Eddie Mair is the greatest comic genius of our time and lifted PM into hitherto unexplored realms of real time satire mixed with serious reporting. Just sayin'.

R4 is a very important part of my life.

I get a dread feeling whenever I hear about cuts and major changes at the BBC, however unlikely it is they would screw it up.

Whenever I travel and cannot get an internet version of R4 I am sad.

I've no idea why. If ever there was a programme that was past its sell by date it's that one.

One thing I do enjoy on R4 are the plays/drama. For some reason I've always enjoyed drama on the radio - it just seems to work so much better than on TV, I suppose because you have to make more use of your imagination.

Eddie Mair is a legend. Was the spat with Robert Peston real?

Humphries is a bit too aggressive when interviewing, to the point where his intervewees often can't get a word in edgeways. His interviewing style seems to be copied by the others on Today too. I like it when interviewees don't get away without answering a pertinent question but sometimes I feel it's arguing for the sake of it. At the moment my fav of that lot is Justin Webb who I feel strikes the perfect balance between pressing for an answer and not harrassing simply to earn another broadcasting award.

Some of the 18:30 comedy is excellent but some is utter cobblers. Very very few actually give me cause to smile. Just not funny. But the good stuff is proper Laugh Out Loud stuff.

I don't understand why The Infinite Monkey Cage is on in the afternoon. It would be perfect for the 18:30 slot.

Interesting - I couldn't disagree with you more. I think it is absolutely brilliant, and I am constantly surprised by how much I can listen to them again and again.

Someone above mentioned torrent site for BBC radio shows? We're not allowed to post torrent sites on here, but if someone were to send a private message that would be ok. Please, thank you.

Radio 4 has an A to Z archive with a vast store of old programmes to listen to. All episodes of "In Our Time" going back to 1998 are avilable, for instance.

Yes, I am not to keen on the Humphries style either, it always ends up too confrontational. Mair justs starts gently and subtly ridiculing the 'professional politician' answers and lets them vanish up their own ahole. Then he asks the question again and they are usually too exhausted to resist.

Not forgetting 'The NOW Show'...

Apples and pears - Fruit. Brilliant.

I can listen to almost anything on R4 except Woman's Hour, which can really grate.

An excellent alternative when R4 have one of their dreary afternoon plays on is the BBC World Service.

Now I have a DAB radio in the garage it's normally on 3, 4, 4 Extra or World Service.

That series makes me reach for the WS button even faster than a dose of kitchen sink drama.