An inspirational and brilliant communicator

I'm officially a "Doctor of Lobsters"

"The world is your lobster," says Carly Daniels, Britain's leading expert on the snap-happy crustacean.  Photo: Johnny Fenn.

Fasten Your Seatbelts .. it's P.J.Harvey

P.J.Harvey has recorded two new songs, together with the music for a new stage version of the classic movie All About Eve. John Wilson has been granted special back stage access for "Behind the Scenes" - and it's a Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4. Tx 4pm on Monday 11th Feb 2019.

Barry from Watford on Steve Wright

Barry’s Lunch Club is the new radio comedy show from Whistledown. Staring Alex Lowe as the 82 year old Barry from Watford, it is a talking shop for the retired people of Britain. Here, Barry is on Radio 2’s Steve Wright in the afternoon talking about holidays, his wife Margaret and the new show.

An inspirational and brilliant communicator

We’re saddened hear of the death of historian and biographer Lisa Jardine. Here she is in one of her last interviews, talking about the scientist Leo Szilard, a friend of her father’s for a Whistledown documentary on the origins of the H-Bomb. The programme, "HG and the H Bomb" was presented by Samira Ahmed and broadcast on Radio 3 earlier this year.

The secrets of Burgess and Maclean

As Government papers are released, Radio 4's Cold War Confidential, produced by Whistledown, reveals how the British spy network failed to spot the traitors in their midst.