John Peel's Home Truths, from Radio 4, is to thankfully go off air in the Spring. It has been guest presented by a range of people in the last year and none of them came even close to matching the quality of Peel. The programme resonated to him and I'm glad a new programme will replace it on Saturday morning. It was hard to listen to other people doing the programme. Andrew Kershaw on Today this morning was on fine form, even giving a half decent Peel impersonation. He was pleased to see it go too, so am I.
The conversation then moved on to what needs changing on Radio 4, Andrew Kershaw seems to have quite radical plans, but some of those he mentioned eg You and Yours are defintely right for the chop. Just a Minute and Quote Unquote seem overripe too. Radio 4 does some great comedy, but these aren't the highlights. I'd keen Woman's hour and Midweek though, but more From Our Own Correspondent please. I'll admit that really, like most people I'm a weekday morning and weekend listener, so the daytime schedule, particularly in the afternoon I've never really listened to much.
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