No short story cuts on Radio 4

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   Name: Sarah Burton on Jul 18, 2011

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2. 102
   Name: Caroline Childerley on Jul 18, 2011

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3. 103
   Name: Keith McClellan on Jul 18, 2011

   Comments: Short stories are one of the great pleasures of Radio 4 and a source of encouragement to writers such as myself. I have only had one piece broadcast on Radio Oxford but preparing it was a fantastic experience.

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4. 104
   Name: Mary De Laszlo on Jul 18, 2011

   Comments: Why get rid of such interesting slices of life? Good to listen to especially when time is short. There isn't always time to listen to a whole play etc.

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5. 105
   Name: Anonymous on Jul 18, 2011

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6. 106
   Name: David Stephenson on Jul 18, 2011

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7. 107
   Name: Sue Barsby on Jul 18, 2011

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8. 108
   Name: Georgina Scott on Jul 18, 2011

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9. 109
   Name: Jill Widner on Jul 18, 2011

   Comments: Hearing a live reading of a story, read well, is a transporting experience, for the writer as well as the listener.

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10. 110
    Name: Maureen Robinson on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: As a new writer and a senior citizen I finally plucked up courage today to submit two short stories for possible reading on the Radio 4 programme. Please! Please! Please! Gwyneth Williams, Controller of BBC Radio 4, reverse the decision to reduce the short story output!

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11. 111
    Name: K. E. Bergdoll on Jul 18, 2011

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12. 112
    Name: Guinevere Glasfurd-Brown on Jul 18, 2011

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13. 113
    Name: Peter Domican on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I struggle to understand why the BBC which depends on new writing talent is doing this? Short stories are an ideal vehicle to develop writing and the BBC should be increasing its output not decreasing it.

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14. 114
    Name: Lee Rourke on Jul 18, 2011

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15. 115
    Name: Joanne Donovan on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I don't understand this decision - short stories have an increasing audience particularly live lit and on line specialist publishers. There are so many great short stories out there, we need more platforms and opportunities for exposure. Hope the decision is reconsidered.

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16. 116
    Name: Olivia Erskine Riches on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I consider it is a retrograde step to reduce the short story output on BBC Radio 4.

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17. 117
    Name: Richard Sheehan on Jul 18, 2011

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18. 118
    Name: Laura Windley on Jul 18, 2011

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19. 119
    Name: Lloyd Mills on Jul 18, 2011

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20. 120
    Name: Jennie Macfie on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: Please reconsider. There must be some other way to reduce outgoings which will not have as negative an impact as this decision - most writers earn a fraction of the average wage as it is.

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21. 121
    Name: Elizabeth Limbert on Jul 18, 2011

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22. 122
    Name: Sally Craig on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: Too precious to stop short stories

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23. 123
    Name: Helen Fisher on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: Please, do not make cuts here!

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24. 124
    Name: Vivian French on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: Radio 4 has always been a beacon of light in the world of the short story - why turn off that light when it costs so little and achieves so much?

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25. 125
    Name: Dinesh Allirajah on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: In a frantic culture in which the commercial and political agenda shapes so much media output, short stories are increasingly vital. This is a form which, historically and through its contemporary voices, can provide rollicking entertainment, scope for abstract thinking and formal experimentation, secular meditation; raise intellectual awareness and force-feed compassion to the time-poor. Having a story broadcast on Radio 4 was a career highlight not simply for the audience reached but for the experience of working with a skilled, sensitive and highly professional producer, and a brilliant, dedicated actress. The process helped me develop my craft and showed that the BBC was part of a burgeoning infrastructure for the British short story. To reduce this connection hurts us working with the form but would also seem to diminish the diversity of skills available to the Corporation.

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26. 126
    Name: Hina Sheikh on Jul 18, 2011

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27. 127
    Name: Tim Gent on Jul 18, 2011

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28. 128
    Name: Emma Unsworth on Jul 18, 2011

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29. 129
    Name: Rob Walton on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I find it hard to believe this decision and hope Gwyneth Williams will reconsider. All the Radio 4 listeners value the short story broadcasts and would like to see their frequency increased.

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30. 130
    Name: M L Archbold on Jul 18, 2011

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31. 131
    Name: Kelly Doonan on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I have a very personal reason for wanting short stories to maintain their current level. My husband doesn't really enjoy reading, but will happily listen to short stories on Radio 4 and will thoroughly enjoy them. If we're listening in the car we have stay there until the story is finished, even if we've reached our destination! Far too important to cut back.

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32. 132
    Name: Susan Gardiner on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I am saddened by any decision by BBC radio to reduce the broadcasting of new writing. I would love to see the BBC return to being a leader in commissioning & championing short story writers in this country.

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33. 133
    Name: Elaine Bishop on Jul 18, 2011

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34. 134
    Name: Sylvia Petter on Jul 18, 2011

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35. 135
    Name: Gregory Norminton on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: To cut four out of five stories from the broadcasting week would be a body-blow to the literary form in Britain. It is a baffling plan - all the stranger given BBC Radio 4's championing of the National Short Story Prize. It's not too late to reverse a very poor decision: please think again!

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36. 136
    Name: Ian Rankin on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: I got my real start with short stories on BBC Radio 4; I would hate for future generations of writers not to have the same chance.

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37. 137
    Name: Jonathan Pinnock on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: "Opening Lines" winner, 2010. Please reconsider this decision. There is a short story boom going on in the UK that the mainstream still hasn't woken up to yet. The BBC should be in the vanguard of this movement instead of ignoring it.

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38. 138
    Name: Anonymous on Jul 18, 2011

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39. 139
    Name: Jennifer Bassett on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: More stories, less news. Stories have far more meaning and resonance than ephemeral news.

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40. 140
    Name: Sara Crowley on Jul 18, 2011

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41. 141
    Name: Jane Davies on Jul 18, 2011

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42. 142
    Name: Lev Parikian on Jul 18, 2011

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43. 143
    Name: Lorna Hanlon on Jul 18, 2011

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44. 144
    Name: Lorelei King on Jul 18, 2011

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45. 145
    Name: Kate Smart on Jul 18, 2011

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46. 146
    Name: Nicholas Royle on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: The short story is enjoying its highest profile for some time. The BBC has been an excellent supporter of the National Short Story Prize. Radio 4, in particular, has long been an active supporter of the form. There seems no sense at all in reducing the level of support. Keep the short story alive on the airwaves.

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47. 147
    Name: Meg Kingston on Jul 18, 2011

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    Name: Colette Paul on Jul 18, 2011

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    Name: Pete Green on Jul 18, 2011

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50. 150
    Name: Sarah Thomasin on Jul 18, 2011

    Comments: This is one of my favorite aspects of R4. Please keep it!

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