Political

Radio 5Live Controller Jonathan Wall is making a range of schedule changes, but it looks like shuffling rather than a brand new direction.

Tony Livesey, after three years of Monday to Thursday late shows, moves to Weekend Breakfast. Phil Williams goes in the other direction, covering lates Monday to Wednesday. Stephen Nolan gets an extra late night, to add to Friday, Saturday and Sunday - he wraps round a simulcast of Question Time on Thursday nights, with the support of Jon Pienaar. This doesn't feel much like a drive to bring politics to C2DEs, but then maybe that's not the point. Where will Nolan actually BE on Thursday ? There's no sign of him dropping his Radio Ulster Friday morning show in this deal.

Pienaar's own politics show moves from 8pm Sunday to 10am Sunday. People tired of life can then switch between Andrew Marr or his cover, Nicky Campbell, Dermot Murnaghan and Andrew Neil all discussing BIG QUESTIONS and MAJOR ISSUES.  No-one DESERVES this.

There's no room in the new Sunday line-up for Double Take, the half London, half Salford show fronted by Anita Anand and Sam Walker since summer 2011; it never really found an identity. Sam goes to Sunday Breakfast, alongside Livesey. Anita's Sundays can be more relaxed, with Any Answers on Radio 4 at 2pm.