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Radio 4's monthly 90-minute drama. Radio 3's new Breakfast presenter Tom McKinney. Update on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds for listeners overseas.

Andrea Catherwood discusses the new monthly 90-minute drama slot on Radio 4, talks to Radio 3's new Breakfast presenter Tom McKinney and has an update on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds overseas.

After the news that Radio 3 was to cancel its drama commissions, Radio 4 has come forward with an alternative - a new monthly slot for a long-form 90 minute drama. Andrea speaks to Nicola Baldwin from The Writers' Guild of Great Britain about the new entry in ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio's drama programming. We also hear about this development from Alison Hindell, Radio 4's Commissioning Editor for Drama and Fiction.

And continuing the theme of new additions to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio's schedules, Andrea talks to Tom McKinney, who has taken over from Petroc Trelawney on Radio 3's Breakfast programme. He's brought with him a whole aviary of bird calls to wake listeners up with the dawn chorus - but are they enjoying it?

Finally, there's an update on the future of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds for overseas listeners.

Presenter: Andrea Catherwood
Producer: Pauline Moore
Assistant Producer: Rebecca Guthrie
Executive Producer: David Prest

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