Far from home
My wife and myself have lived in France for six years now. Each day we start the day listening to the splendid Radio 5 Live Breakfast Show
Just one of the emails we've had from listeners outside the UK. That was from Brian. And since mentioning that we've been inundated with your messages from all around the globe (well, almost. Anyone on the Flakland Islands listening?)
So if you're outside the UK and dipping into Five Live - please post a comment below letting us know where you are. We might even raid the goody cabinet and send something to listener in the most far-flung/glamorous location. You could send us pics too of where you live to breakfast@bbc.co.uk.
And for all those asking why sporting commentaries disappear from the online feeds of Five Live - stand-by. I'm gettting the people who understand the terms of our contracts with the various sports bodies to compile a comprehensive answer.
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I am living in Valencia Spain i am so glad that i can get radio five live over the net. Without it i would be so isolated many thanks BBC
Together with my wife and 2 young children we have taken the plunge to start a new life in Maple Ridge,Canada. One of the first things we did was to install 5 live as a favourite.It is a marvallevous way to keep current with affairs back in the UK and beyond as the local news media is somewhat wanting.
I am a huge fan of Mark Kermode, so I listen to Simon faithfully every Friday. One of the few film reviewers I trust. And I've learned more about ranting from him than from any other mentor in my life.
I am also a committed listener of Drive, specifically of Peter Allen and Jane Garvey (no more substitutes, please!!!), whose repartee and professionalism are wonderful.
And who can say enough about lovely, lovely Rhod Sharp, who stays up all night to keep me company as I toil away at my keyboard, and who manages to see things in a way no one else does, and to be a very acute interviewer without ever being rude or arrogant or dismissive or hostile or biased. But we want to see him in his kilt!!!
Thanks so much, Five Live!
I'm from Dublin, now living in Toronto, Canada. I love listening to Five Live for all the lastest football news, esp 606
I live on Vancouver Island on the West Coast of Canada. I love listening to Five Live all day as it keeps me in touch with Britain where my three Canadian children are now living and working.
Thanks Five Live!
Hi I live in JUPITER Florida, and I listen regularly to Sport on Five,especially the Friday night round-ups and 606,plus the
commentaries,especially when there are a lot of games covered e.g. the
10 Carling Cup games on 24th Oct.
(apart from cutting to Anita Armand
for the penalties Shoot-Out ) !!
Living on the West Coast of the United States I will often use the "Listen Again" and "Podcasting" features to catch up with my favourite shows; those being Kermode Film Reviews, Fighting Talk, 606 and Simon Mayo.
Hi,
I live in Wexford, Ireland. I listen to Five Live constantly. Love up all night, especially the world football phone in, and Dr, aaargh, forget his name...
I live is Sussex, Wisconsin, USA, a small community near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Have been enjoying Live Five for the past six months.
I’m originally from England, but moved to Canada when I was a kid. I now live in Toronto, and listen to 5Live regularly, whether at work or home. Since the advent of satellite, we now receive a regular supply of Football, and I’ve become somewhat of a premiereship Junkie. The added bonus of being able to receive regular interviews with the players, & managers as well as in-depth analysis via 5Live has been wonderful.
Thanks
David Pedliham
Toronto, Canada
Hi! I travel throughout the America’s on business and sometimes have to go to Asia as well; Radio Five Live is my link to home and I’d be lost without it! It’s strange to be listening to the afternoon show at 9 in the morning (I’m in San Francisco at the moment), but at least I get all the news & sport – you’d be forgiven for thinking there was no news other than what directly affects America if you watched the news in the States!
I first started listening to Fve live when i was a student in Glasgow. On returning to the republic Ireland, ( Cork), i found i could only get a faint reception on the AM band, but i kept listening. Now i can recieve perfect quality over the net, Its a great service, especially Mark Kermode rants even wheen i dont agree with him.
I don't know if it's suitable to leave a post in this section, because I'm not British. I'm Chinese and living in Beijing, China. To be exact, a remote suburb north to the city of Beijing.
I listen to five live every day online. It's fun and helpful as I'm a big fan of English football and also an eager English learner. It's informative as to what's happening on and off the pitch. And it's helpful in learning English. My listening ability has improved since I started listening to five live several months ago. Sometimes I still find the language too quick to make out but I believe I'm improving.
I really like five live so I think I should just let you know. Many thanks.
Hi I am Venu from phoenix arizona united states. I am actually from India but I am living here from last three years. I listen to fivelive to listen to premier ship programs before and after the games. I listen to the games on sirius radio here we get all the comentrators like allen green etc. Well I have a question why don't you guys make it leagal to listen to games online. I have one more question if I buy the hd digital radio here will I get five live on it. keep up the good work.
I'm an Aussie living in Chicago. I fell in love with Five Live while living in Surrey and now listen online. I particularly like Simon Mayo (esp books and film reviews)and news and current affairs one can trust.
Hi,
I listen almost everyday from Canada's beautiful capital city, OTTAWA.
I particularly enjoy Anita (5pm -8pm local time).
It's disappointing not to get live commentary of most of the football matches. Get working on that one please. Still, you probably can't get our hockey games. Oh well.
Cheers, Mags
Hi, I live in a small town called Plön in Northern Germany. I listen to 5live (and other BBC radio stations) all the time at work (a freshwater biology lab). Without my daily fix of news I feel rather remote, even though it has been a few years since I lived in the UK.
I also read a range of on-line news sources (BBC, Guardian) but I think the discussion of news on 5live really brings the news to life. I tend to listen live to 5live rather than listening to podcasts etc. After dark, I often switch to 1xtra, as it keeps me going... Keep up the good work BBC - this service really is world-standard and keeps us ex-pats in touch. All the best, Chris
I Live in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida just south of Dudley by the sound of it, I love 5 Live, it's great to here the news. I listen to Simon Mayo live and Drive, then I pod cast Victoria Derbyshire, great show, Breakfast, or Anita Anand. My fovirite really is Drive with Peter and Jane. People often come into my work space asking where the accident is so I tell them "just outside of Bolton on the M-62" I catch up on most of the football on Fox soccer channel which has Sky sports news, I also have Satanta Sports package via the ethernet which lets me get Rugby league, union, football and horse racing. Just wish 5 Live wouldn't block so much sports coming out of England via the web. Cheers
I'm a good auld Yorkshireman living in Shanghai... Go to bed most nihts listening to Five Live Drive, but generally pass out by the time Pougy starts on Sport on Five (2am here)... The podcasts are brilliat - love to listen to Mayo and the good Doctor Kermode - I went to watch the Chinese movie The Banquet the other day and was desperate to stand up and shout out 'this is the death of narrative cinema' - but couldn't figure out the mandarin for it in time...
