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David Cameron once offered Ann Widdecombe the ambassadorship to the Vatican. She turned it down. Just one of the stories from @iaindale.bsky.social who talks LBC, the Tories, the BBC, and his memoir 'Have I Said Too Much?' in this week's episode. 🎧 Full ep: podfollow.com/beebwatch
"Licence is a licence. The same regulations apply to the BBC, ITV, Sky... and GB News. That doesn't make them wrong." Lord Michael Grade — ex-chairman of the BBC and ITV, outgoing Ofcom chair — on whether broadcasting standards are really applied evenly. 🎧 Full episode: podfollow.com/beebwatch
"ITV have said if we don't get prominence legislation, we'll just won't renew our licence." 🎙️Prof Cathy Johnson on the Sky/ITV deal and government's new media green paper. We unpack why prominence, discoverability & amplification are now central to media policy 🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
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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 ...
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Time to share the licence fee? Jonathan Heawood, bsky.app/profile/publ... and @impressorg.bsky.social on the rise of Manchester’s independent newsletter @manchestermill.bsky.social its Andy Burnham scoop, and what it means for the future of local journalism. 🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch
Few people are better placed to judge the BBC’s future than Mark Damazer – ex Radio 4 Controller, Deputy Director of News & BBC Trustee. We discuss BBC cuts, “digital‑first” for radio & TV, and what Matt Brittin and PSB supporters must do next. 🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
Great pick up from my extraordinary interview this week on our Beeb Watch podcast. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Head of Commons media committee denies writing article accusing BBC of bias
Excoriating article under Caroline Dinenage’s name remains on ConservativeHome website
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This week on Beeb Watch we speak to Dame Caroline Dinenage the MP chairing Parliament's inquiry into the BBC's Royal Charter Review. Plenty to discuss - funding, governance, impartiality. And there's a moment we've never had in the history of this podcast. 🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
“If you’re only making the case in places that you feel are friendly and supportive, you’re by your very nature just talking to a certain audience." Ex BBC Dir of Communications John Shield picked up from my Beeb Watch podcast. 🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06...
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This is a great conversation with Helen about the realities on the ground.
@beebwatch.bsky.social · 2mo ago“About a third were experiencing what we thought were serious harms" Prof Helen Wood (@AstonUniversity ) explains what her 3 year ReCARE TV study reveals about casting, consent, working conditions and duty of care in reality TV. Latest episode of Beeb Watch here 👉 podfollow.com/beebwatch
“About a third were experiencing what we thought were serious harms" Prof Helen Wood (@AstonUniversity ) explains what her 3 year ReCARE TV study reveals about casting, consent, working conditions and duty of care in reality TV. Latest episode of Beeb Watch here 👉 podfollow.com/beebwatch
Has the BBC been “captured”? Great conversation with @robburl.bsky.social – writer & ex BBC Editor of Live Political Programmes & Deputy Editor of Newsnight – about his UnHerd piece on the BBC, trans coverage, culture & due impartiality. 🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch
Great pick up from my interview with @adamboulton.bsky.social on Beeb Watch this week. Listen to the full interview here: podfollow.com/beebwatch www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...
