Radio versus Television

I find television gets on my nerves. I don't mean the quality of the programmes, although that often does too, but just the sheer physical act of sitting watching it. When I lived on my own, I didn't bother with one and wouldn't if I lived on my own again. I don't listen to the radio very much, but when I do, I like it because I can get on with something relatively mindless, such as chopping onions, knitting or ironing clothes, and concentrate on the programme at the same time.

Radio everytime. I often 'only' listen when the TV is on. The pictures shown in documentaries are just filling up the screen it is the commentary which is interesting.

Yes, I'd opt for radio if I had to choose. I don't listen to as much radio as I used to when I lived on my own, and probably watch tv in the evening out of habit more than anything, but I could certainly do without it.

Television wastes time, I always try to do other things as well, I will do a crossword usually.
DH has Classic on the car radio so I am forced to listen but we do listen to the News Quiz on a Saturday whilst travelling to lunch venue.
I spend far too much time on the computer so all TV has to be recorded for later watching.

Would have to be television. Couldn't possibly miss the documentaries and just about everything that's on BBC4. I very rarely sit down and watch it, though [unless it has subtitles]. Have a telly in every room and move around doing whatever I'm doing.

Radio during the day but TV at night. If I had to choose between the two then I would choose radio as I can always imagine the pictures!

Radio4 day. Documentary channel night.

Radio here too! All radios are tuned to Radio 4, only 1 TV in the house, and that is usually not turned on until around 7.30pm (sometimes later if I'm listening to something interesting on the kitchen radio!)

Like Jeni, Radio 4 in the day. [Radios in everyroom, almost] If I'm doing lots in the kitchen, I'll take in my lap top and listen to plays/comedies/serials on the i-player. DH bought me a pair of mini speakers to help with the sound. I love love love the i-player.
If it's TV in the evening I'll always have to be doing something else at the same time, usually cross-stitch so I'm quite happy to watch most things except soaps and reality programmes. Well I end up listening more than watching. I don't even mind all the sport watched by DH.

Radio in the car, though I still miss my daily dose while commuting. But really, neither rocks my boat very much; I think I'd rather read. Now wait for my learned comments on "Downton"!

I enjoy the radio. If I am home in the day I like to have R4 on but I enjoy TV too! I don't watch in the day as am usually working so listening and working is easier than watching and working! Occasionally I see a good old B&W film on late afternoon! In the car going to work early morning I listen to a local radio station as I cannot bear the doom & gloom of R4 Today programme as I am off to work!

I sometimes listen to Classic FM but am not over keen.... Gold and Heart more me!

Am I the only person who listens to Radio5? I love Nicky Campbell and, although I can't stand her attitude, Victoria Derbyshire. I would miss TV in the evenings but I usually do something else at the same time eg the crossword or sudoku - but then I'm a woman and I can!!

No, kitty, I do. My favourite is Shelagh Fogarty - and excellent interviewer and it's such a shame she isn't on the breakfast show any more. Rachel Burden is a lightweight by comparison, though she is about the only presenter that's knowledgeable about rugby.

Never been a tv watcher, I am not good at sitting still for long, never have been. I need to be doing something else at the same time, reading, which means I take no notice of the tv screen, or sewing, with much the same effect. Radio? I am an addict and have been ever since being given a transistor radio in 1959; Radio 4, Radio 3 and Classic FM, but mainly Radio 4.

Radio four all day, but I get fed up with the repeats. I've heard the same Desert Island three times now. Bet it's repeated one evening too. And the trailers. Too many trailers. (Love it really)

I've just watched the Lucy Worsley programme about Dorothy Hartley on BBC4. I think I could happily watch Lucy Worsley programmes all the time. I usually wander around when I'm watching the telly, but this one made me actually sit down and concentrate. It was wonderful.

I've recorded that to watch later as it clashed with Dara O'Brien on another channel. I have Dorothy Hartley's book, very interesting.

What an amazing woman she was. I think Lucy Worsley possibly relates to her in many ways. Interesting that there was a mention of Cecil Sharp who saved so many folk songs that would have disappeared into obscurity; at the folk concert we went to with Ashley Hutchings and his son, Ashley talked about the museum. Thank goodness some people had the foresight to save things relating to our history that were going to disappear without trace.

I also watchd Lucy Worsley last night. I came across Dorothy Hartley's Food in England about 20 years ago and reread it regularly. It is one of the books I would take on a desert island with me. However as I half watched it it occurred to me that it would actually have worked far better as a radio programme. The visual background added nothing to the commentary and I would have preferred to have sat down and just listened to it.

Can't agree;I loved seeing those beautiful horses; the sheep shearing had me in hysterics and the archive footage at the end had me in tears. I think it would work well on the radio if you were familiar with the book, but I wasn't. I must get a copy now, though.

The pictures were lovely but I found they distracted me from the commentary, which is where the meat of the programme was.