BBC Radio 4 today launches The Listening Project, an ambitious new partnership between BBC Local Radio, the BBC’s national radio stations and the British Library, which aims to capture the nation in conversation.

The Listening Project will invite people across the UK to share an intimate conversation. Some of these conversations will be broadcast by the BBC and curated and archived by the British Library building a unique picture of our lives today and preserving it for future generations.

Audiences will also be able to submit their conversations to the BBC through the Project website www.bbc.co.uk/listeningproject where they will also find guidance on how to plan and record conversations.

The Listening Project website (www.bbc.co.uk/listeningproject) will launch on 19th March. Beginning on March 30th, The Listening Project will broadcast on Radio 4 on Fridays at just before the Radio 4 news at 1pm, 5pm and midnight. A 15-minute omnibus edition will air on Sundays at 2.45pm. Beginning on June 25th, five 15 minute specials will air Monday to Friday at 1.45pm.

@BBCRadio4 will be using #listeningproject to follow Listening Project conversations.

For further details, read the press release at the British Library website.