Monday, January 21, 2019

Re-invention pipeline

Gwyneth Williams, 65, is stepping down as Controller of Radio 4 after over eight years in the job - the second longest post-holder since Michael Green.

There's a full list of stuff she's done at the BBC Media Centre, plus tributes from the Radio Management Glitter Twins, James Purnell and Bob Shennan.

Changes under Gwyneth: The World At One is 15 minutes longer, Midweek and Libby Purves have gone; Saturday Review wouldn't lie down. Still in the Radio 4 schedule from launch in 1967: The Archers, Desert Island Discs, Today, The World At One, Farming Today, Brain of Britain, Round Britain Quiz, The Six O'Clock News, A Book At Bedtime, The Shipping Forecast, From Our Own Correspondent, The Daily Service, Pick of The Week and Any Answers.

Radio 4 - Your First Choice for Radical Change.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Other people who read this.......