BBC Radio 4 is a domestic UK radio station that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news News is the communication of information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience, drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance, though it has also come to refer to a specific genre of fiction involving a serious mood and conflict. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα, drama), which is derived from "to do" (Classical Greek: δράω, drao). The, comedy Comedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece. In the Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was, science Science is a systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge about nature and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable laws and theories. As knowledge has increased, some methods have proved more reliable than others, and today the scientific method is the standard for science. It includes the use of careful observation, experimentation, and history History is the study of the human past. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its. It replaced the BBC Home Service Between the 1920s and the outbreak of World War II, the BBC had developed two nationwide radio services, the BBC National Programme and the BBC Regional Programme. As the name of the latter suggests, as well as a "basic" service programmed from London, the Regional Programme included a large measure of additional, alternative, or in 1967.^[2]

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Radio 4 is the second most popular British domestic radio station Radio broadcasting is an audio broadcasting service, broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to a receiving antenna. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast common programming, either in syndication or simulcast or both. Audio broadcasting also can be done via cable FM, local, after Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the UK. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2, and was named "UK Radio Station of the Year" at the 2003, 2004 and 2008 Sony Radio Academy Awards.^[3][4] Costing £71.4 million (2005/6),^[5] it is the BBC's most expensive national radio network and is considered by many to be the corporation's flagship. There is currently no comparable UK commercial network (nor any internationally). This situation is unlikely to change in the near future, as Channel 4 Channel 4 is a UK public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel Four Television Corporation, a public body established abandoned plans to launch its own speech-based digital radio station in October 2008 as part of a £100m cost cutting review.^[6]

The controller of Radio 4 is Mark Damazer. The previous controller was Helen Boaden Helen Boaden is the director of BBC News, part of the world’s biggest broadcast news operation (BBC Journalism). Boaden controls much of the BBC's domestic news output along with current affairs, including programmes such as Newsnight and Panorama, who is now the head of BBC News BBC News is the department of the BBC responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. The service maintains 44 foreign news bureaux and has. The most controversial controller in recent years was James Boyle, nicknamed "McBirt" for his support of the BBC's former Director-General The Director-General is chief executive and editor-in-chief of the BBC. The position was formerly appointed by the Board of Governors of the BBC and is now appointed by the BBC Trust, John Birt John Birt, Baron Birt , was an influential if controversial figure in British broadcasting. He was Director-General of the BBC from 1992 to 2000.

Music Music is an art form whose medium is sound. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm (and its associated concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture. The word derives from Greek μουσική (mousike), "(art) of the Muses." and sport A sport is commonly defined as an organized, competitive, and skillful physical activity requiring commitment and fair play.[note] It is governed by a set of rules or customs. In a sport the key factors are the physical capabilities and skills of the competitor when determining the outcome . The physical activity involves the movement of people, are the only fields that largely fall outside the station's remit. There are occasional concerts, and documentaries related to various forms of popular music Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal", and stands in contrast to art music, and traditional music which was disseminated orally. Although popular music sometimes is known as "pop music", the "two terms are not interchangeable. Popular music is a generic term for music of all ages, almost entirely absent from the station until fairly recently, are broadcast from time to time, and ball-by-ball commentaries Test Match Special is a British radio programme covering professional cricket, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (long wave), Five Live Sports Extra (digital) and the internet to the United Kingdom and (where broadcasting rights permit) the rest of the world. TMS provides ball-by-ball coverage of most Test cricket, One Day International, and Twenty20 of most test cricket Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. It is generally considered the ultimate test of playing ability and endurance in the sport matches played by England are broadcast on long wave for over 70 days a year which means listeners rely on FM broadcasts or increasingly DAB for mainstream Radio 4 broadcasts for a fifth of the year. However the number of those relying solely on long wave is now a small minority. The cricket broadcasts even take precedence over on the hour news bulletins, but not the Shipping Forecast The Shipping Forecast is a four-times-daily BBC radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. It is produced by the UK Meteorological Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (part of the Department for Transport). The forecasts sent over the Navtex. Because the long-wave service can be received clearly at sea around the coasts of Britain Great Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island. With a population of about 61.8 million people in mid-2009, it is the third most populated island on Earth. Great Britain is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets. The island of and Ireland, Radio 4 carries these regular weather forecasts for shipping and gale warnings.^[7] The station has also been designated as the UK's national broadcaster in times of national emergency such as a war: if all other radio stations were forced to close, Radio 4 would still carry on broadcasting.^[6] It was confirmed in a recent documentary that Radio 4 had an additional role during the Cold War: the commanders of nuclear-armed submarines believing that the UK had suffered nuclear attack were required to check if they could still receive Radio 4, and would launch a retaliatory strike if they could not.

