Radio 4 axes the UK Theme

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Inspector Sands 24 January 2006 11:58pm

james2001 posted:

Never even heard of the UK Theme until this morning. Then again, it was only last year when I heard of Sailing By.

Sailing By is perfect for drifting off to sleep to

The UK Theme is normallly a bad thing because it means that you're awake very early. Although the only time I've heard it live on air was when I was up early to catch a plane, which was a good thing!

GE

thegeek Founding member 25 January 2006 12:08am

James Vertigan posted:

I bet the real reason behind its axing is political corectness! I thought Radio 4 was meant to be BRITISH, and proud of it!

Yes, clearly political correctness gone mad, etc.

PO

Pootle5 25 January 2006 12:33am

thegeek posted:

James Vertigan posted:

I bet the real reason behind its axing is political corectness! I thought Radio 4 was meant to be BRITISH, and proud of it!

Yes, clearly political correctness gone mad, etc.

QU

Quorida 25 January 2006 1:47am

James Vertigan posted:

I bet the real reason behind its axing is political corectness! I thought Radio 4 was meant to be BRITISH, and proud of it!

We'll have some muslim or asian music to replace it, no doubt.

BBC? PCBC!

MB

MalcyB 25 January 2006 1:50pm

Two British MPs have tabled motions in the House of Commons criticising the BBC's decision to scrap the early morning UK Theme on Radio 4.
The five-minute medley of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish tunes will be replaced by a news bulletin.
Tory MP Philip Davies and Labour MP John Spellar tabled motions with a third planned by Austin Mitchell.
Source: BBC Front Page News.

AL

Allan100 26 January 2006 8:32pm

you can hear it here: http://www.sterlingtimes.org/music_themes20.htm

radio4theme

NH

Nick Harvey Founding member 27 January 2006 10:42pm

There's a discussion on the subject on Newsnight Review at 23:00 tonight on BBC2.

UU

unregistered user 28 January 2006 9:29pm

As a regular up-at-fiver, I loathe the UK Theme. It was fine to start with, but after you've heard it a few times, it really grates. Nothing else makes me hit the off switch so quickly. Hooray for Mr Damazer!

Sailing By is fine. Not that I hear it much.

JU

juice 29 January 2006 2:34pm

I think it is absolutely appauling that Radio 4 are considering scrapping the UK Theme. Hopefully the Early Day Motions, and bombardment from listeners and supporters of the piece of music to the controller of Radio 4, will put a stop to this madness. Like the Poll on this thread say's, what next? Sailing By? The National Anthem? The Shipping Forecast??

Madness

I'm not one for condoning spamming, or unsolicited emails, but isn't the email system at the BBC firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk ??

What's the name of the BBC Radio 4 controller again???

BR

britbat 29 January 2006 7:07pm

Quote:

I'm not one for condoning spamming, or unsolicited emails, but isn't the email system at the BBC firstname.lastname@bbc.co.uk??

What's the name of the BBC Radio 4 controller again???

Mr Damazer's PA will be delighted.

TV

TVDragon 27 March 2006 6:09pm

Well there is more on this now that the single has been released today, though I doubt anything will alter.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4848672.stm

and http://u.tv/newsroom/indepth.asp?id=10182&pt=e bizarrely

If the station will open at 5.20, surely ten minutes of news until 5.35 is more than enough to be a 'pacy' bulletin -- then again I only like it because Men of Harlech is twice as long as anything else.

(January 2006)