The BBC Radio's Current Affairs Department decided that it wanted a programme that would act as a bookend to Monday morning's Start the Week with Richard Baker, which had been running for about four years.[1]
Stop the Week ran on a Saturday evening, and its brief was to be a weekly magazine of satire, topical guests and music. The Hungarian émigré Michael Ember, also the producer of Start the Week, was chosen as the producer.
The programme was presented by Robert Robinson who had just ended a three-year run on the Today programme.
The last show went out at 6:50pm on the evening of Saturday 25 July 1992.
Format
Each week a panel of four or five, drawn from a pool of 'regulars', would discuss a number of topics, usually more or less frivolous, such as "Is Dan Maskell posh?"
stop, week, british, radio, discussion, programme, chaired, robert, robinson, which, radio, from, 1974, 1992, country, originunited, kingdomlanguage, englishhome, stationbbc, radio, 4hosted, byrobert, robinsonproduced, bymichael, emberoriginal, release28, sept. Stop the Week is a British radio discussion programme chaired by Robert Robinson which ran on BBC Radio 4 from 1974 to 1992 Stop the WeekCountry of originUnited KingdomLanguage s EnglishHome stationBBC Radio 4Hosted byRobert RobinsonProduced byMichael EmberOriginal release28 September 1974 1974 09 28 25 July 1992 1992 07 25 Contents 1 Origins 2 Format 3 See also 4 Sources 5 ReferencesOrigins EditThe BBC Radio s Current Affairs Department decided that it wanted a programme that would act as a bookend to Monday morning s Start the Week with Richard Baker which had been running for about four years 1 Stop the Week ran on a Saturday evening and its brief was to be a weekly magazine of satire topical guests and music The Hungarian emigre Michael Ember also the producer of Start the Week was chosen as the producer The programme was presented by Robert Robinson who had just ended a three year run on the Today programme The last show went out at 6 50pm on the evening of Saturday 25 July 1992 Format EditEach week a panel of four or five drawn from a pool of regulars would discuss a number of topics usually more or less frivolous such as Is Dan Maskell posh Among the regulars were Ann Leslie Laurie Taylor Milton Shulman Benny Green Nicholas Tucker Dr Anthony Clare Dr Michael O Donnell Edward Blishen Rosalind Miles Stephen Oliver Sarah Harrison Jasper Griffin Christopher Page Philip Oakes and Matthew Parris The musical interlude was provided by regulars such as Mervyn Stutter Instant Sunshine Jeremy Nicholas Fascinating Aida or Dillie Keane alone Peter Skellern and Jungr and Parker See also EditLoose Ends radio programme Sources EditRobert Robinson Skip All That Century 1997 Russell Twisk Full stop as a major irritant gets scratched The Observer 26 April 1992 Dennis Barker Stop the week I want to get off The Guardian 20 July 1992References Edit Stop The Week By Nigel Stapley Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stop the Week amp oldid 1088210079, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
