Call Nick Ross

Call Nick Ross
Running time9 am – 10 am
Country of originUK
Language(s)English
Home stationBBC Radio 4
Hosted byNick Ross
Original releaseNovember 1986 –
1997

Call Nick Ross was a phone-in current-affairs radio programme on BBC Radio 4 between November 1986 and 1997.

Replacing the similar "Tuesday Call", the programme was heard each Tuesday between 9 am and 10 am, immediately following the Today programme, and so attracted an audience of politicians and journalists who were encouraged to phone in themselves. It was not uncommon for a listener to be able to talk directly to a government minister or someone else who was making news that day.[1]

The series won Nick Ross an award as broadcaster of the year in 1997.[2] It was cancelled that year, soon after Ross left the show, saying that he wanted to "leave on a high". However there was speculation that Ross had resigned due to the show being replaced during the election season with Election Call with Peter Sissons.[3]

References

  1. ^ Summers, Sue (28 August 1992). "What can you Call Nick Ross?". The Daily Telegraph. p. 15. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  2. ^ "'I thought I would get a proper job!'". News Shopper. 18 March 2002. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. ^ Boshoff, Alison (21 February 1997). "Don't Call Nick Ross, he's Resigned". The Daily Telegraph. p. 3. Retrieved 11 November 2024.


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