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Article: Why the future of the world depends on 'Quote Unquote'
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- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 17, 2008
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Quote Unquote RADIO 4
As with last week, I find myself taking a correspondent's advice.
I was entreated to reconsider my previously hostile views on Quote
Unquote; a recent edition with Katharine Whitehorn being cited as
particularly enjoyable.
I had caught the programme as it was broadcast, and found myself
wondering: this isn't too bad. Has Quote Unquote finally pulled its
socks up? I resolved to tune in this week to find out whether this
was an aberration or part of a genuine trend. For the Quote Unquote
dilemma has been gnawing away at the hearts of every controller of
Radio 4 since its inception.
The problem is that it is universally reviled. It is the butt of
countless in-jokes ...