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Roger Mosey, former BBC editorial director on high standards, distinctiveness and the impact of cuts
Season 7 Episode 12
Roger Mosey, a former Editorial Director of the BBC, Head of TV News, and Director of Sport, discusses his lecture to the Commonwealth Journalists As…
1 year, 10 months ago
Prof Cathy Johnson discusses TV distribution and the dangers of exclusion
Season 7 Episode 11
Professor Catherine Johnson from the University of Leeds discusses her role on the recently announced DCMS committee, which is examining the future o…
1 year, 10 months ago
Prof Steven Barnett discusses BBC chair Samir Shah's speech: devolve, democratise, depoliticise
Season 7 Episode 10
Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications at the University of Westminster, discusses BBC Chair Samir Shah's inaugural speech. We explore what devo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Jamie Angus, ex director of BBC World Service discusses the budget announcement on World Service funding and BBC cuts
Season 7 Episode 9
Jamie Angus is the former director of the BBC World Service and the former editor of 'Today' and 'Newsnight' who now works in the Middle East. We dis…
1 year, 11 months ago
Richard Sambrook ex BBC Director of News and the World Service on BBC cuts, disinformation and World Service funding
Season 7 Episode 8
Richard Sambrook, former Director of BBC News and the World Service, and now an Emeritus Professor of journalism at Cardiff University discusses the …
1 year, 11 months ago
Gareth Benest, International Broadcasting Trust, on shrinking global coverage
Season 7 Episode 7
In the same week that BBC Director General Tim Davie pitched for an increase in government funding for the BBC World Service, while simultaneously ax…
1 year, 11 months ago
Jim Waterson, former Guardian media editor, discusses his new venture, billionaire media owners, and radically rethinking public service broadcasting
Season 7 Episode 6
On our 100th episode anniversary we talk to another journalist who has started out on a new venture. The Guardian’s former media editor, Jim Waterson…
2 years ago
Mark Urban ex BBC Newsnight diplomatic and defence editor on BBC coverage of the Middle East, Newsnight changes and life outside the BBC
Season 7 Episode 5
Mark Urban spent many years as the diplomatic and defence editor at BBC Newsnight before leaving in May, after 34 years at the corporation. Prior to …
2 years ago
Lawyer Trevor Asserson discusses his report which criticises the BBC for bias against Israel in its Middle East coverage
Season 7 Episode 4
The controversial Asserson Report sparked headlines in The Daily Telegraph and The Daily Mail for its critique of the BBC's Middle East coverage at t…
2 years ago
David Aaronovitch broadcaster and journalist on the Jewish Chronicle, The Asserson Report alleging BBC bias and media coverage of the Middle East
Season 7 Episode 3
Journalist and broadcaster David Aaronovitch worked for the BBC in a senior capacity before becoming a columnist for The Times and the presenter of n…
2 years ago