End of year honour for 5 live podcasts
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| 11:37 UK time, Friday, 9 December 2011
Two of our podcast series – Fighting Talk and 5 live Sport Specials – have been selected by as among the very best of the last year in its annual Rewind list.
We’re obviously very proud when ourÌýprogrammes are recognised for their quality, but it’s even more so in these cases due to how they’ve evolved through the year.
The 5 live Sports Special series, which has been selected in the Best New Sports Podcast category, began in July to allow our sport documentaries to live beyond the seven-day iPlayer window.
These recently have included Moneyball, which looked at the growing influence of statistics in sport, Fists of Fury, which examined the rich tradition of pugilism in the Traveller, Roma and Gipsy communities in the UK, and, last night, Anatomy of the 100 metres, which examined what it takes to win the most high-profile race at the Olympics.
Perhaps the most memorable was A Life Too Short, in which Eleanor Olyroyd re-visits the tragic story of Germany goalkeeper , . It recently won the , which was an incredible honour.
The continued success of Fighting Talk, selected within the Sports Podcast category, is also fantastic. As well as the studio programmes, in 2011 it’s had live shows in front of audiences in Liverpool and London, as well as summer specials from , and the .
Over Christmas there are two more Fighting Talk specials, including a face-off against Ö÷²¥´óÐã 6 MusicÌýthat also features the as our house band, and there are big plans for next year.
On the whole podcast figures for 5 live are increasing, and we’re delighted – both from the numbers and from reaction - that listeners clearly enjoy them.
So what have been your favourite 5 live podcasts?
Comment number 1.
At 9th Dec 2011, what wrote:Why should anyone answer your vainglorious question when you remove or ignore any questions or queries we have?
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At 9th Dec 2011, Fedster wrote:Well done to 5live, you guys throughly deserve the award, the Robert Enke podcast stand out for me, but i find most of the Podcasts intresting!!!
Keep up the fantastic work!!!!
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At 9th Dec 2011, Jackstumps wrote:Here we go folks, this one could run and run
,,,, in the red corner
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At 9th Dec 2011, Fedster wrote:Well with Mr Stumps in the red corner, i can feel a full blown passionate debate coming on,however as ever i will win the debate in the first round with a straight knockout, but i suppose thats what happens when one goes into battle with a lightweight.
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At 12th Dec 2011, Jackstumps wrote:Come on Fed you can do better than that. Been on the red have we?
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At 12th Dec 2011, Jackstumps wrote:Reference the article above I was very pleased to see Colin Murray described in a national paper as an 'irritant'. How much better has the Sunday pm sport programme since the sensible and properly informed Ian Payne took over. Murray's days on MOTD 2 look numbered as well.
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At 12th Dec 2011, what wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 12th Dec 2011, David Shield wrote:Well done, I enjoy both of the these podcasts.
Please could you make Five Live Boxing into a podcast? Its one of my favourite Five Live sports shows but often airs when I am out.
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At 13th Dec 2011, Will wrote:Hi David. We're always looking at the feasibility of new podcasts, so I'll definitely pass on your thoughts. Thanks!
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At 13th Dec 2011, what wrote:struck a nerve I see
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At 13th Dec 2011, Will wrote:Welcome2theMachine: Not at all! Always happy to answer questions as and when can. But as Nigel's said before, please keep them on-topic as per the house rules (managed by the external moderators).
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At 13th Dec 2011, what wrote:I can see from the above how you don't like people to go off-topic.
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At 14th Dec 2011, alicemaylara wrote:Please please please bring back the five live breakfast phone in podcast.
My favs are
Pienaars politics
On the money
Five live investigates
Victoria Derbyshires interviews of the week (although sometimes is more like 'of the month'!
Oh and of course the daily bacon!
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