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21/10/2022
Andrea Catherwood explores True Crime on Radio 4 in discussion with Winifred Robinson, the presenter of The Boy in The Woods, and commissioning editor Dan…
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14/10/2022
In the first programme of a new series, Andrea Catherwood discusses BBC coverage of the Queen’s funeral with Royal Correspondent Jonny Dymond and the BBC’s…
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26/08/2022
There are 1.4 billion people in China, and one BBC correspondent in Feedback this week, Stephen McDonell, explains how he tries to find out what is really…
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19/08/2022
A BBC correspondent recently returned from Afghanistan, Yogita Limaye, tells Roger Bolton what it's like to report from the country, and what restrictions are…
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12/08/2022
Radio 4 Drama Commissioner Alison Hindell answers comments from listeners, discusses the changing nature of audio drama and responds to criticism of a drama…
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05/08/2022
Can you believe BBC weather forecasters when they link extreme temperatures with climate change? BBC Meteorologist Tomasz Schafernaker discusses reporting of…
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29/07/2022
Do the Culture wars have to be fought to the death? Can either side be persuaded to listen calmly to the other’s point of view? That's what Radio 4 is trying…
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22/07/2022
The BBC’s Environment Analyst tells Roger Bolton he is scared about what is happening to the climate. Roger Harrabin, who is shortly to leave the Corporation…
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15/07/2022
Are BBC journalists enjoying the Conservative party leadership crisis a little too much? Even delighting in the demise of Boris Johnson? That is the suspicion…
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08/07/2022
Why did Emily Maitlis, the former Newsnight presenter, want to make eight programmes about an American official who died 50 years ago? Roger Bolton asks her…
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20/05/2022
What is it like being the BBC’s Defence Correspondent during the Russian Ukrainian conflict? How does he work out what is fact and what is propaganda? Jonathan…
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13/05/2022
Should music that accompanies video games be played at the BBC Proms? On Feedback this week the man in charge of the Proms, Radio 3 Controller Alan Davey, will…
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06/05/2022
Are there some words which should never be broadcast, even if they are used by Bob Dylan in one of his songs? BBC Radio 6 Music has edited the use of the…
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29/04/2022
What is going on in the mind of Vladimir Putin? A new Radio 4 series has been trying to answer that question. Roger Bolton asks the Presenter of ‘Putin’, Jonny…
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22/04/2022
After almost 40,000 questions over 75 years, is Gardeners’ Question Time in danger of running out of new questions? The programme's presenter Kathy Clugston…
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15/04/2022
What can the BBC’s latest news podcast Ukrainecast offer listeners which its news programmes cannot? Roger Bolton puts that question to the podcast’s Producer…
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01/04/2022
Radio 4’s Tom Sutcliffe responds to listener criticism of Front Row's discussion on the views of JK Rowling. The presenter of Money Box, Paul Lewis, talks…
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25/03/2022
As the airwaves and social media are flooded with disinformation, how can listeners find out what is really happening in Ukraine, and see through the…
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18/03/2022
Are there some subjects radio comedy programmes should steer clear of? For example, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The BBC executive in charge of both The…
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26/12/2021
Adam Fleming is the main presenter of the BBC’s most popular podcast Newscast. He explains to Roger Bolton what he thinks makes it work. The Archers is the…
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17/12/2021
One of Radio 4’s Factual Commissioning Editors Dan Clarke explains his decision to axe the Film Programme and discusses its replacement Screenshot. He also…
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10/12/2021
The audience for the BBC World Service is booming but misinformation and conspiracy theories are flourishing as well. Roger Bolton talks to the outgoing…
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03/12/2021
Is BBC Radio 2 so concerned about recruiting younger listeners that it is neglecting its loyal, older audience? In Feedback this week, Roger Bolton puts this…
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26/11/2021
Why did World at One decide to carry a long interview with one of the brothers of Ghislaine Maxwell? WATO’s Editor Natasha Shallice responds to listeners’…
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19/11/2021
In a programme broadcast during COP 26, Radio 4’s The Food Programme looked at “how meat and dairy can play a positive role for the future of people and the…
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12/11/2021
Is the climate crisis so serious that the BBC should start campaigning about it? As COP26 comes to a conclusion, that’s one of the questions from listeners put…
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05/11/2021
Is the BBC’s journalism impartial? The Government doesn’t think so, which is tricky for the Corporation as it negotiates the next licence fee settlement. The…
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29/10/2021
Is the country over the worst of the latest surge in Covid cases, and is there an end in sight to the pandemic? If anyone at the BBC knows the answer to these…
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22/10/2021
After ten years of programmes is there still life in The Life Scientific? Presenter Jim Al-Khalili joins Roger Bolton to discuss the programme and science…
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15/10/2021
'Stop talking!'; that is what Nick Robinson, as presenter of Radio 4’s Today programme, told the prime minister on air last week. Was this a necessary tactic…
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27/08/2021
