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Feedback: Helen Lewis, File on 4 and Shrinking News

Helen Lewis, File on 4 and Shrinking News

BBC Radio 4 - Feedback, Helen Lewis, File on 4 and Shrinking News

Helen Lewis’ latest series, File on 4, shrinking Newsbeat and a breathless weather man.

Helen Lewis Has Left The Chat has you riled, File on 4 has you concerned, Radio 1’s news has you wondering what's going on, and Radio 4’s weather man has you amused.

Helen Lewis has Left the Chat is a six-part series on Radio 4 which examines how instant messaging has “taken over our lives". It delves into the murky, and often hilarious world of WhatsApp and other apps to explore how they have shaped our world. Many of you loved the programme - but some of you also found the strong language an instant turn off, especially at 9.30am. Helen Lewis tells Andrea why the team believed keeping the expletives in was crucial to telling the story.

A recent  episode of File On 4, Radio 4’s flagship weekly investigative programme, explored whether diet groups like Slimming World can fuel eating disorders. After it was broadcast, lots of listeners got in touch in to complain that the programme lacked proper balance.

Listeners to Radio 1’s Breakfast show with Greg James have been left wondering where their news has gone. Newsbeat bulletins have shrunk from three minutes to just one. Professor Steven Barnett from the University Of Westminster sheds some light on the station's commitment to news.

And weather man Simon King is here to reveal why he ended up Breathless in Salford

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