Week Ending Week Ending Week Ending was a satirical radio current affairs sketch show, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, usually on Friday evenings. It ran from 1970 to 1998, and was devised by writer-producers Simon Brett and David Hatch, and was originally hosted by "Nationwide" presenter Michael Barratt. The show's title was always announced as "Week Ending..." followed by the broadcast date, although the ellipsis was dropped from its billed title in "Radio Times" during the mid-seventies. The show was written and recorded shortly before the first broadcast, and satirised events of the week. Each show concluded with "And now here
Criticism of the BBC claim that global temperatures had not risen in the past decade on BBC Radio 4's "Today Programme" (which the organisation acknowledged breached its editorial guidelines) and in 2018, Carbon Brief released an internal notice sent by Fran Unsworth, BBC director of news and current affairs, arguing that the BBC's coverage of climate change often went against its own guidelines on accuracy and created a false balance with regard to impartiality stating: "Manmade climate change exists: If the science proves it we should report it. … To achieve impartiality, you do not need to include outright deniers of climate change in