Alastair Campbell: Radio 4’s Today should be less middle class

Labour party grandee says the BBC programme should cover arts and sport as serious issues

BBC Radio 4’s Today programme should be less upper-middle class and less London-centric, Labour party grandee Alastair Campbell has said, urging the BBC to use the departure of longtime host John Humphrys as an opportunity to reform itself.

The agenda-setting radio show lost 800,000 listeners last year and came under criticism for not adequately representing a broad spectrum of interests across the nation, often featuring middle-class guests.

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from The Guardian http://bit.ly/2X6TA4W