BBC Sounds - Ben Fryer - Available Episodes

04/11/2026

Join Ben for stories to make you smile, mid-morning updates and music.

04 Nov 2026,240 mins

03/11/2026

Join Ben for stories to make you smile, mid-morning updates and music.

03 Nov 2026,240 mins

02/11/2026

Join Ben for stories to make you smile, mid-morning updates and music.

02 Nov 2026,240 mins

30/10/2026

Join Ben for stories to make you smile, mid-morning updates and music.

30 Oct 2026,240 mins

Social media and stroke awareness

Ben asks when you discovered your child getting around a rule you'd put in place online.

29 Oct 2026,240 mins

Landline phones and DIY blunders

Ben asks who would worry you most if the landline phones went down tonight.

28 Oct 2026,240 mins

Speeding and career changes

Ben chats to a Witham man who got hit by a car going over 50mph in a 30mph zone.

27 Oct 2026,240 mins

Antisocial behaviour and blood cancer

Ben asks whether somebody else's bad behaviour has changed your daily life.

26 Oct 2026,240 mins

Stockpiling and cockney slang

Ben asks what would you run out of first if the shops shut today for three days.

23 Oct 2026,240 mins

Market traders and PIP

Ben asks what market stall you keep going back to and why.

22 Oct 2026,240 mins

Tourism and breast cancer

Ben asks which Essex place you loved until everybody else discovered it.

21 Oct 2026,240 mins

Covid and free parking

Emma sits in and asks what lesson you have learnt that Covid taught you.

20 Oct 2026,240 mins

Noise on public transport and adoption

Emma sits in and she asks when did somebody else's behaviour completely ruin your journey.

19 Oct 2026,240 mins

Tolls and CPR

Ben asks when did driving start feel like a subscription service.

16 Oct 2026,240 mins

Airports and blue badges

Ben asks what've you had to put up with because of an airport.

15 Oct 2026,240 mins

Hate crime and tennis

Ben asked whether you felt unwelcome in your own community.

14 Oct 2026,240 mins

Online safety and energy costs

Ben asks who has fooled you online.

13 Oct 2026,240 mins

Bereavement leave and kites

Ben asks, when did life fall apart but work had to come first?

12 Oct 2026,240 mins

ADHD and rats

Ben asks when did a diagnosis finally make sense of you or a loved one's life.

09 Oct 2026,240 mins

CCTV and banknotes

Ben looks at CCTV being installed in Dovercourt to protect road workers.

08 Oct 2026,240 mins

Transport links and frozen yoghurts

Ben asks whether you've stopped going somewhere, as getting there became too much hassle.

07 Oct 2026,240 mins

Hospice OB

Ben went along to St Helena Hospice in Colchester as part of Hospice Care Week.

06 Oct 2026,240 mins