Hi, I live in Mission Viejo, California in America. We are an hour south of Los Angeles.
I am long time listener of 5live and other bbc radio webcasts. I also love the podcasts on my ipod.
I enjoy all the sports coverage although I wish we were allowed to hear the premeirship matches and cricket matches.
Keep up the good work.
ps love bbc 7 comedy programes
cheers
brian
Ive lived in Hungary for 5 years. I never miss fighting talk. Nothing better than lounging around in bed with a large Hungarian Salami and and a plum brandy listening to Bob Mills and the boys talking utter nonsense. And Colin has turned out to be just as good as Christan. Plus if i have time i never miss Mark Kemode wittering on in his irritating but amusing way. Plus of course if i miss anything i can always download it. A Tad disappointed at not being able to get some of the footy matches. Keep it up. Helping to keep a small part of Hungary forever British.
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Bob Blockus
Hi there all. I actually started listening to 606 whilst working in scotland 10 years ago. Now i find myself in south america, chile at the moment, and i always log on to the internet to pick up on football news and links. Totally agree with Nigel about the amount of blockages that prevent us from following the football, which is especially an inconvience when the alternative is in all honesty a far lower standard of commentary. So if the anatrtic circle wins you listener thingy, i´ll be there in a fortnight! keep up the good work
Huge Radio Five Live Fan here especially Five Live Drive & 606. What Did We Do for high quality around the world news & sport coverage , plus it's commercial free, before the internet?? Also, listen into Bob Harris on Radio 2 & Radio 4 for the News & Archers!!
I live in the village of Empire on the shores of Lake Michigan in Leelanau County NW Michigan. Lived here 10 years, formerly lived in a Goodmanham nr Market Weighton East Yorks.Thanks for the entire service, I think I'd go completely bonkers without it. Cheers Paul
I live in Washington, DC. Thanks for being on the net. I love it. My Mom listerns to you on the radio back home and a few time you have read comments I have emailed over the air. SHE LOVES IT!! Thanks again.
I listen to it in the Philippines. A white sand beach, a glass of San Miguel and Five Live. Retirement can be bliss. Thanks for helping to create the world village.
I'm a Kiwi living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I listen to Five Live at work. Love the football coverage especially, but there are lots of really interesting interviews too, and thanks to the on-air banter I even find myself enjoying the traffic reports outlining hold ups in places I've never been and will probably never go...
Hello, I live in New York and love listening to 5 Live. I listen to your broadcasts by the Internet, and then the World Service when the sports programming blocks online streaming. I find your coverage to be very comprehensive and more informative than your American counterparts. I appreciate the objectivity and curiosity of your presenters and reporters. I only wish we had something like the BBC (and its various services) here in the States. One could say CNN comes close - and maybe 10 years ago, I would have agreed. It is much too tabloid for me now and I've banned it from my house for 7 years running.
Hi there
Greetings from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada. Exiled Geordie here. Love to listen to FiveLive for the football news and sport in general. I keep it on while I am at work. Don't know what I'd do without it.
Keep up the good work
A Londoner, but relocated permanently to Africa many years ago. Now live in Ghana, but travel about in Africa a lot and currently in Johannesburg. I listen to nothing but Five Live (as I always used to in the UK) and the only thing that infuriates me is when a live football commentary is about to start (especially if it involves the best team in the Universe - The Arsenal), but is suddenly cut off and a recorded message says .. "For Contractual reasons we are unable to broadcast ...." - I am sure you know what I mean....!!
I do not at all agree with the
critical comment regarding your
station as reflected in the
SPECTATOR of 14 OCTOBER-Frank
KEATING. IN a country with truly
appalling public broadcast media
yours is a much welcome &
refreshing presence.
I'm an American living in the Washington, DC area and listen to Five Live while I'm at work fairly regularly. I started listening last year because of a Scotland cycling trip I had coming up. Well, the trip was amazing but I still tune in because the news provides a refreshingly different perspective on world events as well as all of the other interesting topics that are discussed on Simon Mayo and Drive. I may be insane, but I love the background music of the traffic report!
We moved to Chicago (from deepest Hampshire) just over a year ago and its 5live that goes on first thing in the morning (wierd hearing the afternoon shows then however) It really keeps us in touch with the world at large!
We save Mark Kermod to download on the Ipod to listen to while out running...........people are quite used to me just laughing out loud now as I jog past and my husband loves to bore the locals with discussions on narrative cinema!
Really miss Drive and sadly enjoy the traffic reports of hold ups on the M3 whilst gazing out over Lake Michigan!
Thank you Team!
Hi, I'm a Brit in New Zealand for the next 6 months, which must be about as far away as you can get. I used to listen to Anita Anand every night in the UK and now harness the listen again function to drift off to sleep with my favourite presenter!
I'm sorry, but due to contractural obligations I cannot answer your question that you are currently asking.
I live in Las Vegas and have been listening to Five Live for the past 5 years. The last couple of years I have also developed a liking for the shows on BBC 7. I work many late hours and these shows keep me going many evenings. Thank you!!
Hi, I love to keep in touch with the soccer especially over the winter but can't get it over here because of rights and issues. Any chance you guys could do something about it so the millions can enjoy the EPL or European Chp's League from the comforts of our offices and homes.
Thanks
Kieran O Neill
Boston, Ma
I live in South Carolina, USA and wouldn't know what to do without the BBC website and Five Live & 6 Music. My wife works from home and is an avid fan of Johnathan Ross. I listen to Fighting Talk every Saturday morning before settling down to listen to Darlington commentary from BBC Radio Cleveland. It makes the world seem like a much smaller place.
