Why I love bbc Radio 4...

[jumpy]

or 'her britanic majesty's imperial wireless society'

http://vakart.org.uk/download/james_naughtie.mp3

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336052/James-Naughtie-calls-Jeremy-Hunt-C-word-Radio-4s-Today-programme.html

ok, it's a little bit rude, but the mp3 clip of naughtie trying to hold it together is utter gold. As a regular R4 listener, everything is very straight laced on the Today program, as a rule, but occasionally something sneaks past live on air. :haha:

[SteamWake]

Shame they dont broadcast into north america anymore. :oops:

[jumpy]

can't you get it streaming online, or is it one of those 'not available in your country' things you sometimes see on youtube?

[onelifecrisis]

Thanks for the link jumpy, my GF will love that one!

[SteamWake]

can't you get it streaming online, or is it one of those 'not available in your country' things you sometimes see on youtube?

Of course I can but its just not the same as tuning it in on the shortwave.

I now listen to Radio Chine and Cuba.. they have some funny and odd segments in their english broadcasts.

But I dont want to wander off your topic. :salute:

[Takeda Shingen]

Cool stuff, Jumpy. Thanks!

[Oberon]

I love the fact that Andrew Marr repeated it again later after being so determined not to. :har:

[DarkFish]

Which makes me wonder.... why are you Brits so sensitive about it? You aren't the US of A, are you? Everyone knows Americans go completely nuts over any of those x-words, but you Brits?!:-?

What's so bad about them anyways? I use them all the time, especially the "f-word" and the Dutch version of the "c-word" (pretty much the same, only without the n and with a k instead of a c). What's wrong with that?

[Oberon]

F word, not so bad, S, also not so bad, but there's a few words that strike a cord, and the C word is one of them. After all, Damn and Bloody were considered extremely bad form on UK broadcasting even thirty years ago.