Rewind radio: World at One; Simon Mayo – review

Celebrations of the 90th anniversary of BBC radio were necessarily muted as the Savile and Newsnight scandals rumbled onWorld at One (Radio 4) | iPlayerSimon Mayo (Radio 2) | iPlayerAt this year's Radio Festival, held in Salford, all talk was of the BBC. Unfortunately for this most august of institutions, such chatter did not centre on BBC radio's 90th birthday celebrations, its still-successful Reithian remit, its enviable reputation around the world. All gossip was, of course, of George Entwis...

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