I listen from Turku in the SW of Finland. 5 Live is a lifeline for my sanity, especially the Saturday morning shows like the Rumour Mill and Fighting Talk. However, the online commentaries going off, especially when they HAVEN'T been previously advertised as UK only are very frustrating. Why can't we subscribe to these especially if we hold a current TV licence. If the BBC don't hold the rights, then couldn't they advertise who does hold them ? Even worse is the late returns from these restricted broadcast programmes. Sometimes I've missed James Alexander Gordon before they have been restored. Rotten swizz!
Hello,
I live in Kuwait but still pay for a TV licence in the UK. Why not have a subscription service or a members login service for people who would actually like to listen to live sport on 5 live the uks' home of live news and live sport.
Live sport without the sport
I listen to loads of the BBC online because I can't get it any other way here in the States (at least not in my area)! Five Live especially, although I wish you would broadcast the Premiership games...I feel naked without being able to listen to good commentating!
Now living in Toronto Canada after listening from all around the world would love to here live premiership games on a Saturday. Still 606 is brings me part of the way home.
Listen to Five Live all the time. Im here in Georgetown Ontario Canada where I settled ten years ago. Five Live gives me a touch of home which is much appreciated. I can follow my favourite teams and also keep up with home news. I think 606 is my favourite programme but I must confess I like them all. I have my own business here in Canada and like to listen while I am working....much to the annoyance of my employees. Keep up the good work
hiya just letting you know u guys are excellent and kepp me upto dated and entertaine through thw whole day
thanks!!!
i live in saudi arabia
Hi, I'm writing to you from Bahrain, I was born in Newcastle and I support the Toon Army, I listen a lot to Five live, notably 6-0-6 and the daily mayo.
Keep up the great work!
Cheers and best wishes from Bahrain.
Hameed
Hi I live in Pambula a small town on the far South Coast of New South Wales in Australia, 6 hours drive from both Sydney and Melbourne. I moved her 3 years ago but find Five Live gives me a good'hit' of the old country when I need it. Podcasts of Fighting Talk and Mark Kermode are my driving oral fodder. It is strange to hear travel reports while driving past kangaroos and seeing the whales in the bay. Thanks to the BBC for providing the great listen again feature!
Hi BBC Five Live. I have lived in Sydney, Australia for 28 years now but still feel the need to get my tri weekly dose of 606 as well as dipping into other programs. I have my own Wizard franchise and listen most mornings before the doors open.
Keep up the good work.
Hello,
I'm from Sheffield but now live in Byron Bay, the most Easterly point of Australia. However, I don't think I could live here at all without my Radio 5 lifeline! I'm a bit behind but listen to Victoria Derbyshire every morning and Simon Mayo whenever I can. Nothing in this country comes near to the quality of the journalism, news/sport coverage and the discussions you offer...especially Dr Kermode.
Thank you all, I love you!
Kate.
Residing in New Zealand (couldn't call it living).
I start the working day with radio 4 until Anita Anand's show starts. Listen to a bit of Up All Night (too american to listen for too long). I load the dinner dishes into the dishwasher with Breakfast playing. End the working day with Simon Mayo
I save Fighting Talk and Dr Kermode as special treats for later in the week.
Keep it to yourself though - if officialdom finds out they might cut it off for foreign (non license fee paying) listeners.
Couldn't survive at the bottom of the world without streaming BBC.
I am facinated by the accent of the English people and especially the Black British born. I am a regular listener of Five Live and other BBC media.
I am in exile in Montreal, Canada. I love getting Five live as that's what I used to listen to back home. Too bad, footie is not boardcast live on Five live.
Thank you and keep up the good work.
ASHISH
I moved to a small town 100km from sao paulo,brazil three years ago.Like a lot of others writing in I would love to know if you will be broadcasting the football over the internet now you've won the rights for the next 3 seasons(congrats).
I live in the Uk but travel around the world a a lot. At present I am in Doha, Qatar for 3 months working on the Asian Games. Radio five is my most reliable link back into the uk, especially for the latest football news. I listen to the Victoria Derbyshire phone in during the day whilst it is too hot outside, and podcast fighting talk and 606.
I'm a Yorkshire lass who has been living in Auckland, New Zealand for the past 2 years and CANNOT survive without 5 Live! From Nicky and Shelagh to Jane and Peter, 606 to Anita Anand, 5 Live brings a little piece of home into what is sometimes a strange world! However, the man I miss the most is the legend, the commentating god, the one and only Alan Green. Thank you 5 Live, you are the best! (Alan I love you!)
Almost every day I listen Five Life over the internet in China, however, the quality of voice is not satisfied during the day time of UK, only 16k speed.
checking in from fort myers florida, been here for over 3years now, family are loving it. just coming into the best time of year when i can switch the a/c off and enjoy 70 degrees and blue sky in december ahh lovely, but then there always the flip side mid nineties and 70% humidity in august yuk. anyway still enjoy listening to mayo and drive, but miss hearing alan green and mike ingham, id be willing to pay subscription to here them each saturday
take care everyone around this big world but brought back everyday to england in a small way
I'm writing from Pusan, on the south coast of South Korea. The 2002 World Cup was the magnet that drew me here. I discovered that it was such a nice place, I couldn't leave.
Working here is wonderful.
Dean.
My wife and I live in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and listen to Radio 5 every morning before heading to work. Cheers Radio 5!
Originally from England, I moved to Perth, Western Australia some years ago and listen to the Breakfast Show and Victoria Derbyshire on Five Live most days. Radio (and TV) in Australia is unspeakably bad, so it's great to be able to tune into the BBC to hear some balanced and high quality broadcasting. Long live Five Live!
Thank heavens Fighting Talk is back on. In one show I can get to find out what is really happening in sport and the UK. Makes me remember what I miss about England living here in Philly, US, and that's people with a sense of humour!
I listen to BBC daily, as it keeps me from getting home sick. Five Live/ Newsnight & Questiontime are all regular shows. I live with my Japanese wife in Tokyo, Japan.
An Australian living in Hong Kong. Listen to up all night then breakfast show. Can't stand talk back gibberish. List to drive occasionally.
Really like the quality of the content and the presenters.
