Over to You Podcast
Talk back to the BBC and challenge the programme makers.
Episodes to download
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Listener bugbears on truncating news interviews
Sat 13 Apr 2024
Why do live interviewees sometimes get abruptly cut short by the interviewer?
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Oona Chaplin reveals her grandfather’s blacklist
Sat 6 Apr 2024
Your views on Hollywood Exiles and how Charlie Chaplin ended up on a blacklist
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Your reaction to schedule and programming changes
Sat 30 Mar 2024
As BBC World Service English announces schedule changes, what do listeners think?
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How has Stumped evolved over its 10-year innings?
Sat 23 Mar 2024
We ask if sports fans are bowled over by the World Service's cricket programme
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The Reith Lectures: A tradition since 1948
Sat 6 Jan 2024
Your thoughts on the BBC's annual lecture series
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Ask the BBC World Service English controller 2023
Sat 30 Dec 2023
Listeners’ tell us about what they’ve heard in the past year
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Is news fatigue something you worry about?
Sat 18 Nov 2023
We hear listeners’ thoughts on the BBC WS’s reporting of ongoing global events
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Do listeners enjoy World Service's arts programmes?
Sat 11 Nov 2023
We look at arts on the World Service with the In the Studio and Cultural Frontline teams
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A success for the women’s international game?
Sat 2 Sep 2023
We hear your thoughts on the BBC’s coverage of the women's football World Cup
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Explaining a solutions-focused documentary
Sat 26 Aug 2023
Your reaction to the story of a schoolboy on a mission to recycle billions of batteries
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The transition from live radio show to podcast
Sat 15 Jul 2023
How is the change to Focus On Africa being primarily a podcast going down with listeners?
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Appealing to readers for over two decades
Sat 17 Jun 2023
World Book Club’s Harriett Gilbert explains how she appeals to non-heavy readers
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After schedule changes are made, it’s over to you
Sat 8 Apr 2023
After four programmes are dropped, you tell us what you think of the changes
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Why four programmes have left the schedules
Sat 1 Apr 2023
There have been some notable schedule changes, the boss of BBC WS English explains why
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Dating scams and how the World Service handles adult material
Sat 25 Mar 2023
Listeners react to Love Janessa and how a BBC journalist exposed this online dating scam
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How sports programming was knocked off air
Sat 18 Mar 2023
Why did Sportsworld last Saturday fail to make it to air? Plus what is the The Happy Pod?
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Listeners’ questions about 12 months of war
Sat 4 Mar 2023
“Ukraine: a year of war” and how a show driven by listeners’ questions is put together
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How does World Questions chose where to go?
Sat 25 Feb 2023
World Questions puts the audience right at the heart of the debate - but how is it made?
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Behind-the-scenes of a weekend news show
Sat 18 Feb 2023
We meet the team behind Weekend and put to them your comments and feedback
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Listeners’ review of the past year on the World Service
Sat 7 Jan 2023
We hear your thoughts on what you heard on the BBC World Service over the past 12 months
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Ask the controller 2022: Part two
Sat 31 Dec 2022
The controller of BBC World Service English looks ahead to 2023
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Ask the controller 2022: Part one
Christmas Eve 2022
The controller of BBC World Service English, Jon Zilkha, responds to your questions
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Challenges facing the BBC’s teams in Afghanistan
Sat 20 Aug 2022
How the BBC World Service marked a year since the Taliban took control in Afghanistan
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Reporting protesters on the streets of Colombo
Sat 13 Aug 2022
What were the challenges of covering the recent civil unrest in Sri Lanka?
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A compelling story of women’s football in Ukraine
Sat 4 Jun 2022
Listeners react to Surviving the Siege of Mariupol
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Has the war given disinformation a boost?
Sat 16 Apr 2022
We return to the ongoing issue which is worrying many listeners: disinformation
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How should the BBC be funded?
Sat 29 Jan 2022
Listeners’ reactions to the news that future BBC funding is due for a review
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Ros Atkins on analysing news
Sat 4 Dec 2021
Listeners quiz presenter Ros Atkins on how his extended news analysis series is made
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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
