{"id":42820,"date":"2025-11-24T02:14:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42820"},"modified":"2025-11-24T02:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T02:14:21","slug":"c4g6q35j2deoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/24\/c4g6q35j2deoat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Cate Blanchett among BBC Radio 4 festive guest editors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett and former prime minister Baroness Theresa May are among the six public figures who will guest edit BBC Radio 4&#8217;s Today programme over the Christmas period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, historian and podcaster Tom Holland, inventor Sir James Dyson and Microsoft&#8217;s head of artificial intelligence (AI) Mustafa Suleyman will also guest edit shows between 24 December and 31 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">For the past 22 years, the news programme has handed over the editorial reins to guest editors during the festive period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Owenna Griffiths, editor of Today, said: &#8220;In a rapidly changing world, this year&#8217;s guest editors will help bring illumination and understanding&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">She added: &#8220;Every Christmas on Today, a new set of guest editors take up residence and bring with them a wonderful range of new stories, fresh ideas and, hopefully, a sprinkling of joy. This year is no exception.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Blanchett&#8217;s show on 27 December is set to look at the impact of AI technology on women in the film industry, and how different countries are responding to the refugee crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">She is also expected to explore sustainability in the fashion industry and why gardening is good for the soul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The guest editors kick off on Christmas Eve, with a programme from Bragg focused on the origins of the nativity story, as well as changing social attitudes to mental health. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He will also examine the value of culture in British society as he looks back on his six-decade career, which has included The South Bank Show, as well as Radio 4 documentary series In Our Time. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">On Boxing Day, an edit by Sir James &#8211; the billionaire inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner &#8211; will consider how the UK could boost its entrepreneurial spirit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Other topics up for discussion in his programme include how close we are to finding a dementia cure and the science behind long-distance running.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Suleyman is scheduled to look at how we could navigate the realities of a potential world with artificial super intelligence on 29 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">He is also set to reflect on what AI will mean for some of the core aspects of human existence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Holland&#8217;s show on 30 December is set to celebrate England&#8217;s 1,100th birthday and explore the impact of AI on academic research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Then on New Year&#8217;s Eve, Baroness May&#8217;s guest edit is set to cover domestic violence, trust in politics and modern slavery. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Since the Christmas guest edit feature was introduced to Today in 2003, guest editors on the show have included physicist Stephen Hawking, actress Angelina Jolie and singer Ellie Goulding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Cate #Blanchett #among #BBC #Radio #festive #guest #editors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett and former prime minister Baroness Theresa May are among the six public figures who will guest&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42822,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42820\/revisions\/42822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}