''File on 4'' is a
current-affairs radio programme
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Radio netw ...
produced by
BBC News
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and broadcast on
BBC Radio 4
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. First broadcast from
Manchester
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in 1977, it is produced in
Salford
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by the
BBC
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's Radio Current Affairs department. It has won more than forty awards, including a gold
Sony Radio Award
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in 2003.
See also
* ''
Face the Facts
''Face the Facts'' was a consumer affairs programme on BBC Radio 4, featuring investigative journalism, that ran from the 1986 until 2015. Introduced by John Waite, cousin of the well-known humanitarian and churchman Terry Waite, it usually fo ...
'' and ''
Analysis
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''
References
External links
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Podcast Feed
BBC Radio 4 programmes
British documentary radio programmes
Investigative documentary radio programs
1977 radio programme debuts
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