Roger Bolton, ex presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Feedback'. Whether you love or loathe the BBC this is the podcast for you. Roger@rogerboltonsbeebwatch.com
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“Has the BBC board failed?”
In light of more BBC job cuts, I talk to @TMChivers Dr Tom Chivers @mediareformUK – whose PhD was on the last BBC Charter Review about a “real moment of reckoning” for public service media.
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Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated - despite what Wikipedia says, I'm alive and kicking.
New series of Beeb Watch is out now. @matt Deegan joins to explain why it's time to blow up the BBC to save it.
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David Cameron once offered Ann Widdecombe the ambassadorship to the Vatican. She turned it down. Just one of the stories from @IainDale who talks LBC, the Tories, the BBC, and his memoir 'Have I Said Too Much?' in this week's episode.
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"Licence is a licence. The same regulations apply to the BBC and ITV and Sky and everybody else as apply to GB News."
Lord Michael Grade — ex-BBC & ITV chairman, former Ofcom chair — on whether broadcasting standards are really applied evenly.
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"ITV have said if we don't get prominence legislation, we'll just won't renew our licence."
🎙️Prof Cathy Johnson on the government's media green paper.
We unpack why prominence, discoverability & amplification are now central to media policy
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Time to share the licence fee?
Jonathan Heawood (Public Interest News Foundation, @impress_org ) on the rise of Manchester’s independent newsletter @ManchesterMill its Andy Burnham scoop, & what it means for the future of local journalism.
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Few people are better placed to judge the BBC’s future than Mark Damazer – ex Radio 4 Controller, Deputy Director of News & BBC Trustee.
We discuss BBC cuts, “digital‑first” for radio & TV, and what Matt Brittin and PSB supporters must do next.
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Is the BBC still trusted – & by whom?
@TomLoxley brand & editorial director of @RadioTimes
on what hundreds of readers’ letters reveal about the BBC’s future: trust, impartiality, the licence fee, talent, & staying relevant to younger audiences.
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NEW: With the BBC in crisis after bias claims last year, it was hit by another blow - the chair of the Commons culture committee wrote a piece condemning its “institutional bias”.
One problem, however - she now says she didn’t write it.
A curious tale:
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Great pick up from my extraordinary interview this week on Beeb Watch.
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Well worth a listen and dramatic scenes half way through podcast 👇
This week on Beeb Watch we speak to @cj_dinenage the MP chairing Parliament's inquiry into the BBC's Royal Charter Review. Plenty to discuss - funding, governance, impartiality.
And there's a moment we've never had in the history of this podcast.
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This week on Beeb Watch we speak to @cj_dinenage the MP chairing Parliament's inquiry into the BBC's Royal Charter Review. Plenty to discuss - funding, governance, impartiality.
And there's a moment we've never had in the history of this podcast.
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“If you’re only making the case in places that you feel are friendly and supportive, you’re by your very nature just talking to a certain audience." Ex BBC Dir of Communications John Shield picked up from my Beeb Watch podcast this week.
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“About a third were experiencing what we thought were serious harms"
Prof Helen Wood (@AstonUniversity ) explains what her 3‑year ReCARE TV study reveals about casting, consent, working conditions and duty of care in reality TV.
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One of the best ever @BeebRoger pods - @RobBurl provides fascinating analysis of how bbc impartiality was undermined by a range of factors - economic, cultural and regulatory - revealing the complexity behind bbc editorial judgments about impartiality. Highly recommended 👇
Was the BBC captured? Has impartiality been killed?
Great conversation with @RobBurl – writer & ex BBC Editor of Live Political Programmes & Deputy Editor of Newsnight – about his UnHerd piece on the BBC, trans coverage, culture & due impartiality.
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Was the BBC captured? Has impartiality been killed?
Great conversation with @RobBurl – writer & ex BBC Editor of Live Political Programmes & Deputy Editor of Newsnight – about his UnHerd piece on the BBC, trans coverage, culture & due impartiality.
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Great pick up from my interview with @adamboultonTABB interview this week.
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This week I'm joined by ex Sky News Political Editor @adamboultonTABB Adam Boulton, we talk Keir Starmer’s position, multi‑party politics, the future of political journalism – and, in this clip, Ofcom’s handling of GB News. 👇
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"Freedom of expression is absolutely essential. What I don't want is a pretence of regulating for due impartiality when it's not actually happening." Former Ofcom Director of Standards Chris Banatvala on Ofcom, GB News and due impartiality.
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On Beeb Watch this week, Prof Richard Tait CBE – former BBC governor, trustee & ITN Editor-in-Chief – argues for more spending on BBC News, not less, and a clear change of direction amid fake news, political pressure & shrinking resources.
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