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Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch

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Roger Bolton,formerly presenter of BBC Radio 4"s "Feedback" launches his very first podcast. Free from the constraints of broadcasting on the BBC, with a few more opinions and casting his net a little bit wider to encompass the whole of the BBC, Roger examines the issues that are facing the corporation and public service broadcasting.Find all our podcastshereAnd please support this podcast by subscribinghereWe also support VLV (Voice of the Listener and Viewer) which represents the interests of

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26:49

Alan Rusbridger former Guardian editor in chief ...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2024/01/29

Alan Rusbridger, former Guardian editor and now editor at Prospect magazine has written an article with the headline ‘How the government captured the BBC'. Has it? We discuss the concept of impartiality, the government appointed board member Sir Robbie Gibb’s attempt to interfere in the appointment of the chair of Ofcom, his influence on the corporation, the make-up of the BBC board and criticism from the Jewish Chronicle.“Sir Robbie Gibb is the only person with editorial experience, who sits in

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0:38

Former Guardian editor in chief Alan Rusbridger...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2024/01/25

Alan Rusbridger, former Guardian editor and now editor at Prospect magazine has written an article with the headline ‘How the government captured the BBC'. Has it? We discuss the concept of impartiality, the government appointed board member Sir Robbie Gibb’s attempt to interfere in the appointment of the chair of Ofcom, his influence on the corporation, the make-up of the BBC board and criticism from the Jewish Chronicle.“Sir Robbie Gibb is the only person with editorial experience, who sits in

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30:31

Jim Naughtie BBC Special Correspondent discusses the...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2024/01/22

Jim Naughtie has covered each US presidential election over the past five decades. He was a political correspondent onThe Scotsmanand thenThe Guardian, before becoming a presenter of Radio 4’s The World at One and then of The Today Programme – which he stood down from in 2016.Currently, he is a Special Correspondent for BBC News and presents Radio 4’s Book Club.We discussed the implications of the Iowa caucus result, the challenges that public service broadcasters face covering an election when

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0:53

BBC Special Correspondent Jim Naughtie discusses the...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2024/01/18

Jim Naughtie has covered each US presidential election over the past five decades. He was a political correspondent onThe Scotsmanand thenThe Guardian, before becoming a presenter of Radio 4’s The World at One and then of The Today Programme – which he stood down from in 2016.Currently, he is a Special Correspondent for BBC News and presents Radio 4’s Book Club.We discussed the implications of the Iowa caucus result, the challenges that public service broadcasters face covering an election when

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38:15

Investigative journalist Andy Webb on his struggle to...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2024/01/16

The circumstances surrounding the securing of the Panorama interview with the late Princess of Wales have been one of the biggest controversies to beset the BBC.On this week’s programme we’re taking stock on the imminent release of emails by the BBC which concerns its handling of the Martin Bashir scandal.There has been quite a battle in the courts as the Corporation attempts to withhold and redact some of the emails requested under the Freedom of Information act by that very determined journalist

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1:32

Andy Webb investigative journalist, on his struggle...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2024/01/12

The circumstances surrounding the securing of the Panorama interview with the late Princess of Wales have been one of the biggest controversies to beset the BBC.On this week’s programme we’re taking stock on the imminent release of emails by the BBC which concern its handling of the Martin Bashir scandal.There has been quite a battle in the courts as the Corporation attempts to withhold and redact some of the emails requested under the Freedom of Information act by that very determined journalist

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32:05

Full interview with Stewart Purvis former Channel 4...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2024/01/09

Stewart Purvis, a former Editor of Channel 4 news and ITN Chief Executive was also one of the content regulators at Ofcom and oversaw standards cases involving the BBC between 2007 and 2010. In 2005 he was a member of a BBC commissioned independent panel assessing the impartiality of BBC news and current affairs coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.In 2015 he was a member of the BBC Charter Review Advisory Group as well as many other roles including a non executive director of Channel 4. In

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3:36

Stewart Purvis former Channel 4 News editor and Ofcom...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/12/22

Stewart Purvis, a former Editor of Channel 4 news and ITN Chief Executive was also one of the content regulators at Ofcom and oversaw standards cases involving the BBC between 2007 and 2010. In 2005 he was a member of a BBC commissioned independent panel assessing the impartiality of BBC news and current affairs coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.In 2015 he was a member of the BBC Charter Review Advisory Group as well as many other roles including a non executive director of Channel 4. In

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41:12

Mark Damazer former BBC Trustee on Samir Shah's...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/12/14

Mark Damazer is a former BBC Trustee, deputy head of BBC News and controller of Radio 4, now chairs the Booker prizes. In the week that the Government's nomination for BBC chair, Dr Samir Shah, is scrutinised by the DCMS select committee we discuss his appointment, what will be in his in-tray, the Lineker tweets, the Government's decision to renege on their funding commitment to the BBC, charter renewal, consultation, transparency and the licence fee as a funding mechanism. “It’s less than four

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43:56

David Aaronovitch broadcaster and journalist on BBC...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/12/07

David Aaronovitch, worked for the BBC in a senior capacity before becoming a writer for the Independent and later a columnist on the Times. He's made numerous documentaries and currently presents BBC Radio 4’s The Briefing Room. He publishes longer articles on his substack 'Notes from the Underground' and contributes to Tortoise Media. We discussed the complexities and roots of the current conflict in Israel and Gaza, BBC coverage of the war, the BBC's role in public service media, potential cuts

