No short story cuts on Radio 4

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1. 51
   Name: Peter Perugia on Jul 18, 2011

   Comments: I strongly support this petition. As a frequent listener (and an aspiring contributor!) to Radio 4 short stories, I would strongly regret the loss of such broadcasts. Please reconsider. Thank you and regards.

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2. 52
   Name: David Taylor on Jul 18, 2011

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3. 53
   Name: Barbara Henderson on Jul 18, 2011

   Comments: I endorse the above wording of the petition. Please reconsider.

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4. 54
   Name: Merric Davidson on Jul 18, 2011

   Comments: More short stories required on BBC Radio not less!

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5. 55
   Name: Geoffrey Mills on Jul 18, 2011

   Comments: Please don't do this!

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6. 56
   Name: James Robertson on Jul 18, 2011

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7. 57
   Name: Mags Campbell on Jul 18, 2011

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8. 58
   Name: Sue Horder-Mason on Jul 18, 2011

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9. 59
   Name: Alison Napier on Jul 18, 2011

   Comments: Short stories are gems that light up our lives. Please retain them on Radio 4. Readers, writers and listeners all have our lives enriched by short fiction. I urge you to reconsider and then reverse this extraordinary decision.

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10. 60
    Name: Graeme Swanson on Jul 18, 2011

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11. 61
    Name: John Ravenscroft on Jul 18, 2011

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12. 62
    Name: Ginette Mitchell on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I love listening to the short story every afternoon and as the only station currently broadcasting a short story I urge you to think again.

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13. 63
    Name: Sumayya Lee on Jul 18, 2011

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14. 64
    Name: Alison Wells on Jul 18, 2011

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15. 65
    Name: Sara Hayward on Jul 18, 2011

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16. 66
    Name: TM Alexander on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: The 3.30 slot offers a most enjoyable 15 minutes of relaxation for listeners.

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17. 67
    Name: Heidi Colthup on Jul 18, 2011

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18. 68
    Name: Lina Duarte-aristizabal on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: please don't kill this :(

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19. 69
    Name: Jonathan Trigell on Jul 18, 2011

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20. 70
    Name: Jim Murdoch on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: My father went blind in his later years and relied on audio recordings. Yes, there are audio books but the whole point to the radio is to have an opportunity to taste the unexpected.

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21. 71
    Name: Caroline Fox Betts on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I can't believe this is being suggested! The short stories are marvelous and one of the things that makes the station a cultural one, not just a discussion/news station. Please do not cut short stories!

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22. 72
    Name: Bernie Corbett on Jul 18, 2011

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23. 73
    Name: Ashley Watkins on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I'd rather save short stories on Radio 4, and have a couple of less records by millionaires on Radio 2.

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24. 74
    Name: John-james on Jul 18, 2011

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25. 75
    Name: Susan Hornby on Jul 18, 2011

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26. 76
    Name: Sophie Duffy on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: Please do not go ahead with this cut. Short stories are precious and should be treated as such. Carry on the good work you do.

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27. 77
    Name: Clare Dudman on Jul 18, 2011

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28. 78
    Name: Viccy Adams on Jul 18, 2011

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29. 79
    Name: Anonymous on Jul 18, 2011

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30. 80
    Name: Susie Maguire on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: The BBC's commitment to the short story has - hitherto - been outstanding, to wit their support for the National Short Story Award and its £15,000 winner's prize. So what is the logic in championing that prize (yes, andgetting the kudos ) whilst stealthily reducing the number of stories broadcast? The decision to relegate the Short Story from its longstanding mid afternoon time slot to some undeclared corner of the schedule, or indeed to move it to a channel with far lower listener figures, effectively declares that Radio 4 doesn't see this literary form as being important enough to protect. As a long time short story writer I am depressed by the lack of joined-up thinking about this decision. Anybody who's ever listened to a great short story on radio, anybody who's ever aspired to write for radio, will feel the loss of this slot, these particular offerings. Many of our best fiction writers started out by writing stories, and radio helped them along the way to becoming the bestselling novelists and short story writers and filmmakers and lecturers and tutors and commentators and literary professionals they are.

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31. 81
    Name: Nigel Floyd on Jul 18, 2011

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32. 82
    Name: Marika Cobbold on Jul 18, 2011

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33. 83
    Name: Brendan O'Neill on Jul 18, 2011

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34. 84
    Name: Anonymous on Jul 18, 2011

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35. 85
    Name: Morag P MacInnes on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: the short story is a classic, and very difficult form. Don't lose your commitment to it!

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36. 86
    Name: Sara Sheridan on Jul 18, 2011

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37. 87
    Name: Gill Cox on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: Short stories are the bedrock of our social communication - storytelling being the ancient way of passing on both historical data, values and morals. So many people today get pleasure from listening to the fictional spoken word. Writers, readers and listeners of all ages rely on the short story to be regularly broadcast for that vital ongoing stimulus to inform their creative soul.

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38. 88
    Name: Alicia Mortlock on Jul 18, 2011

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39. 89
    Name: Carine Osmont on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I've been learning English by reading AND listening to short stories. Reducing the short story output on Radio damages not only the pleasure of the listeners but culture/education/learning also

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40. 90
    Name: Marit Meredith on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: The short story seems to be making a big come-back everywhere else, so why on earth would BBC Radio 4 reduce its short story output? We want more, not less.

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41. 91
    Name: A J Ashworth on Jul 18, 2011

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42. 92
    Name: Kachi Ozumba on Jul 18, 2011

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43. 93
    Name: Heather Jones on Jul 18, 2011

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44. 94
    Name: Alison Dilly on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: The short stories are so valuablr to many prople. Listeners and writers alike.

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45. 95
    Name: Robert Burdock (RobAroundBooks) on Jul 18, 2011

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46. 96
    Name: Shirley Whiteside on Jul 18, 2011

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47. 97
    Name: Lorna Fergusson on Jul 18, 2011

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48. 98
    Name: James A Tucker on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: As a writer who is currently studying for an MA in creative writing I am appalled by the decision to cut by a third the time devoted to short stories on Radio 4. The decsion must be reversed so new writing can continue to flourish on Radio 4.

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49. 99
    Name: John Hully on Jul 18, 2011

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50. 100
    Name: Stella Duffy on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: With the cuts to World Service Drama, with spoken word and drama losing out across the board to 'reality' work, BBC Radio remains one of the the few places where the short story still has a home. Cutting it to three a week was bad enough, cutting it to one is limiting choice, limiting options for both writers and listeners, and a depressing option for the future of the BBC.

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