Over to You Episodes Episode guide
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Dating scams and how the World Service handles adult material
Listeners react to Love Janessa and how a ѿý journalist exposed this online dating scam
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How sports programming was knocked off air
Why did Sportsworld last Saturday fail to make it to air? Plus what is the The Happy Pod?
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Why the topic of bad blood is still relevant
Discovery has been chronicling the story of eugenics. We hear your feedback on the series
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Listeners’ questions about 12 months of war
“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?
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
We meet the team behind Weekend and put to them your comments and feedback
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Personal recollections of ѿý Arabic Radio
ѿý Arabic radio recently ended its broadcasts. How did listeners react?
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Should disturbing audio from an attack be used?
After the death of a black man, should audio from the assault have been broadcast?
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Will the focus remain on Africa?
Why Focus on Africa is changing from broadcasting live to being pre-recorded
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Was undue prominence given to Prince Harry?
Should Prince Harry’s personal opinions have been given so much airtime?
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Explaining the spooky drama The Dark Is Rising
We hear your thoughts on The Dark Is Rising and reveal the challenges faced in making it
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Listeners’ review of the past year on the World Service
We hear your thoughts on what you heard on the ѿý World Service over the past 12 months
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Ask the controller 2022: Part two
The controller of ѿý World Service English looks ahead to 2023
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Ask the controller 2022: Part one
The controller of ѿý World Service English, Jon Zilkha, responds to your questions
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Celebrating 90 years of broadcasting to the world
What have listeners thought of the World Service during its 90-years of broadcasting?
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Carrying out an audit of Business Matters
How does Business Matters explain complex stories in a way that people can understand?
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Reporting all aspects of the football World Cup
We hear your views on coverage of the World Cup and speak with the WS’s sports editor.
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Discovering what women in Doha have to say
We speak with the producer of The Real Lives of Doha’s Housewives and hear your comments
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The art of the news interview revealed
The news interview requires specific skills but is there a way of doing it differently?
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How the jazz genre helped give musicians a voice
We speak to the producer of The Truth About Jazz and how it forged social attitudes
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The slow brain drain of Nigerian doctors
We hear listeners’ comments on The Brain Drain and ask its presenter about the report
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Explaining the turmoil in British politics
As British politics made headlines globally, what did listeners think of the coverage?
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How the Americast team cast their eye on the US
We speak to the new team behind Americast about how they report events in the US
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The long-forgotten 1920s black female sports star
The Untold Legends producer tells us of the difficulties faced in researching the series
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Putting digital first at the heart of the ѿý
How will the “digital first” announcements by ѿý World Service impact output and jobs?
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The Music Life debate resumes
We hear from listeners who are both complimentary and critical of Music Life
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More listener reactions to the death of the Queen
Listeners give us their feedback on coverage of the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II
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The death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Listeners' comments and feedback on how the ѿý World Service reported the events
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Listeners react to Global Britain after Boris Johnson
Listeners tell us what they think of a profile of Boris Johnson as he stands down as PM
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Explaining some inconvenient truths
Does highlighting the problems of green energy set a shift back to fossil fuels?