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LIVE FROM MONDAY 29TH JUNE 2020 Tim Levell, Programme will be able to enjoy engaging and Director, : informed discussions from the moment they wake up at breakfast Our promise to listeners is that, with & Stig Abell until in a world of noise and confusion, bedtime with Carole Walker. Times Radio will offer intelligent and thought-provoking news, analysis On Fridays and the weekends we and conversation, hosted by respected have big names and personalities to and entertaining presenters. keep our listeners hooked, including , , Cathy We have brought together the Newman and Ayesha Hazarika. peerless journalistic expertise of and with Our listeners can expect expert guests the speech radio and podcasting and commentators and for us to cover experience of Wireless, the company the biggest news stories of the day, behind , and from politics and business to arts and Virgin Radio UK. sport, and feature themes that are relevant to their daily lives. Our focus has been to create a stellar line-up of warm, witty and expert Times Radio will be available 24 hours presenters from a range of broadcast a day on DAB, via app, smart speaker backgrounds. Across our Monday and times.radio from Monday 29th to Thursday schedule our listeners June 2020. Weekday Weekend PRESENTERS

Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell with Matt Chorley Times Radio Breakfast 10am-1pm Monday to Thursday 6am-10am Monday to Thursday Times Red Box editor Matt Chorley is one of the Waking up listeners to informative discussion, quality most respected political journalists operating in news and compelling analysis at breakfast are Sony Gold Westminster, providing insider analysis in his Red Box award-winning broadcaster Aasmah Mir and broadcaster newsletter and award-winning podcast. In his new and editor of the Times Literary Supplement Stig Abell. morning show Matt, who also moonlights as a stand-up Both friendly and entertaining, Aasmah and Stig make a comedian, will bring events in Westminster to life with dynamic duo and guarantee a thought-provoking listen. an array of political guests and expert commentators.

What do you want your listeners more explaining. We won’t assume always alive to what is going on in You have already hosted an award- For too long politics was seen as to know about you? knowledge but we won’t play dumb our country, and the world more winning podcast, how will your something that other people did, Aasmah: ’m a Glaswegian, of either. We’ll be politely tough and broadly, to reflect reality and help new radio show be different? over there, up in , and Pakistani heritage. I got a law have a few laughs along the way. everyone understand it better. I’m hoping it won’t be too different, everyone tuned in once every degree but ended up in journalism We’ll cover all four nations and because I want to retain the feel four years for an election. The EU via a graduate trainee scheme at the world too. We’re perplexed and What can listeners expect from of listening in on interesting referendum, and the turbulence STV. I’ve been a radio producer as maddened and confused by the the breakfast show? people having an interesting that followed, changed all that. The breakfast show is a place well as a presenter. I had a child news sometimes too and we want Stig: conversation. I also want to keep So I often found myself explaining to discover the day: Aasmah and I quite late on in life and it’s been a to reflect that. Listen in. You’ll find the humour: politics is a serious to this new engaged audience will try to focus on all the stories hilarious struggle. You won’t find your radio home. business, but sometimes the best that someone posing for a photo me at parties or hen weekends or that matter, and go digging to make way of explaining it is through while they resigned or half the barbecues, but you will find me How is Times Radio different to sure we and our listeners will end levity rather than a lecture. The big frontbench quitting was not other stations? staring at the sea or reading a each morning understanding a difference is being live, so if a story normal. People want to understand Stig: We want Times Radio - in book. I don’t drink but I have bit more about what is going on breaks we can turn to our guests this stuff, and we should explain a time when public discourse has a filthy chocolate habit. I’m in the world than we did when we and get their informed take on it. not just what is happening, but so often lacked nuance - to be a obsessed by Spain and Spanish started. We will hear from key why and how, and who is behind place of warmth, expertise and and did a Spanish A level last figures in positions of authority, Your political comedy stand- it. And despite the 2019 election usefulness. To be somewhere you year. I love being alone but I’m and from experts who can make up show was called This.is.not. resulting in the first proper know that - whatever time you turn really friendly honestly! sense of their decisions. We will normal, can you explain your majority government for a decade, on - you will get thoughtful people approach to covering politics? talk to the biggest names in arts and the madness looks set to continue. Describe to a new listener what discussing the issues that matter, entertainment too. Aasmah and I they can expect from your show? with knowledge and freedom. We will not take ourselves too seriously, Aasmah: You’ll be informed, you’ll won’t have to stop something and will not pretend knowledge we know everything you need to know important to go to pre-booked don’t have. The show should be plus the bits that occurred to us programming, or to live sport, or one long interesting conversation that were interesting or needed to start a phone-in. We want to be about everything. Phil Williams 1pm- 4pm Monday to Thursday 4pm-7pm Monday to Thursday 7pm-10pm Monday to Thursday One of Britain’s most established opinion- The former BBC Deputy Established broadcaster Phil Williams forming journalists, broadcasters and John Pienaar will bring his years of wisdom will take listeners through the big stories campaigners Mariella Frostrup joins Times and expertise to analyse the big stories of the of the day from the UK and around the Radio in her biggest radio venture to date. moment. His show will be a well-informed world with expert guests and analysis. Mariella will bring listeners an engaging and exploration of the most important issues, in Phil will also get into the arts and keep his educated look at the arts, culture, family the company of one of the most personable listeners across the latest sports news. and social issues - as well as discussions and and likeable broadcasters in Britain. interviews with celebrity guests.

