Broadcasting House is a current affairs programme on The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) was formed in 1927 by means of a royal charter from the Crown. ...BBC BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of chiefly spoken_word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...Radio 4. It is broadcast every Sunday morning between 9 and 10 o'clock.

Though its time and presenters are similar to those of This article refers to the BBC Today programme, for the NBC Today Show see The Today Show Today, commonly referred to as the Today programme in order to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4s long_running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am...Today (Radio 4's daily morning news programme), it takes a more lighthearted approach, including humorous items such as "The Donald Rumsfeld Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is the current Secretary of Defense of the United States, since January 20, 2001, under President George W. Bush. ...Donald Rumsfeld Soundbite of the Week" and " Martin Jarvis (born August 4, 1941) is an English actor. ...Martin Jarvis Reads ' Cover of the International edition, distributed in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone is the first volume in a planned series of seven books for children written by British author J. K. Rowling, and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. ...Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'". (The latter being the actor Martin Jarvis reading the six words "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", designed to poke fun at the amount of time Radio 4 had been devoting to Harry Potter.)

Other opportunities for humour come from art competitions that satirise the art world and modern art in particular, and the introduction to the programme: "This programme is protected by a glass screen, but vital parts of it aren't", referring to a 2004 : January _ February _ March _ April _ May _ June _ July _ August _ September _ October _ November _ December Deaths in May • 28 Gerald Anthony • 27 Umberto Agnelli • 22 Richard Biggs • 20 Len Murray • 17 Tony Randall • 17 Ezzedine Salim • 9 Alan King • 9 Akhmad Kadyrov • 8(?) Nick Berg • 7 Waldemar Milewicz Other recent deaths Ongoing...flour_throwing incident in the In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ...House of Commons that week.

More serious features include the headlines and current affairs sections, which look at the background to recent news stories. There is also a review of the Sunday papers with guest reviewers. Frequent guest reviewers include Gyles Daubeney Brandreth is a celebrity, author and politician in the United Kingdom. ...Gyles Brandreth and Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Graf von Bentinck (June 1, 1953— ) is a British actor and inventor, known as Tim Bentinck. ...Tim Bentinck, who plays David Archer in The Archers was also a film production company responsible for many classic British films in the 1940s and 50s. ...The Archers, BBC Radio's longest_running soap opera.

The audience is encouraged to participate in the programme by the previously mentioned competitions and also through correspondence. Selected e_mails are read as they arrive, and tend to come from correspondents who share the programme's subtle sense of irony and sarcasm.

Broadcasting House began with Eddie Mair is a BBC radio and television presenter. ...Eddie Mair as presenter. After a period with no regular presenter, Fi Glover is BBC journalist and presenter. ...Fi Glover has replaced him.

External links

• Rumsfeld's Soundbite of the Week (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bh/rumsfeld.shtml)
• Broadcasting House (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/news/bh/index.shtml)