Without wishing to sound like a certain 'Not The Nine O#clock News' sketch on the subject I feel privileged to be a Radio 4 listener. Beyond the likes of Gardener's Question Time there are very educational programmes on history, politics, geography, art, economics philosophy, intelligent interviews with people of all descriptions and a wide array, dramas and a plethora of other sujbects.

And I even like a bit of the old tum-tee-tum-tee-tum-tee tum, if you know what I mean