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Pick of the Week is a long-running British radio programme featuring extracts from BBC radio (and originally television) programmes broadcast over the previous seven days. It was first broadcast on the BBC Home Service in 1959, and transferred to its successor station BBC Radio 4 in 1967. Until 1998, it was broadcast on Friday evening, with a ...
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.
Andrew Peach is a radio presenter and event host in the United Kingdom. He presents programmes on BBC Radio 4 such as Pick of the Week (radio) [1] Business Matters and the Six O'Clock News. On BBC World Service he hosts news programmes including Newshour, World Business Report and the Global News Podcast. He is the longest serving newsreader on ...
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 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]
Something Understood was a weekly radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from 1995 to 2024 which dealt with topics of religion, spirituality, and the larger questions of human life, and took a particular spiritual theme, exploring it through speech, music, prose, and poetry. It was broadcast early on Sunday mornings with a repeat late on ...
The World Tonight is a British current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10 pm news.It is produced by BBC News and features news, analysis and comment on domestic and world issues.
Radio 4 may refer to: BBC Radio 4, a British radio station BBC Radio 4 Extra, BBC Radio 4's sister station; NPO Radio 4, a Dutch radio station;