{{short description|British radio magazine programme}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox radio show | name = ''The Afternoon Shift'' | image = | alt = | caption = | format = | runtime = 1 hour | start_time = 3:00pm | end_time = 4:00pm | television = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | home_station = BBC Radio 4 | syndicates = | presenter = Laurie Taylor<br/>Daire Brehan | starring = | announcer = | creator = | writer = | director = | producer = | executive_producer = | editor = | senior_editor = | narrated = | record_location = | remote_location = | other_location = | first_aired = {{start-date|February 1995}} | last_aired = {{end-date|April 1998}} | num_series = | num_episodes = | audio_format = | open_theme = | other_theme = | end_theme = | sponsor = | website = | podcast = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} '''''The Afternoon Shift''''' was a magazine programme on BBC Radio 4. Launched in February 1995, the programme replaced the ill-fated ''Anderson Country'', which had proved to be divisive amongst Radio 4 listeners over the different tone of the programme when compared with the rest of Radio 4.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
==Overview== The programme was broadcast on weekdays between 3pm and 4pm and ran for three years, ending as part of the major revamp of the Radio 4 schedule of April 1998.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
The programme was presented on Mondays and Fridays by Laurie Taylor and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays by Daire Brehan.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=Maggie|title=Radio 4 silences `Anderson Country'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/radio-4-silences-anderson-country-1568464.html|accessdate=10 August 2015|work=The Independent|date=18 January 1995}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Griffiths|first1=Peter|title=Radio presenter Daire Brehan dies after long illness|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/ariel/19436529|accessdate=10 August 2015|work=Ariel|date=31 August 2012}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Afternoon Shift}} Category:BBC Radio 4 programmes