Who is the regular Chairman of “Any Questions?” on BBC Radio 4?
"devoted to responses to each issue covered in the previous edition of ""Any Questions?"". ""Any Answers?"" and its precursor sister programme, ""Any Questions?"", were broadcast on BBC Radio 2 from the station's rebranding/launch in 1967 ""Any Answers?"" was at that point presented by Malcolm Muggeridge. ""Any Answers?"" was hosted by Jonathan Dimbleby from 1988 to 2012; he then stepped down, but continued to present ""Any Questions?"". Anita Anand took over as host on 9 June 2012. ""Any Answers?"" is broadcast on Saturday afternoons immediately after the repeat edition of ""Any Questions?"" has been aired. Any Answers? Any Answers? is the"
"Any Questions? Any Questions? is a topical debate radio programme in the United Kingdom that has been broadcast since 1948. It is broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Friday evenings and repeated on Saturday afternoons, when it is followed by a phone-in response programme, ""Any Answers?"", previously a postal response slot. Questions were originally far more diverse with a panel often made up of a clergyman, a journalist, an academic and either a politician or a trade unionist. Since current affairs journalists became its chairmen it nowadays typically features a panel with four members drawn from politicians from the major"
"Their father also worked for the BBC. It has had four permanent chairmen in its history: Many popular figures have appeared on the programme more than once: the record for appearances is held by Tony Benn, who first appeared as a panel member in March 1951 and contributed to over 80 programmes. Any Questions? Any Questions? is a topical debate radio programme in the United Kingdom that has been broadcast since 1948. It is broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on Friday evenings and repeated on Saturday afternoons, when it is followed by a phone-in response programme, ""Any Answers?"", previously a"
"Any Answers? Any Answers? is the companion programme to BBC Radio 4's ""Any Questions?"", in which a panel of notable figures drawn from politics, media or the arts are asked for their views on current affairs by members of a studio audience. The programme was originally based on letters from ""Any Questions?"" listeners, but has subsequently followed the trend to the less laborious and more immediate ""phone-in"" format. Currently, in ""Any Answers?"", listeners can submit their responses to the views expressed in ""Any Questions?"" by email, text message or telephone. A chairperson hosts the programme, ensuring that sufficient time is"
"Carole Stone Carole Stone, CBE (born 30 May 1942) is a British author and freelance radio and television broadcaster. Stone spent 27 years at the BBC starting as a newsroom secretary and went on to become producer of Radio 4's flagship discussion programme Any Questions? In 2018 Stone established The Carole Stone Foundation to support her belief that connecting people, exchanging ideas and building friendships around the world is essential to help make a fairer society. Stone spent 27 years at the BBC starting as a newsroom secretary and went on to become producer of Radio 4's flagship discussion programme"
"in excess of two million and has answered over 35,000 questions in its long run. The current joint-chairmen are Eric Robson and Peter Gibbs. Current panelists include Matthew Wilson, Chris Beardshaw, Matthew Biggs, Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood, Bunny Guinness, Anne Swithinbank, James Wong and Christine Walkden. Past participants have included John Cushnie, Dr Stefan Buczacki, David Burges, Fred Downham, Professor Alan Gemmell, Walter Gilmore, Jill Hicking, Clay Jones, Nigel Colborn, Daphne Ledward, Fred Loads, Bridget Moody, Martin Fish, David Jones, Sue Phillipps, Geoffrey Smith, Sid Robertson, Bill Sowerbutts Past Chairmen were Bob Stead, Franklin Engelmann, Michael Barratt, Steve Race, Ken"
"programmes but increasing Radio 4's coverage of science. Gwyneth Williams Gwyneth Williams (born 14 July 1953) is the controller of BBC Radio 4. She grew up in South Africa and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford. Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. In the 1980s she became producer and duty editor of BBC Radio 4's ""The World Tonight"", and then Deputy Editor, Special Current Affairs Programmes, responsible for broadcasting general elections and other major events. In 1994 as Editor, Policy and Social Programmes she launched current"
"Julian Worricker Julian Gordon Worricker (born 6 January 1963 in Woking, Surrey) is an English journalist, currently working as a presenter of ""Any Answers"" on BBC Radio 4 and a relief presenter on BBC News, the corporation's 24-hour rolling news channel. He also presented ""You and Yours"" on BBC Radio 4 until leaving in October 2013. Worricker was educated at Epsom College; he went on to study English literature at the University of Leicester. He is an only child. He suffers from psoriatic arthritis. He joined the BBC in 1985 as a staff reporter for BBC Radio Leicester before moving"
