peop…

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POV - Lead Mojo 22:55

11M ago22:55

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POV is the new comedy show made by Lead Mojo for BBC Radio 4 and features sketch comedy that started its life online and on social media. Comedy producer and owner of Lead Mojo Ed Morrish chats with our host Georgy Jamieson about the new series and finding new talent for radio comedy. He also talks about some of the big names in comedy he’s worked …

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Meet The Fellows - Kellie While 20:56

11M ago20:56

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This week on the podcast we have the first of our Meet the Fellows series. Our host Georgy Jamieson chats with Kellie While, who was announced as a Fellow of the Academy at the Radio Academy Festival last September. Kellie is an accomplished folk musician who went on to work in radio production. As the head of creative at 7Digital, she was best kno…