What The Magazines Say

What The Papers Say (an offshoot called What The Magazines Say was broadcast in 1995) is a British radio, and formerly television, series. It consists of humorous or unusual quotes from headlines and comment pages in the previous week's newspapers, read in a variety of voices and accents by actors. The quotes are linked by a script read by a studio presenter, usually a prominent journalist. The show does not have a regular host, and is intended as a wry look at how British broadsheets and tabloids have covered the week's news stories. The programme currently broadcasts on BBC Radio 4 and was once broadcast on television – its first incarnation (1956–2008) was the second longest-running programme on British television after Panorama. Beginning in 1956 on Granada Television and ITV, the television series moved to Channel 4 and then to BBC2 before being discontinued in 2008. The programme was revived on Radio 4 in the run-up to the 2010 general election.

Links To Peel
Peel was guest presenter on the offshoot, What The Magazines Say, which was broadcast on 29th July 1995 on BBC2. During the programme, Peel reviewed music magazines and fanzines, including publicly apologising to Damon Albarn after Peel's son William, claimed that his father was obnoxious to the Blur singer at the Phoenix Festival.