The Reunion (radio series)

The Reunion
Genre	Factual
Running time	28 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Hosted by	Kirsty Wark; Sue MacGregor (former)
Produced by	David Prest
Original release	27 July 2003[1] – present
Opening theme	Franz Liszt - "Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa" from Années de pèlerinage[2]
Website	The Reunion

The Reunion is a radio discussion series presented by Kirsty Wark which reunites a group of people involved in a moment of modern history.[3][4] It has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 since July 2003, with 163 episodes presented by the first presenter, Sue MacGregor.[5]

The series brings together four or five participants, sometimes from opposing sides. The first episode reunited the team behind the world's first IVF baby, Louise Brown.[1] Other examples include Robben Island prisoners in Cape Town, representatives from Labour and BBC to discuss the Hutton Inquiry[6], perpetrators and victims of the Brighton hotel bombing, and Maids of Honour from the 1953 Coronation.[5] The panel discussion is interspersed with archive audio and narration of the event by the presenter.

MacGregor announced that the series of 2019 would be her last.[5] Kirsty Wark was appointed as the new presenter in May 2020 and her first episode bringing together participants in the Black Wednesday exchange rate crash of 1992 broadcast on 16 August 2020.[4]

References

"The Reunion:Louise Brown". BBC Genome. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
Mahoney, Elizabeth (25 April 2012). "The Reunion: an unmissable radio show that gets better with every listen". The Guardian.
"The Reunion". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
"Kirsty Wark to host Radio 4's The Reunion". BBC Media Centre. 17 May 2020.
"Sue MacGregor stands down as host of Radio 4's The Reunion". BBC Media Centre. 23 October 2019.
"'The space shuttle disaster Reunion was heartbreaking': Radio 4's Sue Macgregor recalls her most memorable The Reunion moments". Radio Times. 19 August 2018.

External links

The Reunion at BBC Programmes

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[episode1-1] "The Reunion:Louise Brown". BBC Genome. Retrieved 2 August 2020.

[2] Mahoney, Elizabeth (25 April 2012). "The Reunion: an unmissable radio show that gets better with every listen". The Guardian.

[3] "The Reunion". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[kirstywark-4] "Kirsty Wark to host Radio 4's The Reunion". BBC Media Centre. 17 May 2020.

[mediacentre-5] "Sue MacGregor stands down as host of Radio 4's The Reunion". BBC Media Centre. 23 October 2019.

[6] "'The space shuttle disaster Reunion was heartbreaking': Radio 4's Sue Macgregor recalls her most memorable The Reunion moments". Radio Times. 19 August 2018.