On Saturday 24 January 2026, Southern FM presented a three-and-a-half-hour live Outside Broadcast from the Kieser Great Bayside Swim at Middle Brighton beach. Our presenters interviewed swimmers, sponsors, organisers, politicians and guests from all over Bayside and beyond. Have a listen to the second segment of the three part podcast here. PART 2 Photo: Southern FM broadcasters (from left) Jenson
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On Saturday 24 January 2026, Southern FM presented a three-and-a-half-hour live Outside Broadcast from the Kieser Great Bayside Swim at Middle Brighton beach. Our presenters interviewed swimmers, sponsors, organisers, politicians and guests from all over Bayside and beyond. Have a listen to the first segment of the three part podcast here. PART 1 Photo: Physiotherapist Steve Ooi (left) from event
Read moreFrench auteur Jean Luc Godard’s films are not for all tastes. His approach and subjects vary wildly, some of his movies are undoubtedly revolutionary, some feel like intriguing yet pretentious film school experiments while political works like Sympathy For The Devil, which features the Rolling Stones, contains some insufferable polemic hectoring. Godard no doubt enjoyed infuriating some viewers but no
Read moreChloe Zhao’s Hamnet is a Shakespeare biopic of sorts that, on one level explores the story behind the Bard’s writing of Hamlet, possibly the most famous work of English literature but also deliberately displaces Shakespeare to the sidelines to examine the plight of his wife Agnes. Rather than retelling a famous person’s story, this is a stark, striking looking, but
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Here is SUNDAY LUNCH from 18 January 2026. The usual smattering of delights from Denis and Ewan from various genres and eras interrupted occasionally by arcane facts and general banter. If you’d like to hear the broadcast, click on READ MORE below.
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David Sharples is one of the newest presenters at 88.3 Southern FM. He presents Northern Soul – Out on the Floor every Monday from 2 PM to 4 PM. David plays music from the “Northern Soul” clubs of the north of England in the 60s and 70s. Featuring a heady, up-tempo blend of popular and rare Soul music and Tamla
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