The Review Show axed by the BBC after 20 years

The BBC has axed The Review Show, it has been announced.



The arts programme's upcoming edition on Sunday (March 30) will be its last, after 20 years on air.

The cancellation arrives just less than 12 months after it switched to a monthly format on BBC Four, and comes despite the BBC's announcement of an 18% increase in its TV arts spend in 2014/15.

Kirsty Wark will present the final edition on Sunday, reviewing Richard Ayoade's film The Double and BBC One drama The Crimson Field.

The Review Show began in 1994 as The Late Review on BBC Two, before being placed after Newsnight in 2001.

After being relaunched under its new name, it moved from London to Glasgow in 2010. It remained a weekly programme until moving to BBC Four in April 2013.

It averaged an audience of 94,000 viewers on BBC Four, with its highest audience being 141,000 in October.