BBC Radio 3 3 audiences wanted programmes that challenged and inspired. the regular presenter of "Record Review" is Andrew McGregor. "Jazz Record Requests" was the first weekly jazz programme on the Third Programme. First presented by the jazz musician Humphrey Lyttelton, the 30-minute programme was launched in December 1964 and is still running. Now an hour long, it is still broadcast on Saturday, usually in the late afternoon. Presenters on Radio 3 have included Steve Race, Peter Clayton, Charles Fox and Geoffrey Smith. Alyn Shipton became the presenter in May 2012. "Pied Piper" was an iconic children's programme, presented by early music specialist,
BBC World War I centenary season BBC World War I centenary season The BBC World War I centenary season is the marking of the centenary of the First World War across the BBC. Programming started in 2014 and will last until 2018, corresponding to 100 years after the war. The BBC season will include 130 newly commissioned radio and television programmes which will last over 2500 hours, including more than 600 hours of new content. The programmes will be broadcast on over twenty BBC television and radio stations. The First World War centenary season was announced on 16 October 2013 by the BBC. Adrian Van Klaveren,