Radio: The Surgery & Life Hacks
Radio: The Surgery & Life Hacks Our first CSP for radio is the BBC Radio 1 show The Surgery . Our key concepts for Radio are industries and audience so these are the contexts we need to consider when studying the texts. The Surgery The Surgery was an evening radio show on BBC Radio 1 that ran between 1999 and 2017. Most recently, it was on every Wednesday at 9pm and ran for 60 minutes. It featured presenter Katie Thistleton and advice from Dr Radha Modgil. It worked like an agony aunt column in old teenage magazines and took on controversial subjects such as gender identity, sexuality, relationships and mental health. It featured texts and calls from listeners and the post-watershed slot meant adult topics could be discussed. The Surgery > Life Hacks In November 2017, The Surgery was merged into a new Sunday afternoon show called Life Hacks that runs between 4pm – 6pm presented by Cel Spellman and Katie Thistleton. This mostly plays music but offers adv