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Listen to the internet radio of BBC World Service live, launched on 19 December 1932, this radio station has over 80 years of broadcasting experience, making it the number one global source for radio news. It boasts a weekly listenership of over 1.5 million in the UK, but its reach extends far beyond, with a weekly estimated global audience of over 200 million in 40 languages, in addition to English. BBC World Service is the home of BBC News, reflecting the core values that the BBC is renowned for worldwide: being politically unbiased, news-focused, impartial, and delivering independent reports and objective analyses on both UK and global affairs.

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BBC World Service Presents to hold events showcasing global journalism

The BBC World Service Presents is to showcase its journalism and global storytelling across three days of events.More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 10.04.2024

New presenters for BBC World Service series, The Conversation

Ella Al-Shamahi and Datshiane Navanayagam are the new hosts of the BBC World Service’s The Conversation.More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 02.04.2024

Scotland and Northern Ireland to create more BBC network radio content

The BBC is moving more Radio 3, Radio 4 and World Service radio shows out of London with new network hubs in Scotland and Northern Ireland.More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 06.12.2023

Samantha Moy appointed 6 Music Head of Station

BBC Radio 6 Music’s Head of Content Commissioning Samantha Moy has been appointed as the new Head of Station. Sam was previously the station’s Network Editor having originally joining 6 Music and latterly Radio 2 as Executive Producer, overseeing shows like Steve Lamacq and Steve Wright In The Afternoon. She started her career in radio at Kiss 100 in London, joining independent production company Somethin’ Else to produce programmes for Radio 1, Radio 2 and the BBC World Service. Sam then joined..More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 08.07.2020

talkSPORT and BBC win at Sports Journalism Awards

BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC World Service, talkSPORT and a number of BBC local radio stations picked up awards at the Sports Journalism Awards in London this week. talkSPORT won the blue ribbon Network of the Year award with Jim White and Natalie Sawyer’s mid-morning show, White & Sawyer winning Best Radio Show/ Audio of the Year. The station’s Bloodgate documentary was highly commended with a silver accolade for its investigation into the rugby fake blood scandal following talkSPORT’s move into specialist documentaries this year...More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 25.02.2020

Record listening figures for Greg James and Dotty on Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra

Latest Rajar data (Q2 2019, 1 April - 23 June 2019) shows Radio 1 and Radio 1Xtra have drawn in more listeners each week. BBC Radio 1 had a weekly reach of 10.56 million listeners aged 10+, an increase from 10.18m last quarter and 10.25m last year. BBC Radio 1Xtra also saw increases this quarter, with 1.17 million weekly listeners (10+) up on 1.13m last quarter and 1.11m last year. Highest number of listeners for Radio 1 Breakfast with Greg James as he adds a quarter of a million new listeners since he started last year...More >>

www.bbc.co.uk - 01.08.2019

Zoe Ball joins top earners list at the BBC

New BBC Radio 2 breakfast show host Zoe Ball has joined the BBC big earners top 10 list whilst Jeremy Vine took at £110k pay cut. Vanessa Feltz also makes it inside the top 10 list, which this year includes three women for the first time, along with Claudia Winkleman. Chris Evans is still in the list, as it covers the period from April 2018 to March 2019, so will only represent nine months of work. He got £1.25m for 150 editions of the Breakfast Show (or £8.3k per programme).More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 02.07.2019

BBC World Service The Food Chain Global Champion Award goes to School Meals Project in India

At the BBC Food and Farming Awards in Bristol, the BBC World Service Global Champion Award was presented to Akshaya Patra - the world’s largest charity-run school meals project. This is the third year The Food Chain has presented its Global Champion Award. It looks for a person or project who is changing the way we produce, process, consume or even think about food for the better. Head judge, Iranian-American writer, chef and Netflix star Samin Nosrat, says: "There is nothing more important to me than getting children fed."...More >>