Always bemused by English attitudes to change, almost as bad as the French. Seems to be to much talk but not enough doing. (It is what keeps Aussie sports teams up near the top).
eg A non elected upper house and it is supposed to be a democracy...really!
Another listener in Japan here, this one in Yokohama. Unmissables each week for me include Mark Kermode (give the guy his own review program instead of fitting him between news reports and whatever) and 606, and during the summer months there is, of course, the unique delight that is TMS; sadly due to that ever-so-annyoying issue of contractual rights I'm guessing the Ashes will be lost not only by England's players overseas but also by its fans...it's sort-of ironic that while technology can cross such huge distances, something so trivial prevents those of us far-removed from our homeland from enjoying at least the sound of leather on willow or the roar of capacity crowd at Molineux.
But hey, at times it's nice just to tune in and listen to someone speaking English!
I've been living in Australia for 10 years. I listen online to Breakfast, 606 and Fighting Talk. Coverage during the World Cup was really impressive.
Also listen to Radio 2 and various sources for entertanment and information. What a fantastic service.
Thanks.
I live in Canberra Australia, I enjoyed five live when I lived in London for a few years now I listen to it to help my work days past.
Jeff
ps Just wish we could here the live sports coverage on line.
I'm a regular FiveLive listener in Seattle, in the upper left corner of the U.S.
Most of my listening is late afternoon and early evening (my time), which translates to Anita Anand and Up All Night.
We have lived in Malta since 2001.Thanks to Five Live we are kept right up to date, in touch and thoroughly entertained every single day. My only problem is that as a Sheffield Wednesday supporter I have yet to hear any really good Foottie news on Five.......still that's probably more my fault than yours. Thanks for all you do.
Aloha !
As a London Expat Radio Five Live makes a change from the BBC World Service which has become a clone of CNN and full of a 24 X 7 doom and gloom agenda.
We cannot hear Footy on R5L but can via other foreign outlets and the BBC World Service Short Wave broadcasts.
Games ar available on Cable TV of course but the Five Live Commentators are people I am very familiar with.
We listen ( watch) at breakfast time here in Honolulu.
Mahalo and Aloha
Paul
17 years in new zealand,tune in when in england. love sports talk when i take a day off(morning here).would love some live (or any web football).cheers beeb
I'm living in Oklahoma USA - a country with very bad sports, I always listen to fighting talk as well as 606 as they keep me up to date with some real sport!
P.S Why oh why, can't we hear live sports coverage out here?
Hello from Berkeley, California.
Thank-you so much for broadcasting on the internet! Recent licencing changes abruptly cut off my UK radio fix for some favourite stations. I rely on Victoria Derbyshire and the rest of Five Live's programmes more than ever to feel connected when I'm 8 time zones away from GMT.
Warmest regards,
Faith
There are many small pleasures about living here in Tokyo. One is that we have 100 Gbps optical fiber connections to the house so I can listen to Five Live (Japanese radio is awful for the most part) while surfing, using Skype Video, etc., Another is that we get garbage collection four out of five weekdays (Monday and Thursday burnable; Tuesday recyclable glass, metals, paper and PET bottles; Friday unburnable) which makes the proposal for once every 2 weeks in the UK look pretty awful! I am so enamored of the garbage collection, I am going to email you a week's worth of pictures!
I am an living in Shenzhen China. Teaching English and Science at a primary school here. I listen to sport on five most days, often through the listen again feature. There is little coverage of british sports here, so its very useful for me.
Live in Riga, Latvia. Appreciate being kept up to date with news and sport - although I would love it if the Beeb could some how secure the rights to be able to listen to live commmentary! Aprart from that keep up the good work!
I'm listening in Paris, a dark and cloudy mornning is being made bearble by shelagh's sweet tones
and don't forget, it's Nottingham Forest, not Notts
Listen to the breakfast show every afternoon from 3pm Melbourne time.
Normally hear that the M62 is completely stuffed near junction 24 - not far from my old stomping ground.
It warms the cockles of my heart.
Hi from Lausanne, Switzerland where the temperature is forecast to be sunny and 23C today. Better than August!
Originally from Amersham in Buckinghamshire, I'm in Uppsala, Sweden - about 30 miles north of Stockholm.
I moved here about seven years ago. BBC radio online - specificly Five Live - and the international TV station BBC Prime are the little bit of home that keep me sane.
hi
i am listening to 5 live from my bungalow on a quiet beach on Koh Samui Thailand (whilst sunbathing)
Hope the weather there is ok !!!!!!!!!!
My name is being Tarob, I are listen to your 5Live whilst being pilot of Big Firework driving at Mach 1 or quicker on way to The Sun.
I love the humour shown by your man called presenter Knicker CampBall.
Kunitachi, west Tokyo, Japan. Like many of the folk above, I listen to Five Live for much of the day, starting with your midnight shows around 8am here.
Sure, it's a shame we can't get many of the live sports, but it's a small loss when there's plenty of other stuff, such as morning phone-ins and a certain deliberately irritating Up All Night presenter, to get annoyed at!
Lastly, is Wake Up To Money the best, most knowledgeably presented radio show ever? Thanks :-)
Living most of the time in Vevey, Switzerland, listening to English radio is a rare pleasure. 5 Live is okay but sometimes gets a bit tabloid except when The Garvey and Mayo are on. Podcasts are great though especially Fighting Talk and the rants of Dr Kermode.
MORE PODCASTS PLEASE!
just to let you know i listen to five live breakfast every afternoon here in Australia. Regards Chris in Brisbane
5live keeps me alive out here in Milan. 606, Doc Kermode with Mayo, Fighting talk, Anita....for all the chatter, be it serious or complete nonsense. Without it, many of us out here would be lost.
Bravissimo!
Hi guys,
Greetings from Oz!
I am an avid listener living in Sydney. I started listening to Five Live whilst working at a school in Bath a few years back. I love hearing the banter about the football teams.
I live in a small town called Naerbo which is situated 50 Km south of Stavanger in Norway I work in the oil industry just north of Stavanger and always listen to the breakfast show while driving to work in the morning
And on my way home always tune in to the Simon Mayo show which always provides geat entertainment
Keep up the good work
Good afternoon from sunny Bangkok - where I'm sitting in my office writing a business proposal. More power to Parish Councils back home - they must keep fighting the Labour nanny state!
