Over to You Podcast
The BBC World Service’s monthly listener feedback programme.
On Over to You, we hear your views, criticisms and praise for the BBC World Service’s programming.
Presenter Qasa Alom puts your questions and comments to the presenters and the programme makers. We also take listeners behind the scenes to give an in-depth look into how programmes and editorial decisions are made.
We’d love to hear from you by email on overtoyou@bbc.co.uk, or leave us a message on +441449609000
Presenter: Qasa Alom
Producer: Jill Achineku
Executive producer: Robert Nicholson
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Episodes to download
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Meeting the man behind the music show This Is Africa
Sat 20 Nov 2021
Listeners quiz DJ Edu about selecting songs and promoting African musicians
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Reporting COP26
Sat 6 Nov 2021
Listeners tell us what they think of the BBC’s coverage of the COP 26 climate conference
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Your thoughts on the story of the HIV-Aids crisis
Sat 30 Oct 2021
We hear your comments on The Story of Aids and speak with the show’s producer
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Striking the right note for the Proms
Sat 14 Aug 2021
What are the challenges of broadcasting the Proms and its classical music globally?
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Did the BBC WS Olympics coverage cross the finishing line?
Sat 7 Aug 2021
Listeners tell us what they think of the BBC World Service’s coverage of the Olympics
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A daring bank raid and a disinformation specialist’s radio diary
Sat 5 Jun 2021
What listeners thought of the Lazarus Heist, a story of a most daring bank theft
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Uncovering the American mother caught up in Syria
Sat 17 Apr 2021
We hear your thoughts on the I’m Not A Monster podcast and we talk to its host
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Behind-the-scenes of BBC Africa’s leading investigation team
Sat 6 Mar 2021
Africa Eye specialises in reports from across the continent but what makes the team tick?
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Asking questions of the Climate Question series
Sat 12 Dec 2020
What exactly is the BBC WS’ series The Climate Question asking? We quiz its presenters.
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The pros and cons of the immersive documentary
Sat 1 Aug 2020
Listeners’ react to the immersive documentary that adopts some techniques used in drama
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Do fake football crowd sounds do it for you?
Sat 4 Jul 2020
Live football is back, but is it better with or without fake crowd sounds?
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How can reporters avoid causing panic about coronavirus?
Sat 15 Feb 2020
The continuing threat of coronavirus and getting access to the people and places affected
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How is the newly created series Music Life settling in?
Sat 26 Oct 2019
Why BBC WS has merged all of its music programming into one new show, Music Life
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How Africa Eye exposed sex for grades
Sat 19 Oct 2019
How BBC Africa Eye revealed sexual harassment at some of Africa’s top universities
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When reports are seen as too one-sided
Sat 7 Sep 2019
Was Heart and Soul’s highly personal report on having large families too one-sided?
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Ideas that shape the global economy
Sat 31 Aug 2019
'50 Things …' tells the stories of game changing inventions - but is it fact or opinion?
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How science coverage could change
Sat 24 Aug 2019
Do science programmes do it for you and how might they change in the future?
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How podcasts have become mainstream
Sat 29 Jun 2019
Have podcasts added a new dimension to the way you listen to the BBC World Service?
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Reporting the biggest democratic poll ever held
Sat 20 Apr 2019
Battling the threat of fake news in the biggest democratic poll ever held in the world
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Investigating the roots of sexism in France
Sat 13 Apr 2019
Not#MeToo, I'm French investigated sexism, but is France the world’s worst example?
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To Hana Ali He was Just Her Dad!
Sat 27 Oct 2018
Muhammad was The Greatest but to Hana Ali he was just her dad
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Opioids Every Day for Everyday Americans
Sat 20 Oct 2018
How the topic of opioids in the new series Everyday Americans has caught your attention