Do people exist as more than through their memory? If you lose it, do you cease to exist? That is the question Sir Jonathan Miller wanted to explore shortly…
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20/08/2021
It would appear that leaders of western governments have been caught napping by the speed of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, but was the BBC also taken by…
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13/08/2021
The BBC’s departing New York correspondent, Nick Bryant, thinks America has stopped being great. Is this perhaps why he is going? Nick discusses audience…
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06/08/2021
Are a third of us, from both sides of the political spectrum, attracted by authoritarianism? That's a claim made in Radio 4’s The Spark. Roger Bolton asks its…
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30/07/2021
How does the comedian Mark Steel get away with cheekily satirising towns and cities that he visits in his eponymous Radio 4 programme? Mark Steel’s in Town has…
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23/07/2021
The Proms are back but will there be a full audience in the Albert Hall to hear them, who will they be listening to, and will the flags be flying for the Last…
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16/07/2021
Should BBC sports commentators remain impartial during football matches involving home nations? Some listeners think they are openly biased in favour of…
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09/07/2021
The Deputy Director of BBC News Jonathan Munro discusses impartiality, cronyism, and the tendency for guests to disappear at a vital moment in an interview…
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21/05/2021
Listeners have been enjoying the conclusion of long-running Radio 4 fictional serial The Corrupted this week. The author GF Newman explains how he sees…
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14/05/2021
With listeners concerned about cuts to BBC radio drama and asking if it's still a priority for Radio 4, a former head of BBC Radio Drama tells Roger Bolton she…
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07/05/2021
The Editor of Woman’s Hour, Karen Dalziel, talks about how her new presenters are bedding into the long-running programme which celebrates its 75th birthday…
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30/04/2021
BBC Radio 1 has launched a new streaming service called Relax, Roger Bolton hears the views of listeners and asks the Head of Radio 1, Aled Haydn Jones…
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23/04/2021
Roger Bolton hears more views from listeners about the BBC's coverage of the death of HRH the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Does Danny Robins, the writer…
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16/04/2021
Criticism levelled at the BBC for the programme changes made in the aftermath of the death of HRH the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is unprecedented. Roger…
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11/04/2021
Why does Saturday Live’s the Reverend Richard Coles insist on using his title when he presents non-religious programmes? That’s one of the questions put to the…
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02/04/2021
The Controller of Radio 3 Alan Davey answers listeners’ questions - including why the music of Justin Bieber is being played on a radio station better known as…
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26/03/2021
As politicians, doctors and scientists fought to bring Covid under control, the BBC’s Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg was trying to find out what was really…
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19/03/2021
Are you a mood mum? Do you even know what that means? You can find out as Roger Bolton explores why Radio 2 is so keen on attracting listeners from this new…
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12/03/2021
There has been almost blanket media coverage of the extraordinary interview given by The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Oprah Winfrey. One of the people charged…
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05/03/2021
Melvyn Bragg came up with the idea of the long-running Radio 4 programme In our Time back in 1998 and, 900 editions later, is still at the helm. He answers…
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26/02/2021
The BBC‘s Deputy Director of News faces questions from listeners about the Corporation’s Covid coverage. Jonathan Munro hears concerns that his journalists are…
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19/02/2021
How is Emma Barnett settling in as the main presenter of Woman’s Hour? Is she turning the programme into a radio version of Newsnight? In the first edition of…
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18/12/2020
After almost half a century, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue is still the most popular radio comedy, according to a poll of Radio Times readers. The producer of the…
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11/12/2020
Just as Woman’s Hour listeners were getting used to the idea of losing long-standing presenter Dame Jenni Murray, there came the news that another favourite…
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04/12/2020
What is the truth about the White Helmets who rescue bomb victims in Syria, and was one of their leaders, a former British soldier, murdered, or did he commit…
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27/11/2020
Is the Archers back to its best? After a torrid time under lockdown restrictions, the drama is nearly back to its pre-Covid level of production. Currently it…
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20/11/2020
Should BBC journalists come off the fence and campaign over climate change? That's one of the questions raised by Feedback listeners and put to Justin Rowlatt…
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13/11/2020
BBC radio listeners are expressing their concerns about the cuts to BBC News and the departure of several senior correspondents. Roger Bolton discusses their…
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06/11/2020
Veteran broadcaster Mark Mardell has just left the Corporation. He said goodbye to listeners of the World at One and The World This Weekend and now feels free…
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30/10/2020
Roger asks the BBC’s North America editor Jon Sopel how he attempts to set his own agenda and remain impartial in one of the most divisive US elections of all…