UK Theme, a familiar wake-up call for thousands of Radio 4 listeners, is to be axed after 30 years. It has marked the 5.30am switchover from the World Service to Radio 4 since 1973, and Fritz Spiegl's five-minute arrangement honouring the four home countries includes snatches of
Scotland the Brave,
Men of Harlech and
Londonderry Air. Is the BBC right to get rid of it? Or is it good riddance to a worn-out tradition? What, if anything, should replace it?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...006801,00.html
Personally, I like it...on the rare occasions that I'm awake to hear it. Better than ANOTHER news bulletin.