The telephone interview disappearances on Radio 4 are getting beyond a joke. This morning, on the Today programme, the line broke when Jim Naughtie was interviewing Trevor Hicks, who chairs the Hillsborough Family Support Group.
Minutes ago, on The World At One, a campaigner on the same issue, Sheila Coleman, vanished while Martha Kearney was talking to her.
This disruptive problem is happening time after time of late. Technical glitches are annoying for listeners, as the Daily Mail reported last week. And I was astonished to hear on Radio 4's Feedback that we are going to have to put up with more dropped calls in future because of the failures of new technology. Amazing!
Presenter Roger Bolton said examples of lost calls had increased from a "trickle" to a "raging flood". The somewhat relaxed corporation response was that it was not getting any worse.
Even if true, the current situation is bad enough to make listening to Radio 4's flagship current affairs programmes a discomforting experience, not to mention trying to present them. It really is unacceptable.
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