GB News should lose its licence, says ex-Sky News editor Adam Boulton
Veteran broadcaster accuses channel of ‘clear violations’ of Ofcom’s due impartiality rules
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This week I'm joined by ex Sky News Political Editor @adamboulton.bsky.social we talk Keir Starmer’s position, multi party politics, the future of political journalism – and, in this clip, Ofcom’s handling of GB News. 👇 🎧 Full episode: podfollow.com/beebwatch
"Freedom of expression is absolutely essential. What I don't want is a pretence of regulating for due impartiality when it's not actually happening." Former Ofcom Director of Standards Chris Banatvala on Ofcom, GB News and due impartiality. 🎧 Full episode: podfollow.com/beebwatch
On Beeb Watch, Prof Richard Tait CBE @richardgrahamtait.bsky.social – former BBC governor, trustee & ITN Editor-in-Chief – argues for more spending on BBC News, not less, and a clear change of direction amid fake news, political pressure & shrinking resources. 🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch
“Let’s call it what it is. Ofcom’s negligence is one of the biggest threats to the integrity of British democracy right now.” @liambyrnemp.bsky.social on Ofcom, GB News, media money & why politicians need to send a “pretty clear message” to the regulator. 🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch
With Lisa Nandy announcing a permanent Royal Charter for the BBC, is the charter review a real consultation – or a done deal? Prof Lee Edwards @mediareformuk.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social discusses the speech, the charter “consultation” & public accountability. 🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
Former DG Lord Tony Hall discuss Matt Brittin’s appointment as director general, who should be in his top team, the BBC’s direction in a digital world, Ofcom and impartiality, collaboration with other PSBs, the World Service and future funding. 🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch
“British Muslim citizens are being thrown under the bus by politicians, by the media & the powers that be, & no one blinks an eyelid.” Rizwana Hamid, Centre for Media Monitoring @cfmmuk on their new report on how UK media covers Muslims and Islam. 🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
⏰ The clock is ticking. Time to respond to the Government’s consultation on the future of the BBC. I talk it through with Colin Browne of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer. 🎧https://podfollow.com/beebwatch Gov consultation: www.gov.uk/government/c....
Is there an ‘exceptionalism’ in how UK broadcasters cover Israel compared with other crises? @rabbiromain.bsky.social Rabbi Jonathan Romain joins me to discuss media coverage of Israel, Gaza and British Jews, antisemitism, & religious literacy. 🎧 Full episode: podfollow.com/beebwatch
What does the BBC’s YouTube deal really mean for public service children’s TV? In this week’s episode, Greg Childs from the @cmfoundation.bsky.social Children’s Media Foundation digs into algorithms, “prominence”, and why this deal matters more than it might seem. 🎧 👉 podfollow.com/beebwatch
Is the BBC right to report from Iran under the current conditions? Ex BBC World Service Director Jamie Angus reflects on deal that lets the BBC report from inside Iran & discusses his Henry Jackson Society report on funding & the future of the World Service 🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch
Millions in the UK are already digitally excluded: 🔹 3–4 million lack affordable access 🔹 10–11 million lack basic digital skills Yet we’re talking about online‑only TV (and maybe radio) by 2034. Elizabeth Anderson, Digital Poverty Alliance explains the implications. 🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
Which “heritage” media is consumed by 90% of the population? In the latest Beeb Watch we talk to Phil Riley radio exec about: 🎧 BBC funding, BBC Sounds & a possible “radio licence” 📺 The 2034 DTT switch‑off & what it means for radio 🏙️ BBC Local Radio & local journalism 🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
Has Trump just hit a turning point? I spoke to Rob Crilly (ex–Chief US Correspondent at the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail Online) about Minnesota, the media, public broadcasters under pressure – and whether US democracy is as fragile as it looks. 🎧 full episode: podfollow.com/beebwatch
Are we settling for the status quo with the Government’s Charter review—or missing an opportunity for real change? Prof Lee Edwards LSE & Media Reform Coalition dissects the green paper in this thought-provoking episode 🎧 Listen podfollow.com/beebwatch #BBC #Podcast #MediaReform #PublicService #LSE
Sir Max Hastings takes on the right-wing press, BBC’s future, and media silence in a must-listen interview. 🎧 Listen to the full interview: podfollow.com/beebwatch #Media #PressFreedom #BBC #SirMaxHastings #Podcast
🎙️ New episode: Patrick Barwise (London Business School Prof, former Which? chair, co-author of "The War Against the BBC") dives into the new BBC green paper: governance, funding models, what's left out? Also, should the BBC settle with Trump? Hear his surprising take. 🎧 podfollow.com/beebwatch
