Monday, April 27, 2020

5Live - the non-news alternative

Come on, Heidi, it's a news and sport channel.

Tonight bumptious Colin Murray starts a run of shows, 9pm to midnight, Monday to Wednesday. The billing says "Colin Murray with late night discussion on the issues that matter to you".

Mr Murray says "9-10 news then every night at 10pm I’m opening a virtual pub!"

"Loads of people I now have talked about the increased and, at times, acute anxiety they feel as the night creeps in and the clock ticks on.

"The fact that a lot of our channels pump out their flagship news programmes at 10pm and later can exacerbate this. That's fine for some, but for me and many people I know, we've started to turn off our news and social media streams after a certain time, in order to protect/help our own mental health.

"So the idea behind opening a virtual bar is not a novelty, but more an extreme alternative to hard news. We have to take a news break for two mins at 11pm (unavoidable) but apart from that, nothing."

Tonight's guests include Johnny Vegas, Katharine Merry and Fleur East.

From midnight to 1am, it's two pre-recorded podcasts, then simulcasting Radio London til 5am. Towel thrown in. 

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