"which a panel of experts and key figures debate current geopolitical events happening around the world. Paddy O'Connell Paddy O'Connell (born Guy Patrick O'Connell, 11 March 1966 in Guildford, Surrey) is a British television and radio presenter, working mainly for the BBC. He presents BBC Radio 4's ""Broadcasting House"" programme each Sunday morning. He is also an occasional presenter of Radio 4's ""PM"" programme. O'Connell is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Paddy O'Connell, who is of Irish descent, was educated at Gresham's School and the University of Aberdeen. He began his broadcasting career in 1989 on the"
"repeated on the Saturday lunchtime. The final 28 minute show is significantly shorter than the original recording. In 2012 the BBC began making an extended version for BBC Radio 4 Extra. Each week, four panellists appear on the show. They are usually either comedians or journalists, and sometimes politicians. Journalists predominated in the early years. The ostensible purpose of the show is to test contestants' knowledge of the events of the previous week by asking questions which are usually oblique references to those events. However this has given way to a general free-for-all where panellists chime in with their own"
"James Naughtie Alexander James ""Jim"" Naughtie FRSE (surname pronounced ; born 9 August 1951) is a British radio and news presenter for the BBC. From 1994 until 2015 he was one of the main presenters of Radio 4's ""Today"" programme. In July 2015 he announced, via the BBC, that in early 2016 he would retire from regular presenting duties on the programme and would, instead, be its 'Special Correspondent' with 'responsibility for charting the course of the constitutional changes at the heart of the UK political debate', as well as the BBC News's Books Editor, contributing a book review to"
"News. From September 2002 until September 2007, he presented the current affairs programme ""Worricker on Sunday"", which also included the 5 Live Report. In September 2007 Worricker decided to take a six-month break from both 5 Live and BBC News to go travelling around the world. He can occasionally be heard presenting ""Weekend"" on the BBC World Service. Julian Worricker Julian Gordon Worricker (born 6 January 1963 in Woking, Surrey) is an English journalist, currently working as a presenter of ""Any Answers"" on BBC Radio 4 and a relief presenter on BBC News, the corporation's 24-hour rolling news channel. He"
"Counterpoint (radio) Counterpoint is a BBC Radio 4 quiz. Described in the show's introduction as ""The general knowledge music quiz"", the questions are about music, from classical, jazz, pop, musicals, and all other forms of music. It was originally hosted by Ned Sherrin (1986–2006). In the chair for the 2007 series was Edward Seckerson with Paul Gambaccini taking over in 2008, following the death of Ned Sherrin in 2007. Russell Davies took over temporarily in 2013 following allegations made against Gambaccini, who returned to the show in November 2014 after being cleared of the allegations. The quiz is played by"
"in the week following the standard Radio 4 broadcast. This version was also made available as a podcast. The News Quiz The News Quiz is a British topical panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4. ""The News Quiz"" was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairman. Subsequently, it was chaired by Simon Hoggart, Barry Took (until 1995), and then again by Simon Hoggart until March 2006. Hoggart was replaced by Sandi Toksvig in September 2006, who in turn was replaced by Miles Jupp in September 2015. The series was created by John Lloyd based on an idea from"
"Radio 4 programme ""I'm Suzy, and I'm a Phobic"", which was broadcast in January 2013. Phill Jupitus Phillip Christopher Jupitus (; born 25 June 1962) is an English stand-up and improv comedian, actor, performance poet, cartoonist and podcaster. Jupitus was a team captain on BBC Two's popular music quiz ""Never Mind the Buzzcocks"" from its inception in 1996 until its end in 2015, and also appears regularly as a guest on several other panel shows, including ""QI"" and BBC Radio 4's ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"". Born Phillip Swan in Newport on the Isle of Wight, he took his"
"Quote... Unquote Quote ... Unquote is a panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4 based on quotations. Every episode since the beginning of the series on 4 January 1976 has been chaired by its deviser, Nigel Rees. The programme broadcast its 54th series in November/December 2018. The main part of the programme consists of a non-competitive quiz where the chairman asks each of the four panellists in turn to identify where a certain quotation, phrase or saying comes from. In between these rounds, the panellists are asked to share some of their favourite quotations on a specified theme. Other parts"