Essex man alive and well living and listening from Hong Kong.
I'm listening from Sydeny Australia. Love staying in touch with news and sport by listening to 5live. Wish I had BBC TV as well but can't have everything I guess.
Hello from Mumbai,
I listen to you every day before leaving for the office. I work for an investment bank here and work London and Us hours, so lay in bed listening to you then leave for the office at about 2pm.
The weather is very good here, the traffic is very bad and as for firewroks, well it has been Devali for the past few days so lots of noise.
Jason
Hello from rural Japan!
I listen in every day, its a great way to keep in touch as I've only been back a week in the last 6 years. 12 years ago it was only short-wave radio for two hours in the evening. Now with pod-casts, it couldn't be better.
Actually it could. I'd gladly pay a few yen to get access to TV shows.
Being abroad I can't get any access to a UK IP address to watch the BBC World Cup broadcasts - any advice welcome!
Keep up the good work!
I am sitting in the shade here in Bangsean, Thailand, where the temp. is around 30C. 'Breakfast' begins at midday here, much more convenient than in UK! The conversation from my Laptop mingles with the tinkling of the bells in the Buddhist temple just accross the road. So relaxing!!
I just wonder why your live sports broadcasts are blocked in spite of the fact that I can watch the matches live on Thai television.
In spite of that, life here is made much more bearable and pleasant by the fact that I can listen to Five Live each day.
Keep up the good work.
Robin
I live in Prague, the beautiful capital of the Czech Republic. However, being able to tune into Five Live via the Internet has been wonderful. The listen again and podcast service means that I can enjoy the best 45 minutes of the week - Mark Kermode's Film Rants - even when I am jogging in Sarka Valley, close to my flat. Mark and Simon Mayo have an amazing radio rapport and both should be persuaded to sign contracts guaranteeing this segment until they are well into their 80s. Apart from this, Victoria Derbyshire (a fellow Boltonian and Wanderers fan) is great listening, as is Anita Anand (if I am not too knackered). Nicky at Breakfast adds a wry but enthusiastic touch that regularly has me giggling in the morning. Always a good thing.
I have lived in Jakarta in Indonesia for the past 13 years and rely on the BBC in general and Radio 5 live in particular to keep up to date with what is going on in the UK and elsewhere in the world. I enjoy many of your programs and I leave 5 live streaming on my computer as I work away in my office. The news broadcasts are extremely useful especially breaking news which as a security consultant I find really useful. The brief pieces with BBC corespondents around the world are great value and offer an intimate insight into local news issues. Indonesia has been in the news a lot of late with tsunamis, earthquakes and of course terrorism and I have occasionally done interviews for BBC radio on these issues. Keep up the good work.
I live in Japan, and five live is a necessity which keeps me sane from Japanese TV which lowers your IQ as your actually watching it,
keep up the good work five live,
a fan from the beginning,
I live in Japan, and five live is a necessity which keeps me sane from Japanese TV which lowers your IQ as your actually watching it,
keep up the good work five live,
a fan from the beginning,
I'm living currently living in China, in the north-eastern coastal city of Dalian. A huge fan of Sportsweek, Kermode and Mayo and I love Fighting Talk. How about doing a best of Sport on 5 podcast? And Anita Anand. I used to love her show when I was in America and the time difference worked the other way!!
Listening here in Tainan, Southern Taiwan for 3 years. I love the rantings of 606 as I have no one to rant at and being a Forest Fan I surely need one
I work in Telford. It is a different world.
Maybe I have found the answer to the diminishing natural resources of Earth. Telford is the other planet we need to keep going.
I'm from Italy.
I'm learning english.
Your show is the best training i have ever had.
You have news, sport, culture...what else...
I really love "britishness".
Sorry for my english.
Best, best regards.
Having lived in various places around the world and currently being in Melbourne, 5live is still the best radio station I have come across. A great way to keep in touch with news from the Old Country.
Nicky Campbell for Prime Minister!
We are based in Paris and we always start the day with 5live.
Like many other people who have left messages here, I would really like to listen to the live sport broadcasts. As for the TV programmes, I would be more than willing to pay a fee to watch BBC TV via the internet.
I live in Botswana. Both of my children live in the UK. I listen to Five Live to keep me up to date about events in the UK. I enjoy all your output. It is always interesting to compare and contrast the issues that bother people in the UK and those that concern people in Botswana. As you would imagine, a country with a 40% HIV/AIDS infection rate has some quite different issues to contend with.
Local radio is poor and Five Live keeps me going through the day.
Forecast 37 degrees here today!
I'm a 40 years spaniard and I'm trying to improve my english, thaks to BBC I'm on the way
Have been living in New Zealand for the past 2 years & could not survive without my daily ration of Five Live. Moved here from the Yorkshire Dales where I became addicted to 606 and Alan Green. Why oh why can't we listen to the footie commentary outside the UK???? It would be fantastic if we could listen to Alan, he's the greatest!!!!! Thanks for all the first rate programmes. Just give us the live footie and my life will be complete !!
I won't win the prize for glamorous location as I live in Atlanta GA, USA. I listen to five live constantly - it's my cultural lifeline. Have lived outside UK for ten years now (not always in Atlanta!) and still Junction 8 M25 gets mentioned more often than not by Peter Allen on Drive.
Hello,
I listen daily out here in Nanning, China. It always feels a bit odd going to bed during Drivetime. It's a great way to keep in touch with things at home but you could improve my life immeasurably by getting the rights to the football!
Have Fun
I've lived in France for 3 years now, after uprooting from my "coronation street" house in Gloucester.
My first problem was to get the Sky dish installed to enable me to receive Five Live all around the house (wirelessly)!
It's on all day from the moment I get up until I turn on the TV in the evening. I love Victoria and the way she deals with people - especially the awkward ones!
I'm sending a pic of my lovely house.
I live in the deepest darkest interior of Portugal. I used to listen to the BBC World Service, but it's become very poor. It's almost indistinguishable from CNN apart from the accents. Now I listen to 5 Live, which is vastly superior in just about every way.
