Musician PJ Harvey is among a number of guest editors lined up for Radio 4’s Today Show over the festive period.
The Mercury Music Prize winning artist will join Sir Tim Berners Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium, broadcaster Michael Palin, Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins and Eliza Manningham Buller, former director general of MI5, in working on the broadcasts.
PJ Harvey’s show is expected to see the songwriter showcasing a range of influences ranging from the poetic to the political.
Jamie Angus, editor of Today, said: ‘For the past 10 years, Radio 4 Today’s Christmas guest editors have brought a surprising and refreshing editorial perspective to some of our biggest running stories, as well as unearthing original treasures that we’d never have found by ourselves.’
The five guest editors’ programmes will air on Radio 4’s Today between 26 and 31 December.
Previous guest editors from the music world include Bono, Yoko Ono and Thom Yorke.
Earlier this year PJ Harvey released a new song to highlight the plight of Shaker Aamer, the last remaining British resident in the US prison at Guantanamo Bay.
The Mercury Music Prize winning artist will join Sir Tim Berners Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium, broadcaster Michael Palin, Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins and Eliza Manningham Buller, former director general of MI5, in working on the broadcasts.
PJ Harvey’s show is expected to see the songwriter showcasing a range of influences ranging from the poetic to the political.
Jamie Angus, editor of Today, said: ‘For the past 10 years, Radio 4 Today’s Christmas guest editors have brought a surprising and refreshing editorial perspective to some of our biggest running stories, as well as unearthing original treasures that we’d never have found by ourselves.’
The five guest editors’ programmes will air on Radio 4’s Today between 26 and 31 December.
Previous guest editors from the music world include Bono, Yoko Ono and Thom Yorke.
Earlier this year PJ Harvey released a new song to highlight the plight of Shaker Aamer, the last remaining British resident in the US prison at Guantanamo Bay.