The station is available on FM In telecommunications, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency (contrast this with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant). In analog applications, the difference between the instantaneous and the base frequency of the (in most of the UK and the North of France), LW In radio, longwave refers to parts of radio spectrum with relatively long wavelengths. The term is a historic one dating from the early 20th century, when the radio spectrum was considered to consist of long, medium and short wavelengths. Most modern radio systems and devices use parts of the spectrum which would then have been considered 'ultra- (throughout the UK and in parts of Northern Europe), MW Medium Wave is that part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting. For Europe the MW band allocated for broadcasting is from 531 kHz - 1611 kHz and in North America an extended MW broadcast band goes from 535 kHz - 1705 kHz (in some areas), DAB Digital Audio Broadcasting , is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the DAB format, Digital TV (including Freeview DTV Services, trading as Freeview, is the name for the collection of free-to-air services on the Digital Terrestrial Television platform in the UK. The service is jointly run by its five equal shareholders — BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and transmitter operator Arqiva. DTV Services is designed to market changes to the platform. In association with, Freesat Freesat is a free-to-air digital satellite television joint venture between the BBC and ITV plc, serving the United Kingdom. The service was marketed from 6 May 2008 and offers a satellite alternative to the Freeview service on digital terrestrial television, with a selection of channels available without subscription for users purchasing a, Sky Sky Digital is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E and Virgin Media Virgin Media Inc. is an American-domiciled British provider of television, telephone and broadband internet services to domestic and business customers in the UK, delivered primarily through its fibre-optic cable network, headquartered on paper in New York City with operations based in Hook, North Hampshire, UK. The company was formerly known as), and on the Internet The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet Protocol Suite to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope that are linked by a broad array of electronic and.

History

The BBC Home Service was the predecessor of Radio 4 and broadcast between 1939 and 1967. It had regional variations A regional variation generally refers to times when a television or radio station simultaneously broadcasts different programmes, continuity or adverts to different parts of its coverage area. This may be so as to provide programming specific to a particular region, such as local news or may be so as to allow advertisements to be target ted to a and was broadcast on medium wave Medium Wave is that part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM broadcasting. For Europe the MW band allocated for broadcasting is from 531 kHz - 1611 kHz and in North America an extended MW broadcast band goes from 535 kHz - 1705 kHz with a network of VHF VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 MHz to 300 MHz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency (HF), and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency (UHF). The frequency allocation is done by ITU FM In telecommunications, frequency modulation conveys information over a carrier wave by varying its instantaneous frequency (contrast this with amplitude modulation, in which the amplitude of the carrier is varied while its frequency remains constant). In analog applications, the difference between the instantaneous and the base frequency of the transmitters being added from 1955 onwards. Radio 4 replaced the Home Service on 30 September 1967, when the BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is the largest broadcasting organisation in the world. Its global headquarters are located in London and its main responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The BBC is an autonomous public service broadcaster that operates under a Royal renamed many of its domestic radio stations,^[2] in response to the challenge of offshore radio Offshore radio refers to the practice of radio broadcasting from ships or fixed maritime structures, usually in international waters. The claimed first wireless broadcast of music and speech for the purpose of entertainment was transmitted from a Royal Naval craft, the HMS Andromeda, in 1907. The broadcast was organized by a Lieutenant Quentin. It moved to long wave in 1978, taking over the 200 kHz frequency previously held by Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the UK. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres. Radio 2 broadcasts throughout the UK on FM between 88.1 and 90.2, and later moved to 198 kHz as a result of international agreements aimed at avoiding interference.