I'd like to add my voice to those who would like to watch and listen to sport on-line from the BBC. I would be quite happy to pay for this service rather than hear the dreaded "due to contractual reasons" message which I find particularly frustrating and irritating.
Hi
I'm living in one of the most beautiful parts of the world (after North Shropshire of course!). I've lived in Albany, Western Australia for 20 years. A beautiful coastal town where many ex - pat Poms reside. However the local radio has much to learn from Radio 5 Live. I love to listen to the unbiased views of listeners and presenters on all issues. Roll on the Ashes!
http://www.abc.net.au/southcoast/ecards/
Living and working in the west of the Netherlands I know I'm no way near the furthest away from the UK, but I can pick up the Five Live signal in my car with no problem at all which is invaluable for my morning drive to work (and listening to live football coverage of course) ;-))
I live in Cotter, Arkansas in the beautiful Ozark mountains and I listen to your show every morning after my run.
Cotter is known as "trout capital USA" and we have excellent fly fishing in the river. The leaves are turning colour now and the scene is splendid indeed.
Keep up the good work, I love your show.
Richard Tucker
I split my time between The Netherlands, Belgium and France. Like many in Holland, listen to 5live on the radio. Also in Belgium. However, radio doesn´t extend to France and I don´t have an internet connection there so I switch to Radio 4 LW ;-)
I live in the most beautiful part of France, The Gers.in a tiny 13 century walled village. The village life is astounding and the French villagers extremely friendly. I frequently listen to the afternoon 5 Live, particularly Simon Mayo and Drive as Peter Allen is extremely good. I am a total "Doctor " mark Kermode fan.I listen either on my Computer, such as now, or by Sattelite. I prefer 5 live to Radio Four.
I am from England but am currently living and working in Japan. As soon as i get home i log on and listen to the latest recorded shows and catch up with what is happening in England. This is also the station that i recommend to all of my adult Enlgish learners so soon 5 Live will be the channel of choice for many Japanese people. Keep up the good work.
I live in Svendborg a coastal town on the island of Fynen in Denmark.
I really appreciate keeping in touch with what is happening in the UK listening to news & Simon Mayo.
The unbiased reporting by the BBC gives the listener the opportunity
to see a news story from several viewpoints.
Keep up with the good work
I live in White Lake, Michigan, and keep Five Live on my computer all the time. I'm in and out, but catch a lot of it. I love the information and different slant (different from the U.S. media) of the news. "Drive" is probably my favorite, since I've been in London traffic on 7 different visits. Thanks, and keep it up!
Bonnie Gray
Living in Stockholm, Sweden where keeping in touch with whats going on back home, and the comforting sound of English voices leads me to listen to 5 Live every day, especially 606 for the footy.
I'm from Chicago but went to school in Norwich for a year. I've been listening to Five Live ever since, and especially enjoy 6-0-6 and the football reports (I only wish more matches were broadcast online!). Thanks, and keep up the excellent work.
I listen to the BBC Radio 2,3,4,5, or 7 daily from Seattle. I am not a UK citizen. I am an American citizen who is bored with our media and political reporting. I listen to Five Live each morning while preparing for work. If Midday News is posted by the time I get up, I choose that program - if not, I choose Breakfast. Maybe I don't need to know about the weather in Scotland, or what the traffic is like in the Northeast, but I do enjoy the lively discussions of issues - many of which we we are dealing with in this country. The BBC offers me a fresh prespective. The other BBC stations offer me a banquet buffet of choices. If I want music of any genre, if I want drama, if I want to laugh - the BBC has it! Thank you, BBC Radio for being there for this United States media drop-out! Zoe in Seattle
5Live in Azores ...on medium wave!
Forget your modern connections by internet & satellite, 5Live can be picked up late at night & early in the morning at the moment on good old medium-wave!
It is nostalgia-inducing "Radio Luxemburg"-style reception - with a background accompaniment of hisses, pops & squeaks, with the need for frequent moving around of the tranny to keep the signal audible.
All it needs is for Nicky to do a Kid Jensen style voiceover on one of the Radio 5 music trails to complete the full 1970s-retro feel.
Cheers
Pat
I am listening from Tucson, Arizona in the US southwest. My mother was from the UK, specifically Derbyshire. It also gives me a different perspective on things in the world that we don't often get here.
I still reside in Newcastle but work in Norway and holidays apart, I spend only one weekend in two or three at home, and so find Radio 5 Live a Godsend. I have my car radio permanently tuned in so as I can listen in on my journey to and from the office, I really flip when the reception gets bad. I am a sports fanatic especially football and so 5 Live is perfect for me coupled with keeping abreast with current affairs. What ever happens 5 Live....DONT LEAVE ME
Hi
I'm listening to five live just now in Philadelphia where I am giving a couple of lectures. I usually listen to five live in Omaha, Nebraska where Iwork at the university and the city medical centre
I'm from Stoke-on-Trent but now live in Montreal with my Canadian wife, Amy. I listen to Five-Live everyday - normally wake up when Simon Mayo is on air. I love the 606 phone-ins and makes me miss home and all the footie banter. My only problem is that when I want to listen to the football commentary, us ex-pats get closed down for 'contractual reasons'. Sigh! Overall though, great variety on the station and nothing here in Canada holds a candle to it.
Cheers,
Michael
PS: Huge West Ham fan and waiting patiently for us to win a game!
I am listening from Tucson, Arizona in the US southwest. My mother was from the UK, specifically Derbyshire. Listening gives me a chance to hear a different perspective on things happening in the world.
Been living in Mallorca for some four years. 5 Live is pretty much my main contact with things in the UK. Drive is just the best, even for the road reports!! 606, TMS on Sports Extra, but my biggest beef is that guy and his rotten music when he tells me I can't listen to something for contractual reasons. Why? Other BBC - Radio London for Danny Baker (bring him back to 606 please, and what's happened to Adrian Chiles, he's way better than Greeny) and Norman Jay.
I listen from Hampden-Sydney Virginia, USA. I need constant football news and only wish game audio was available. (Why isn't it?)
