Digital Planet Go Digital
What was the official name of Digital Planet from Apr 2019 to Apr 2020?
Digital Planet Digital Planet ( previously known as Click and originally Go Digital ) is a radio programme broadcast on the BBC World Service presented by Gareth Mitchell . Alternating as contributors are Bill Thompson , Ghislaine Boddington and Angelica Mari , who comment on items in the programme and discuss them with Mitchell . The show , broadcast weekly , covers technology stories and news from around the world . History . From 2001 to 2004 , it was presented by Tracey Logan and during that time it was one of the BBCs few webcast programmes , with cameras providing a live feed . The show was renamed Click on 29 March 2011 to make it easier to recognise its status as a sister programme of the TV programme Click , which is broadcast on BBC News and BBC World News . The shows running time was reduced from 28 minutes to 18 minutes . In the episode aired 1 May 2019 , the show announced that it had renamed itself back to Digital Planet . Show format and topics . Digital Planet covers a wide range of issues affecting technology . The first broadcast each week is also live ( at 20:30 UK time on a Tuesday evening ) , whereas previously it was recorded . The show is now around 27 minutes long . Often there are segments on technological solutions to problems facing charitable or humanitarian causes , with a speaker representing the cause being interviewed by Mitchell . One example is the segment on a screen saver which harnessed the power of idling home PCs to help perform complex mathematical calculations to help cure malaria . Other topics covered have included : - Modern plane technology - problems with smartphone set up - Blu-ray Disc vs . HD DVD - The use of open source software around the world Usually views sent either by e-mail , Facebook , Twitter or using the BBC News website are read out and discussed briefly by the hosts . A special pre- and post show session for podcast listeners is produced which cannot be heard by those listening to broadcast radio . The fan clubs Prezzi created a special picture for the show , which was framed , delivered and discussed on line , and held a Google Hangout during the show where listeners discussed the show in real time , and engaged with the presenters - see Thompson engaging with the Hangout on Air . The presenters were interviewed for the Project Kazimierz Podcast in 2015 . Since 2016 , the Digital Planet Listeners Facebook group has a running theme hashtagged #FlatDarkStanleyNet in which Gareth Mitchells copy of Jamie Bartletts The Dark Net containing a bookmark of Mitchell is passed around among listeners . It is based on the Flat Stanley Project . External links . - Digital Planet Podcast - Digital Planet listeners group on Facebook