Over to You

The BBC World Service’s monthly listener feedback programme.

World Service,862 episodes

Episodes

ListGrid

The art of the correspondent’s radio essay
What makes for a good story and how to ensure variety in From Our Own Correspondent
12 Oct 2024,9 mins
Examining America through the looking glass
We hear your views on The Coming Storm’s second series and are joined by its host
05 Oct 2024,9 mins
How the super-rich amass their incredible wealth
The podcast Good, Bad Billionaire is back with season two. We hear your views.
28 Sep 2024,9 mins
Listener feedback on The Midwife's Confession
We hear listeners' reactions to the BBC Eye investigation The Midwife’s Confession
21 Sep 2024,9 mins
Listeners’ views on a plethora of sports
Your feedback on how the WS has covered an incredibly busy summer of sport.
14 Sep 2024,9 mins
An institution with hard-hitting interviews
In a special edition, we hear listeners’ views on Hard Talk and meet its regular host.
07 Sep 2024,9 mins
Reporting the biggest gold mine fraud of all time
We hear listeners’ feedback on “The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam” and meet its presenter
31 Aug 2024,9 mins
What do listeners think of science shows?
We ask you to tell us what you think about science programmes on the BBC World Service
24 Aug 2024,9 mins
Journey from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean
Listeners react to A Slogan and a Land and Tim Whewell explains the challenges making it
17 Aug 2024,9 mins
How to approach an interview with a mass murderer
We hear listeners’ thoughts on the often-disturbing podcast The Apartheid Killer.
10 Aug 2024,9 mins
Fake news and conspiracy theories explored
We get your feedback on Whose Truth? and hear from its presenter, Babita Sharma
03 Aug 2024,9 mins
Listeners’ thoughts on drama on the radio
Listeners’ reactions to drama as part of the BBC WS International Playwriting Competition
27 Jul 2024,9 mins
Listeners' hopes and fears for BBC World Service’s future
Listeners react to last week’s candid interview with the World Service’s departing boss
20 Jul 2024,9 mins
An appraisal of three years at the helm of the World Service
It is all change at the top of the BBC World Service as boss Liliane Landor leaves
13 Jul 2024,9 mins
Update on Focus On Africa one year on
Twelve months after launch, how is the Focus On Africa podcast going down with listeners?
06 Jul 2024,9 mins
How was the series Things Fell Apart actually made?
Listeners react to journalist Jon Ronson's curiosity about the effects of culture wars
29 Jun 2024,9 mins
How has Lives Less Ordinary bedded in?
We hear listeners’ comments on Lives Less Ordinary and also from its production team.
22 Jun 2024,9 mins
Reporting a plethora of global elections
How listeners feel about the BBC World Service's reporting on elections around the world
15 Jun 2024,9 mins
A chance to expect the unexpected
Two years after Lives Less Ordinary began, listeners say how they feel it has bedded in
08 Jun 2024,9 mins
A podcast that not only appeals to daughters
What do listeners think of Dear Daughter, which bills itself as a handbook to life?
01 Jun 2024,9 mins
Why are news reports often repeated?
What listener's think of correspondents’ news reports being repeated
25 May 2024,9 mins
Funding the BBC's Global China Unit
A listener sends his thoughts on the BBC funding its new Global China Unit
18 May 2024,9 mins
Putting the focus on reporting China’s role
The BBC WS has launched its Global China Unit but listeners ask if coverage will be fair
11 May 2024,9 mins
Where can women live their best lives?
Listeners give us their feedback on the new podcast series Where to be a Woman
04 May 2024,9 mins
DJ Edu reveals Africa’s vibrant music scene
We get listeners’ thoughts on the music show “This Is Africa” and hear from its host
27 Apr 2024,9 mins
20/04/2024 GMT
Talk back to the BBC and challenge the programme makers.
20 Apr 2024,9 mins
Listener bugbears on truncating news interviews
Why do live interviewees sometimes get abruptly cut short by the interviewer?
13 Apr 2024,9 mins
Oona Chaplin reveals her grandfather’s blacklist
Your views on Hollywood Exiles and how Charlie Chaplin ended up on a blacklist
06 Apr 2024,9 mins
Your reaction to schedule and programming changes
As BBC World Service English announces schedule changes, what do listeners think?
30 Mar 2024,9 mins
How has Stumped evolved over its 10-year innings?
We ask if sports fans are bowled over by the World Service's cricket programme
23 Mar 2024,9 mins