Roger Bolton's Beeb Watch

118 Episodes

1. Baroness Tina Stowell, chair of the House of Lords Communications and Digital select committee on the departure of Ken Bruce, impartiality and the BBC's strategic purpose

   Published: 1/20/2023
2. Dorothy Byrne, former head of news and current affairs at Channel 4, on privatisation, sympathy with Conservative plans for reform and the need for radical ideas in broadcasting

   Published: 1/13/2023
3. Sir Peter Bazalgette, former chair of ITV, on ITV ceasing to be a PSB and a case for privatising Channel 4

   Published: 1/6/2023
4. Roger Bolton interview, part two. Roger discusses why he is a Christian and answers questions on Brexit coverage, diversity and BBC cuts

   Published: 12/30/2022
5. Roger Bolton interviewed on his broadcasting career: his departure from BBC Radio 4's Feedback, editing Panorama and Nationwide, 'Death on the Rock' and much more

   Published: 12/23/2022
6. Nick Jones, former BBC industrial and political correspondent on strike coverage, ‘that’ Mick Lynch and Mishal Husain interview and comparisons with the last winter of discontent

   Published: 12/15/2022
7. Roger Mosey, former BBC editorial director on Harry and Meghan coverage, sports rights, BBC funding and the future of public service broadcasting

   Published: 12/9/2022
8. Ernie Rea, the BBC’s ex-Head of Religious Broadcasting casts a critical eye over religious coverage

   Published: 12/2/2022
9. Peter York, social commentator, co-author of 'The War Against the BBC', busts BBC myths, discusses astroturfing and urges the BBC to defend itself

   Published: 11/25/2022
10. Stephen Fry discusses JK Rowling, cancel culture, the BBC and the future of public service broadcasting

    Published: 11/18/2022
11. Alice Enders of Enders Analysts, one of the shrewdest analysts of BBC finance and strategy gives us her insights into the corporation's financial situation in the light of the recently announced cuts

    Published: 11/11/2022
12. David Shukman, BBC's former science editor discusses whether COPs are worthwhile and responds to critics of climate change coverage. We'll unpick the impact of the devastating cuts announced in BBC l

    Published: 11/4/2022
13. Charles Moore, former editor of The Daily Telegraph is asked what he would have done if he had become chairman of the BBC and also discusses impartiality and is the BBC worth saving.

    Published: 10/28/2022
14. Melvyn Bragg talks about arts programming and the future of the BBC.

    Published: 10/21/2022
15. David Dimbleby looks back on his decades in broadcasting: on slipping standards in BBC political coverage, fighting back against lazy attacks, the monarchy and retirement.

    Published: 10/14/2022
16. Joan Bakewell on faking phone-ins and the evolution of broadcasting.

    Published: 10/7/2022
17. Mark Mardell former BBC presenter discusses BBC cuts, impartiality and his Parkinson's diagnosis.

    Published: 9/30/2022
18. Roger Bolton's first podcast. Did the BBC get the coverage of the Queen's death right?

    Published: 9/24/2022