Controller Radio 4 Mohit Bakaya has chosen a weekend to release his latest re-shaping of arts coverage on Radio 4. He's confirmed that Saturday Review and The Film Programme bite the dust, but calculates that there'll be more total arts minutes on air.
Film coverage moves to a new show, Screenshot, but it's only going to be broadcast two months on, two months off, on Friday evenings. Maybe British cinemas could fall into line with this schedule. Mark Kermode is teamed with Ellen E Jones, for added diversity. Ellen, 37 (BA English Literature, King's College, Cambridge, postgrad journalism City University) has been writing for The Independent, The Guardian and Empire Magazine.
Screenshot alternates with a new show on music that suggests Radio 4 commissioners would really prefer to run 6Music. "Add to Playlist" features hosts Cerys Matthews and, for added diversity, Jeffrey Boakye. Jeffrey, 39, (BA English Literature, Leicester, PGCE King's College London) is a teacher and writer, based just outside Hull. The pair will construct a playlist each week with their guests.
John Wilson gets an arts interview show, This Cultural Life, to run at 7.15pm on Saturdays. Front Row will run from Monday to Thursday, and gets an extra 15 minutes, using two regular presenters, Samira Ahmed and Tom Sutcliffe (hope their on the same money).
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