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Oct 2022
27m 44s

21/10/2022

Bbc Radio 4
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Andrea Catherwood explores True Crime on Radio 4 in discussion with Winifred Robinson, the presenter of The Boy in The Woods, and commissioning editor Dan Clarke.

As celebrations continue for the BBC's 100th anniversary, licence fee payers air their views on its future.

Also, listeners react to that Miriam Margolyes moment on the Today programme and our Vox Box reviewers Cushla and Lee give their thoughts on the World Service Outlook series, Hip-hop, lies and the ultimate prize. It tells the extraordinary story of two Scottish rappers Silibil n' Brains who made it in the music business by living a lie.

Presented by Andrea Catherwood Produced by Gill Davies A Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4

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