Radio 4 podcasts

[cbcarolyn]

A friend has pointed me in the direction of a podcasts series:

wedding detectives a new series

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nl79

and tracing you roots (old series):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006zbxm

after getting annoyed at Alexa - have figured out how to play on there.

[cbcarolyn]

listened to the wedding ones - and really enjoyed them.

[Jill on the A272]

What's the trick to the alexa to play them? Have tried and failed in the past though I can get the ordinary BBC radio stations.

[cbcarolyn]

You seem to have to ask alexa to ask the BBC - I think this is what I did in the end. It even played from where I had listened to not sure if I have linked it somehow - not sure how the magic worked!

"Alexa ask bbc to play wedding detectives"

I think in the end I didn't even need to say radio 4 podcast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/help/questions/supported-devices/voice-device

[GallowayLass]

If wish somebody would tell me how to get the stupid woman to play anything at all from the albums in the Now That’s What I Call Music series. I have a good few in my Apple Music account and my iPad, iPhone and iTunes for Windows on my laptop will all play them no problem. Apple Music is the default player set on our Echo but the blooming madam just keeps saying sorry “I can’t find that on Apple Music”. Doh!!!

[GallowayLass]

A friend has pointed me in the direction of a podcasts series:

wedding detectives a new series

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nl79

and tracing you roots (old series):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006zbxm

after getting annoyed at Alexa - have figured out how to play on there.

Have just clicked on the link Wedding Detectives and the three episodes listed seem to bear no resemblance to what I am now listening to after asking Alexa to ask the BBC to play Wedding Detectives podcast. This one is for Brian George Stadden and Jean Wigley at Windsor.

[GallowayLass]

I enjoyed the one it played for me which it said was dated 3rd November and as I mentioned was about Brian and Jean.
It will not play any other one. Not even if I ask for the date as well as the programme name. She can’t find anything for the other two dates. Grrr!

[cbcarolyn]

She does seem sensitive, and won't always do as asked.

you could try playing the podcast manually then asked Alexa as she seem to pick up from where I left off