Programmes – Quotes

When I was bald,

When I was bald, I went through a period where I seemed to do nothing except TV programmes about being bald. Gail Porter

But so many Christians are like deaf people at a concert. They study the programme carefully, believe every statement make in it, speak respectfully of the quality of the music, but only really hear a phrase now and again. So they have no notion at all of the mighty symphony which fills the universe, to … Read more

I rarely come away

I rarely come away from presenting the ‘Today’ programme without some sense of regret. There is always some question that I should have asked, or some point that I should have made. This is annoying but not surprising. Perfection is hard to achieve in a three-hour live programme. Evan Davis

Now I can broadcast

Now I can broadcast to an audience of several million people on the ‘Today’ programme. I can talk about the day’s news. But on radio, believe it or not, we have notes and scripts. And while we might ad lib the odd wryly amusing asides, they come at the frequency of a suburban bus. About … Read more

Personally, I’d like us

Personally, I’d like us to have a few more women on the ‘Today’ programme. Evan Davis

Even the ‘Today’ programme

Even the ‘Today’ programme involves a balance between the worthy-but-heavy items with the worthless-but-entertainingly-light ones. Evan Davis

Put simply, behavioural economics

Put simply, behavioural economics argues that human beings’ decision-taking is guided by the evolutionary baggage which we bring with us to the present day. Evolution has made us rational to a point, but not perfectly so. It has given us emotions, for example, which programme us to override our rational brain and act more instinctively. … Read more

In the anarchist milieu,

In the anarchist milieu, communism, individualism, collectivism, mutualism and all the intermediate and eclectic programmes are simply the ways considered best for achieving freedom and solidarity in economic life; the ways believed to correspond more closely with justice and freedom for the distribution of the means of production and the products of labour among men. … Read more

Nah, I don’t watch

Nah, I don’t watch TV either, apart from a few sports programmes. I just don’t have the time. Eric Bristow

The only work I

The only work I ever turned down was a cable programme called Diving for Excrement. Emo Philips