Best of Today

BBC Radio 4

Listen to selected highlights from the Today programme.

  • 6 minutes 33 seconds
    Vogue's Chioma Nnadi on Ozempic: 'We're going backwards'

    Vogue has given unparalleled access to the Lightroom at Kings Cross for a brand-new exhibition examining the history of the runway and invited Today for an exclusive preview. Emma Barnett sits down with the exhibition curator David Sable, and British Vogue’s Chioma Nnadi, the first black woman to take up the mantle of Head of Editorial Content. Chioma discusses her concerns around weight loss drugs, women of colour breaking the glass ceiling, and whether the fashion industry is doing enough for sustainability. Listen to the Today programme on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds: 6-9am Monday-Friday, and 7-9am on Saturdays.

    13 November 2024, 8:00 am
  • 10 minutes 47 seconds
    'Buffer zones' come into effect around abortion clinic

    Buffer zones will come into force around abortion clinics in England and Wales from 31 October. It will make it illegal to hand out anti-abortion leaflets within 150m of a clinic or obstruct anyone using or working at an abortion clinic. It will also be illegal to stand and silently pray within the same zone. Emma Barnett reported for Today from an abortion clinic in South London. She spoke to protesters outside and staff at the clinic about the law change. She also spoke to the Labour MP Stella Creasy who has long campaigned for protection zones. The change in the law follows similar bans in Northern Ireland in 2023 and in Scotland in September earlier this year.

    Listen to the Today programme on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds: 6-9am Monday-Friday, and 7-9am on Saturdays.

    30 October 2024, 3:03 pm
  • 39 minutes 51 seconds
    Best of Today: What should children learn?

    The government has started a major review of the curriculum and assessment in England's schools, chaired by education policy expert Becky Francis. But how could we rethink England's curriculum and assessment?

    Today hears from schools across the country trying new ways of doing things from using AI in classrooms to a more skills based approach and looking at why the 'exam season' might cease to exist.

    The series hears from: former Conservative Schools Minister Nick Gibb; Jill Duffy from the OCR exam board; Jason Arday, former guest editor of the Today Programme and professor of the sociology of education at Cambridge University; Sir Ian Livingstone, a giant of modern British business and the man behind the Livingstone Academy; and Claire Heald, CEO of the Cam Academy Trust.

    Producer: Sareen Bains

    Listen to the Today programme on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds: 6-9am Monday-Friday, and 7-9am on Saturdays.

    11 October 2024, 10:36 am
  • 9 minutes 20 seconds
    Today Listener Series: Young people and politics

    Earlier this year, the Today programme gave our listeners the chance to look at an issue that matters to them.

    Herbie and Ayesha both voted for the first time this year.

    They wanted to look at the disconnect they believe exists between young people and politicians.

    Listen to the other stories explored by our listeners this week on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds between 6am-9am.

    19 September 2024, 2:37 pm
  • 13 minutes 32 seconds
    Today Listener Series: NHS Forensic Psychology centre in Liverpool

    All this week we've been hearing stories brought to us by Today listeners.

    Dr Lisa Wright and Dr Mark Walton are both clinical psychologists, who work on Merseyside in the only NHS unit of its kind - where they are trying to cut criminal offending rates using therapy.

    It's not an alternative to prison - the NHS Forensic Psychology centre in Liverpool works with people who have served custodial sentences who might be at risk of re-offending.

    Listen to the other stories explored by our listeners this week on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds between 6am-9am.

    18 September 2024, 10:00 am
  • 17 minutes 2 seconds
    Today Listener Series: Is university worth it?

    Earlier this year, the Today programme gave our listeners the chance to look at an issue that matters to them. Anna and Chloe - along with Chloe's 19 year-old daughter Pearl - wanted to ask "University: Is it worth it?" and interrogate the value of a university education in 2024. As part of our coverage, Today has exclusively seen a blueprint for the future of universities in England. Universities UK, which represents 142 universities, is calling for a rise in tuition fees linked to inflation and more government support for students. Listen to the other stories explored by our listeners this week on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds between 6am-9am.

    17 September 2024, 9:20 am
  • 16 minutes 13 seconds
    Today Listener Series: Where's my bus?

    Earlier this year we gave listeners the chance to ask us to look at an issue for them. Martin and Sandra from Macclesfield, in East Cheshire called their application Where’s my bus? They both rely on the buses to get around and met on a Facebook group dedicated to their local bus service.

    The new government has plans to give local authorities more power to take control over bus services, for example through a ‘franchising’ arrangement.

    Our Transport Corr Katy Austin took a look at whether this plan will help listeners like Martin and Sandra and Today presenter Nick Robinson spoke to Graham Vidler, Chief Executive, Confederation of Passenger Transport.

    16 September 2024, 1:07 pm
  • 12 minutes 28 seconds
    Today Listener Series: The disappearing children

    All this week the Today programme is looking at stories that have been brought to us by our listeners. Vanessa and Toby are parent governors at a secondary school in South London. They have noticed far fewer children and families where they live, and primary schools closing down as a result. Exclusive research for Today has shown that primary school numbers have fallen by 5% in London in the last five years. And they are projected to continue falling at double the rate of the rest of England. Listen to the other stories explored by our listeners this week on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds between 6am-9am.

    16 September 2024, 10:35 am
  • 7 minutes 56 seconds
    Garry Richardson's 50 years at the BBC

    Garry Richardson has finished his last sports bulletin on Radio 4's Today programme - 50 years to the day since he started at the BBC.

    Garry is best known for his sporting interviews, but his career has ranged from climbing towers for Radio Oxford to singing with the great Buddy Greco.

    James Naughtie picks some of the highlights from Garry's half century.

    9 September 2024, 7:42 am
  • 15 minutes 14 seconds
    Dr Clare Bailey Mosley: We want to honour Michael’s work

    Radio 4 is marking Friday 12th as “Just One Thing Day” in celebration of Dr Michael Mosley’s life and legacy. Throughout the week, we’ve asked his friends and colleagues to tell us what change they might have made that was down to him. Speaking to Today’s Justin Webb, Dr Clare Bailey Mosley shares touching tributes, and reflects on his work, influence, and legacy. Listen to the Today programme on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds: 6-9am Monday-Friday; and 7-9am on Saturdays.

    12 July 2024, 6:30 am
  • 36 minutes 31 seconds
    The Today Debate: Is justice delayed, justice denied?

    The Today Debate is about taking a subject and pulling it apart with more time than we have in the morning.

    Amid a significant backlog in crown courts in England and Wales and related problems in the system in Scotland and Northern Ireland, Today presenter Mishal Husain asks if justice delayed is justice denied?

    Joining Mishal on the Today debate panel are Claire Waxman, the Independent Victims' Commissioner for London; Charlie Taylor; His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales; Joanna Hardy-Susskind, a barrister at Red Lion Chambers; Lord Falconer, Labour Peer and former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Sir Max Hill, who was the director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales until October last year.

    13 February 2024, 9:57 pm
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