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List Of BBC Radio 4 Programmes
This is a list of current and former programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4. When it came into existence – on 30 September 1967 – Radio 4 inherited a great many continuing programme series which had been initiated prior to that date by its predecessor, the BBC Home Service (1939–1967), and in some cases even by stations which had preceded the Home Service. Such inherited programmes are included in the list. The years indicated in brackets after programme titles refer to the dates, where known, of each programme's first, subsequent, and final broadcasts – and, in cases where Radio 4 programmes began their run on stations other than the Home Service, the names of those originating stations are also shown. Note that many of Radio 4's past comedy and drama productions have been, and continue to be repeatedly rerun on Radio 4, as well as on the digital radio channel BBC Radio 4 Extra (previously BBC Radio 7). News and current affairs *''The Africans (radio programme), The Afri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. Since 2019, the station controller has been Mohit Bakaya. He replaced Gwyneth Williams, who had been the station controller since 2010. Broadcasting throughout the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands on FM broadcast band, FM, Longwave, LW and Digital Audio Broadcasting, DAB, and on BBC Sounds, it can be received in the eastern counties of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, northern France and Northern Europe. It is available on Freeview (UK), Freeview, Freesat, Sky (UK & Ireland), Sky, and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it List of most-listened-to radio programs#Top stations in the United Kingdom, the UK's second most-popular radio station after BBC Radio 2. BBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
File On 4
''File on 4'' is a current-affairs radio programme produced by BBC News and broadcast on BBC Radio 4. First broadcast from Manchester in 1977, it is produced in Salford by the BBC's Radio Current Affairs department. It has won more than forty awards, including a gold Sony Radio Award in 2003. See also * ''Face the Facts'' and ''Analysis Analysis (: analyses) is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (38 ...'' References External links * Podcast Feed BBC Radio 4 programmes British documentary radio programmes Investigative documentary radio programs 1977 radio programme debuts {{BBC-radio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Westminster Hour
''The Westminster Hour'' is a British political news review produced by BBC News, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each Sunday evening between 22:00 and 23:00 (starting with a national and international news bulletin). The programme began to be broadcast in April 1998. Despite the reference in its title to the Palace of Westminster – meeting-place of the Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament – the programme also deals with topics and events connected with the work of the UK's devolved legislative assemblies in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and London. Presenters Ben Wright, one of the BBC's political correspondents, is the current presenter of ''The Westminster Hour''. Previous hosts include Carolyn Quinn (a former presenter of Radio 4's ''Today'' programme) and Andrew Rawnsley (subsequently a columnist at ''The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. In 1993 it was ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today In Parliament
Today in Parliament is a British radio programme that covers the daily proceedings of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), on BBC Radio 4. When re-broadcast the next day, it is known as Yesterday in Parliament. History The programme began on 9 October 1945 at 22.45. It is the only programme that the BBC is required to make under its charter. In 1978 the public were allowed to hear MPs in parliament. In 1998 ''Yesterday in Parliament'' stopped being broadcast on FM. Instead it was broadcast only on long wave, opting-out from ''The Today programme''. In April 2024, following the end of Radio 4's long wave opt-outs, ''Yesterday in Parliament'' moved to BBC Radio 4 Extra, with a later start time of 9 am. On 24 March 2025, ''Yesterday in Parliament'' returned to Radio 4 and is broadcast in a new slot of 5:04 am. Content The broadcast begins with the Speaker announcing ''Order, order''. It is available daily as a podcast. It is presented on rotation either by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today (BBC Radio 4)
''Today'', colloquially known as ''the Today programme'', is BBC Radio 4's long-running morning news and current-affairs radio programme. Broadcast on Monday to Saturday from 06:00 to 09:00 (starting on Saturday at 07:00), it is produced by BBC News and is the highest-rated programme on Radio 4 and one of the BBC's most popular programmes across its radio networks. In-depth political interviews and reports are interspersed with regular news bulletins, as well as '' Thought for the Day''. It has been voted the most influential news programme in Britain in setting the political agenda, with an average weekly listening audience around 6 million. History ''Today'' was launched on the BBC Home Service on 28 October 1957 as a programme of "topical talks" to give listeners an alternative to listening to light music. The programme's founders were Isa Benzie and Janet Quigley. Benzie gave the programme its name and served as its first '' de facto'' editor. It was initially broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport On Four
