iPM: Share What You Know
iPM is the news programme that starts with its listeners. A weekly companion to the nightly PM, it's where the expertise and insights of the Radio 4 audience shape a programme that sees news differently. Presented by Jennifer Tracey and PM's Eddie Mair.
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'It's never too late to re-train.'
Sat, 4 Feb 12
Duration:
16 mins
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24 days remainingiPM:'It's never too late to re-train.'In response to last week's interviewee, a man struggling with self-emloyment, we discuss his benefit entitlements and hear from listeners who are sympathetic to his plight. One listener describes how he changed careers in his sixties and has never looked back.
28 Jan 12 'I'm eating my way through my old home'
Sat, 28 Jan 12
Duration:
15 mins
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17 days remainingOne listener talks about what he sees as the myth of self-employment. He's not sure where he expected to be by his mid-50s but he knows this isn't it. He doesn't make it into the unemployment figures, but neither does he see himself as an 'economically viable human being'. Your News is read this week by one of the voices of Woman's Hour, Jane Garvey. Presented by Eddie Mair. iPM@bbc.co.uk
21 Jan 12 "I've never had to deal with people shouting and swearing before"
Sat, 21 Jan 12
Duration:
25 mins
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11 days remainingOne listener's 21-year-old son on getting the job he wants. While not showing up in the unemployment statistics, his mother says he's been left in limbo. We talk about taking liberties with Hitchcock's film music and ITV's World of Sport legend Dickie Davies reads Your News. Presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. iPM@bbc.co.uk
14 Jan 12 "There are some things you don't want to admit about yourself"
Sat, 14 Jan 12
Duration:
26 mins
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4 days remainingA listener who has owned shotguns for over 30 years talks about his decision not to renew his gun licence which expired last month. A Reverend re-lives his attack by a giant sea eagle. And Radio 2's Chris Evans reads Your News. Presented by Eddie Mair and Jennifer Tracey. iPM@bbc.co.uk
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