Emma Campbell, Toby Field, Beatrice Fenton, Lucy Taylor
Edited by
Dimitri Houtart
Recording studio
BBC Bristol
Original release
20 September 1960 – present
Website
Farming Today
Podcast
Podcasts
It is broadcast each weekday morning (having been recorded the day before) from 5.45 to 5.58, and a longer programme (Farming Today This Week) is broadcast on Saturdays between 6.30 and 6.55. Around one million people listen to the programme.
Farming Today began life on 20 September 1960 as a weekly 15-minute programme subtitled A review of current affairs in agriculture at home and abroad and broadcast at 19.15 on Tuesdays as part of the BBC's Third Network's sequence of educational broadcasting known as Network Three. From 3 October 1961 the programme's start time was moved to 19.00, and from 7 January 1964 it changed again, to 19.45.
The run of weekly programmes on Network Three came to an end on 25 August 1964 and from 31 August Farming Today (now subtitled News, market trends, and current topics) moved to a 6.35–6.50 slot on Monday to Saturday mornings on the BBC Home Service (later to become BBC Radio 4 in 1967), where it replaced the 10-minute Farm Bulletin which had been broadcast on that network at 6.40 on six mornings a week since 10 July 1962.
Between 1964 and today, with the lengthening of the Home Service / Radio 4 broadcast day, the start time of the weekday programme (which has varied between 13 and 20 minutes in length) has gradually shifted earlier, and now stands at 5.45.[1]
Content
The programme explores matters of current concern to farmers, fishermen, and others with an interest in countryside issues.
Farmers, environmentalists, politicians, the Soil Association, and National Farmers Union leaders are amongst those regularly interviewed for the programme.
Robin Hicks - from 1968 to 1977, when the programme was live and transmitted from London.[2] Later the programme team moved to Birmingham and produced a recorded edition with presenters Miriam O'Reilly and Mark Holdstock.
^Herald Scotland Interview 1993. Retrieved 31 October 2014
External links
BBC Radio 4 website
Farming Today podcasts
News items
Farmers Weekly November 2010
February 19, 2023
farming, today, radio, programme, about, food, farming, countryside, broadcast, radio, united, kingdom, genrefarming, rural, affairs, newsrunning, time13, mins, monday, friday, mins, saturday, country, originunited, kingdomlanguage, englishhome, stationbbc, th. Farming Today is a radio programme about food farming and the countryside broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom Farming TodayGenreFarming and rural affairs newsRunning time13 mins Monday Friday 25 mins Saturday Country of originUnited KingdomLanguage s EnglishHome stationBBC Third Programme 1960 1964 BBC Home Service 1964 1967 BBC Radio 4 1967 present Hosted byCharlotte Smith Anna HillProduced byEmma Campbell Toby Field Beatrice Fenton Lucy TaylorEdited byDimitri HoutartRecording studioBBC BristolOriginal release20 September 1960 presentWebsiteFarming TodayPodcastPodcastsIt is broadcast each weekday morning having been recorded the day before from 5 45 to 5 58 and a longer programme Farming Today This Week is broadcast on Saturdays between 6 30 and 6 55 Around one million people listen to the programme Contents 1 History 2 Content 2 1 Range of topics 3 Presenters 3 1 Former presenters 4 See also 5 References 6 External links 6 1 News itemsHistory EditFarming Today began life on 20 September 1960 as a weekly 15 minute programme subtitled A review of current affairs in agriculture at home and abroad and broadcast at 19 15 on Tuesdays as part of the BBC s Third Network s sequence of educational broadcasting known as Network Three From 3 October 1961 the programme s start time was moved to 19 00 and from 7 January 1964 it changed again to 19 45 The run of weekly programmes on Network Three came to an end on 25 August 1964 and from 31 August Farming Today now subtitled News market trends and current topics moved to a 6 35 6 50 slot on Monday to Saturday mornings on the BBC Home Service later to become BBC Radio 4 in 1967 where it replaced the 10 minute Farm Bulletin which had been broadcast on that network at 6 40 on six mornings a week since 10 July 1962 Between 1964 and today with the lengthening of the Home Service Radio 4 broadcast day the start time of the weekday programme which has varied between 13 and 20 minutes in length has gradually shifted earlier and now stands at 5 45 1 Content EditThe programme explores matters of current concern to farmers fishermen and others with an interest in countryside issues Farmers environmentalists politicians the Soil Association and National Farmers Union leaders are amongst those regularly interviewed for the programme Range of topics Edit Recent topics have included Farming and Brexit Badger culling The EU Common Agricultural Policy The EU Common Fisheries Policy Foot and mouth disease GM food and crops biotechnology Pesticides Organic farming Rural social issues e g housing broadband shops schools churchesPresenters EditThe programme s main presenters are Anna Hill and Charlotte Smith Caz Graham Sybil Ruscoe and David Gregory Kumar also present occasionally Former presenters Edit Robin Hicks from 1968 to 1977 when the programme was live and transmitted from London 2 Later the programme team moved to Birmingham and produced a recorded edition with presenters Miriam O Reilly and Mark Holdstock See also EditCountryfile on BBC One Agriculture in the United KingdomReferences Edit BBC Genome Project Herald Scotland Interview 1993 Retrieved 31 October 2014External links EditBBC Radio 4 website Farming Today podcastsNews items Edit Farmers Weekly November 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Farming Today amp oldid 1097771557, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