Between 17 January 1991 and 2 March 1991, the FM broadcasts were replaced by a continuous news service devoted to the Gulf War Iran-Iraq War – Opera – Al-Anfal Campaign – Gulf War – 1991 uprisings – Provide Comfort – Southern Watch – 1993 cruise missile strikes – Kurdish Civil War – Desert Strike – Northern Watch – Desert Fox – Kurdistan Islamist Conflict – Southern Focus – Iraq War, nicknamed "Scud FM Scud FM was the nickname given by the journalists to the BBC radio rolling news service that was on air during the first Gulf War from 16 January until 2 March 1991. It used BBC Radio 4's FM frequencies, whilst their regular scheduled service continued on long wave. This service was also broadcast on BBC World Service".

Radio 4 is part of the Royal Navy The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of HM Armed Forces . From the beginning of the 18th century until well into the 20th century it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s. In World War II the Royal Navy operated almost's system of Last Resort Letters. In the event of a suspected catastrophic attack on the United Kingdom, submarine The Vanguard class are the Royal Navy's current nuclear ballistic missile submarines , each armed with up to 16 Trident II Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs). The class was introduced in 1994 as part of the UK government's Trident nuclear weapons programme commanders check for a broadcast signal from Radio 4 to verify annihilation of the homeland.^[8]

Programmes and schedules

Daily schedule

The night-time feed from the BBC World Service The BBC World Service is arguably the most widely recognised international broadcaster, currently broadcasting in 32 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays. It is politically independent , non-profit, and commercial-free ends at 05:20, with a brief introduction from the early shift continuity announcer Continuity is a term used in broadcasting, especially in the United Kingdom, to refer to announcements, messages and graphics played by the broadcaster between specific programmes. It typically includes programme schedules, announcement of the programme immediately following and trailers or descriptions of forthcoming programmes. Continuity can be. The five-minute Radio 4 UK Theme The BBC Radio 4 UK Theme is an orchestral arrangement of traditional British airs composed by Fritz Spiegl which was played every morning on BBC Radio 4 between 23 November 1978 and 23 April 2006 (composed by Fritz Spiegl Fritz Spiegl was born at Zurndorf, Austria, the son of an agricultural merchant and his Jewish wife. He became a musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector who lived and worked in England from 1939) followed this for 33 years until April 2006. It was replaced by an extension to the early news bulletin,^[9][10] despite some public opposition^[11] and a campaign to save it.^[12] After a continuity link and programme trail there is a shipping forecast The Shipping Forecast is a four-times-daily BBC radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles. It is produced by the UK Meteorological Office and broadcast by BBC Radio 4 on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (part of the Department for Transport). The forecasts sent over the Navtex, weather reports Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since at least the nineteenth century. Weather forecasts are made by collecting quantitative data about the current from coastal stations for 04:00GMT and the inshore waters forecasts, followed at 05:30 by a news bulletin, a review of British and international newspapers A newspaper is a regularly scheduled publication containing news, information, and advertising. By 2007 there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a day (55 million in the U.S). The worldwide recession of 2008, combined with the rapid growth of web-based alternatives, caused a serious decline in advertising and, and a business A business is a legally recognized organization designed to provide goods or services, or both, to consumers, businesses and governmental entities. Businesses are predominant in capitalist economies. Most businesses are privately owned. A business is typically formed to earn profit that will increase the wealth of its owners and grow the business report. On weekdays, Farming Today, which deals with news of relevance to the agricultural sector, is followed by the Today programme Today, sometimes referred to as the Today programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am to 9am from Monday to Friday and from 7am to 9am on Saturdays. It is also the most popular programme on Radio 4 and one of the BBC's most popular programmes across from 06:00 to 09:00.

After the Today programme, the schedule is then determined by the day of the week, though on every weekday there are 'fixtures': Woman's Hour at 10:00, You and Yours at 12:00, The World at One and a repeat of the previous day's The Archers at 2:00 pm, followed by the Afternoon Play at 2.15 pm. At 5:00 pm another current affairs programme, PM, is broadcast. At 6:30 pm there is a regular comedy 'slot', followed by The Archers. At weekends the schedule is different, but also has its 'fixtures' at various times.

On or after the hour, a news bulletin is broadcast—this is sometimes a two-minute summary, a longer piece as part of a current affairs programme, or a 30-minute broadcast on weekdays at 18:00 and midnight. At 12:00, FM has a four-minute bulletin while long wave has the headlines and then the Shipping Forecast; for the same reason, long wave leaves PM on weekdays at 17:54.

