05/05/2023
The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience
May 05, 2023•28 min
Feedback
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Episodes
28/04/2023
Andrea Catherwood is joined by Colin Paterson, Head of Audio, BBC Wales and the West of England. Colin explains why Saturday Live and other Radio 4 programmes have moved to Cardiff and responds to listeners’ comments. Writer Al Smith gives an insight into how he writes the storylines for the award-winning Radio 4 drama Life Lines, set in an ambulance control room. And in our Vox Box this week, a monarchist and a republican discuss The Today Debate: Do we need a Monarchy? Presented by Andrea Cath...
Apr 28, 2023•28 min
21/04/2023
Andrea Catherwood is joined by Julia McKenzie, Radio 4 Commissioner for Comedy and Entertainment. Julia lifts the lid on how she commissions comedy, reveals new shows coming up on Radio 4 and responds to listeners' comments. Also listeners give their views on the BBC's coverage of the monarchy in the lead up to the coronation of King Charles III. Presented by Andrea Catherwood Produced by Gill Davies A Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4
Apr 21, 2023•29 min
14/04/2023
The chilling investigative BBC podcast A Very British Cult is top of the podcast charts for the second week running, Andrea Catherwood is joined by presenter Catrin Nye to explore its success and and we hear what listeners have to say. Glaswegian Bhangra aficionados Hardeep Singh and Bobby B pay homage to Archive on 4’s The British Bhangra Explosion in the Vox Box. And BBC Ireland correspondent Chris Page discusses reporting from his home turf in a week when Northern Ireland has been in the news...
Apr 14, 2023•29 min
07/04/2023
Andrea Catherwood is joined by Michael Blastland and Sir Andrew Dilnot, authors of a review commissioned by the BBC to investigate if its coverage on government spending was prone to bias. They discuss the results and we hear listeners' views. As the jazz programme disappears from BBC Radio Scotland and new programmes for classical and piping feature fewer live sessions, we hear what musicians and listeners have to say. Professor Simon McKerrell, head of Media and Music at Glasgow Caledonian Uni...
Apr 07, 2023•29 min
31/03/2023
The programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience
Apr 04, 2023•28 min
24/03/2023
Presenter Josh Baker and Senior News Editor Jonathan Aspinwall join Andrea Catherwood to respond to listeners’ comments on I’m Not a Monster: The Shamima Begum Story podcast. Jeff Smith, Head of Music at Radio 2, answers audience concerns and gives an insight into the station’s music policy. And Jeremy Bowen, International Editor BBC News, discusses his report for the Today programme on the 20th anniversary of the Iraq war. Presented by Andrea Catherwood Produced by Gill Davies A Whistledown Sco...
Mar 24, 2023•29 min
17/03/2023
Andrea Catherwood and Chief Executive of UK Music Jamie Njoku-Goodwin discuss how the audience will be affected by BBC plans to axe the BBC Singers and reduce staff posts in BBC orchestras in England. Radio 4’s Antisocial presenter Adam Fleming and producer Lucy Proctor talk about the programme and respond to listeners’ comments. Refugees Andriy and Olga are in the Vox Box to give us their take on how the Today programme covers the war in Ukraine. And we hear a selection of listeners. comments o...
Mar 17, 2023•29 min
10/03/2023
Andrea Catherwood is back with a new series of the programme that holds the BBC to account on behalf of the radio audience. Matt Deegan, Creative Director at Folder Media, gives the lowdown on Ken Bruce’s departure from Radio 2. And Feedback Special Correspondent Rob Crossan takes a look at how Ken’s parting shots compare with DJs of the past. Simon Webb, BBC Head of Orchestras and Choirs, responds to listeners' comments on plans to scrap the BBC Singers and reduce staff posts with English orche...
