Breakaway (radio programme)

Breakaway was BBC Radio's first regular consumer travel programme, run by producer Roger MacDonald. It was launched on Saturday 29 September 1979, when it ran from 9.05 to 9.50 on BBC Radio 4, where it continued to be broadcast live every Saturday morning in roughly the same time-slot for nearly two decades. Its longest-serving presenter was Bernard Falk, who fronted the programme from 1980 to 1990. Breakaway finally came to an end as part of the extensive schedule changes introduced by Radio 4 controller James Boyle in April 1998.