Radio moments that have made you cry.

[MumBod]

Following on from the movie thread, has anyone else heard moments on the radio that have made them cry?

I had to pull over and sob when Terry Wogan retired

I had a wobble listening to Jeremy Vine on Friday, when a guy was talking about keeping his wife's body at home before her funeral, and then a woman came on to talk about her husband's passing, and revealed they should have been in Venice celebrating their wedding anniversary that weekend :(

When Brian Johnston the cricket commentator died they played the clip of him losing the plot and giggling over the 'leg over' gaffe.

And Radio 4 broadcast a play about Laurel and Hardy, where Stan Laurel is visiting Oliver Hardy after his stroke, and reminiscing about the old times. My dear old dad and I sat in floods.

Any other radio memories? Something about the medium gets me right in the heartstrings...

I know it's silly but I got totally knocked sideways by an Ellie Goulding track one day.

It was about 2 months after my Mum died. I was driving to a conference up north for a company I didn't really want to be working for. My husband was abroad and I just suddenly felt so alone and so lost.

Over bloody Ellie Goulding!

I used to listen to Radio 4 all the time pre kids but not so much now. However, I do still quite often put PM on in the kitchen when I'm cooking tea. As many others have said Eddie Mair is a wonderful interviewer.

The Steve Hewlett interviews have been particularly close to the bone for me because they have coincided with my lovely FIL finding out his cancer had returned and facing difficult times as it is advancing despite treatment.

A happier one that stands out is that poor man who was a prisoner to agoraphobia but with the support of the programme took a bus ride. It was so wonderful to hear the elation in his voice at his achievement.

Not radio. TV for me.

When Michael Jackson died. I know he's a controversial figure, but I adored his music and felt so desperately sorry that his life had gone so fundamentally to shit that he ended up dead at 50.

Was equally upset when I found out Amy Winehouse died.

'Black roses' on radio 4.

It's about the murder of Sophie Lancaster and includes her mother talking about Sophie's life and death.

I was doing some ironing whilst it was on and ended up just sitting on the bed crying.

Michelle Knight being interviewed on Woman's Hour.

When Andy Murray won his first Wimbledon in 2013, I listened to that on Radio 5 and it was definitely tear-inducing! I've loved tennis for so long, it was unbelievable that he'd actually done it. I still remember the commentary: "Murray's the Wimbledon champion! It seems ludicrous to say it! A British man has just won Wimbledon!"

Quite a few!

A few weeks ago on radio 2, a man was talking about how he'd struggled to deal with his wife's cancer diagnosis. She'd asked him not to cry as she needed him to be strong for her, so he used to sob his heart out in his van on the way to work.

And also most of the Soul Music episodes, it's such a great series. I made the mistake of listening to it one the train once - never again. The episode that stands out for me is the one on Feed the Birds from Mary Poppins - very moving, about the symbolism of the song, and how small acts of kindness can make a big difference.

Jeremy Vine was doing a segment on adult orphans last week.

He was talking to a man who'd phoned in to talk about losing his parents and it was heartbreaking. You could feel his pain through the radio.

Oh yes, I had to turn that one off - new adult orphan here.

The five o clock news had just reported the awful news of Victoria Climbie and Johnny Walker was so upset and said that there shouldn't have been such harrowing details given out when young children could be listening.It has always stayed with me as I was at the kitchen table crying thinking exactly the same thing.

When Desmond Carrington retired from doing his radio 2 show. We always listened to it in at home and when I went to university I'd either listen to it in at the time or on the Saturday morning so I could talk about it with my family (I used to get very homesick).

The wedding phone ins on Saturday mornings often get me too.

Errrr Andy murray didn't win Wimbledon in 2013

Another one that made me cry was a little drama in that 15 minute slot after Woman's Hour. It was about a couple with learning difficulties who were finding their way in the world - wanting to do things like getting married. There were so many parallels with someone in my family right down to the personalities and the way they interacted with each other. When they finally got married despite lots of obstacles I shed a few tears.

When Tommy Boyd got sacked from Talksport.

Andy Murray most definitely won his first Wimbledon in 2013...

Um sorry wherethewildthingis he did. And last year too.

Tony Adams on Desert Island Discs. I knew very little about him before the show, it was so honest about his childhood, and his struggles, and the pressure fame can put on young people. I was listening at work on iPlayer trying not to cry.

Yesterday's Soul Music about Waterloo Sunset also bought a tear to my eye. They discussed the loneliness of city life, really resonated.

For me there are many moments in the play Spoonface Steinberg. Radio 4 and very highly acclaimed:

I came on to say Steve Hewlett's death announcement and Terry Wogan's retirement speech. Extremely moving for different reasons.

The little girl who was interviewed on Radio 4 after she dialed emergency services when her mother suffered anaphylactic shock.

The last surviving World War I veteran talking in a very matter of fact manner about his experiences in the war and the horrors he witnessed. Makes me well up just thinking about it.

Another one for Terry Wogan's retirement speech.

Also, on our local radio station, the announcement one morning that a local little girl had lost her battle with her terminal illness. The whole community had got behind her with fundraising etc and the announcement that morning just broke me. I had to pull my car over and then cried on and off all day. Her parents are amazing and still fundraise for her charity years later.

Saturday Live on R4 do a section called "Thank You" where people phone in to thank people they didn't get the chance to. Floods of tears every time.

Anne Diamond does a slot on local radio. A few months ago she did a whole segment on the baby she lost to SIDS. Her campaigning work over the years has meant she has spoken about it a lot, but you can still hear the emotion in her voice.

There is also a bit with her husband talking about how he gets a photo from his sons each year and his voice cracks when he says that there is always one missing.

I am not a mother but it even had me wondering who was chopping onions nearby.

I remember being home from uni and listening to Ken Bruce (I think it was him not Wogan). He read a letter from a bloke in his late teens who had booked a holiday with friends and in the weeks before one friend had died suddenly. They still went on holiday and at first they weren't enjoying it because of their grief. He described them being in a bar and Beyoncé Crazy in Love came on and they all got up and danced crazily and realised their friend would want them to have fun. That made me sob.

When Wogan died made me cry lots. He was so obviously loved by his colleagues.

Another one from Woman's Hour. A segment on bereaved parents who had terminally ill young children. (As if that's not enough to get you). One mum told the story of her daughter who was maybe 6 or 7 and she was a single parent. Anyway the daughter asked her mother if she would be ok once she had died. Brings tears to my eyes just typing this.

It didn't make me cry but I was absolutely cheesed off when Radio 4 didn't sound the pips on midnight for the Millennium. It's not as if I can catch them at the next one...