Rethinking Thought for the Day

With the row over Radio 4’s three-minute ‘God slot’ intensifying, secularists are warning the BBC that it may be in breach of equality law.

 

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The broadcasting equivalent of Marmite, it has been a fixture on the current affairs programme for 40 years and is one of the station’s untouchable slots.

But that could all change as the BBC Trust is due to rule on whether Thought for the Day should be broadened to include the voices of secularists. It follows a series of complaints that by not doing so the BBC is failing to fulfil the obligations in its charter.