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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 News Quiz was created by John Lloyd, [2] based on an idea by Nicholas Parsons. [3]The series was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman in the chair. Subsequently it was chaired by Barry Took from 1979 to 1981, Simon Hoggart from 1981 to 1986, Took again from 1986 to 1995, and then again by Hoggart from 1996 until March 2006. [4]
BBC Radio 4 is the second-most-popular British domestic radio station by total hours, [8] after Radio 2.It recorded its highest audience, of 11 million listeners, in May 2011, [9] and was "UK Radio Station of the Year" at the 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2023 Radio Academy Awards.
The episodes were not originally broadcast under an overall title, and aired in series with the same titles as the novels or short story collections that the episodes were adapted from. For instance, the first two episodes were based on the novel A Study in Scarlet and aired under that title on BBC Radio 4's Classic Serial programme. [1]
In Our Time is a radio discussion programme exploring a wide variety of historical, scientific, cultural, religious and philosophical topics, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom since 1998 and hosted by Melvyn Bragg. Since 2011, all episodes have been available to download as individual podcasts. [1]
The Africans (radio program) The Afternoon Shift; Agendum (radio series) The Airport (radio show) The Alan Davies Show; Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar; Alison and Maud; All in the Mind (BBC radio) All the Way from Memphis (radio show) All the Young Dudes (radio show) Alone (radio series) Am I Normal? America, Empire of Liberty; Americana ...
Radio 4's 10pm news programme The World Tonight was launched on the same day. PM made history for being the first radio news programme to feature its own theme tune. Three have been used, with the last ending in 1997 in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana. The first PM theme tune was by John Baker and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Episodes are broadcast Monday to Friday at 12:04 on BBC Radio 4, with an omnibus edition (combining all of that week's episodes) on Fridays at 21:02. All episodes (both individual and omnibus) are available for download as MP3s and will remain so indefinitely. [4] There were fifteen series in total, each season with a subtitle and a particular ...