There is a news programme or bulletin (depending on the day) at 22:00. The midnight news is followed on weekdays by a repeat of Book of the Week. The tune Sailing By is played until 00:48, when the late shipping forecast is broadcast. Timing is said to be difficult as the Sailing By theme must be started at a set time and faded in as the last programme ends. Radio 4 finishes with the national anthem, God Save the Queen, and the World Service takes over from 01:00 until 05:20.

Timing is considered sacrosanct on the channel. Running over the hour except in special circumstances or occasional scheduled instance is unheard of, and even interrupting the Greenwich Time Signal^[13] on the hour (known as 'crashing the pips') is frowned upon.

An online schedule page lists the running order of programmes.^[14]

Production

Many Radio 4 programmes are pre-recorded. Programmes transmitted live include daily programmes such as Today, magazine programme Woman's Hour, consumer affairs programme You and Yours, and (often) the music, film, books, arts and culture programme Front Row. Continuity is generally managed from BBC Broadcasting House whilst news bulletins, including the hourly summaries and longer programmes such as the Six O'Clock News and Midnight News, and news programmes such as Today, The World at One and PM come from the BBC News Centre at Television Centre in White City. They were moved there in 1998 when the News Centre was opened to house both radio and TV news.^[15] News returned to Broadcasting House in 2008.^[16]

The Time Signal, known as 'the pips', is usually broadcast every hour to herald the news bulletin.

Programmes

Radio 4 is distinguished by its long-running programmes, many of which have been broadcast for over 40 years.

Most programmes are available for a week after broadcast as streaming audio from Radio 4's listen again page^[17] and via BBC iPlayer. A selection of programmes is also available as podcasts or downloadable audio files.^[18] Many comedy and drama programmes from the Radio 4 archives are rebroadcast on BBC Radio 7.

Continuity announcers and newsreaders

Announcers link programmes and read trails for programmes and for the Shipping Forecast. Newsreaders read hourly summaries and longer bulletins.^[19][20]

Senior Announcers

Newsreaders/Continuity Announcers

Newsreaders (non-Today programme)/Continuity Announcers

Newsreaders (non-Today programme)

Continuity Announcers

Former staff

Frequencies and other means of reception

Radio 4 is broadcast on:^[21]

• 92–95 MHz FM
  • 95.8 MHz in central Scotland
  • 96 MHz in Greater Belfast^[22]
  • 103–104.5 MHz in parts of Wales and on 103.6 MHz in the Inverness area^[22]
• 198 kHz longwave
• Medium wave in some areas:
  • 720 kHz in London and Northern Ireland
  • 1449 kHz in Aberdeen and North East Scotland
• DAB
  • Standard FM content
  • Subsidiary LW content, where applicable
• Freeview channel 704 (FM only)^[23]
• The Internet
  • Radio 4 FM live
  • Radio 4 LW live
• Digital satellite:
  • Radio 4 FM:
    • Freesat channel 704
    • Sky channel 0104^[24]
  • Radio 4 LW:
    • Freesat channel 710
    • Sky channel 0143^[24]
• Virgin Media channel 904 (FM), channel 911 (LW)
• Selected other cable television providers
  • UPC Ireland channel 910 in Ireland
• TalkTalk TV channel 604

Criticisms

There have been criticisms voiced by newspapers in recent years over a perceived "left-wing" bias at Radio 4 across a range of issues such as the EU and the Iraq War,^{[25][26][27][28]} as well as sycophancy in interviews, particularly on the popular morning news magazine "Today"^[29][30] as part of a reported perception of a general "malaise" at the BBC. Conversely, the station has sometimes also been criticised for an overtly socially and culturally conservative approach,^[31] though these criticisms are less prominent than they once were following the station's evolution under recent controllers.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Radio 4 UK Theme
• ABC Radio National
• Radio New Zealand National

