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1Xtra music row, the Proms launch, the Infinite Monkey Cage at 100

Roger Bolton talks to Brian Cox as The Infinite Monkey Cage reaches its century, discusses the Proms with director David Pickard and airs controversy over the music on 1Xtra.

Roger Bolton talks to Brian Cox as The Infinite Monkey Cage reaches its century, discusses the Proms with director David Pickard and airs controversy over the music played on 1Xtra.

The documentary Spitting Blades aired on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, but the complaints in the Feedback inbox were about Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1Xtra. During the programme, presenter Simeon Moore, also known as the rapper Zimbo, considered whether some rap music could be helping to glamorise gang violence and raised questions about music played on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's urban station, Radio 1 Xtra. Some Feedback listeners were frustrated by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ executives from the station declining to appear in the documentary.

The Proms started this week with a digital extravaganza projected onto the Royal Albert Hall. Proms director David Pickard discusses gender targets, reaching a younger audience and why he's already booked some performers for 2022.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ has released its annual report, revealing many key indicators of its performance as well as the headline-making salary figures of its top stars. Listeners react, and the former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trustee and Radio 4 Controller Mark Damazer chews over the implications of the document.

Irreverent science panel show The Infinite Monkey Cage has now reached a hundred episodes - an impressive feat for a show that saw plenty of complaints to Feedback when it first aired. Presenter and physicist Professor Brian Cox and producer Alexandra Feachem hear what listeners make of the show now.

Presenter: Roger Bolton
Producer: Will Yates
Executive Producer: Katherine Godfrey

A Whistledown production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

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28 minutes

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  • Fri 13 Jul 2018 16:30
  • Sun 15 Jul 2018 20:00

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