"Book at Bedtime Book at Bedtime (or A Book at Bedtime, as it was known until 9 July 1993) is a long-running radio programme which is currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each weekday evening between 22.45 and 23.00. The series began on the BBC Light Programme on 31 January 1949 with the first instalment of a 15-part reading of the John Buchan novel ""The Three Hostages"", read by Arthur Bush. There was a break after 29 March 1957, but the programme returned under its old title, now on the BBC Home Service, on 2 April 1962. (The Home Service"
"Today (BBC Radio 4) Today, or The Today Programme, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, broadcast on Monday to Friday from 6:00 am to 9:00 am, and from 7:00 am to 9:00 am on Saturday. It is the most popular programme on Radio 4, and one of the BBC's most popular programmes across its radio networks. Consisting of in-depth political interviews and reports interspersed with regular news bulletins, as well as ""Thought for the Day"", it has been voted the most influential news programme in Britain in setting the political agenda, with an average"
"Afternoon Drama The Afternoon Drama (formerly Afternoon Play) is a BBC Radio 4 radio drama, broadcast every weekday at 2.15pm. Generally each play is 45 minutes in duration and approximately 190 new plays are broadcast each year. More or less three-quarters are self-contained dramas. The remainder are short series of 2 to 6 episodes. As well as original drama series, the ""Afternoon Play"" has included a number of adaptations of popular works such as ""The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency"". In one form or another, the ""Afternoon Play"" has been a feature of afternoons on Radio 4 since its launch"
"1.1 Million and 800,000, making it one of the most popular outlets for new dramatic writing in the world. Monday's ""Afternoon Play"" is usually the most popular play of the week, and Thursday's is usually the least popular. Afternoon Drama The Afternoon Drama (formerly Afternoon Play) is a BBC Radio 4 radio drama, broadcast every weekday at 2.15pm. Generally each play is 45 minutes in duration and approximately 190 new plays are broadcast each year. More or less three-quarters are self-contained dramas. The remainder are short series of 2 to 6 episodes. As well as original drama series, the ""Afternoon"
"Saturday Live (radio series) Saturday Live is a BBC Radio 4 magazine programme which combines real-life stories with short features and contributions from studio guests as well as the musical feature known as ""Inheritance Tracks"". Currently presented by Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir, it is broadcast between 9.00 and 10.30 on Saturday mornings. In May 2008 the programme, then presented by Fi Glover, was named Best UK Speech Programme at the annual Sony Radio Academy Awards. In February 2011, however, it was highlighted by the journalist and newscaster Alastair Stewart as ""unfunny, self-indulgent, contrived and, worst of all, twee"" and"
"MacMillan pp 85-87 The World at One The World at One, or WATO (""what-oh"") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, which is currently broadcast from 1.00 pm to 1.45 pm from Monday to Friday. The programme describes itself as ""Britain's leading political programme. With a reputation for rigorous and original investigation, it is required listening in Westminster"". Because of the programme's nature it is often agenda setting, with interviews leading the headlines from lunchtime through to early evening. From 7 November 2011, the programme was extended in length to 45 minutes (from 30"
"The World at One The World at One, or WATO (""what-oh"") for short, is BBC Radio 4's long-running lunchtime news and current affairs programme, which is currently broadcast from 1.00 pm to 1.45 pm from Monday to Friday. The programme describes itself as ""Britain's leading political programme. With a reputation for rigorous and original investigation, it is required listening in Westminster"". Because of the programme's nature it is often agenda setting, with interviews leading the headlines from lunchtime through to early evening. From 7 November 2011, the programme was extended in length to 45 minutes (from 30 minutes). This has"
"One's daytime programmes. Channel 4 predominately broadcasts comedy and music programmes such as ""Everybody Loves Raymond"" and ""Freshly Squeezed"" in its morning slot. The weekday breakfast news programme ends at 9:15 am on BBC One and 8:30 am on ITV. Following this on BBC One, lifestyle programming is generally shown, including property, auction and home/garden makeover. BBC One continues this genre until after the lunchtime news, whereby afternoon has a soap called ""Doctors"" followed by dramas currently occupy the schedule. BBC Two broadcasts repeats of recent BBC One programmes with on-screen signing before airing news and politics programming between 11"
