Tag Archives: BBC Radio 4

Up to £1,000 a ticket – make sure you buy an Archers tea towel

Posted on September 5, 2026 by insidecroydon

A stage homage to the world’s longest-running soap opera was a nostalgia trip for hundreds of people this week, and another reminder of where Croydon is missing out. By STEVEN DOWNES, who survived the experience without buying any ‘merch’ There … Continue reading →

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‘Welcome to Croydon. No. Literally. You’re welcome to Croydon’

Posted on November 29, 2022 by insidecroydon

Cruel? Perhaps a touch. But Jack Dee’s opening monologue at the recording of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue on its first visit to Croydon’s Fairfield Halls for 15 years had a packed house roaring with laughter at the inevitable … Continue reading →

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Kate Moss is a model of good behaviour on Desert Island Discs

Posted on July 26, 2022 by insidecroydon

Kate Moss, among the most famous people ever to emerge from Croydon, has sparked a fashion industry row this week with a revealing interview on Desert Island Discs in which she said she was targeted by a sex pest photographer … Continue reading →

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Comedian Perkins is put in charge of her ‘favourite game’

Posted on July 21, 2021 by insidecroydon

By SANJANA IDNANI Sue Perkins, the Croydon-born broadcaster and comedian, will be the new host of BBC Radio 4’s long-running panel show Just a Minute. Perkins succeeds Nicholas Parsons, who hosted the programme from its first broadcast in 1967 until … Continue reading →

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JAGS founder calls for more help to combat gang culture

Posted on December 23, 2013 by insidecroydon

Tracey Ford, the founder of the Croydon-based anti-violence body the JAGS Foundation, has welcomed a government report on the first year of its Ending Gang and Youth Violence (EGYV) initiative. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme last week, Ford … Continue reading →

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Portas Pilot one year on: more shops have closed in Croydon

Posted on May 29, 2013 by insidecroydon

The state of Surrey Street and Church Street markets in Croydon are worse now than 12 months ago, when the area was awarded a £100,000 grant by the local government department as part of the Portas Pilot scheme, according to … Continue reading →

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Ken Clarke and his Marxist theory of the rioting underclass

Posted on September 6, 2011 by insidecroydon

Has Ken Clarke been re-reading his Marx (that’s Karl, rather than the jazz-loving Groucho, of course)? Interesting in today’s Guardian article by the Justice Secretary that he blames the penal system for causing the riots, claiming that 75 per cent … Continue reading →

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