  We describe our programme to identify and analyse binary stars among the
bright subdwarfs selected in the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) survey.
Radial velocity time-series helped us identify subdwarfs with low-mass or
compact stellar companions: We describe work conducted on the bright binaries
GALEX J0321+4727 and GALEX J2349+3844, and we present a radial velocity study
of several objects that include three new likely binaries. We also carried out
photometric observations that allowed us to detect long period pulsations in
the subdwarf components in two of the close binaries.
