"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 not broadcast a different programme takes"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"complaints. Radio 4 has also been frequently criticised for being too middle class and being of little interest to non-white listeners.. BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a spoken-word radio channel owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is Gwyneth Williams, and the station is part of BBC Radio and the ""BBC Radio"" department. The station is broadcast from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London. Radio 4 is the principal radio channel in the UK for: It is the second most popular domestic radio station,"
"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"
"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"
"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"
"updated with monthly surveys, asking about political preferences and how people get the information they use to make decisions. It also covered consumer topics about different brands and preferred products, building up an image of how someone shops as much as how they vote. ""Channel 4 News"", a news programme broadcast by the British public service Channel 4, conducted a four-month investigation into Cambridge Analytica starting in November 2017. An undercover reporter posed as a potential customer for Cambridge Analytica, hoping to help Sri Lankan candidates get elected. Video footage from this operation was published on 19 March 2018. From"
"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"
"to 6.30pm. By 1997, the internet was becoming of interest to business and to the programme. In May 1998 it moved to 8.30pm on Mondays, and once more became a weekday programme. In January 2000, it moved to its present schedule of 8.30pm on Thursdays with a repeat at 9.30pm on Sundays. Its podcast is one of the most popular the BBC produces. In Business In Business is a half-hour documentary programme on BBC Radio 4. It is presented by the BBC's Business Correspondent Peter Day, and is broadcast at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays and repeated at 9:30 p.m. on"
"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"
"Front Row (radio) Front Row is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 that has been broadcast since 1998. The BBC describes the programme as a ""live magazine programme on the world of arts, literature, film, media and music."" It is broadcast each week day between 7.15 pm and 7.45 pm and has a podcast available for download. Shows usually include a mix of interviews, reviews, previews, discussions, reports and columns. Some episodes however, particularly on bank holidays, include a single interview with prominent figures in the arts or a half-hour-long feature on a single subject. ""Front Row"" has"
"Face the Facts Face the Facts was a consumer affairs programme on BBC Radio 4, featuring investigative journalism, that ran from the mid-1980s until 2015. Introduced by John Waite, cousin of the well-known humanitarian and churchman Terry Waite, it usually focused on individuals or organisations within the UK or Europe thought to be corrupt, engaged in malpractice or active criminality. The programme has imitated (and been imitated by) similar investigation shows in the UK, including the very similar ""The Cook Report"" (1985-98) on ITV. In 2008 the show received the Radio Documentary Award from the One World Broadcasting Trust (OWBT)"
"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"
"In Business In Business is a half-hour documentary programme on BBC Radio 4. It is presented by the BBC's Business Correspondent Peter Day, and is broadcast at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays and repeated at 9:30 p.m. on Sundays. It is the sister program of Global Business, which is also presented by Day and is broadcast on the BBC World Service. It began as an introductory programme on Tuesday 1 February 1983, being presented by Peter Hobday. From Tuesday 8 February it began as a half hour series at 8.35pm. From October 1984, it moved to 8.15pm. From October 1985, it"
"each music video. The channels' identity was also seen before and after advert breaks when the B4 logo forms on screen in a white box shape on an orange background. B4 was available 24 hours a day on Sky channel 357 and was part of a bouquet of music channels owned by CSC Media Group. B4 was an early morning music video programme broadcast from 2004 on weekdays on Channel 4 at 7am. It was normally broadcast as part of Channel 4's breakfast programming following children's programme The Hoobs and preceding a number of comedy programmes normally imported from America."
