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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. [1]
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.
The TV version was made in January 2006 and started airing in September. Naked Radio: Naked Video: Naked Radio was first broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland: The News Quiz: Have I Got News For You: Many changes. It is disputed whether HIGNFY is actually based on TNQ or not. Former News Quiz panellist Ian Hislop is now a panellist on HIGNFY On The ...
The Radio 4 UK branding is dropped and the station is now officially simply known as Radio 4 and the station expands its broadcast day with the 6am start-time seven days a week - the 6.10am slot filled by Prelude, described as "musical start to your weekend listening" [8] and the post-midnight Shipping Forecast starts being broadcast 18 minutes ...
4 October – The BBC Radio 4 consumer show Checkpoint begins a 4-episode TV mini-series hosted by Roger Cook; 5 October The first programme in the trilogy to be produced by Maddocks Cartoon Productions, The Family-Ness, makes its debut on BBC1. BBC2 broadcasts an Open University programme at teatime for the final time.
The BBC Home Service (launched 1 September 1939) became BBC Radio 4. BBC Radio 5 was launched on 27 August 1990 as a home for sport and educational and children's programming, but was replaced by BBC Radio 5 Live, a dedicated news and sport network, on 28 March 1994.
Longest running live outside broadcast programme in radio history. Generally comprising Anglican evensong, occasionally Roman Catholic vespers. Initially broadcast on BBC Home Service, later branded BBC Radio 4, until 8 April 1970 when the programme moved to BBC Radio 3. The Daily Service: 97 43 by All Souls Church, Langham Place: BBC: 2 ...
29 March – BBC Radio 3’s Sunday breakfast programme Sacred and Profane is broadcast for the final time. [16] 4 April – Breakfast programme On Air extends to weekends. [17] 6 April – As part of an earlier start to BBC Radio 4’s day, the weekday editions of The Today programme are extended by 30 minutes to three hours. [18]