In Tune is a British music magazine programme on BBC Radio 3. It is broadcast in the weekday evening "drivetime" slot and features a mix of live and recorded classical, jazz, folk and world music, interviews with musicians, and arts news. It is billed as "Radio 3's flagship early evening music programme".[1]
In Tune is broadcast live from the BBC's Broadcasting House in London, and has been noted for its relaxed, convivial style of presentation.[2][3]
Format
Each programme is followed by the Classical Mixtape (formerly In Tune Mixtape), a 30-minute playlist of music compiled in the style of a mixtape with no presenter commentary. The playlist usually features an eclectic mix of classical, jazz, folk and world music.[4]
History
Presenter Sean Rafferty with violinist Nigel Kennedy at a live broadcast of In Tune from the Southbank Centre in 2014
The programme was first broadcast on 13 July 1992, hosted by Natalie Wheen.[5] It was launched in response to the forthcoming launch of the competitor radio station Classic FM.[6] Early shows were additionally presented by Humphrey Carpenter.[7] From 1997 to 2024, the show's principal host was Sean Rafferty, a presenter known for his work on BBC Northern Ireland.[8][9][10]
In 2017, Katie Derham joined the programme as a presenter. Derham was an established broadcaster on BBC arts programming, and was especially known as a presenter on BBC Proms.[11][12] Broadcaster Suzy Klein has also presented the show.[13] In June 2024, the BBC announced that Rafferty would leave Radio 3 in April 2025, and that Petroc Trelawny would replace him as a co-presenter of In Tune alongside Derham.[14][15] Rafferty departed earlier than had been announced, presenting his final show on 6 December 2024.[16] Rafferty stated that he felt "shell-shocked" about the decision by the new Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson to remove him from In Tune, and he decided to leave the station entirely.[17][18]
↑Carpenter, Humphrey (1996). The Envy of the World: Fifty Years of the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3, 1946–1996. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p.341. ISBN0-297-81830-9.
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