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Feedback: Radio 3 Shake Up and The Now Show No More

Radio 3 Shake Up and The Now Show No More

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Radio 3 Controller on recent schedule changes and Punt and Dennis on end of The Now Show.

Sam Jackson, Radio 3 Controller, responds to your comments on recent schedule changes, and Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt talk about the end of The Now Show after 25 years.

Sam Jackson is Radio 3’s relatively new controller - he’s been in the job for just a year and, at 40, he’s much younger than most of the station’s listeners. Earlier this month he took the plunge and introduced a raft of changes to the schedule. This week on Feedback, he explains the thinking behind the changes and responds to listeners' comments. 

And The Now Show is no more. After 25 years, Radio 4’s topical comedy staple ended last week. Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis join Andrea in the studio to look back over the past quarter of a century, unpick the nuances of political satire and talk through the BBC’s decision to end the show.  

Presented by Andrea Catherwood
Produced by Leeanne Coyle
A Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4

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