Any Answers?
| Running time | 45 mins |
|---|---|
| Country of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Hosted by | Anita Anand |
| Website | Website |
Any Answers? is a radio phone-in broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It's the companion programme to Any Questions?, in which a panel of notable figures drawn from politics, media or business are asked for their views on current affairs by members of an invited audience assembled in a public venue.
Any Answers? is broadcast on Saturday afternoons on BBC Radio 4, immediately after the repeat edition of Any Questions? has been aired.[1]
History
[edit]The programme began in October 1954. It was originally based on letters from listeners to Any Questions?, but has subsequently followed the trend to the more immediate "phone-in" format. Currently listeners can submit their responses to the views expressed in Any Questions? by email, text message, or telephone. A moderator hosts the programme, ensuring that sufficient time is devoted to responses to each issue covered in the previous edition of Any Questions?.
Any Answers? – today broadcast by BBC Radio 4 – was initially part of the schedule of the BBC Light Programme (which became BBC Radio 2 in September 1967).[2] Its first presenter was Freddie Grisewood. Jonathan Dimbleby hosted the programme from 1989 to 2012; he then stepped down, but continued to present Any Questions?. Anita Anand took over as host on 9 June 2012.[3]
As of April 2023, Any Answers? is produced from BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House in Cardiff.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "BBC Radio 4 FM - Schedules, Saturday 16 November 2024". BBC. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ Radio Rewind - Radio 2 History
- ^ O'Carroll, Lisa (22 May 2012). "Jonathan Dimbleby to step down from Radio 4's Any Answers?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
- ^ "BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live broadcasts from Cardiff".
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