"Sunday late night slot. Weekdays on the major British channels generally consist of breakfast programming followed by game shows, soap operas and lifestyle programmes during the day. Channel 4 has also had consistent success with late-afternoon game shows; ""Countdown"", airing daily since the network's launch, has been one of the network's most popular programs. In the UK, Saturday night prime time is usually devoted to entertainment programming such as reality talent shows such as ""The X Factor"" on ITV and ""Strictly Come Dancing"" on the BBC in the United Kingdom or drama programmes such as ""Doctor Who"" on the BBC"
"Sunday (radio programme) Sunday is a radio programme currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday mornings between 7.10 and 7.55 am. It features discussions of religious and ethical topics, looking in particular at those currently in the news. Although broadcast on a Sunday, the programme does not restrict itself to exclusively Christian stories and perspectives, but includes guest speakers from a variety of different religions. Its chief presenters are Edward Stourton and William Crawley. Other presenters since 1970 have included Paul Barnes, Trevor Barnes, Roger Bolton, Andrew Green, Ted Harrison, Alison Hilliard, Clive Jacobs, Jane Little, Chris Morgan, Colin"
"Go4It Go4It was a British children's magazine programme broadcast on Sunday evenings at 7.15pm on BBC Radio 4, and one of the few speech-based shows on British national radio aimed at younger listeners. It was broadcast between 2001 and 2009. Children's radio had been provided by ""Listen with Mother"" from 1950 to 1982 and subsequently by a weekday lunchtime programme called ""Listening Corner"". From 1990, there were Children's BBC radio serials on BBC Radio 5. When that station closed in 1994 CBBC serials moved to Radio 4 on Sundays from 7 to 7.30pm until Easter 1998 when it was replaced"
"example, a swimming pool where a person on an inflatable ring appears in the bottom-left corner, though ripples don't enter the remaining quarters. Although the image appears as one at the start of the ident, by the end it is clearly four separate images. BBC Four BBC Four is a British free-to-air television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation. It was launched on 2 March 2002, with a schedule running from 7:00pm to 4:00am. The channel shows ""a wide variety of programmes including comedy, documentaries, music, international film, original programmes, drama and current affairs ... an alternative to programmes"
"4's ""Today"" programme. It was previously hosted by the journalist Andrew Rawnsley. The Westminster Hour The Westminster Hour is a British political news review, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each Sunday evening between 22:00 and 23:00 (starting with a national and international news bulletin). The programme began to be broadcast in 1998. Despite the reference in its title to the Palace of Westminster – meeting-place of the Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament – the programme also deals with topics and events connected with the work of the UK's devolved legislative assemblies in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and London. The programme"
"Morris, Gerry Northam, Gerald Priestland, and Libby Purves. Sunday (radio programme) Sunday is a radio programme currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Sunday mornings between 7.10 and 7.55 am. It features discussions of religious and ethical topics, looking in particular at those currently in the news. Although broadcast on a Sunday, the programme does not restrict itself to exclusively Christian stories and perspectives, but includes guest speakers from a variety of different religions. Its chief presenters are Edward Stourton and William Crawley. Other presenters since 1970 have included Paul Barnes, Trevor Barnes, Roger Bolton, Andrew Green, Ted Harrison, Alison"
"PM (BBC Radio 4) PM, sometimes referred to as the PM programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early evening news and current affairs programme. It is currently presented by Evan Davis and Carolyn Quinn. ""PM"" is broadcast from 5pm to 6pm from Monday to Friday and from 5pm to 5:30pm on Saturdays. On weekdays it is followed by another news programme, the ""Six O'Clock News"". ""PM"" launched on 6 April 1970, with its first presenters, William Hardcastle and Derek Cooper, promising a programme that """"sums up the day, and your evening starts here"""". It made history for"
"15 Minute Drama 15 Minute Drama, previously known as Woman's Hour Drama, is a BBC Radio 4 Arts and Drama production. It consists of 15-minute episodes, broadcast every weekday 10.45–11.00am (i.e. at the end of ""Woman's Hour"" proper), repeated at 7.45–8.00pm. These tend to be plays which extend over a week, or multiple of five episodes. Occasionally, each day's slot for a week or more will be filled by single drama, linked to the others of the week by a theme. The subjects covered are many and varied, and not just for women. According to Radio 4, they aim to"
