I'm not going to claim that Peter Day talking about podcasting for half an hour is intrinsically better than ninety seconds of Sir Digby Jones telling me that I don't work enough, take too many holidays and there are starving children in India who'd be grateful for my job.

What I will say is that the BBC strike has reminded me of what I feel is Radio Four's greatest failing. It can't surprise me, because I'm economically active. The programmes that look interesting in the schedules are all buried at 11 in the morning. I suppose this is because James Boyle programmed "Interesting-looking documentary, 1100" back in 1997, to counterbalance "Noddy science, 2100" later in the day. If they did broadcast something better at 2100, I'd miss it because of the stranding.

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