[RhysJR]

Fresh off changes to Radios 1, 2 & 3, BBC Radio 4 has announced some changes. It looks like primarily some programme will be extended.

Presumably this is related to budget cuts - it must be cheaper to produce one 60 minute show than two 30 minute programmes.

- Desert Island Discs will be extended to an hour and air on Sundays at 10am
- The Media Show will be extended to an hour and begin at 4pm on Wendesdays
- The Food Programme is extended to 42 minutes duration and airs on Fridays at 11am
- File on 4 is also extended to be 42 minutes long
- The way investigative programmes will appear on Sounds will be simplified under one page
- The Archers omnibus will be released on Sounds ahead of linear broadcast
- Free Thinking and The Verb moves from Radio 3
- Comedy to air at 11pm on Saturdays

www.bbc.co.uk 


And, earlier in the week, it was announced that Martha Kearney will step down from the Today programme after the general election.
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