The week in audio: Lockdown’s Legacy; Journey Through Time; IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson – review

A powerful Radio 4 series explores the long shadow of Covid; a new history show feels more like a lecture; and the former first lady teams up with her brotherLockdown’s Legacy (Radio 4) | BBC SoundsJourney Through Time Goalhanger IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson Higher GroundThe BBC has done an admirable BBC thing and commissioned several sensitive, exploratory programmes about lockdown – those strange, Covid-triggered, stay-at-home times of 2020 and 2021 – and its lasting effects on people. And by people I mean us all. Lockdown popped up on regular shows such as More or Less and Women’s Hour last week, as well as several specially commissioned programmes, right across Radio 4. Continue reading...

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The week in audio: Lockdown’s Legacy; Journey Through Time; IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson – review

A powerful Radio 4 series explores the long shadow of Covid; a new history show feels more like a lecture; and the former first lady teams up with her brother

Lockdown’s Legacy (Radio 4) | BBC Sounds
Journey Through Time Goalhanger
IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson Higher Ground

The BBC has done an admirable BBC thing and commissioned several sensitive, exploratory programmes about lockdown – those strange, Covid-triggered, stay-at-home times of 2020 and 2021 – and its lasting effects on people. And by people I mean us all. Lockdown popped up on regular shows such as More or Less and Women’s Hour last week, as well as several specially commissioned programmes, right across Radio 4. Continue reading...