PM (BBC Radio 4)























































PM
Genre Current affairs
Running time Weekdays: 60 minutes
Saturday: 30 minutes
Country of origin UK
Language(s) English
Home station BBC Radio 4
Hosted by
Evan Davis
Carolyn Quinn
Edited by Owenna Griffiths
Recording studio
BBC Television Centre (until Dec 2012)
Broadcasting House (Dec 2012 onwards)
Original release 6 April 1970 – present
Opening theme PM Theme
Website PM

PM, sometimes referred to as the PM programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4's long-running early evening news and current affairs programme. It is currently presented by Evan Davis and Carolyn Quinn.




Contents






  • 1 Broadcast times


  • 2 History


  • 3 Presenters


    • 3.1 Current


    • 3.2 Former




  • 4 iPM


  • 5 Quirky features


  • 6 Production


  • 7 Awards


  • 8 See also


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links


    • 10.1 Video clips


    • 10.2 Audio clips







Broadcast times


PM is broadcast from 5pm to 6pm from Monday to Friday and from 5pm to 5:30pm on Saturdays. On weekdays it is followed by another news programme, the Six O'Clock News.



History


PM launched on 6 April 1970, with its first presenters, William Hardcastle and Derek Cooper, promising a programme that "sums up the day, and your evening starts here".[1] It made history for being the first radio news programme to feature its own theme tune.[2][3] Three have been used, with the last ending in 1997 in the aftermath of the death of Princess Diana.[2][3]


The First PM theme tune was by John Baker and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.


The second was produced by Dudley Simpson, with the final used between 1993 and 1997 was by George Fenton.


Notable presenters after William Hardcastle included Steve Race, Brian Widlake, Robert Williams, Chris Lowe, Joan Bakewell, Susannah Simons, Rachael Heyhoe Flint and Valerie Singleton (a former Blue Peter presenter — in pre-interview chats, junior ministers "inevitably" claimed that they still had their Blue Peter badge[1]).


During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the programme's main presenter was Gordon Clough, who would typically prepare for the programme by completing the Times, Guardian and FT crosswords.


Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes co-presented the show during the 1980s but had a difficult relationship, with Singleton admitting she threw a cup of water in his face while live on air.[4] Singleton made a one-off return to PM on 29 February 2016 to co-present a special 'Leap Day' programme, alongside Eddie Mair, and proposed marriage to him at the end of the programme.[5][6]



Presenters



Current























Years Presenter Current role
2018-present Evan Davis Lead Presenter
2000–present Carolyn Quinn Presenter
2018-present Luke Jones Presenter, iPM


Former




  • Steve Race (1970–1972)


  • Brian Widlake (1970s/1980s)


  • Valerie Singleton (1981–1992) [7]


  • Hugh Sykes (1987–1993) [8]


  • Chris Lowe (1992–?)


  • Dan Damon (1996–2003)

  • Clare English (1997–2003)


  • Nigel Wrench (2003–2008)


  • Paddy O'Connell (??-2008)


  • Eddie Mair (1998-2018)[9]



iPM


On 12 October 2007, the programme started an additional blog for a spin-off programme called iPM,[10] broadcast on Saturdays at 5:30pm (immediately after the Saturday edition of PM) until 22 December and available as a podcast.[11] 'Through the blog, iPM listeners could discuss ideas with the production team and comment on the stories being lined up for the following show – so what ended up on air was shaped by the listeners.[12]



Quirky features


Though predominantly consisting of serious news, the programme is known for occasional satirical commentary, both from the presenters and in letters from listeners.


In 2008 the programme renamed its financial news slot "Upshares, Downshares" and used the title music of the television drama Upstairs, Downstairs, composed by Alexander Faris. In 2009, variations on the tune performed by PM listeners in a variety of styles from bossa nova to heavy metal[13] became a regular feature. This ended when the UK statistically left recession early in 2010. In October 2010, a compilation was released in aid of the Children in Need charity appeal, for which it raised over £70,000.[14]



Production


PM is currently[when?] edited by Owenna Griffiths. The production team also works on Radio 4's The World at One, The World This Weekend and Broadcasting House.


A Radio Times poll in 2005 named Mair as the fifth most powerful person in radio.[15]



Awards


The programme won two accolades in the 2007 Sony Radio Academy Awards: Gold in the Interactive Programme Award, and Silver for Speech Programme.



See also




  • Today programme Radio 4's early morning stablemate to PM.


  • The World At One Radio 4's afternoon stablemate to PM.


  • The World Tonight, Radio 4's late evening stablemate to PM.


Analogous programmes include PM on ABC Radio National in Australia and All Things Considered on NPR in the United States.



References





  1. ^ ab BBC Radio 4, 2007. "PM History." Accessed 2007-09-10.


  2. ^ ab BBC Radio 4, 2007. "PM theme tune." Accessed 2007-09-10.


  3. ^ ab "Audio Identities: Radio news themes", imagedissectors.com. Accessed 2010-09-03.


  4. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1030150/My-holiday-Princess-Anne-I-nose-job-look-like-Audrey-Hepburn-Valerie-Singleton.html


  5. ^ Valerie Singleton's wedding proposal to Eddie, BBC Radio 4, 29 February 2016


  6. ^ Val Singleton returns to the PM Programme on Radio 4, Radio Moments, 1 March 2016


  7. ^ Singleton, Valerie (2008-06-28). "My holiday with Princess Anne and how I had a nose job to look like Audrey Hepburn by Valerie Singleton". Daily Mail..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


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  9. ^ [2]


  10. ^ BBC Radio 4, 2007. "iPM Blog Introduction." Accessed 2008-08-01.


  11. ^ BBC Radio 4, 2007 "iPM Show Notes, 22nd December 2007." Accessed 2008-01-08.


  12. ^ BBC Radio 4, 2007 "What's iPM? 12 October 2007." Accessed 2008-01-08.


  13. ^ "Up Shares, Down Shares theme tune". BBC Online. Retrieved 19 November 2010.


  14. ^ "Upshares Downshares: More than £70,000 raised. And you can help raise more". BBC Online. Retrieved 19 November 2010.


  15. ^ BBC News, 2005. "RT Poll." Accessed 2007-09-10.




External links



  • PM at BBC Programmes Edit this at Wikidata


Video clips




  • Upshares Downshares in the studio


  • Upshares Downshares (electronic guitar arrangement)

  • TV advert



Audio clips




  • Upshares Downshares (Dr Who Radiophonic Workshop arrangement)

  • PM theme tunes











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