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Since , the station controller has been Mohit Bakaya. It is available on Freeview , Sky , and Virgin Media. Radio 4 currently reaches over 10 million listeners, making it the UK's second most-popular radio station after Radio 2. The pips are only accurate on FM, LW, and MW; there is a delay on digital radio of three to five seconds and online up to twenty-three seconds. Radio 4 broadcasts the Shipping Forecast which, in August , was years old. BBC Radio 4 is the second-most-popular British domestic radio station by total hours, [8] after Radio 2. It recorded its highest audience, of 11 million listeners, in May , [9] and was "UK Radio Station of the Year" at the , , and Radio Academy Awards. The longwave signal is part of the Royal Navy 's system of letters of last resort. In the event of a suspected catastrophic attack on Britain, submarine captains, in addition to other checks, check for a broadcast signal from Radio 4 on longwave to verify the annihilation of organised society in Great Britain. BBC Radio 4 broadcasts a wide variety of speech-related programming, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. Music is broadcast as in documentaries relating to various forms of both popular and classical music, and the long-running music-based Desert Island Discs. Sport is also not part of the station's output, apart from during news bulletins, although between and , the station's long wave frequency was used to broadcast ball-by-ball commentaries of most Test cricket matches played by England.

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Film legend Walter Murch explains why we're all editors. The Banksy Story — 9. Lancashire Manchester Merseyside. Nick Jr. BBC Radio 4 Archive on 4. On 14 November the station was transferred to the new British Broadcasting Company which in took up the nearby Savoy Hill for its broadcasting studios. Criticism voiced by centre-right newspapers in recent years have a perceived left political bias across a range of issues, [34] [35] [36] as well as sycophancy in interviews, particularly on the popular morning news magazine Today [37] as part of a reported perception of a general "malaise" at the BBC. 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. Listen to this article 17 minutes. Supporting Content Seriously National and international news from BBC Radio 4. Cumbria Newcastle Tees. The latest weather reports and forecast. Berkshire Oxford Solent.

Today , colloquially known as the Today programme , is BBC Radio 4 's long-running morning news and current-affairs radio programme. Broadcast on Monday to Saturday from to starting on Saturday at , it is produced by BBC News and is the highest-rated programme on Radio 4 and one of the BBC's most popular programmes across its radio networks. It has been voted the most influential news programme in Britain in setting the political agenda, [2] with an average weekly listening audience around 6 million.

Eight things you need to know about money and love. Before this, Radio 4's FM frequencies had occasionally been used for additional news coverage, generally for live coverage of statements and debates in Parliament. 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. Including a look at the papers. Arqiva List of largest UK book publishers. On Your Farm — Minette Batters The most powerful woman in British farming talks about motivation and making a difference. Consequently, the full Radio 4 schedule became available on FM for the first time. The Independent. Six things we learned when Melinda spoke to Kirsty. Radio 4's look at the week's big stories from both home and around the world. Restoration The story of Banksy from hood rat to hero. UK national newspapers, magazines, and other periodicals. But how much do we know? Toggle limited content width. BBC Radio 2