A long-running staple of BBC Radio 4, You and Yours—once hailed as one of the station’s most vital consumer rights programmes—is set to be discontinued after over half a century on air. The decision comes as part of sweeping £500 million budget reductions across the BBC, with the show among several high-profile titles, including Thinking Allowed and The Artificial Human, facing cancellation. The corporation is prioritizing formats that can be more flexibly repurposed as podcasts, signaling a shift in how it produces and distributes content. Fans and critics alike are questioning what the cuts mean for public service broadcasting and the future of long-standing radio traditions.
Thinking Allowed, The Artificial Human and Free Thinking among other programmes hit by £500m cutsBBC 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 the former Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer as “one of the most important” on the station, is one of a handful to be cut as the BBC searches for shows that can be more easily adapted as podcasts. Continue reading...
