BBC axes long-running Radio 4 show You and Yours in push towards podcasts
The BBC Radio 4 cuts are part of a wider shift towards digital content to reflect changing media habits. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe BBC Radio 4 cuts are part of a wider shift towards digital content to reflect changing media habits. Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianThe BBC is pursuing two big projects simultaneously: it is trying to find £500m in cuts while shifting towards digital content to reflect changing media habits.However, the closure of You and Yours and The World Tonight has puzzled many senior media figures.
- ▪The BBC Radio 4 cuts are part of a wider shift towards digital content to reflect changing media habits.
- ▪Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe BBC Radio 4 cuts are part of a wider shift towards digital content to reflect changing media habits.
- ▪Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The GuardianThe BBC is pursuing two big projects simultaneously: it is trying to find £500m in cuts while shifting towards digital content to reflect changing media habits.However, the closure of You and Your
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The BBC Radio 4 cuts are part of a wider shift towards digital content to reflect changing media habits. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe BBC Radio 4 cuts are part of a wider shift towards digital content to reflect changing media habits. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty ImagesRadio 4BBC axes long-running Radio 4 show You and Yours in push towards podcastsThinking Allowed, The Artificial Human and Free Thinking among other programmes hit by £500m cutsMichael Savage Media editorThu 8 Oct 2026 07.27 EDTLast modified on Thu 8 Oct 2026 07.35 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleBBC Radio 4’s consumer rights show You and Yours is to be axed after more than 50 years, becoming one of the latest victims of the corporation’s £500m cuts plan.The programme, once described by…
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