Today (BBC Radio 4)
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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 06:00 to 09:00 (starting on Saturday at 07:00), 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.[1] In-depth political interviews and reports are 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,[2] with an average weekly listening audience around 6 million.[3][4]
Genre | News, current events, and factual |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Home Service (1957–1967) BBC Radio 4 (1967–present) |
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Edited by | Owenna Griffiths |
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Original release | 28 October 1957 (1957-10-28) |
Website | Programme website |