"we see there."" Naughtie was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in March 2017. Naughtie is married to Eleanor Updale, author of the ""Montmorency"" books and a former producer of ""The World at One"". They have three children, and live in London and Edinburgh. James Naughtie Alexander James ""Jim"" Naughtie FRSE (surname pronounced ; born 9 August 1951) is a British radio and news presenter for the BBC. From 1994 until 2015 he was one of the main presenters of Radio 4's ""Today"" programme. In July 2015 he announced, via the BBC, that in early 2016 he"
"year-long sabbatical. Nicolai Gentchev, a former output editor of BBC Radio 4's ""Today Programme"", has been the editor of ""Question Time"" since March 2011. Viewers of the show can submit comments to the show via SMS; until October 2012 a selection of those comments was posted on Ceefax. Comments were edited and put to air by a team of four journalists based at Television Centre in London. The system displayed one message at a time, and usually showed several tens of messages throughout each hour-long episode. The system's popularity sprang from its mix of serious and light-hearted comments. On average,"
"were introduced by a short phrase of music. Other rounds included ""Dialogue Read in a Specific Accent"" and ""Songs Sung as Animals"". In 1974 Bill Oddie was replaced by Willie Rushton, with Barry Cryer as Graeme Garden's teammate, and Humphrey Lyttelton as chairman, and the personnel remained constant from this point until Rushton's death in 1996, although occasional guest panellists appeared in the 1980s and early 1990s (see below). Since then the fourth seat on the panel has featured a variety of guest comedians. The show has over two million listeners on Radio 4 and its recording sessions typically fill"
"presenters include the BBC's Stephen Sackur and Tim Franks. Evan Davis and Justin Webb were the newest regular presenters to join the roster until Mishal Husain in 2013. Husain became the second regular female presenter when James Naughtie began to cover the Scottish Independence referendum as a ""Good Morning Scotland"" presenter for two days a week, and across the BBC's output. Naughtie returned to ""Today"" before the 2015 general election. On 7 July 2015, the BBC announced that James Naughtie was to leave the programme, to become a Special Correspondent for BBC Radio 4. Two days later, Nick Robinson was"
"Gwyneth Williams Gwyneth Williams (born 14 July 1953) is the controller of BBC Radio 4. She grew up in South Africa and attended St Hugh's College, Oxford. Williams joined the BBC World Service in 1976 as a trainee, having briefly worked as researcher at the Overseas Development Institute. In the 1980s she became producer and duty editor of BBC Radio 4's ""The World Tonight"", and then Deputy Editor, Special Current Affairs Programmes, responsible for broadcasting general elections and other major events. In 1994 as Editor, Policy and Social Programmes she launched current affairs programmes on BBC Radio Five Live and"
"revived in 2016 on VIER. ""I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue"", another BBC radio comedy panel show which occupies the same Monday-night slot in the Radio 4 schedule, occasionally parodies its rival show with a round entitled ""Just a Minim"". In this spoof version the contestants must sing songs — always chosen for their highly repetitive lyrics — without repetition, hesitation, or deviation (from the tune.) The chairman, currently Jack Dee who has himself been a guest on ""Just a Minute"", imitates Nicholas Parsons' style. Just a Minute Just a Minute is a BBC Radio 4 radio comedy and television"
"BBC Four. For children, Ward has written on Danger Mouse and Minnie The Minx. Ward co-presented Dave Gorman's Absolute Radio Sunday morning show from when the show started in October 2009 until its end in November 2012. Her frequent collaborator Martin White was also a long term contributor to the show. Ward created the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show 'Dilemma', which ran for four series 2011-15 and was hosted by Sue Perkins. Danielle appeared several times as a guest on the show. Ward also hosts ""Ward and White's Karaoke Circus"", a live music karaoke night at the Edinburgh Festival,"
"much lobbying took place until a Tory minister was allowed to take part. Since then the rules for ministers appearance has been the same for both radio and television. The panel members are not notified of the questions before the programme, although questions usually cover topical political questions. The last question is normally light hearted – the one most politicians fear most. ""Any Questions?"" was originated by Frank Gillard, a former war correspondent and later Managing Director of BBC Radio. It was first broadcast from Winchester on 12 October 1948 as a programme on the Home Service in the West"
"UK. Since 1992, he has published and edited ""The Quote... Unquote Newsletter"", a quarterly journal (now distributed electronically) and devoted to the origins and use of well-known quotations, phrases and sayings. In 2011 he published his autobiography, ""My Radio Times"". Reference books he has written include the ""Cassell’s Movie Quotations"", ""Cassell’s Humorous Quotations"", ""A Word In Your Shell-Like "" and ""Brewer's Famous Quotations"". He has been acclaimed as a ""pioneering quotation scholar"". Nigel Rees Nigel Rees (born 5 June 1944 near Liverpool) is an English writer and broadcaster, best known for devising and hosting the long-running Radio 4 panel game"
