Religion and Radio 4

After a Thought for the Day on the BBC marking the 40th anniversary of the reorganisation of its radio network, the Church Times looks back at Radio 4 and religion over the past four decades. In the article, "Wireless, but not yet faithless", David Hendy notes that Radio 4 was — and remains — ecumenical in the broadest sense: "a conduit of information, contemplation, surprise, familiarity, provocation, and escape". He concludes that Radio 4's essential purpose remains "a gently civilising mission, to show us the crooked timber of humanity — and that the world is broader than people sometimes think".
[This week's Church Times is available online because of the postal strike]