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beebwatch.bsky.social @beebwatch.bsky.social · 3d

The BBC World Service reaches more than 300 million people — but should it be funded from the Defence budget? 🎙️
Mary Hockaday, fmr BBC World Service Controller discusses its future & what’s at stake for global journalism, soft power, & editorial independence.
🎧 Listen here: podfollow.com/beebwatch

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · 10d

“If you look at the last few days, we've had the Prime Minister making a speech, of which actually Nigel Farage was his main subject... but on GB News, you've actually had the subject of the story having his own programme, to have his own view.”

Listen in full: podfollow.com/beebwatch

Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · 10d

“The big question, I think, that people are asking now is whether we need a change in the rules regarding impartiality, or whether or not, in fact, Ofcom needs to change its interpretation of the act.” Excellent interview with Stewart Purvis

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · 13d

Episode 1 of Food Britannia is out! 🥚

Proud that Good Egg Productions made this series with Max Cotton — living on a UK-only diet, £30 a week per person.

Big questions about British food, sustainability, and our connection to it. 🌾🥖🥛🌱🍲

Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Food Britannia

Max Cotton finds out if we could feed ourselves entirely from what we could grow in the UK

www.bbc.co.uk

Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · 25d

“The BBC will, in its coverage, generally take as a starting point for the coverage of an issue, a point which it considers to be non controversial, but is always on the liberal, left side of the equation.” Robin Aiken, former BBC journalist has a robust conversation with Roger on Beeb Watch.

beebwatch.bsky.social @beebwatch.bsky.social · 25d

New Beeb Watch episode is out! 🎧

Robin Aitken — former BBC journalist & Telegraph contributor — joins us to discuss his chapter in The BBC: After the Licence Fee?

We cover impartiality, Brexit, religion & audience trust.

Listen here 👉 podfollow.com/beebwatch

Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Sep 4

"After the National Archives at Kew and probably the British Library, the BBC Written Archive Centre is the most significant repository of documents about British history over the last century” Important interview with Prof John Wyver @illuminations.bsky.social

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Sep 1

“They were gagging for it” – a fascinating new book by @pauldixon77.bsky.social‬ exposing how British generals drove unwinnable wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. A must-read for anyone interested in democracy and accountability.

Paul Dixon @pauldixon77.bsky.social · Sep 1

Were Britain’s generals in Iraq & Afghanistan reluctant participants – or drivers of intervention?

My new book, The Militarisation of British Democracy, published by @edinburghup.bsky.social, argues the latter & raises urgent questions about democracy.
🔗 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-mil...

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Peter York @peteryork.bsky.social · Aug 5

America’s far-right culture wars. Big money. Big religion. Big trouble — heading our way too, if Katherine Stewart’s right.
@katherinestewart.bsky.social

Produced by @katefdixon.bsky.social

🎧 Listen now: podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...

#CultureWars #Podcast #PeterYork

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Aug 4

America’s far-right culture wars. Big money. Big religion. Big trouble — heading our way too, if Katherine Stewart’s right. @katherinestewart.bsky.social

Fascinating interview with @peteryork.bsky.social

🎧 Listen now: podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...

#CultureWars #Podcast #PeterYork

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Three years to save public service media." A sobering interview with Catherine Johnson on the findings of her report "Behind the Screen" - an impressive body of research which highlights the decline of genres, disappearing from view under the dominance of the algorithm.

beebwatch.bsky.social @beebwatch.bsky.social · Jul 24

Prof Cathy Johnson's report on "Behind the Screen" with @ibtrust.bsky.social @campaignforthearts.org @universityofleeds.bsky.social & Sandford St. Martin exposes how algorithms are destroying genre diversity, civic content, & the social purpose of broadcasting.
🎧 Listen podfollow.com/beebwatch

Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Jul 22

Big Tech's $500B AI gamble: Sir Martin Sorrell, advertising guru reveals to @peteryork.bsky.social how tech giants are becoming "basically nation states" - transforming global economics, creativity, and power. Can regulation stop it?
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#AI #GlobalEconomics #Technology

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Ofcom is directly accountable to ministers, and the speed with which the chief executive of Ofcom appears to jump on anti BBC bandwagon from time to time is dispiriting." Richard Ayre former BBC Trust member and Ofcom content board member doesn't pull his punches on Beeb Watch this week.

Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Jul 14

Did @theginamiller.bsky.social just say bring back Boris?
Watch this 👇
🎧 Full chat with @peteryork.bsky.social on Peter York's Culture Wars House Party podcast: podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...

Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Jul 10

“So what we’re having is too many people feeling uncomfortable at work, but more importantly, not feeling that they can talk about it.” Powerful interview with Marcus Ryder.
🎧Listen to the full episode: podfollow.com/beebwatch

Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Jun 19

🎧 Matthew d’Ancona joins @peteryork.bsky.social for a sharp conversation on Trump, the BBC, identity politics—& the end of the political pendulum.

📺 “These are all hallmarks of fascistic behaviour.”

Full episode: podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...
#CultureWars #MatthewDAncona #Fascism #Media #Politics

Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Jun 6

"So, most of the BBC's reporting on this conflict has been, in my view, reactive. .....I don't see much original journalism coming out of this conflict." Excellent interview with veteran journalist John Ware on Beeb Watch

🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch

Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · May 23

A proper look at what “mutualising the BBC” —an idea supported by Culture Secretary @lisanandymp.bsky.social - could really mean.
Timely, provocative interview with @tommills.bsky.social Dr Tom Mills co-author of the report “Our Mutual Friend: The BBC in the Digital Age”
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beebwatch.bsky.social @beebwatch.bsky.social · May 23

“The bigger risk actually is if the current governance system is maintained."
@tommills.bsky.social Dr Tom Mills lays out what mutualising the BBC could really mean—and why it might protect journalism like Jeremy Bowen’s.
🎧 Beeb Watch podcast: podfollow.com/beebwatch
#BBC #MediaReform

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · May 22

Heroine or “mad cat lady”?
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social joins @peteryork.bsky.social to discuss the Observer’s new owners, Big Tech’s creeping influence, and whether democracy is being dismantled—quietly.
🎧 podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...
#Podcast #CaroleCadwalladr #UKPolitics #PressFreedom

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · May 15

“You didn’t love us when we came. Now you do—because so many of us are rich, and they fund you.” 🔥 @yasminalibhaibrown.bsky.social Yasmin Alibhai-Brown on Conservative hypocrisy, the hidden machinery of media censorship & cultural warfare
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#CultureWars #Tories

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · May 1

🎙️@peteryork.bsky.social & Dylan Jones—ex-GQ editor, Evening Standard editor from “literally no experience” to shaping UK style & politics:
➡️ Culture wars
➡️ Melania as a Bond girl
➡️ Russell Brand, Piers Morgan, Alastair Campbell
➡️ The fate of the suede loafer
🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Apr 22

Peter York @peteryork.bsky.social · Apr 22

Laugh out loud moments with @iaindale.bsky.social

➡️ can the Conservatives be rebuilt?
➡️ how the UK is “five years downstream” from US culture
➡️ Trump, Ashcroft, and media moguls
➡️ public discourse: from antisemitism to trans rights
🎧 podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...

@katefdixon.bsky.social

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Apr 22

Laugh out loud moments in @peteryork.bsky.social chat with @iaindale.bsky.social
➡️ can the Conservatives be rebuilt?
➡️ how the UK is “five years downstream” from US culture
➡️ Trump, Ashcroft, and media moguls
➡️ public discourse: from antisemitism to trans rights
🎧 podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thoughtful interview with Nick Kent. “We're living in a time when the BBC is in jeopardy, and what's at stake now is higher, I think, than it's ever been, in terms of what the BBC can provide.” 🎧Listen to all Beeb Watch episodes here: podfollow.com/beebwatch

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Peter York @peteryork.bsky.social · Apr 11

"The coup has already happened." Ex-Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter unpacks America's cultural battlefield.

“I’ve never seen Donald Trump in any living room ever in 50 years of being in New York, & nobody would invite him anywhere."

🎧 : podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...

@katefdixon.bsky.social

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Kate Dixon @katefdixon.bsky.social · Apr 9

"The coup has already happened." Ex-Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter unpacks America's cultural battlefield with @peteryork.bsky.social “I’ve never seen Donald Trump in any living room ever in 50 years of being in New York, & nobody would invite him anywhere." 🎧Listen: podfollow.com/peter-yorks-...