The Guardian Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Podcasts=== The paper entered [[podcasting]] in 2005 with a twelve-part weekly [[podcast]] series by [[Ricky Gervais]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/dec/08/radio.broadcasting1|title=Gervais to host Radio 2 Christmas show|work=MediaGuardian|date=8 December 2005|last=Deans|first=Jason|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=3 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103004831/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/dec/08/radio.broadcasting1|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2006, Gervais' show topped the [[iTunes]] podcast chart having been downloaded by two million listeners worldwide,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/23/radio.mondaymediasection1|title=Comedy stars and radio DJs top the download charts|work=The Guardian|date=23 January 2006|location=London|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202121907/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/23/radio.mondaymediasection1|url-status=live}}</ref> and was scheduled to be listed in the 2007 ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' as the most downloaded podcast.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/06/radio.newmedia|title=Gervais podcast in the record books|work=MediaGuardian|date=6 February 2006|last=Plunkett|first=John|location=London|publisher=Guardian News and Media|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=6 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906132518/http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,,1703591,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Guardian'' now offers several regular podcasts made by its journalists. One of the most prominent is ''Today in Focus'', a daily news podcast hosted by [[Anushka Asthana]] and launched on 1 November 2018. It was an immediate success<ref name="BMA_20190522">{{Cite news | title = Today in Focus: The Guardian's daily news podcast | series = Guardian News & Media | work = Campaign British Publishing Awards | access-date = 3 November 2019 | url = http://www.britishmediaawards.com/finalists/today-in-focus---the-guardians-daily-new/ | date = 22 May 2019 | archive-date = 3 November 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191103214859/https://www.britishmediaawards.com/finalists/today-in-focus---the-guardians-daily-new/ | url-status = dead }}</ref> and became one of the UK's most-downloaded podcasts.<ref name="BMA_20190522"/><ref>{{Cite web| title = Today in Focus on Apple Podcasts| work = Apple Podcasts| access-date = 3 November 2019| url = https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626| archive-date = 3 November 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191103221245/https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| title = Top 100 UK Podcasts (Apple Podcasts Top Charts)| work = Podcast Insights®| access-date = 3 November 2019| date = 17 December 2018| url = https://www.podcastinsights.com/top-uk-podcasts/| archive-date = 3 November 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191103220355/https://www.podcastinsights.com/top-uk-podcasts/| url-status = live}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page