I meant to say I would expect them to drop "Just a Minute" soon. I heard the celebration of that program as well, with a number of clips from past programs. But I also heard the various commentators in "4 at 40" suggest a move happening overall to shift their programming to a different audience, a younger audience, which I interpret to mean the eventual dropping of these various mind and word teaser programs.
Kevin Anderson --- John Figliozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > They're not dropping it, Kevin. Far from it. In fact they > are > celebrating it's 40th year on Radio 4. The current round runs > into > mid March. > > John > > On Jan 14, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Kevin Anderson wrote: > > > I am not surprised they are dropping it, even on Radio 4. > > Doesn't fit the likes of the younger crowd they are seeking > as > > described in the "4 at 40" celebration program that I > listened > > to a couple of weeks ago. Younger folks don't like the word > > games of this sort - too much like school I suppose or the > humor > > of one's parents or grandparents. > > > > Kevin Anderson > > 'who, at 48, fits less and less the target audience of just > > about all the radio programs out there, at least for any > > substantial part of the day. > > > > --- John Figliozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> The World Service no longer deems this program fit for its > >> audience; > >> but there's a new season of "Just a Minute", the panel game > >> that > >> prohibits "hesitation, repetition and deviation" when > >> attempting to > >> speak on a topic for one minute. It runs through > mid-March. > >> For the > >> uninitiated, there's more info about the program here: > >> > >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/comedy/justaminute.shtml > >> > >> It is broadcast via the internet on BBC Radio 4 at 1830 UT > >> Monday > >> (1:30 pm ET) and each week's installment is available for > >> seven days > >> via the BBC Listen Again archive. You can hear it on your > >> computer > >> using the BBC iPlayer or via your own wifi radio. > >> > >> John Figliozzi > >> Halfmoon, NY -- ------------------------------------- Kevin Anderson, Dubuque IA USA, K9IUA k9iua (at) yahoo (dot) com http://postoilgeography.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ Swprograms mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/swprograms To unsubscribe: Send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], or visit the URL shown above.
