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Family

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This [1] is allI can find wrt his marriage if this can be verified then it can be added. Alci12 15:57, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Leaving the Today programme

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I recall that the "widespread public outcry" was as a result of reports that he had been sacked for having to plummy a voice; this was held to be an example of dumbing down and it was suggested that the liberal left at the BBC didn't like him because he was too posh.

This is quite an important point. There must be newspaper articles to reference this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.148.205.245 (talk) 08:22, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's the same now with Charlotte Greene and Harriet Cass being forced out ("early retirement" bunkum) at the end of this year (2012), all part of the dumbing down of Radio 4. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.178.222 (talk) 14:02, 22 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Any Questions?

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On at least one occasion (on July 20 2018) Stourton presented the Radio Four programme Any Questions?. This could be mentioned in the article. Vorbee (talk) 19:53, 20 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Profile

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I am sure that on at least one occasion, Edward Stourton presented the Radio Four programme "Profile", although this is normally presented by Mark Coles. This could be mentioned in the article. Vorbee (talk) 09:02, 24 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The World At One

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This article could point out that Edward Stourton has presented The World At One on BBC Radio Four.Vorbee (talk) 12:08, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]