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Thought for the Day – which offers reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news at 7.45am every morning – was described by John Humphrys as "deeply boring", with the ...
Thought for the Day is a regular segment on BBC Radio 4's Today programme which sees leaders and members from all major faiths share their perspectives on the world.
We asked the scientist Professor Richard Dawkins to give us his Thought for the Day. Listen to his broadcast by clicking on the link on the right, read a transcript and his response to listeners ...
A pre-recorded Christmas message from the Pope has been broadcast on Thought for the Day, on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. It was the first time he had spoken on the programme and his appearance ...
The Pope has called for "hope and kindness" in a message for Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Pope Francis emphasised the importance of humility in the recording broadcast on ...
You've been discussing Thought for the Day on the blog.The controller of Radio 4, Mark Damazer defends Thought for the Day in the statement below: "I regard this as a genuinely difficult question ...
John Humphrys has described the Thought for the Day slot on BBC Radio 4's Today programme as "deeply, deeply boring". ... His colleague Justin Webb also criticised Thought for the Day.
Secular groups have reacted angrily to news that the director-general of the BBC, Mark Thompson, is lobbying the Vatican in an effort to persuade the Pope to deliver the Thought for the Day ...
In 2002, Radio 4 did air an atheist's Thought for the Day. Richard Dawkins was invited to broadcast one when Rod Liddle, then producer of the Today programme, bowed to calls for it to be more ...
Former BBC Middle East correspondent Anna Foster will join BBC Radio 4’s Today programme as a main presenter, the corporation said. She has presented across BBC News At One and appeared on the ...
The 51-year-old journalist, also a host of The Today Debate and who fronted several 2024 general election debates for the BBC this year, joined the broadcaster more than 25 years ago. She said ...