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BBC Star Steps Down From Beloved Series After 26 Years
Melvyn Bragg hosted over 1,000 episodes of In Our Time since 1998 and will continue contributing to BBC Radio 4 with new projects after stepping down.
- After hosting more than 1,000 episodes since its debut in 1998, veteran broadcaster Melvyn Bragg has stepped down from presenting the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time this week.
- Bragg began his BBC career in 1961, progressing through roles including Start the Week and arts programming before creating In Our Time.
- In Our Time featured weekly conversations with expert guests exploring diverse historical and scientific topics and shaped a large multi-generational audience.
- BBC Radio 4 controller Mohit Bakaya called Bragg 'part of the heartbeat of Radio 4 for over three decades' with a legacy over 1,000 episodes.
- Bragg will remain with Radio 4, with a new presenter to be announced, while the station plans to air curated episodes later this year celebrating his tenure.
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No one can replace Melvyn Bragg on In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg never had much truck with preambles. Tune into In Our Time and his intros to the programme have an immediacy and a focus that demand the listener’s attention.“Nikola Tesla – 1856 to 1943 – is inseparable from the story of the electrification of America, even the world”, you hear him say, and it’s a case of right: sit up! Inseparable is exactly what Bragg and In Our Time have been, going all the way back to the programme’s origins i…
In Our Time won’t be the same without Melvyn Bragg
The education system may produce ignoramuses (my daughter finished school in June, never having been taught a thing about Napoleon, the French Revolution, Julius Caesar, the Industrial Revolution, or any basic geography), but there was solace out there for the unlearned and undereducated: they could always listen to In Our Time, Melvyn Bragg’s radio exploration
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