"Midweek (BBC Radio 4) Midweek was a British weekly radio magazine series broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was aired on Wednesday at 09.00 and repeated later the same day at 21.00. It was presented by Libby Purves and each week several guests discussed various topics with her. ""Start the Week"" and ""Stop the Week"", also broadcast on Radio 4, employ similar formats, although ""Stop the Week"" is no longer broadcast. The final broadcast of Midweek aired on 29 March 2017. In 1986, then-producer Victor Lewis-Smith employed cockney comedian Arthur Mullard as stand-in for Purves who was on holiday. The"
"provide a mixture of classic and contemporary drama, adaptations of books and original writing. 15 Minute Drama 15 Minute Drama, previously known as Woman's Hour Drama, is a BBC Radio 4 Arts and Drama production. It consists of 15-minute episodes, broadcast every weekday 10.45–11.00am (i.e. at the end of ""Woman's Hour"" proper), repeated at 7.45–8.00pm. These tend to be plays which extend over a week, or multiple of five episodes. Occasionally, each day's slot for a week or more will be filled by single drama, linked to the others of the week by a theme. The subjects covered are many"
"BBC Four BBC Four is a British free-to-air television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation. It was launched on 2 March 2002, with a schedule running from 7:00pm to 4:00am. The channel shows ""a wide variety of programmes including comedy, documentaries, music, international film, original programmes, drama and current affairs ... an alternative to programmes on the mainstream TV channels"". It is required by its licence to air at least 100 hours of new arts and music programmes, 110 hours of new factual programmes and to premiere 20 foreign films each year. BBC Four launched on 2 March 2002"
"The Westminster Hour The Westminster Hour is a British political news review, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each Sunday evening between 22:00 and 23:00 (starting with a national and international news bulletin). The programme began to be broadcast in 1998. Despite the reference in its title to the Palace of Westminster – meeting-place of the Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament – the programme also deals with topics and events connected with the work of the UK's devolved legislative assemblies in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and London. The programme is currently hosted (2015) by Carolyn Quinn a former presenter of Radio"
"Radio 4 Appeal The Radio 4 Appeal is a British radio programme on BBC Radio 4. Each week a single speaker, usually a celebrity, appeals for support for a different charity (for example Paul Heiney appealed on behalf of Send a Cow in 2008, while Ross Noble appealed on behalf of Riders for Health in 2010). Listeners are invited to respond by sending cheques using a Freepost address, or can make payments online or by telephone. Listeners can also set up a standing order payment to support all 52 charities each year. The programme is transmitted at 07:55 and 21:26"
"Channel 4 News Channel 4 News is the main news programme on British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since Channel 4's launch in November 1982. ""Channel 4 News"" is the name of Channel 4's award-winning flagship evening news programme. The editor is Ben de Pear, appointed in July 2012. The programme is presented by Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Cathy Newman and Matt Frei and is on the air Monday to Thursday from 7.00 to 7.55 pm, Friday from 7.00 to 7.30 pm, and at variable times on weekends. Alex Thomson is"
"accusing him of implying she was a racist and called him a 'son of a bitch'. According to a Radio 4 spokeswoman, around twenty people contacted the station, subsequent to the live broadcast, some critical of the swearing, but most ""called to say they really enjoyed the debate"". Midweek (BBC Radio 4) Midweek was a British weekly radio magazine series broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was aired on Wednesday at 09.00 and repeated later the same day at 21.00. It was presented by Libby Purves and each week several guests discussed various topics with her. ""Start the Week"" and"
"the News Coverage Award for a special programme on the Paris Attacks. They also won the News Coverage Award at the 2016 BAFTA awards for a programme about the refugee crisis. Viewing figures for range from 17,000 to 22,000 according to S4C's weekly ratings report. North Wales South Wales Mid and West Wales Newyddion The main evening programme (branded ""9"") is broadcast each weekday evening between 9pm and 9:30pm, with shorter editions airing at varying times on Saturday and Sunday evenings. In 2009, a new service of short weekday bulletins was introduced. Five-minute updates are broadcast at lunchtime (1:00pm), mid-afternoon"