It would be good to have the FiveLive carried on one of the satellite radio systems. It has to be more cost effective as your number of listeners in North America grows.
Keep up the good work!
bill
Hi, I live and work in Pakistan, working as a teacher trainer and also teaching in a local teacher training college.
I have seen a lot here in Pakistan and I think now I understand the reason why every Pakistani wants to leave Pakistan and settle in developed countries.
The only complaint about BBC's programme and broadcast policy is that it is very pro Islam and Pro Muslim states. The way non Muslims are treated in Pakistan and in other Muslim countries have never been discussed and talked on BBC; while BBC spens huge amounts of tax payers money on Muslims living in developed countries. I some times think BBC's had changed its policy and now spending all its resources to inform the world about the situation of Muslims in their adopted countries but pay no attention to non Muslims in Muslim countries. To me BBC is a Muslim Propagenda Broadcast Corporration.
I am an English man now living in Belfast Maine U.S.A.
I listen to Five live frequently to keep up with the U.K. and World news and sport.
There is nothing here to match it.
Hi, I'm an English guy living in central Switzerland on the shore of the Lake of Lucerne and at the foot of Mount Pilatus. Maybe not exotic but still a beautiful place to live.
I am a regular listener of FiveLive and enjoy (almost) all programmes and presenters.
One change I would really welcome is the broadcasting of those sports events (especially football) that are currently only available for listeners in the UK.
I understand the reasons why it is the way it is, but would be quite prepared to pay for the service if that one day were to be an option of making it available to listeners abroad too.
Favourite programme? Fighting Talk.
Hi to everyone at 5live from NASSAU, BAHAMAS.
for me it;s Kermode, the Daily Mayo and Drive that I tune into. I also listen to BBC Radio 1xtra, One, Two, Four and World Service. It is an invaluable resource! Thank you BBC!
Why no football commentary though?
Living in North Carolina, USA.
Leicester City fan (poor devil).
5 Live keeps me in the loop
Not too exotic, but I'm an Arsenal supporter, and I listen to Radio Five from my office in downtown Washington DC. Love the podcasts, too, especially 606. Go Gunners!
Just to join the list - find a way to broadcast the sports events its a real loss when they disappear.
Fox Soccer Channel on the TV broadcasts live premiership games on Saturday, Sunday and Monday - its only money surely!
Worked here in downtown Manhattan for 14 years - live in New Jersey. Other than at professional level soccer is the biggest sport there is in the USA.
Other than the lost broadcasts, FiveLive is the best.
John
I am a UK expat living and working in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Great station
Really enjoy listening to Sport on 5, 606 and Drive Time. Great shame when the live sport cannot be heard online.
Hello from Celle in Germany. I have lived here nearly twenty years and have listened to five live since it started,mainly over the net but when it is dark I can hear it on 909 am when I am lying in bed.
I am listening to Five Live from beautiful Boise, Idaho, USA. I love drive, the few sports (we can get internationally) and Anita Anand. Keep up the great work... as an ex-pat I rely on Five Live to keep me informed about what is going on at home!
I just wish we could get premier league access internationally.... oh well... :)
Hi guys,
I'm living in Hong Kong. I became addicted to BBC Radio whilst living in the UK, now it is an absolute lifeline to find out what's happening in the world. English language media here is nowhere near the high quality of the BBC. I love all of Radio 5, much of Radio's 4 & 1.
Keep up the good work !
I am an American and reside in Denver, Colorado. I heard about Gilles Peterson and started listening to his music broadcast. Then I saw Five Live and decided to give it a go. I fell in love with it especially the afternoon drive and Anita Anand.
I became a premiership league fan last year and appreciate more detailed reports about the players and teams that I would not normally get State-side.
Cheers.
I'm another Seattle, USA listener to Wake up to money and the Breakfast show ... which in my case is "Fall asleep to money" and the "Late show" as it all starts around 9.30pm my time ;-)
Writing from Bermuda. Try listening to the sports on 5L but get frustrated as do some of your other scribes with contract issues. Can't somebdy explain it to us or even better sort it out. I managed to listen to the Carling cup on tuesday evening but on wednesday the other half of the fixtures couldn't be broadcast because of, yes you've guessed it! Contractual agreements!!!
What was the difference between tuesday and wednesday??
I hail from Des Moines, Iowa, USA and love listening to Five Live on Friday afternoons and weekend mornings during the football season. The inability to listen to Premiership and FA Cup matches is frustrating, but thanks to the link for BBC Sport, I can stay updated on the latest happenings. Cheers to Alan Green, Mike Ingham, and all the presenters on Five Live Sport. Keep up the great work!
Ahmed here listening to you in cold Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Could you please do sth about not streaming Saturday football matches (premier cum fa cup)?
Carson City
Nevada
Hi from Kansas City:
I love your shows and being able to get information not available through the corp media here. Also a suggestion. Could you have an intl. line on all of your shows for overseas listeners? I know cost is an issue. But if you advertise to listeners abroad it only makes sense to give them a way to participate.
Cheers,
Tom
Another Brit in Canada - Vancouver. Beautiful place but need Five Live - sport, news, Fighting Talk. Somehow the traffic reports sound romantic when listened to here.
Start the morning with Simon Mayo but with 'listen again' get to make tea listening to Drive.
Don't stop the ability of tuning in to Five Live or I'll have to come home.
I'm an expat from Blackpool, but am currently listening to Five Live and downloading podcasts from Five Live, 606 and other BBC programmes in Moscow, Russia.
Like many other listeners, I'm a bit disappointed that you can't broadcast certain live football, such as England Euro 2008 qualification matches. Any way to resolve that would be most appreciated:)
But other than that it's great! Two thumbs up!!
I live in Dolega, Chiriqui, Republic of Panama. A place of equatorial beauty.
5 live is good, being on Eastern Standeard Time it is my night time listening before going to bed. Most useful being up to date with all that is going on in the 'old country'
There are a very few british people living in Chiriqui, the ex-pats atre mainly american and they are jealous of the BBC internet service.
