Roger Bolton, ex presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Feedback'. Whether you love or loathe the BBC this is the podcast for you. [email protected]
Joined September 2022
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"She didn't mention the BBC once." @DEADLINE's @Jake_Kanter on Lisa Nandy's conference speech, the Jupp appointment, BBC cuts and the Royal Charter debate.
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On the day of a disappointing select committee report - which basically says “let’s just muddle through with a ‘reformed’ licence fee” - here are some wider thoughts on BBC charter renewal.
“The cuts they’re making in news, in some cases, seem random and unjustified.”
What do those cuts say about the BBC’s vision for its future? @rogermosey discusses the BBC's priorities, digital ambitions and the case for public service broadcasting.
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“The cuts they’re making in news, in some cases, seem random and unjustified.”
What do those cuts say about the BBC’s vision for its future? @rogermosey discusses the BBC's priorities, digital ambitions and the case for public service broadcasting.
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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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