| Running time | 30 mins (Monday) |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | UK |
| Language | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Created by | George Fischer |
| Original release | 10 April 1970 |
| Website | Website |
| Podcast | Podcasts |
Analysis is aBBC Radio 4 current affairs programme which has been running for more than 50 years, and is currently broadcast in a half-hour format.
It began in April 1970.[1] The first presenter wasIan McIntyre, who later became Controller of Radio 4 from 1976 to 1978 and of Radio 3 from 1978 to 1987; he left the programme in 1976.
Mark Laity was a senior producer from 1986 to 1988.Caroline Thomson (Chief Operating officer of the BBC since 2007) produced during 1978–81.
Its aim is to examine "the ideas and forces which shape public policy in Britain and abroad",[2] and it covers various topics by means of interviews with academics and experts.
It takes aninvestigative journalism style and applies this to more global and strategic topics, at national and international levels, looking at the big picture.
In 2000Analysis won thePolitical Studies Association 50th Anniversary Award for Outstanding Broadcast Journalism. In the 1970s and 1980s it was regularly presented by and associated with award-winning journalist and commentatorMary Goldring.
