Bernard Falk He also worked on "Start The Week" on BBC Radio 4 and was the regular presenter of BBC Radio 4's Saturday morning travel programme, "Breakaway". Falk had a history of heart problems and died of a heart attack, aged 47. He was married and divorced twice. Bernard Falk Bernard Michael Falk (16 February 1943 – 4 August 1990) was a British television reporter and interviewer perhaps best known for his contributions to the BBC current affairs and magazine programme "Nationwide" in the 1970s and the BBC Radio 4 travel programme "Breakaway" in the 1980s. He was born in Southport, Lancashire
Stop the Week Stop the Week Stop the Week was a BBC Radio 4 discussion programme chaired by Robert Robinson, which ran from 1974–1992. The BBC Radio's Current Affairs Department decided that it wanted a programme that would act as a bookend to Monday morning's "Start the Week" with Richard Baker, which had been running for about four years. "Stop the Week" ran on a Saturday evening, and its brief was to be a weekly magazine of satire, topical guests and music. The Hungarian émigré Michael Ember, also the producer of "Start the Week", was chosen as the producer. The programme was presented