"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"
"4's ""Today"" programme, but from a Scottish perspective. It also features the daily religious slot ""Thought for the Day"", again similar to that broadcast on Radio 4's ""Today"" programme. The other daily news and current affairs strands are the ""Morning Call"" phone-in with Kaye Adams and Louise White (0900-1200), ""John Beattie"" (1200–1330) and ""Newsdrive"" (1600–1830). BBC Radio Scotland also air live First Minister's Questions from the Scottish Parliament (Thu, 1200-1230 (MW)) and ""Brian Taylor's Big Debate"" hosted by BBC Scotland's political editor and is in a similar format to ""Question Time"" (Fri, 1215–1300). Weekend current affairs programming includes weekend editions"
"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"
"by between 3 and 5 seconds and even longer online (up to 23 seconds). Radio 4 programmes cover a wide variety of genre including news and current affairs, history, culture, science, religion, arts, drama and light entertainment. A number of the programmes on Radio 4 take the form of a ""magazine"" show, featuring numerous small contributions over the course of the programme—""Woman's Hour"", ""From Our Own Correspondent"", ""You and Yours"". The rise of these magazine shows is primarily due to the work of Tony Whitby, controller of Radio 4 from 1970 to 1975. The station hosts a number of long-running"
"public discontent with its hardline policies. The role of Deepa Kaur, who is elected to serve as MP for the Romford constituency, is played by Priyanga Burford. Details of the programme with the working title 100 Days of UKIP were announced in October 2014. Within a day of the programme airing, over 1,000 complaints were lodged with Ofcom and Channel 4, reaching to over 5,000 complaints in a week to Ofcom and a further thousand to Channel 4, prompting the broadcasting regulator to open an investigation. In February 2015, ""The Guardian"" reported that a “significant number” of the complaints had"
"24 May 2009. The reason given was that it did not attract enough young listeners. The show attracted an average of 450,000 listeners, but only 20,000 were aged between 4-14. The average age of the listeners was between 52-55. The decision to axe ""Go4It"" means that there are now no children's programmes on BBC analogue radio. Studio guests and people Natalie Barrass interviewed: 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"
"The Channel Four Daily The Channel Four Daily (or Channel 4 Daily) is a breakfast television news magazine, which was produced by Independent Television News, in collaboration with other independent production companies for Channel 4. The programme was the first breakfast programme for Channel 4, broadcasting between 6am (6.30am from April 1990) and 9.25am each weekday morning. The first edition of the programme was broadcast on 3 April 1989, with the last edition being broadcast on 25 September 1992. ""The Channel Four Daily"" failed to gain enough viewers and was replaced with the relatively more popular programme, ""The Big Breakfast"""
"All 4 All 4 is a video on demand service from Channel Four Television Corporation. The service launched on 16 November 2006 as 4oD (shorthand for 4 on Demand). The service offers a variety of programmes recently shown on Channel 4, E4, More4, Film4 and 4Music and shorts. However some programmes and movies are not available due to rights issues. The cable and IPTV versions are operated through an appropriate set-top box whilst the internet variant can be accessed via their website. All 4 generated around 215 million long-form video views on all platforms where it is available in the"
"4 Stands Up 4 Stands Up is a BBC radio comedy show which has run since December 2007. The programme, which is broadcast on Thursdays at 6:30 pm on BBC Radio 4, contains stand up material from three comedy acts each show, with additional material from the show's host. The host remains consistent throughout the series, and the role has so far been filled by Michael McIntyre, Rhod Gilbert and Chris Addison. The programme is currently in its third series, and falls within a family of comedy programmes produced for BBC Radio 4, including 4 At The Store, 4 In"
"as well as a special edition of ""The Big Fat Quiz"" and using the original multicoloured 1982–1996 blocks logo on presentation and idents using the Fourscore jingle throughout the day. In November 2009, Channel 4 launched a week of 3D television, broadcasting selected programmes each night using stereoscopic ColorCode 3D technology. The accompanying 3D glasses were distributed through Sainsbury's supermarkets. On 29 September 2015, Channel 4 revamped its presentation for a fifth time; the new branding downplayed the ""4"" logo from most on-air usage, in favour of using the shapes from the logo in various forms. Four new idents were"
"first half of 2011, making Channel 4 the biggest commercial UK broadcaster in the video on-demand market during the period. On 30 March 2015, 4oD was merged into and renamed All 4. All 4 is the main source of on demand programmes from Channel 4, E4, and More4. The catch up service currently lasts 30 days, and the archive has thousands of hours of programming. As of April 2009, the internet version is fully available to Mac and Windows users with Adobe Flash Player installed. The ""catch-up"" service offers content free of charge for 30 days after a programme's broadcast"
"The Bottom Line (radio programme) The Bottom Line is a business discussion programme broadcast in the UK on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC News Channel, and internationally on the BBC World Service and BBC World News. It is a co-production between BBC News and The Open University. The programme began in 2006 and is presented by the BBC's former Economics Editor and ""Today Programme"" presenter, Evan Davis. It is produced by the BBC's Radio Current Affairs department. As of September 2013 it runs 26 weeks of the year in three series, at 8.30 pm on Thursdays on Radio 4,"
"the complaints were allegations of unfair treatment of UKIP during an election period, to which Channel 4 defended themselves by saying that such a period as defined by Ofcom had not started. They said that before the election they would broadcast a ""broad range of programming"" to ""encourage debate and engage viewers in political issues"". Within a week, the number of complaints to Ofcom had reached 5,262, with a further 1,300 complaints to Channel 4, prompting an investigation by the Ofcom. It generated more complaints than the most-complained-about programme in the whole of 2014, ""Celebrity Big Brother"", which had 3,784"
"He has sat on a number of Governmental committees and inquiries on topics including higher education in Wales, the role of elected councillors, innovation in children's services and spinning out public services as social enterprises. He is a regular panellist on Radio 4’s ""Moral Maze"", devised and presents the discussion programme, ""Agree to Differ"", which was first broadcast in 2014, and is an occasional presenter of ""Analysis"". His opinions pieces have been published in several national newspapers, he has a monthly column with the Local Government Chronicle, writes occasional book reviews for Management Today and has contributed extended essays to"