Latest news about BBC Radio 4
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BBC Radio to broadcast rediscovered historic dramas
BBC Radio 4, 4 Extra and Radio 3 are to broadcast a season of plays that have been returned to the BBC Archives.Publication date: 12.03.2024
BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show to come to an end after 25 years
Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt are to launch a new comedy podcast for BBC Radio 4 as The Now Show is to end after 25 years.Publication date: 06.03.2024
Media Show extended as part of Spring schedule on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is introducing a raft of new shows and commissions this Spring including a longer Media Show.Publication date: 04.03.2024
Martha Kearney to step down from Radio 4 Today programme
Martha Kearney is stepping down from presenting BBC Radio 4’s Today after the UK general election.Publication date: 26.02.2024
BBC Studios Audio appoints two new writers to join its comedy team
BBC Studios has appointed two new staff writers, Christina Riggs and Peter Tellouche, to work across comedy productions for BBC Studios Audio.Publication date: 22.02.2024
BBC Radio 4 launches new comedy feed, Jokes on BBC Sounds
Both new and archive comedy from Radio 4 is to be available in Jokes, a new podcast feed on BBC Sounds.Publication date: 08.12.2023
Scotland and Northern Ireland to create more BBC network radio content
The BBC is moving more Radio 3, Radio 4 and World Service radio shows out of London with new network hubs in Scotland and Northern Ireland.Publication date: 06.12.2023
Seven guest editors lined up for Christmas week on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme
Singer Ellie Goulding and TV host James May are lined up to guest host BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this Christmas.Publication date: 23.11.2023
Voiceworks creates Doctor Who specials for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Wales
Voiceworks has produced two radio programmes for the BBC to mark sixty years of Doctor Who. The shows look back at the history of the programme with guests including Katy Manning and Steven Moffat.Publication date: 23.11.2023
First-time radio producers get work on BBC Radio via Multitrack Audio Producer Fellowship
Eight first-time radio producers From backgrounds underrepresented in the audio industry are getting their work aired on BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4. New documentaries on a rich array of stories have been created via the Multitrack Audio Producer Fellowship for a third year.Publication date: 13.11.2023