What do you want listeners to fields of politics and science What do you want your listeners something new and so exciting. How will your show be different approach to interviewing. know about your new show? and popular culture it will be to know about you? to others in the schedule? In these changing times we’ve essential listening. I know I’m one of those people - Describe to a new listener what My show is different because it’s What do you want listeners to all learnt that we are more quite small in number and hugely they can expect from your show? the only show with sport and know about your new show? adaptable than we thought What topics and subjects are gifted in luck - who absolutely My one big ambition for my show culture built in as permanent Listeners need to know that it’ll and I’d like my show to reflect you passionate about and plan love what they do for a living. is that its leaves listeners feeling fixtures. Each night we have be THE place to hang out with this opening up of new ideas, to cover in your show? I’ll admit to being a news and better off. Listening to me doing my both the best sports writers the radio in the evening. After celebrating diversity and the As an autodidact my interests politics obsessive. But I also job should never, ever feel like hard from the Times and Sunday each show, you’ll hopefully have many pioneering initiatives roam far and wide but I’m very understand that most normal work. I don’t just want listeners to Times, plus stand alone half learned something about the taking place behind the much hoping that my many years people are neither of those wish they were part of a discussion hour interviews with key culture day’s top stories, you’ll have had headlines. We all need to play exploring the broader cultural things, at least most of the time, on my programme. I want them to figures. The time of our show at least a smile if not a laugh a part in how the world is and political world along with so I try to look at stories the way feel as if they are there, sitting at also allows us to reflect the day’s with us. You will also have a new reconfigured and I’m hoping by my long term advocacy for they appear from outside the the table with everyone else talking events, before forecasting how book/tv show/album/cultural proactively challenging news women’s and children’s issues political, business and every other directly to them. So no debates the stories will move tomorrow. experience to go and check out. stories and interviewing original and love of music, film and fun “bubble”. When I joined the BBC that sound like an angry row in the What we’ll share in common The only rule really on my show and inspiring guests from the will all be in evidence! from newspaper house next door; and no interviews with the other shows is a real is: No Shouting. (which I joined at its launch that always sound like a harsh warmth and a non combative and where I covered politics and interrogation in a bad cop movie, wrote occasional parliamentary with no confession at the end. sketches and diary columns) I There’ll be time and space to listen meant to stay around two years to and explore arguments and and go back to print journalism. ideas, as well as test and challenge That was three decades ago. I’ll them. It’s called conversation. And always be proud of my time at the I believe it’s what people want, and Beeb, and I feel beyond lucky maybe need just now. to be, again, in at the birth of OTHER PRESENTERS

Carole Walker and Giles Coren 10pm-1am Luke Jones with Times 10am-1pm Friday 1pm-4pm Friday 4pm-7pm Friday Monday to Thursday Radio Breakfast with 6am-10am Friday to Sunday 10am-1pm Sunday Renowned Times columnist & Respected broadcaster and the Experienced and high-profile restaurant critic, as well as a TV first female main presenter of journalist Carole Walker brings Luke Jones, who has presented Former Labour MP, member presenter and podcaster, Giles News, Cathy Newman with her over 20 years’ experience numerous news programmes, is of the Shadow Cabinet and Coren will take a distinctive and will bring her thorough and as a BBC political correspondent. joining forces with investigative political editor of GMTV, Gloria humorous look at the news with engaging journalism to Times Her late-evening show will wind journalist, author and De Piero has her own show on a range of well-known writers Radio as she analyses the big down the day with informed documentary-maker Jenny Friday mornings and on Sunday and personalities. events of the day. During her conversation about the main Kleeman. They will get listeners morning is joining forces with career Cathy has exposed political issues that set the agenda. up-to-speed with the biggest Times Radio’s Chief Political scandals and high-profile sexism. stories of the day and set up Commentator Tom Newton Dunn. the weekend with intelligent conversation and features. Michael Portillo Kait Borsay Ayesha Hazarika 7pm-10pm Friday 10pm-1am Friday to Sunday 10am-1pm Saturday 1pm-4pm Saturday & Sunday 4pm-7pm Saturday & Sunday

Broadcaster and former Warm, modern and sincere, the The Times columnist, critic and The charismatic and engaging Columnist, broadcaster, former Conservative Cabinet Minister news and sports presenter Kait broadcaster Hugo Rifkind, winner broadcaster Alexis Conran will stand-up and government advisor Michael Portillo will represent Borsay will delight listeners to her of both ‘Critic of the Year’ and the host three hours of entertaining Ayesha Hazarika will bring her his broad range of his interests show. She is best-known as one ‘Best of Humour Award’ at the news-based conversation each insightful and unique opinions and specialisms in his new of the founders and presenters of Press Awards, now has his own Saturday & Sunday. Alexis is best and observations on current affairs weekly show. It will look at the popular football podcast, The radio show. It will take listeners known for co-hosting the BBC and politics to her new show. cultural highlights from the Offside Rule. around the world, around the UK Three show The Real Hustle and is weekend ahead and review the and will look at the best of what a member of the Magic Circle. week in politics with guests the weekend has to offer. from across the political divide.

Special features & podcasts Jones will present a series looking at how businesses are getting ready for Brexit. Other big names to join Times Radio for specially-commissioned shows and podcasts Award-winning Times columnists Rachel include former Conservative Home Sylvester and Alice Thomson will host Secretary with her journalist an interview series in which they talk to daughter Flora Gill, talking about their leading figures about how overcoming the different takes on the world, picking up challenges of their early lives shaped the on their popular social media interactions. people they have become. Confirmed guests And international businessman, leading so far include Sajid Javid, Tony Blair, Kirstie Brexiteer and broadcaster Lord Digby Allsopp and Tom Daley.