References

1. ^ "Listening Figures". RAJAR. http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly_listening.php. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
2. ^ ^{a b} History of the BBC: 1960s
3. ^ The Sony Radio Academy Awards: Winners 2004
4. ^ "Sony Radio Academy Awards - Winners 2008". Radioawards.org. http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?category=UK_Station_of_the_Year&year=2008. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
5. ^ "BBC Annual Report and Accounts 2005/2006, page 106". http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/review_report_research/bbcannualreport.pdf?page=106. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
6. ^ ^{a b} John Plunkett (2008-10-10). "Channel 4 has abandoned its entire radio project, as it seeks to make £100m in savings". London: Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/oct/10/channel4-radio. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
7. ^ "Met Office Shipping Forecast key". Metoffice.gov.uk. 2008-11-19. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/guide/shipping/key.html. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
8. ^ Rosenbaum, Ron (2009-01-09). "Nuclear apocalypse and the Letter of Last Resort. - By Ron Rosenbaum - Slate Magazine". Slate.com. http://www.slate.com/id/2208219/. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
9. ^ "Press release: New early morning schedule for Radio 4". Bbc.co.uk. 2006-01-23. http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/01_january/23/radio4.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
10. ^ "UK Theme to be dropped by Radio 4". London: BBC News. 2006-01-23. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4640990.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
11. ^ "Today: The UK Theme". Bbc.co.uk. 2007-04-13. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/reports/misc/uktheme_20052401.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
12. ^ "savetheradio4theme.co.uk". savetheradio4theme.co.uk. 2006-03-28. http://savetheradio4theme.co.uk/. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
13. ^ "Pip pip". London: BBC. 6 February 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3462079.stm. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
14. ^ "Radio 4 Daily Schedule page". Bbc.co.uk. 2010-02-08. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/schedule/. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
15. ^ BBC Annual Report and Accounts 1998-1999
16. ^ "New era for Broadcasting House". London: BBC News. 2000-10-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/998847.stm. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
17. ^ 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm. "Radio 4: Listen Again". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
18. ^ "Radio 4 - Downloading and Podcasting". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/directory/station/radio4/. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
19. ^ "''Being a newsreader'' by Harriet Cass". Bbc.co.uk. 2008-04-30. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/newsreader.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
20. ^ "List of BBC Radio newsreaders". London: BBC News. 2007-07-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/radio_newsroom/radio_newsreaders/. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
21. ^ "Ways of Listening to Radio 4". Bbc.co.uk. 2006-04-15. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/help/waystolisten.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
22. ^ ^{a b} "BBC analogue broadcast frequencies". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/waystolisten/analogue/. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
23. ^ BBC Radio 4 on Freeview
24. ^ ^{a b} "Free Channels on the Sky Digital Satellite Platform". Wickonline.com. http://www.wickonline.com/fta.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
25. ^ Fisk, Tracy (2007-02-06). "Is Radio 4 alienating its core audience?". London: Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=BLOGDETAIL&grid=F11&blog=yourview&xml=/news/2007/02/06/ublview06.xml. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
26. ^ BBC report damns its ‘culture of bias’ - Times Online
27. ^ "BBC is given EU ‘bias’ rap | The Sun |HomePage|News|EU Referendum". The Sun. 2007-10-05. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/eu_referendum/article298647.ece. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
28. ^ Leonard, Tom (2006-10-27). "The BBC's commitment to bias is no laughing matter". London: Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2006/10/27/do2701.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2006/10/27/ixopinion.html. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
29. ^ "BBC Bias". Labour-watch.com. http://www.labour-watch.com/bbcbias.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
30. ^ "Stephen Pollard: I don't want bias with my cornflakes - Commentators, Opinion". London: Independent.co.uk. 2003-10-20. http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/stephen-pollard-i-dont-want-bias-with-my-cornflakes-583933.html. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
31. ^ Hasan, Mehdi (27 August 2009). "Bias and the Beeb". New Statesman. http://www.newstatesman.com/uk-politics/2009/08/mehdi-hasan-bbc-wing-bias-corporation. Retrieved 2009-11-05.

Further reading

• Elmes, Simon And Now on Radio 4, 2007, Random House
• Hendy, David Life on Air: A History of Radio Four, 2007, Oxford University Press
• Mullen, L (2007-09-29). "20 things you didn’t know about Radio 4". TV & Radio (London: The Times). http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2529314.ece. Retrieved 2007-10-02.

External links

• BBC Radio 4 at BBC Online

• BBC Radio 4 Newsletter at BBC Online
• Last.FM: BBC Radio 4 group
• Index of Radio 4 programmes about usability and design
• Pilgrimage to the Pips: A Radio 4 Announcers' Charity Walk

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