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Last broadcast on Fri, 2 Jul 2010, 12:00 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Join Winifred Robinson as she examines the measures that petting farms are taking to prevent ecoli outbreaks.
Plus, what makes you buy a book? The recommendation of a friend, the cover or perhaps the blurb on the back? We'll speak to one publisher who says his industry is failing to make use of this marketing tool and an author whose book was dressed up as chick lit when it was anything but.
And, is it fair to make disabled people pay double to go to the theatre? This is often the case for those who have to take a carer. Now a scheme's being launched to make things fairer. We'll have that and the latest attempts PR companies are making to cash in on the tennis at Wimbledon.
Chapters
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Chapter 1
What is the state of the car industry since the abolition of the scrappage scheme?
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Chapter 2
Sometimes venues allow carers in for free or at a reduced rate, but there’s no consistency in how they deal with this throughout the country. But now the arts access group Shape is taking action.
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Chapter 3
Taco Bell, the US-based Mexican fast food chain, is back in the UK after an absence of more than 15 years. This week it opened its first outlet at the Lakeside shopping centre in Essex.
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Chapter 4
There are hundreds of suggestions on the Your Freedom website sugggesting laws to be abolished but how would this work in practice? We look at music licensing.
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Chapter 5
Publishing companies spend hours deciding on a book's cover image, but for many the blurb on the back is an afterthought. Are they missing a trick?
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Chapter 6
Last week Peter Curran was in Barcelona after having only just made it up and over the Alps in their electric car. Winifred finds out how things are going this week on his electric adventure.
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Chapter 7
With England out of the world Cup what's left for the PR industry to write about?
Broadcasts
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Fri 2 Jul 201012:00
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Fri 2 Jul 201012:04
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