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Save the Radio 4 UK Theme

 
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# First NameLast NameCountryComments
18401 EdwardPicklesUK
18402 NikkiBertoyaUK
18403 HannahSilverUKWhen im on my way to work at 5:30 on a staurday morning i look forward to hearing the UK theme tune i only wake up properly once i have heard that song please dont take it off
18404 AnonymousAnonymousUK
18405 AndrewDecUKSave it please
18406 johnvoiseyUKWhen I heard that the BBC were bringing back Michael Grade - the Man Who Axed Doctor Who - I wondered what he would axe next. With any luck the egg he'll get on his face over the Radio 4 theme will go nicely with the humble pie he's having to eat thanks to Russel T Davies & co over the triumphant return of the Time Lord
18407 AndyTruscott
18408 RoyStrange
18409 DebbieCleaveleyUK
18410 MichaelSeagerVNA big loss to our frequent Radio 4 live listening on the web... Sailing By next?
18411 MarkFairmanUKMornings just won't be the same without the theme :-(
18412 NicholasTaylorUKLike countless others, I have been listening to the UK Theme for the last 3 decades. It's part of of the British Institution. Why make pointless changes for change's sake? And don't even THINK of touching Sailing By!
18413 JeremyRaynerUK
18414 AlexanderBrettUS
18415 RachelHayesUKBeautiful folk tunes which evoke their native countries. This should still be played every morning on Radio 4 - as of today, it won't be. What a huge shame. The last thing we need is another news bulletin - and why not have put the news bulletin straight after the Theme? Very sad.
18416 JonathanSwitzerUK
18417 TimRoom
18418 AnonymousAnonymous
18419 StevePlattUK
18420 DavidSmithUK
18421 AnonymousAnonymousUK
18422 GillianMorganUKcurrently living in the US, I still hear it as I stream radio 4 at night and it now sends me off to sleep in the same way it used to be there to wake me up back home
18423 NicholasGillNOAs an English man living abroad I used to love to hear the UK Theme on the radio first thing in the morning - I'm very very sad to see it's been scrapped. Is the following 3 hours of news from the Today programme not enough??? I'm sure they can assign 5 minutes of air time for everyone throughout the world to listen to this quirky piece of music that is so very British.
18424 AnonymousAnonymous
18425 MargaretBrooksUS
18426 JonathanDaviesUKPlease do not remove the UK Theme from the listings. Five minutes is not a lot of time to invest and this beautiful piece of music certainly yields a rich dividend as it soothes those of us who have to get up early in the morning.
18427 GordonStevensonUKI agree that the theme reflects the breadth of the UK and is also a nice way to begin the day.
18428 MarcusEvershed
18429 AmbroseRachael
18430 Ian JBerryUK
18431 RogerSandilandsUKI switched off at 5.15 this morning. "Pacy" news? Yuk.
18432 NickPhibbsUKChange is good, but only change for the better. I don't really care about keeping the pound, this hurts me more...whats next? Sailing by?
18433 TilmanDiekamp
18434 AnonymousAnonymousUKSave the theme!
18435 EdwinHirdUK
18436 NickMaynardUK
18437 RobertMorganUKFor myself, and several thousand other students, 5.30am is early. Too early in fact. But, there have been numerous times when I have had to get up and do work. And, I believe that if it wasn't for the Radio 4 theme, I would have never got out of bed with as much spirit as I did. The mornings won't seem as special anymore.
18438 GeorgeBestUKAlthough the theme has been axed, maybe someone can review the decision and bring it back to its many fans in the UK
18439 John RichardOatesUKSurely it makes sense to begin the day's broadcast with something that it doesn't actually matter if you miss a bit of- literally, an introduction. Oh, and it's a great bit of music too !!!
18440 AnonymousAnonymousUK
18441 MikeDaviesUK
18442 KeithFlemingUK
18443 JamesDunkerley
18444 paulollierUKbest wake-call there is
18445 simonedwardsUK
18446 MichaelSteadUKBring it back
18447 TristanChapmanUK
18448 MichaelWells
18449 RichardCoeUKI am very upset to hear of the decision to axe this inspiring theme. National pride may be considered unfashionable at the BBC, but the UK theme never failed to give the needed lift to the spirit at 5:30 in the morning.
18450 MatthewMillsUKWhy is it that nothing in our fair land is kept sacred anymore. Hearing this instills fealings for pasion and patriotism in my heart, and i think it would be a great shame to loose it.

 

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