www.bbc.co.uk - 13.06.2019

RAJAR Q1 2019 – Zoe & Chris plus national and London radio round-up

Chris Evans and Virgin Radio both reached over a million listeners in the first quarter of 2019. The digital station’s audience has almost trebled compared with the last period of 2018 thanks to the arrival of Evans from Radio 2. In Q1/2019 it posts a weekly reach of 1.3m and total hours of 7.765m. A year ago those figures were 427,000 and 1.632m. Last quarter they were 447,000 and 1.686m.More >>

radiotoday.co.uk - 16.05.2019

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01:00 - BBC News

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01:06 - Business Matters

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02:00 - BBC News

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02:06 - The Newsroom

27/07/2024 01:06 GMT
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

02:30 - BBC News Summary

27/07/2024 01:30 GMT
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02:32 - Stumped

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03:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 02:01 GMT
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03:06 - Outlook

Outlook Mixtape: Boy lama, separated families and reunion joy
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03:50 - Witness History

The first cold chain vaccination storage system
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04:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 03:01 GMT
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04:06 - Unexpected Elements

Breaking, climbing, and surfing
Could we surf on Titan, or dance like a physicist? Olympic levels of science chat. (R)

05:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 04:01 GMT
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05:06 - The Newsroom

27/07/2024 04:06 GMT
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen

05:30 - BBC News Summary

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05:32 - Amazing Sport Stories

Copper Bullets: Ep 3
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05:50 - More or Less

Are women 14 times more likely to die in natural disasters?
We unpick the idea that women outnumber men by 14 to 1 as casualties of natural disasters

06:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 05:01 GMT
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

06:06 - Weekend

27/07/2024 GMT
A review of the week with the latest news.

07:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 06:01 GMT
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07:06 - Weekend

27/07/2024 GMT
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08:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 07:01 GMT
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08:06 - Weekend

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09:00 - BBC News

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09:06 - BBC OS Conversations

Supporters of Kamala Harris
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09:30 - BBC News Summary

27/07/2024 08:30 GMT
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09:32 - Pick of the World

The man who discovered how to cook with air
What cooking tip you would pass on to friends and family?

09:50 - Over to You

Listeners’ thoughts on drama on the radio
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10:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 09:01 GMT
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10:06 - Sportshour

Let the Games begin!
Live in Paris with the stories behind the gold, silver and bronze

11:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 10:01 GMT
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11:06 - The Newsroom

27/07/2024 10:06 GMT
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11:30 - BBC News Summary

27/07/2024 10:30 GMT
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11:32 - Health Check

Systemic racism in health care
Systemic racism affects our wellbeing long before we ever see a doctor. (R)

12:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 11:01 GMT
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12:06 - The Forum

The only way is up: A history of mountaineering
Tracing our fascination with the high peaks

13:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 12:01 GMT
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13:06 - Newshour

27/07/2024 12:06 GMT
Interviews, news and analysis of the day’s global events.

14:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 13:01 GMT
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14:06 - Sportsworld

27/07/2024 GMT
Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.

18:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 17:01 GMT
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

18:06 - The Newsroom

27/07/2024 17:06 GMT
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18:30 - BBC News Summary

27/07/2024 17:30 GMT
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18:32 - Amazing Sport Stories

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18:50 - Sporting Witness

Greek sprinters scandal at the Athens Olympics
In 2004, a doping scandal broke involving two of the host nation's biggest stars

19:00 - BBC News

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19:06 - The Inquiry

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19:30 - BBC News Summary

27/07/2024 18:30 GMT
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19:32 - The Global Jigsaw

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20:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 19:01 GMT
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20:06 - The Arts Hour

Film director Sean Wang
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21:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 20:01 GMT
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21:06 - Newshour

27/07/2024 20:06 GMT
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22:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 21:01 GMT
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22:06 - The Documentary

India's Wrestling School For Girls
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22:30 - BBC News Summary

27/07/2024 21:30 GMT
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.

22:32 - This Is Africa

T-Low and Narah Elba
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23:00 - BBC News

27/07/2024 22:01 GMT
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23:06 - The Newsroom

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23:30 - BBC News Summary

27/07/2024 22:30 GMT
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23:32 - Assignment

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