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21/06/2013

Quentin Cooper is gone from Radio 4's Material World after 13 years. The editor of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Science Unit why to Roger Bolton.

This week Quentin Cooper presented his last edition of Radio 4's long-running science programme Material World. The Editor of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Science, Deborah Cohen tells Roger why it was time for a change.

In the wake of our interview with Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trustee Richard Ayre about the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's loss of Β£98.2 million, we air your views on the decision to bring in outside investigators at further cost.

There was another story about Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ finances this week. But you might not have heard it. Listeners were surprised that the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ did not report on revelations that it paid out Β£28 million of licence-fee payer money in payoffs over the last eight years.

Plus, OFCOM comes down on the side of listeners who complained about the use of a derogatory and discriminatory word during a Today programme interview.

Our reporter Karen Pirie mingles with the crowds at the Royal Cornwall Show to hear how Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Cornwall interacts with its listeners.

Let sleeping dogs lie -the strange effect that Feedback has on listeners of particularly sensitive hearing.

And the moment you've all been waiting for...the announcement of our Tweet of the Week. We've been asking our loyal twitter followers on @Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔR4Feedback to tweet us their reviews of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio programmes that have caught their ear this week. If you hear something you loved or loathed tweet us your very best poetry and prose reviews and you could win: our gratitude; admiration; and the coveted title of 'Tweet of the Week' during next week's Feedback.

Producer: Will Yates
A Whistledown production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

25 minutes

Last on

Sun 23 Jun 2013 20:00

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  • Fri 21 Jun 2013 16:30
  • Sun 23 Jun 2013 20:00

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