Over to You Episodes Episode guide
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Ros Atkins on analysing news
Listeners quiz presenter Ros Atkins on how his extended news analysis series is made
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The reality of war and our ability to comprehend
A listener asks whether correspondents parachuted into a country can tell the full story?
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Meeting the man behind the music show This Is Africa
Listeners quiz DJ Edu about selecting songs and promoting African musicians
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An editor tackling the spread of disinformation
How might the work of the BBC’s first disinformation editor benefit you the listener?
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Reporting COP26
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
We hear your comments on The Story of Aids and speak with the show’s producer
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The story of the Earth’s geochemical history
Presenter Justin Rowlatt answers comments on A Geochemical History of Life on Earth
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How a review of the BBC might affect what your hear
Why is the BBC’s five-year review of the World Service of any importance to listeners?
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Lyse Doucet reveals her personal Wish for Afghanistan
The BBC’s Lyse Doucet on her new series A Wish For Afghanistan
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One on one conversations with spiritual advisers
How are topics chosen for World of Wisdom and do they meet the BBC editorial guidelines?
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The story behind making Afghanistan and me
BBC Pashto’s Sana Safi tells us about the challenges of telling her unique personal story
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Reporting the rise and fall of a corrupt US police task force
Listeners share their thoughts on Bad Cops, the story of a corrupt US police force
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Exposing fake athletes and their medals deception
The Fake Paralympians and its investigation into the able bodied took medals
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The risks of reporting the new Taliban regime
How dangerous is it for the BBC to report from Afghanistan with journalists targeted?
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Holding religion to account
We ask what the WS’s flagship religious programme Heart & Soul sees as its purpose.
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Should the BBC WS have given a voice to the Taliban?
Thoughts on events in Afghanistan and whether the Taliban should have been given airtime.
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Striking the right note for the Proms
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?
Listeners tell us what they think of the BBC World Service’s coverage of the Olympics
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Unmasking those who tried to influence the influencers
How BBC Trending investigated who was behind a secret plot to discredit a Covid vaccine?
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Investigating a format unchanged for 66 years
Listeners react to From Our Own Correspondent and ask how it is put together
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Outlook and the story of blackmail aimed at a former rugby star
Your reactions to Outlook and how a gay former rugby player faced being blackmailed.
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Just how do people go about fixing the world?
Listeners put their questions to the editor of People Fixing The World
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Uncovering abuse at an Indian school for yoga
Listeners react to Guru, an investigation into sexual abuse allegations in a yoga school
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A global shortwave broadcast for just 35 people
Talk back to the BBC and challenge the programme makers.
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How to remain impartial during football commentaries
The Euro 2020 championships is gripping but how does the BBC avoid favouritism?
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The challenges faced in reporting disturbing facts
Listeners' reactions to a Heart & Soul report on children being beaten in Sudan
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A daring bank raid and a disinformation specialist’s radio diary
What listeners thought of the Lazarus Heist, a story of a most daring bank theft
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Reporting recent grim events in the Middle East
Did BBC World Service achieve editorial balance in its coverage of the Middle East?
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Logging in to read BBC news and the delights of a musical
How the audience feel about the possibility of logging into BBC news plus the musical U.Me
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Additional funds to tackle global disinformation
BBC World Service gets an additional £94 million funding boost but how will it be spent?