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'''''What The Papers Say''''' was a British radio, and formerly television, series. It consisted of quotations from headlines and comment pages in the previous week's [[newspaper]]s, read in a variety of voices and accents by actors. The quotes were linked by a script read by a studio presenter, usually a prominent journalist. The show did not have a regular host, and was intended as a wry look at how British broadsheets and tabloids covered the week's news stories. The programme was most recently broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]].

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The BBC decided in 2008 not to recommission the series, also dropping coverage of the annual ''What the Papers Say'' Awards.<ref name="Guardian"/> ITV Productions stated it hoped to find a "new home" for the show.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7425548.stm|title=BBC cancels What the Papers Say |date=29 May 2008 |work=BBC News Online |accessdate=<!---29 May 2008--->}}</ref> In October 2008, the same format made a partial return to screens during Granada's own regional political programme ''Party People'', where it was usually introduced as "a look at what the papers say". The programme was revived by BBC Radio 4 in April 2010.

On 17 February 2010, the BBC announced ''What the Papers Say'' would be revived on [[BBC Radio 4]], with 12 editions being broadcast under the working title "What the Election Papers Say" in the run-up to the [[2010 United Kingdom general election, 2010|2010 general election]].<ref name="2010 revival"/> The 12-part revival was regarded a success by former Radio 4 controller [[Mark Damazer]], who commissioned the programme as a permanent addition to the station's schedule at 22.45 on Sundays<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/may/17/what-papers-say-radio-4 |title=What the Papers Say to become Radio 4 fixture |publisher=The Guardian |date=17 May 2010|___location=London |first=John |last=Plunkett}}</ref> as the last segment of ''[[The Westminster Hour]]''.

The radio programmes were recorded at the [[Westminster]] BBC's [[New Broadcasting House]] studios. Presenters of the BBC Radio 4 programme included ''[[The Spectator]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s editor [[Fraser Nelson]], the ''[[Daily Mirror]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Kevin Maguire (journalist)|Kevin Maguire]], ''[[The Guardian]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Michael White (journalist)|Michael White]], ''[[The Observer]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Andrew Rawnsley]] and [[John Kampfner]].