Talk:BBC Radio 4
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Does anyone know whether Jane Steel was formerly Jane Watson? Is Pennie Latin still around? Finally, should the continuity / newsreader bit go to a seperate page?
Today
The Today Programme, or just Today...?
Its official title is clearly Today, but "The Today programme" (with or without a capital P) is obviously very widespread, and is a natural disambiguation.
I only ask this because I have an article in the works. --rbrwr
- Radio 4 website lists it as the Today programme in the A-Z list of programmes (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/atoz/ ) but the website for the programme itself is called Today (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/ ) but if you look at the scrolling text it calls it the Today programme.
- Right. Also... the listings call it Today. On air they usually say "You're listening to Today on Radio 4 with John Humphrys and James Naughtie" (or whoever). --rbrwr
- I think that if "The Today Programme" was its official title, it wouldn't get called "Today". Does "The Food Programme" get called "Food"? But with "Today" as its official title, it has to be called "the Today programme" from time to time to avoid ambiguity. Does that make sense?
- I think that I will change this page to say "Today", but put my article at "The Today programme" on the grounds that "Today" will end up as a disambiguation page sooner or later - there has been at least one newspaper of that title which might be written about. Any objections? --rbrwr
- Is it not "Today Programme" to distinguish it from "today" as in "this day"
If anyone is wondering what happened to Patrick Muirhead he is apparantly now working as a painter and decorator! - [1] (http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-2-1518173-2,00.html) Jooler 19:14, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Sitcoms?
Would one refer to the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy as a sitcom? I would happily argue not, as it had an over-arching plot and not the fundamental many-episodes-set-in-the-same-(or a similar)-place structure of the sitcom. Indeed Nebulous is far more of a sitcom than H2G2.
I though I would post here prior to changing it, to allow the person who made the change to convice me otherwise :). --Neo 12:03, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, I know...It's not exactly a sitcom, but then it's not a comedy drama either. "Comedy serials"? I've not heard Nebulous, so I don't know whether that would fit in such a category. sjorford →•← 13:32, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Removed "former programmes" which were never on R4:
- The Goon Show (Home Service)
- Journey into Space (Light Programme)
-- Picapica 22:26, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
Listen Again
The article says that RealPlayer is "required", but that's not the case. I use Real Alternative instead, and I would imagine that any other players which can play RealPlayer files would work too.
I'm not sure how to reword it though, especially since I don't know what other players would work and I don't want to just advertise Real Alternative. Any ideas? MyNameIsClare talk 15:35, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)