''Sport on Four'' was a long-running BBC radio sports programme aired on BBC Radio 4 on Saturday mornings between 30 April 1977 and 4 April 1998. Its original presenter was former Welsh cricketer Tony Lewis. In the early years the programme ran from 0810 until 0845, but was moved to the 0905-0930 slot at the start of 1987 as a consequence of the launch of a Saturday edition of ''The Today programme''. In 1986 a series of guest presenters led ''Sport on 4'', including Chris Rea, Harry Carpenter, David Coleman, Ian Wooldridge, Chris Brasher, Ron Pickering, Barry Davies, Des Lynam and others. Eventually, Cliff Morgan - who had just retired as a senior BBC TV Executive - took over the presenter's role in the spring of 1987 and remained at the helm until the programme came to an end with the April 1998 schedule changes. After the launch of BBC Radio 5 in 1990, Sport on 4 was given a lunchtime repeat on the new network, using the title of Sport On 4 + 1. This repeat was dropped i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Six O'Clock News (radio Programme)
''Six O'Clock News'' may refer to: * ''News at Six'' (Hong Kong TV programme) (1957–2016), a defunct evening news bulletin on Asia Television in Hong Kong * '' RTÉ News: Six One'' (1962–present), an Irish evening news bulletin on RTÉ One * ''BBC News at Six'' (1984–present), formerly ''BBC Six O'Clock News'', the main evening newscast on BBC One in the United Kingdom * '' STV News at Six'' (2009–present), three separate news programmes on STV in the North, East and West regions of Scotland * ''Six O'Clock News'' (BBC Radio 4), a news programme on BBC Radio 4 * ''Six O'Clock News'' (film), a 1996 documentary film by Ross McElwee about television news in the United States * "Six O'Clock News", a song by John Prine on his eponymous album ''John Prine John Edward Prine (; October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for his sign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Point Of View
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PM (BBC Radio 4)
''PM'', sometimes referred to as the ''PM programme'' to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early evening news and current affairs programme. It is currently presented by Evan Davis and produced by BBC News. Launched in 1970, ''PM'' became the first radio news programme to feature its theme tune. It is known for its serious news content and occasional satirical commentary. Evan Davis has served as the lead presenter since 2018. The show also spun off a programme called ''iPM'', which allowed listeners to engage in discussions and influence content through a blog. PM has won awards at the Sony Radio Academy Awards, and its production team also work on other Radio 4 programmes. Broadcast times ''PM'' is broadcast from 5pm to 6pm from Monday to Friday and from 5pm to 5:30pm on Saturdays. On weekdays it is followed by another news programme, the ''Six O'Clock News'', which is followed by a comedy show on Radio 4. Until 2024, the final five minutes of the weekday edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
More Or Less (radio Programme)
''More or Less'' is an investigative BBC Radio 4 programme about the accuracy of numbers and statistics in the public domain. The programme often addresses statistical issues which pertain to topics in the news. The programme was created in 2001 by Michael Blastland as a one-off series of six programmes presented by Andrew Dilnot. The positive response to the show led to its becoming a regular programme, first with two series a year and since the winter series of 2008–2009, with three. As well as the 30-minute Radio 4 programme, there is also a nine-minute BBC World Service edition that runs throughout the year. Both versions appear in the programme's podcast stream. The World Service edition either repeats an item from Radio 4 or has original material (usually when the Radio 4 show is off air). The programme is normally broadcast (as at September 2020) 9:02 to 9:30am on Wednesday. In 2007, Blastland and Dilnot published a related book, ''The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money Box (radio)
''Money Box'' is a weekly personal finance radio programme on BBC Radio 4, produced by BBC News, currently presented by Paul Lewis. The programme is broadcast live each Saturday in the half-hour slot just after midday. It is repeated on Sunday evenings just after 9.00pm. Overview ''Money Box'' began in October 1977 with Louise Botting as presenter, which she continued until 1992, after which Alison Mitchell presented until September 2000. The current presenter is Paul Lewis. He has presented since September 2000, having been a reporter on the programme in the early 1990s. The programme has also been hosted by Naga Munchetty. A related phone in programme ''Money Box Live'' launched in 1990. It answers listeners' calls and emails on one personal finance topics. ''Money Box Live'' is broadcast on Wednesdays in the half-hour slot just after 3.00pm. Vincent Duggleby sometimes presents. ''Money Box'' and ''Money Box Live'' are broadcast each week throughout the year except for six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Letter From America
''Letter from America'' was a weekly fifteen-minute spoken word radio series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and its predecessor, the Home Service, and around the world through the BBC World Service. From its first edition to its last, it was presented by Alistair Cooke, who would speak of a topical issue in the US, tying together different strands of observation and anecdote and often ending on a humorous or poignant note. The series ran from 24 March 1946 to 20 February 2004, making it the longest-running speech radio programme hosted by one individual.BBC News 31 October 2012: ''Alistair Cooke – Letter from America: Bringing two nations together Retrieved 2012-11-03 History ''Let ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
