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Radio 4 announces schedule changes
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From January 2009, the week day 3.00-3.45pm strand on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4 will change.
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The Afternoon Readings, currently transmitted each week day at 3.30pm, will change from five to three broadcasts between Tuesday and Thursday.
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This makes way for another chance for listeners to hear the network's Archive Hour on Monday afternoons and a new slot for Gardeners' Question Time on Friday.
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The Archive Hour is broadcast on Saturdays at 8.00pm. From Monday 5 January 2009, a new edited version – to be called Archive On 4 – will transmit each week at 3.00pm.
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Gardeners' Question Time at present broadcasts on Wednesday afternoons. From Monday 9 January it will move to Friday afternoons and will be an extended 45-minute programme going out between 3.00 and 3.45 pm.
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Mark Damazer, Controller, Radio 4 says: "The Archive Hour is one of the network's gems. I have always felt it would be a great addition to the daytime weekday schedule.
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"Introducing a shorter repeat of Saturday's Archive Hour on a Monday afternoon will enable new listeners to enjoy these fascinating stories from recent history." Ìý
Gardeners' Question Time, first broadcast in 1947, is a huge favourite with keen gardeners, who tune in to the show in their hundreds of thousands every week.
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Producer Trevor Taylor says: "The extra time is a real endorsement of the programme's success and popularity with the Radio 4 audience.
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"The programme being broadcast on Fridays with a Sunday repeat enables us to gear Gardeners' Question Time to the weekend, when we know the majority of our listeners are busy tending to their gardens.
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"The changes will mean a real horticultural bonus for Radio 4's keen gardening audience." Ìý
Gardeners' Question Time will still be repeated in full on Sundays at 2.00pm – a slot the programme has occupied since 1957.
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Notes to Editors
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 The Archive Hour is currently only broadcast on Saturdays between 8.00 and 9.00pm and at present does not have a regular repeat slot.
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Currently Gardeners' Question Time is first broadcast on Sundays (2.00-2.45pm) with an edited half-hour repeat broadcast on Wednesdays (3.00-3.30pm).
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Eric Robson and Peter Gibbs are the current chairmen of the show. Regular panellists answering audience questions include: Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank, Chris Beardshaw, John Cushnie, Bunny Guinness, Matthew Biggs and Pippa Greenwood.
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Gardeners' Question Time was first broadcast in 1947.
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Originally named How Does Your Garden Grow? it was inspired by the wartime Dig For Victory campaign.
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