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Any Answers?

Field	Value
show_name	Any Answers?
runtime	45 mins
country
language	English
home_station	BBC Light Programme (1954–1967)
BBC Radio 2 (1967–1970)
BBC Radio 4 (1970–present)
presenter	Anita Anand
first_aired	October 1954
website

BBC Radio 2 (1967–1970) BBC Radio 4 (1970–present)

Any Answers? is broadcast on Saturday afternoons on BBC Radio 4, immediately after the repeat edition of Any Questions? has been aired.

History

The programme began in October 1954. It was originally based on letters from listeners to Any Questions? but has subsequently followed the trend to the more immediate "phone-in" format. Currently listeners can submit their responses to the views expressed in Any Questions? by email, text message, or telephone. A moderator hosts the programme, ensuring that sufficient time is devoted to responses to each issue covered.

Any Answers? was initially part of the schedule of the BBC Light Programme (which became BBC Radio 2 in September 1967), before moving to BBC Radio 4 in 1970. Its first presenter was Freddie Grisewood. Jonathan Dimbleby began hosting the programme in 1989. He stepped down in 2012 but continued to present Any Questions? until 2019. Anita Anand took over as host on 9 June 2012.

As of April 2023, Any Answers? is produced from BBC Cymru Wales New Broadcasting House in Cardiff.

References

"BBC Radio 4 FM - Schedules, Saturday 16 November 2024".
[http://www.radiorewind.co.uk/radio2/radio2_history_page_60s.htm Radio Rewind - Radio 2 History]
O'Carroll, Lisa. (2012-05-22). "Jonathan Dimbleby to step down from Radio 4's Any Answers?". The Guardian.
"BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live broadcasts from Cardiff".

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