''The Afternoon Shift'' was a magazine programme on

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

. 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. 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 in April 1998. The programme was presented on Mondays and Fridays by Laurie Taylor and on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays by

Daire Brehan Daire Brehan (7 August 1957, in Dublin – 30 August 2012, in London) was an Irish actress, broadcaster and barrister who presented a variety of BBC Radio programmes during the 1990s including ''Language Live'', for BBC Radio 5, '' You and Yo ...

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