Dossier
Radio 4
Coverage of Radio 4 in the Nexus archive.
- BBC staff strike as new director general warns of ‘tough choices’ on his first day
BBC staff are on strike as new director general Matt Brittin warns of tough choices ahead, coinciding with his first day in office, amidst plans to increase workloads for journalists. The strike involves journalists from the World Service and Radio 4. Brittin faces the task of finding budget cuts.
- Radio 4's Jon Holmes recalls telling his kids about his devastating prostate cancer diagnosis and reveals he only got tested for the disease because he's adopted
Jon Holmes, a Radio 4 presenter, was diagnosed with prostate cancer and only got tested because he's adopted. He had to tell his kids about the devastating diagnosis. The experience has likely raised awareness about the importance of testing for prostate cancer.