I live in Busan, South Korea. I listen to all the BBC radio stations over the net. Korean TV and radio sucks like.
hi
I listen every morning from Velez-Malaga in Andalucia. Like some of the other bloggers my quality of life would be greatly improved if I could hear live footie (even wouldn't mind paying a few Euros for the privilage!) Fighting Talk is my fav 5 live prog but really enjoy the Giles Peterson show on radio 1. Long live the beeb online!
I got hooked to Fivelive via the BBC World service broadcast of Fivelive's coverage of Premiership games in d late '90s. Came 2 d UK (from Nigeria) 2 study & enjoyed listening to the station round the clock.
I presently reside and work in Barbados & i make it part of my schedule to listen to Fivelive via the Web. My favourite shows? 'Fighting Talk, 606!!!! Sportsweek, Up all Night & Breakfast. I do love the other programs but due to the time difference, i listen to old shows that have been loaded onto the website.
Keep up the wonderful work.
Cheers
Kenneth
I sell into Eastern Europe - in past 6 months I have been listening from hotels in Kazakhstan, Russia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine and (as I write this) Tbilisi Georgia.
I always select hotels with WIFI so I can sleep with an earplug.
I'm the Hugh from Milton Keynes that's always texting that you cover too much football at expense of other sports so I even love it that us webbers don't get your live football games ;)
You keep me sane out here...
Always listen to 5-Live when working on my computer here in Deva, Romania. Agree with the previous posts re not being able to listen to the football.
Im norwegian, sitting in Oslo and I cant work without listening to you guys. Love the easy atmosphere and the various topics you and all your colleagues discuss throughout the day. Add to that, I pick up news topics from you guys before the norwegian online newspapers cover it.
Hi,
In Limassol Cyprus. Listen to you all day in the office and being in Cyprus, we are lucky because when 5 live can't broadcast over net due to contractual reasons we can normally switch to BFBS 2 (British Forces Radio) and listen to sport in FM !!!!
Hi, I'm George Bush and I'm listening from another planet.
Hi Nicky and She
Working and living in Brussels. Listen to 5Live every day. Love the breakfast show. Keeps me in touch with UK.
I am a Brit living in Norway. listening to you in Stavanger at the moment, but will be going home to Tønsberg tonight. It's good to able to listen via the internet but the signal needs to be boosted to enable us to listen over the radio. I listen every morning before I leave for work but the signal fades in and out. See what you can do guys. Forget the rules we NEED to hear you.
Bob Carter
Good Morning from Baden-Baden, Germany.
The town that was going to be made famous for hosting the English team during their successful World Cup campaign!!
Listening at the end of the working week from my desk overlooking the Swan River in Perth, Western Australia. The sun is out, the sky is gloriously blue and my first post work beer is not but 30 minutes away. Love listening to the breakfast show during teh afternoon at work, and 606, Kermode and especially fighting talk on the podcasts. I'm still an avid 5 live listener after leaving teh UK a couple of years ago, and will be for years to come. At home I listen to 5 live via a "soundbridge" which is a great invention, and saves firing up the PC.
I'm still in my hammock in Thailand. The temp has dropped to about 27C today. Having scanned all the posts on this site it seems the inability to listen to the sports commentaries is a serious bugbear and spolis the 5 Live experience for all of us. We are told it is for 'contractural obligations'. If you have a moment, could one of you please explain exactly what these 'obligations' are? Also, can you tell us just how you block the overseas listeners and then someone can find a way to get around the patently bad legislation.
Keep up the good work, Robin
My computer wakes up in California to five live and is the last thing to log off. Radio at its best!
Listening every morning to your great program from the Jalon Valley in Alicante Province in Sunny Spain.
Wish you were here !
Hey Nicky and Shelagh,
I'm listening to you from the darkness of the Nortern Mexican desert. It's the middle of the night here, and I'm here in the desert near the town of Matehuala in the state of San Luis Potosi with a research assistant. We're looking for water in the desert, and search at night to study dew formation.
We have a direct mobile internet link to a research centre at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, where certain readings are recorded. This also allows me to listen to internet radio, and I always listen to FiveLive. You really help me focus on every drop of humidity that I spot. And you help through the inevitable moments of boredom...Thanks
Erwin
Matehuala
Mexico
We live in Lagos NIGERIA and the internet is a God send!
I live in France and work over the border in Switzerland. Not so far away, compared to most of your listeners, but 5live is a very valuable service to me. I listen every day, mainly via digital satellite, or via the Internet from work.
I particularly like the sports reports and Fighting Talk, which I record for posterity. the traffic reports, particularly ones which report 5 mile queues on the M8, remind of why I moved abroad..
I listen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I'm a great cricket fan and I love TMS, can't wait for the Ashes to start. Of course the "For contractual obligations...." is a nuisance and, of course, I wouldn't dream of trying to cheat the system.
The Internet is great and my computer has cordless speakers so I can listen anywhere in the house or garden - in the hammock by the pool is my favourite spot!
Rain would have stopped play here in Rio this morning.
Richard Berkenstat.
I live in Atlanta in USA. I listen everyday to five live. I love hearing the traffic reports. It's as if I am still in Britain. I support Scotland, Celtic and Sunderland so I pray that there are no problems with not being able to hear the games live. I also love listening to the cricket commentary on TMS. Please BBC make sure you get all the rights to all the games. I support Lancashire and England (only at cricket) and of course SCOTLAND at everything. Could someone please tell me how I can listen to the games when it says for UK users only? Thanks BBC for keeping me in touch with what is going on in UK.
Since I discovered BBC Radio two years ago I've been listening to it each and every day. It's sometimes hard to squeeze in all the 'Listen Again' slots on Radios 4 and 7, as well as listening live to Five Live, Test Match Special and Radio Leicester (my home town). It was traumatic the other day when most of the programmes disappeared for a day or two! Keep up the good work!
I forgot the most important thing: I live at the beautiful Moorish city of Córdoba in southern Spain.
hi i have been living in spain for about 20 yrs i first started on the costa del sol where i meet my partner of now 15 yrs we now live in his hometown in the province of cordoba, we have been here 13 yrs we have 3 kids . i lisern to five liv eeveryday all day it drives my partner mad because he doesnt speak english not much anyway , i started to lisern when i got adsl so the radio is on all day i love it , thankyou five live keep the good work going plzz cheers