You and Yours
Encyclopedia
You and Yours is a British
radio
consumer affairs programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4
.
The programme has three types of podcast
available for disability, the environment and health.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
consumer affairs programme, broadcast on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
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History
It began broadcasting in October 1970, its first presenter was Joan York. In the great rescheduling of April 1998 it was increased from a 25 minute programme to 55 minutes. In the 1980s it briefly ran seven days a week. On 14 October 2008, there was a large change of format, with two presenters being replaced by one. The breadth of topics covered was extended to global problems as well as those closer to home. It is edited by Andrew Smith. It has a weekly audience of three million.Transmissions
It is transmitted every weekday at 12.04 p.m. after the midday news, and has run for nearly an hour since 1998; previously it had a slot of 25 minutes.The programme has three types of podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
available for disability, the environment and health.
Presenters
- Winifred RobinsonWinifred RobinsonWinifred Robinson is a BBC Radio presenter currently working on the You and Yours programme. Robinson was the fourth of six daughters of a docker and a housewife...
- Peter WhitePeter White (broadcaster)Peter White MBE is a British broadcast journalist and DJ.-Career:Blind since birth , he attended New College Worcester, which was then known as the Worcester College for the Blind...
- Julian WorrickerJulian WorrickerJulian Worricker is a British journalist, currently working as a presenter of You and Yours on BBC Radio 4 and a relief presenter on BBC News, the corporation's 24 hour rolling news channel...
(formerly of Radio Five Live)
Former presenters
- Carolyn Atkinson
- Liz BarclayLiz BarclayLiz Barclay is a British broadcaster, journalist and writer.Liz was born and brought up in Northern Ireland. Her early career was as a financial advisor and manager at the Citizens' Advice Bureau where she worked from 1985 to 1991. Her first job in radio was at the BBC where she was taken on as a...
(her Scottish accent has been imitated by Jan RavensJan RavensJanet "Jan" Ravens is an English actress and impressionist, famous for her voices on Spitting Image and Dead Ringers.-Early life:...
) - Michael Collie
- John Howard
- Sheila McClennon
- Diana Madill
- Ken Sykora
- John WaiteJohn Waite (broadcaster)John Waite is a presenter on British radio and occasionally television. He has been working at the British Broadcasting Corporation for more than thirty-three years.-Early life:...
(now presents Face the FactsFace the FactsFace the Facts is a consumer affairs programme on BBC Radio 4, featuring investigative journalism, that has been running since the mid-1980s. Currently introduced by John Waite, cousin of the well-known humanitarian and churchman Terry Waite, it usually focuses on individuals or organisations...
) - Tasneem Siddiqi
- Sue McGregor
- Pattie Colwell
- Derek Cooper (1970s)
- George Luce (1970s)