became the regular presenter in April 1999, with his last episode being first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on 26 August 2022. September – Open University broadcasts cease. 2000s 2000 March – Helen Boaden is appointed as controller. 26 December – Radio 4 clears its Boxing Day schedule in order to broadcast an eight-hour reading of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, read by Stephen Fry. 2001 Radio 4, along with other BBC Radio stations, stop broadcasting via Sky's analogue satellite service. 2002 15 December – Radio 4 gets a digital spin-off station, BBC7. The station broadcasts content from BBC Radio’s spoken word archive, repeating programmes previously broadcast on Radio 4, as well as airing daily programmes for children. 2003 No events. 2004 20 February – BBC Radio 4 airs the final Letter from America. The weekly 15-minute programme ran for 2,869 shows from 24 March 1946, making it the longest-running speech radio programme in history. 20 September – Mark Damazer replaces Helen Boaden as Controller. 2005 No events. 2006 23 April – The Radio 4 UK Theme is used for the last time, amid controversy over its axing by Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer. The decision to axe the Theme, which had been used since 1978, to make way for a 'pacy news briefing', led to widespread coverage in the media and even debate in Parliament. 24 June – The final edition of Home Truths is broadcast. 27 August – Sue Lawley presents her final edition of BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs after eighteen years. Her last castaway is the actress Joan Plowright. 16 September – Saturday Live begins. 2007 No events. 2008 4 October – BBC7 is renamed BBC Radio 7 in an effort to bring it in line with other BBC Radio brands. 14 October – You and Yours undergoes a significant change of format, with two presenters being replaced by one. The breadth of topics covered is extended to global problems as well as those closer to home. 2009 24 May – Children's magazine show Go4It is broadcast for the final time. The reason given is that it does not attract enough young listeners and that less than 1 in 20 of the show's audience is aged between 4 and 14, with the average age of the listeners being between 52 and 55. Consequently, there are now no children's programmes on BBC analogue radio. 2010s