"the late 1990s it was opened by a specially commissioned piece entitled ""Counterpoint"", by musician Ray Davies. Counterpoint (radio) Counterpoint is a BBC Radio 4 quiz. Described in the show's introduction as ""The general knowledge music quiz"", the questions are about music, from classical, jazz, pop, musicals, and all other forms of music. It was originally hosted by Ned Sherrin (1986–2006). In the chair for the 2007 series was Edward Seckerson with Paul Gambaccini taking over in 2008, following the death of Ned Sherrin in 2007. Russell Davies took over temporarily in 2013 following allegations made against Gambaccini, who returned"
"The News Quiz The News Quiz is a British topical panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4. ""The News Quiz"" was first broadcast in 1977 with Barry Norman as chairman. Subsequently, it was chaired by Simon Hoggart, Barry Took (until 1995), and then again by Simon Hoggart until March 2006. Hoggart was replaced by Sandi Toksvig in September 2006, who in turn was replaced by Miles Jupp in September 2015. The series was created by John Lloyd based on an idea from Nicholas Parsons. Originally ""Private Eye"" editor Richard Ingrams and ""Punch"" editor Alan Coren acted as team captains. It"
"on Sunday mornings. In June 2012, Anand took over from Jonathan Dimbleby as the presenter of Radio 4's ""Any Answers? "" Saturday current affairs phone-in programme between 2:00 and 2:30 pm. Dimbleby continues to present the phone-in's sister programme, ""Any Questions?"" Anand's book ""Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary"" (about the Indian princess Sophia Duleep Singh, granddaughter of the last Sikh Maharani and Maharaja of Lahore, born in exile in England, who went on to struggle for causes including Indian independence, the welfare of Indian soldiers in the First World War and women's suffrage) was published in 2015. She also presented ""Sophia,"
"4 broadcasts consists of host Clive Anderson along with two guests and the two regular contestants, Stephen Fry and John Sessions. Clive Anderson stayed on as host when the show moved to television, with John Sessions resuming his role as the only regular in the first series. He subsequently became a rotating regular in the second and third series. However he appears only twice in the third series, these being his final appearances. Stephen Fry appears only occasionally on the television series. Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie first appear in the second and third series respectively; they each gradually increase"
"The Big Questions The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC One between 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing ""The Heaven and Earth Show"" as the BBC's religious discussion programme. The format is loosely based on BBC One's political discussion show, ""Question Time"", though it also contains elements that are more familiar to daytime chat shows. In the first four series, each show featured four panellists from a range of different religious and ethical perspectives, as well as a number of contributors from the live studio audience."
"Freddie Grisewood Frederick Henry Grisewood, known as Freddie Grisewood (11 April 1888 – 15 November 1972) was a British broadcaster, who had a long and varied career with the BBC. He was perhaps best known for being the host of ""Any Questions?"" from its inception in 1948 until 1967. Grisewood was educated at Radley College, and later at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He first worked for the BBC as an announcer in 1929. In 1932, the ""Daily Express"" published his name, along with those of several of his fellow announcers; before that date the BBC had required them to"
"4 June 2018 (when regular guest Gyles Brandreth replaced him for 2 episodes), and has presented the show in six different decades. The programme's longevity is arguably due in part to the host's ability to be a chairman, create laughs and to act as a straight man to the comedians who participate. In the 1950s, Parsons provided the non-singing voice of Tex Tucker in the children's TV puppet series ""Four Feather Falls"" at the suggestion of his then wife, actress and voiceover artiste Denise Bryer, who was in the show. During the late 1960s he created and presented a satirical"
"Ahmed, Sian Williams, Naga Munchetty and Emma Barnett). ""The Big Questions"" still runs January – July, ""Sunday Morning Live"" runs July – November. The Big Questions The Big Questions is a faith and ethics television programme usually presented by Nicky Campbell. It is broadcast live on BBC One between 10:00am and 11:00am on Sunday, replacing ""The Heaven and Earth Show"" as the BBC's religious discussion programme. The format is loosely based on BBC One's political discussion show, ""Question Time"", though it also contains elements that are more familiar to daytime chat shows. In the first four series, each show featured"