Alexa and BBC sounds

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Is it just me, or is Alexa shit?
Finally succumbed, and bought an Alexa dot for the kitchen and one for the living room, thinking that, for the first time in years, I would be able to have radio 4 playing in sync in both rooms simultaneously so I could hear it as I moved around the house (you know, like we could in the old days when we used to just turn a radio on in each room).
What I have discovered, however, is that:
5 times out of 6, when I ask Alexa to play radio 4, it doesn't, or it starts and then stops again.
If I want it to play on multiple devices, the only way I can do this is to set up a stereo pair (so I can't just have the same thing out of both speakers and control the volume of each independently).
Once this is set up, Alexa defaults to this, so in order to switch between playing in one room or playing in both rooms is by repeatedly going into the Alexa app and forgetting and then reinstating the pair...
... but even this rarely works smoothly.... sometimes she will only play through one speaker... often the one in whichever room I wasn't in when I asked.
Why is it such rubbish? Or am I missing something?

Alexa & BBC Radio Stations / Multi Room Music: There is a glitch that both Amazom and the BBC are aware of but neither has properly fixed to date and 1st occured some years ago when the BBC 'improved' thier IPlayer app which proved too much for Alexa.

If you say Alexa play Radio 2 downstairs, it simply wont work and will often start someother random station. The trick is to get the group playing on another station that works and then change to the BBC one you want. I.E. Alexa, play Vigin Radio on Downstairs. Let it establish and then say Alexa play Radio 2 and it will change station and play on all active devices. Hope that this helps as it drove me crazy.