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23 days ago

Matt Brittin begins task of finding budget cuts as World Service and Radio 4 journalists protest against plan to increase workloads

Matt Brittin, the BBC’s new director general, has warned staff that …

3 months ago

With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported

“The programmes will neither be very interesting …

7 months ago

Liliane Landor says World Service journalism must not be ‘linked or subordinated’, as BBC explores new funding sources

Using Britain’s defence budget to help fund the BBC World Service risks subordina…

8 months ago

Senior executives at the broadcaster are said to be in discussions over whether parts of the radio network's service, such as its anti-disinformation work, should be paid for by the defence budget.

12 months ago

Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous | Martin Bell ○

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

In an age of disinformation, our broadcaster is trusted to find and tell the truth. Now more than ever we need it

  • Martin Bell is a Unicef ambassador and a former BBC war reporter

In a short space of ti…

14 months ago

For 19 years he has held the powerful to account on a show that attracts huge audiences around the world. Now it is over. He discusses his anger with management, his pride in his team – and what he’l…

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