"Inside Science Inside Science is a science programme broadcast on BBC Radio Four. It is normally broadcast from 4: 30 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, and is repeated 9 to 9: 30 p.m. on Thursday. It is normally presented by Adam Rutherford, but may occasionally be presented by a different presenter, such as Gareth Mitchell or Marnie Chesterton. Any branch of science, physics, chemistry or biology, may be discussed on the programme. The programme normally features the presenter interviewing several people who are specialists in different areas of science. On occasions, topics connected with the history of science may feature"
"used a roster of broadcasters to host at other times. The World Tonight 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 10pm news. It features news, analysis and comment on domestic and world issues. Ritula Shah is currently the main presenter, usually presenting the first three days of the week. The programme utilises other BBC broadcasters including David Eades, Carolyn Quinn, James Coomarasamy, Roger Hearing, Samira Ahmed and Felicity Evans to regularly present on Thursdays, Fridays and in Shah's absence. Between 1989"
"ITN is home to Channel 4 News, having produced the programme since the channel's inception in 1982. The Channel 4 News flagship programme is 55 minutes of in-depth news and current affairs broadcast at 7pm each weekday and at 6.30pm on Saturdays and Sundays. The weekday evening programme is anchored by Jon Snow, whereas Krishnan Guru-Murthy presents the weekend bulletins. A five-minute-long news summary goes out Monday to Friday at midday. The bulletin replaced Channel 4's 30-minute ""News at Noon"" programme in late 2009, six years after its launch during the Iraq War of 2003. ITN created ""More4 News"" when"
"Inside Health Inside Health is a British radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 discussing health issues which people struggle to understand. The first episode was broadcast on 10 January 2012. It is broadcast on Tuesday evenings at 9pm and repeated on Wednesdays at 3: 30pm. Mark Porter presents the programme. BBC Radio 4 has broadcast health related programmes since its inception in 1967. Mark Porter joined the BBC in 1992 and has been contributing to Radio 4 since. He also presents ""Case Notes"" for the channel. In 2011 Radio 4 controller, Gwyneth Williams commissioned a new nine part series"
"BBC Radio 4 Extra BBC Radio 4 Extra is a British digital radio station broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day. It is the principal broadcaster of the BBC's spoken-word archive, and as a result the majority of its programming originates from that archive. It also broadcasts extended and companion programmes to those broadcast on sister station BBC Radio 4, and provides a ""catch-up"" service for certain Radio 4 programmes. The station launched in December 2002 as BBC 7, broadcasting a similar mix of archive comedy, drama and current children's radio. The station"
"researcher, written by and starring Neil Edmond. While most shows on Radio 7 were repeats, original programmes included: Original programmes made for Radio 4 Extra. BBC Radio 4 Extra BBC Radio 4 Extra is a British digital radio station broadcasting archived repeats of comedy, drama and documentary programmes nationally, 24 hours a day. It is the principal broadcaster of the BBC's spoken-word archive, and as a result the majority of its programming originates from that archive. It also broadcasts extended and companion programmes to those broadcast on sister station BBC Radio 4, and provides a ""catch-up"" service for certain Radio"
"4 O'Clock Club 4 O'Clock Club is a British comedy drama and musical children's television series, which premiered on 13 January 2012 on CBBC and CBBC HD. A second series began airing on 4 January 2013, and the third series premiered on 20 December 2013. Series 4 began airing on 28 January 2015, and Series 5 was aired on CBBC and CBBC HD from February to May 2016. The show's seventh series started airing from 24 January 2018, and ended on 18 April 2018. In March 2011, auditions were held for ""4 O'Clock Club"", and the show was publicly announced"
"to be broadcast on Radio 4 on Saturday evenings from 1996 until the relaunch of the channel's schedule in April 1998 by James Boyle, when single dramas were removed from the Saturday evening schedule. Since 1998, the main weekly play on the station has been ""The Saturday Play"", a daytime programme that runs for 60–90 minutes. There have since been campaigns to bring back ""Saturday Night Theatre"", but in the context of BBC budget cuts, that have included the 2010 axing of Radio 4's ""Friday Play"" (established in 1998, when ""Saturday Night Theatre"" was abolished), any return looks unlikely. Saturday"
"in the programme via its website. You and Yours You and Yours is a British radio consumer affairs programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4. ""You and Yours"" began broadcasting in October 1970, when its first presenter was Joan York. In the 1980s it briefly ran seven days a week. In April 1998 it was increased from a 25-minute programme to 55 minutes. However, in 2014 the running time was reduced to approximately 40 minutes to make space for Radio 4's World War I drama ""Home Front"" which is on from 12:04 to 12:15. In the months when ""Home Front"" is"