John Waite from Radio 4′s Face the Facts. Photograph: BBC/Martin Morrell/BBC “So here we are, four years later,” John Waite began in Face the Facts (Radio 4). He hovered over the word four for emphasis as he spoke to Elaine Hanson, who had been waiting that long for an inquest into her son’s suicide. As she [...]

The trouble with Qwerty … Stephen Fry. Photograph: Richard Young / Rex Features Fry’s English Delight: The Trial of Qwerty (Radio 4) was an entertaining romp through the keyboard’s history. But it didn’t need the naff mock-trial aspect – played in the many trails for the programme – and irksome lines such as “How do [...]

Mark David Chapman, who killed John Lennon Photograph: NYSDOCS / HANDOUT/EPA The latest parole hearing for John Lennon’s killer has been postponed, delaying Mark David Chapman’s sixth bid for freedom. The 55-year-old was scheduled to appear before a parole hearing this week at the Attica correctional facility in New York, where he has served 29 [...]

Danny Leigh will share Film 2010 hosting duties with Claudia Winkleman. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian Guardian film blogger Danny Leigh was yesterday named as a presenter on the revamped Film 2010 programme, which returns to BBC1 this autumn. Leigh, who has written a weekly series entitled The View since 2007, will co-host alongside [...]