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The Westminster Hour
GenrePolitics and current affairs
Running time60 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s) English
Home station BBC Radio 4
Hosted by Ben Wright
Recording studioBBC Millbank
Original release12 April 1998
Website www.bbc.co.uk/westminsterhour
Podcast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrs6c/episodes/downloads

The Westminster Hour is a British political news review produced by BBC News, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each Sunday evening between 22:00 and 23:00 (starting with a national and international news bulletin). The programme began to be broadcast in April 1998. [1]

Despite the reference in its title to the Palace of Westminster – meeting-place of the Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament – the programme also deals with topics and events connected with the work of the UK's devolved legislative assemblies in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and London.

Presenters

Previous hosts include Carolyn Quinn a former presenter of Radio 4's Today programme and journalist Andrew Rawnsley.

References

  1. ^ "Westminster Hour - A Quinn-tessential guide - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

External links


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Westminster Hour
GenrePolitics and current affairs
Running time60 minutes
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Language(s) English
Home station BBC Radio 4
Hosted by Ben Wright
Recording studioBBC Millbank
Original release12 April 1998
Website www.bbc.co.uk/westminsterhour
Podcast www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrs6c/episodes/downloads

The Westminster Hour is a British political news review produced by BBC News, broadcast on BBC Radio 4 each Sunday evening between 22:00 and 23:00 (starting with a national and international news bulletin). The programme began to be broadcast in April 1998. [1]

Despite the reference in its title to the Palace of Westminster – meeting-place of the Houses of the United Kingdom Parliament – the programme also deals with topics and events connected with the work of the UK's devolved legislative assemblies in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, and London.

Presenters

Previous hosts include Carolyn Quinn a former presenter of Radio 4's Today programme and journalist Andrew Rawnsley.

References

  1. ^ "Westminster Hour - A Quinn-tessential guide - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

External links



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