Tagged with: Presenters
Posts (10)
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Feedback: Presenters' views about the BBC
Roger Bolton
Roger Bolton asks: Should BBC presenters be allowed to express their views about the future of the BBC and in particular of the licence fee?
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Woman's Hour - Guest Presenters in August 2013
Alice Feinstein
Editor, Woman's Hour
Alice Feinstein, Editor of Radio 4's Woman's Hour, discusses the three guest presenters - Victoria Derbyshire, Kirstie Allsopp and Kate Mosse – that will stand in for Jane Garvey over August 2013 while Jane is occupied with Radio 4's new Summer Nights series.
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Beyond Belief - dealing with serious issues in a serious way
Ernie Rea
I gave up my day job as Head of Religious Broadcasting at the Beeb in January 2001 and began presenting Beyond Belief in January 2002. It was just three months after 9/11 and the events of that day gave it a context: All of a sudden everyone was interested in world religions. Britain woke up to ...
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Sue MacGregor steps down from A Good Read
Clare McGinn
Head of Radio & Music Production, Bristol
A few weeks ago, at the Bristol Old Vic, Sue MacGregor announced to the audience that this was to be her final programme as the regular presenter of A Good Read. Our guest reviewers were the acclaimed actor Timothy West, who has a strong connection with the theatre and with Bristol, and the best...
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Upsetting people on Today
Roger Bolton
Which Today programme presenter reportedly said he wants to "upset" more people? Dead easy. John Humphrys surely? Well, no actually. Step forward Mr Nice-Guy himself, the ever courteous Justin Webb, widely admired by many Feedback listeners for the way he doesn't interrupt every few seconds....
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Simon Schama on taking over A Point of View
Steve Bowbrick
Head of Interactive, Radio 3
Sheila Cook is producer of Radio 4's weekly personal essay slot - A Point of View. Simon Schama takes over this evening for a 10-week run of the short programme that's been filling the gap left by Alistair Cook's America. Simon and Sheila stayed on in the studio after Monday's recording to rec...
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Justin Webb on his first Today appearance
Steve Bowbrick
Head of Interactive, Radio 3
Justin Webb, until recently the BBC's North America Editor, arrived in the Today studio this morning for his first appearance as a permanent presenter of the programme (he's filled in once or twice in the past). We asked Chris Vallance to talk to Justin - exclusively for the Radio 4 blog - about...
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Quentin Cooper's week
Quentin Cooper
Editor's note: Quentin sent me this update to his blog post this morning - SB. Look, the thing about blogs is they're the almost unedited brain-to-webpage outpourings of whoever writes them and although I thought "Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan" which is one of the most fun in the series, unf...
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Sheila Dillon's week
Sheila Dillon
Presenter, The Food Programme, Radio 4
Lunch yesterday at one of London's poshest restaurants - not, as many people think, what I normally spend my life doing, but a chance for me to eavesdrop on a meeting about the future of Slow Food UK. In Italy Slow Food is a powerful political force, in the UK it's been a lot less than that whic...
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Robin Lustig's week
Robin Lustig
Editor's note: We're trying something new. Every Friday afternoon during the Summer we're going to publish a diary post from an important Radio 4 personality. We're starting with Robin Lustig, presenter of The World Tonight since 1989. If you'd like to hear from a particular Radio 4 personality ...
