| Genre | Discussion |
|---|---|
| Running time | 28 mins |
| Country of origin | |
| Language | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Hosted by | Laurie Taylor |
| Produced by | Jayne Egerton |
| Original release | 1998 |
| Website | Website |
| Podcast | Podcast RSS feed |
Thinking Allowed is a radio discussion programme broadcast onBBC Radio 4 on Wednesday afternoons between 16:00 and 16:30 and repeated between 00:15 and 00:45 on Monday mornings.[1] It focuses on the latestsocial science research and is hosted byLaurie Taylor, who was formerly aProfessor ofSociology at theUniversity of York. The programme was first broadcast in 1998.[2][3][4] Occasionally, special editions of the programme are produced in co-operation with theOpen University.[5]