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29:47

Pat Younge former chief creative officer at BBC TV...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/11/30

Pat Younge is a former chief creative officer of BBC Television and a Non Executive Director at ITV Studios Ltd. Amongst his many roles he’s also currently Chair of the Cardiff University governing body and runs his own production company. In our interview we discussed why he is also chair of the British Broadcasting Challenge - why it was set up, the future of public service broadcasting, funding and local journalism. We reflect on his career, why he received elocution lessons and how diversity in

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27:04

Greg Childs, former BBC executive producer on the...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/11/23

Greg Childs worked for over 25 years at the BBC, mainly as a director, producer and executive producer of children’s programmes. He created the first Children’s BBC websites and, as Head of Children’s Digital, developed and launched the children’s channels, CBBC and CBeebies.Greg left the BBC in 2004 and worked across other broadcasters. He's now Director of The Children’s Media Foundation and Editorial Director of the Children’s Media Conference. We discuss the crisis in children’s TV programming,

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32:00

Michael Crick, broadcaster and author on GB News,...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/11/16

It was once aid that the five most terrifying words in the political lexicon were “Michael Crick is in reception”. Michael has worked extensively across the main public service broadcasters – starting at ITV. He then moved to Channel 4 becoming political correspondent and Washington Correspondent.He joined the BBC as a reporter at Panorama and eventually became political editor of Newsnight before returning to Channel 4 News as political correspondent. He has now stood back from daily journalism to

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34:34

Sophie Chalk, VLV policy adviser discusses the...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/11/09

Sophie Chalk is the policy adviser for VLV (Voice of the Listener and Viewer), an independent charity representing the interests of the audience in supporting high-quality broadcasting in the UK. Earlier this year, they appeared before the DCMS select committee’s inquiry into the future of Public Service Broadcasting. Have their concerns been taken on board and reflected in the Media Bill, which was announced in the King's Speech on Tuesday? We discuss the implications of the bill on public service

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32:26

Ritula Shah, former BBC Radio 4 presenter of the...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/11/02

Ritula Shah spent 35 years at the BBC as a producer on 'Today,' presenting 'The World Today,' 'Woman’s Hour,' 'PM,' and chairing 'Any Questions.' However, Ritula is best known for her decade-long tenure as the presenter of the ‘World Tonight' on Radio 4 until earlier this year. We discuss why she left, covering the Israel/Hamas conflict, impartiality, preserving 'Newsnight' at the expense of successful Radio 4 strand programmes, and presenter pay.“I think that many of my colleagues are rather

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28:55

Richard Sambrook ex BBC Director of News, the World...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/10/26

Richard Sambrook, the former BBC Director of News, the World Service and Global News is now emeritus Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University. We discuss Tim Davie, the BBC director general's appearance before the 1922 parliamentary committee, the BBC's coverage of the Israel/Gaza conflict, their news gathering process and transparency, BBC cuts and their impact on services and journalism training. “The BBC tends to be overly defensive. That's it’s kind of default position. But I think it's

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34:54

Edward Stourton, BBC presenter and former foreign...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/10/19

Edward Stourton has worked in broadcasting for more than forty years, and has been a foreign correspondent for the BBC, ITN and Channel Four. He was a one of the main presenters of Radio 4’sTodayprogramme for ten years and still regularly presentsThe World at One, The World this WeekendandAnalysis.He’s also been the main presenter ofSunday– the radio 4 programme which looks at the religious and ethical issues of the week. He's recently written a book about it with his producer Amanda Hancox which

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21:19

Roger Mosey, former BBC editorial director on BBC...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/10/11

Roger Mosey was head of BBC TV News and is a former editor of the Today programme. We discuss the BBC's reluctance to use the term "terrorist" and the BBC's coverage of the Israel-Gaza war.“You have to recognise that you can't be morally neutral, you can't think that everything is a 50 50 call. So it's tough doing it. I think this is about the most difficult thing the BBC has to cover, after many years, decades of difficulty in covering Ireland.”Support the podcast by signing up to Patreon hereFind

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45:59

Sir Mark Thompson, former BBC Director General and...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/10/04

By the time he was 40, Sir Mark Thompson had held some of the top jobs at the BBC. He went on to become Chief Executive of Channel 4 before returning to the corporation as Director General in 2004. In 2012 he went on to The New York Times where he turned around its fortunes. Another challenge now beckons - CEO and chair of CNN, the US news channel where he starts shortly. Roger Bolton talks to his former colleague about impartiality, free speech, BBC bias, democracy, public service

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29:44

Richard Ayre, former senior BBC Executive and former...

Roger Bolton"s Beeb Watch ·

2023/09/28

Richard Ayre, former controller of BBC editorial policy and a former member of the OFCOM content board is now the chair of the independent press regulator Impress. On this week's programme we discuss the newly published BBC social media guidelines in response to the Gary Lineker controversy last March. We also look at Ofcom's regulation of GB News and the Russell Brand affair.“Gary is a highly intelligent guy, the fact that he's welcomed these guidelines today, the fact that he never apologised or

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