BBC Listener
BBC Worldwide

March 14th, 2011

Price: Free

Category: News

Updated: Mar 14, 2011

Version: 1.1.2

Size: 18.9 MB

Language: English

Seller: BBC Worldwide LTD

Rated 12+

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.Requires iOS 3.1.3 or later

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BBC Listener by BBC Worldwide

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Description

The best of BBC radio handpicked for the worlds curious minds. The app includes a free 30-day trial. After that you'll need to subscribe - subscriptions cost $2.99 a month.

Each week the BBC Listener will bring you over 20 programs specially selected for an international audience to listen to on-demand, wherever you are. The weekly offer includes regular strands and a selection of new unique documentaries. Plus, you get access to a massive archive featuring over 500 great BBC documentaries from the last 10-years.

Genres: Arts and culture, business and politics, history and people, nature and the environment, science and technology and the world today.

Regular programs: Americana with Matt Frei, In Our Time, From Our Own Correspondent, Desert Island Disks, Book Club, Crossing Continents plus five science strands and three business strands.

Unique documentaries: every week there will be at least four new documentaries and specials such as David Attenboroughs Life Stories.

Offline listening: all programs can be listened to on-demand and you can save up to 20 to listen to when you dont have access to a network connection.

Radio tuner: stumble across great programmes using our landscape radio tuner mode.

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What's New in Version 1.1.2

Updating bug fixed

Customer Reviews

Sweet & Sour, Sublime & Perverse (2 stars)
The monthly content of this application is a treasure of thought-provoking programs, lasting for the most part between 10 an 30 minutes each. But this wonderful selection lies within the most frustrating interface (I hesitate to call it a human interface) in my experience. If you imagine a great sheet of fly-paper that flaps against your forehead and sticks there, then wraps around your foot, tripping you -- that will give you some idea of

Great Content (5 stars)
One of my favorite apps. Excellent content and great interface. If you like thought provoking programming this is the spot.

A tad pricey... (3 stars)
3 bucks a month is a bit much...