Mar 10, 2023•27 min
23/12/2022
Listeners get the chance to speak directly to the Radio 4 Controller, Mohit Bakaya, as he joins Andrea Catherwood to answer questions and comments from the audience. We hear about your highlights and lowlights over the past year and we get a sneak peak at Mohit's plans for Radio 4 in 2023. Presented by Andrea Catherwood Produced by Gill Davies A Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4
Dec 23, 2022•28 min
16/12/2022
BBC News International Editor Jeremy Bowen joins Andrea Catherwood to talk about his experiences reporting in Ukraine and respond to listener comments on how the BBC is covering the conflict. Listeners give us their views on Mishal Husain’s interview with RMT leader Mick Lynch on the Today programme. We hear from Sebastian Baczkiewicz and Paul Cornell, writers of the new Radio 4 drama Splinter Cell: Firewall, set in the world of a best-selling video game. And Mohit Bakaya, Controller of Radio 4 ...
Dec 16, 2022•28 min
09/12/2022
Andrea Catherwood is joined by novelist Claire Allan who has been adding her voice to the protests about the proposed cuts to Radio Foyle in Northern Ireland. And Three Counties Local Radio presenter Edward Adoo shares his concerns that the reorganisation of Local Radio in England is going to affect programmes aimed at African, Caribbean and Asian audiences. As the competition in Qatar pushes towards a conclusion, football fan Rob Crossan tells us why the 5 Live radio commentary has been a winne...
Dec 09, 2022•27 min
25/11/2022
The Welsh national football team has made the World Cup for the first time in 64 years. Graham Davies, Managing Editor, Sport at BBC Wales joins Andrea Catherwood to answer listeners’ comments and discuss the challenges of reporting on football and the issues surrounding it at the World Cup in Qatar. The Radio 4 drama Dear Harry Kane by writer James Fritz highlighted the plight of the migrant workers who built the stadiums in Qatar. The play centres around Nisal, played by Hiran Abeysekera, a li...
Nov 25, 2022•28 min
18/11/2022
Radio 4 series Disaster Trolls investigates how victims of the Manchester Arena bombing and other UK terror attacks have been targeted by conspiracy theorists. Andrea Catherwood puts listeners' comments to BBC Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent Marianna Spring and recovering conspiracist Brent Lee. Assistant Editor, BBC Monitoring, Olga Robinson joins Andrea to talk about her work helping News teams report on disinformation and conspiracy theories. Also, the BBC has been receiving let...
Nov 18, 2022•27 min
11/11/2022
Fi Glover joins Andrea Catherwood for a chat about the end of the Fortunately podcast, and life at and beyond the BBC. In the week of the US mid-term elections, Jonathan Aspinwall, Senior News Editor, and Marianna Spring, the BBC's Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent join Andrea to discuss listeners views on the new series of the Americast podcast. We have more comments from the audience on the planned cuts to BBC Local Radio programmes and, as a former local radio presenter, Fi Glover...
Nov 12, 2022•28 min
04/11/2022
Andrea Catherwood puts listeners’ comments on the proposed BBC Local Radio cuts to Jason Horton, Acting Director BBC England. Jeremy Howe, Editor of The Archers, and actor Maddie Leslay, who plays Chelsea Horrobin, answer listeners’ comments on the big storyline in recent weeks - Chelsea’s pregnancy. We hear audience views on former leader of UKIP, Nigel Farage’s appearance on The World at One to discuss immigration. And Radio 3’s Soundscape of a Century, celebrating the BBC’s 100th anniversary,...
Nov 04, 2022•28 min
28/10/2022
Andrea Catherwood explores what it’s like to report on an unprecedented week in politics with Deputy Political Editor of BBC News, Vicki Young, who responds to audience comments on the news coverage. Alexei Sayle joins Andrea to discuss impartiality in comedy and listeners give us their views on his Imaginary Sandwich Bar, back for a fourth series on Radio 4. Toby Jones and his brother Rupert are in the Vox Box this week to listen to their dad, actor Freddy Jones’s Desert Island Discs, recently ...
Oct 28, 2022•28 min
21/10/2022
Andrea Catherwood explores True Crime on Radio 4 in discussion with Winifred Robinson, the presenter of The Boy in The Woods, and commissioning editor Dan Clarke. As celebrations continue for the BBC's 100th anniversary, licence fee payers air their views on its future. Also, listeners react to that Miriam Margolyes moment on the Today programme and our Vox Box reviewers Cushla and Lee give their thoughts on the World Service Outlook series, Hip-hop, lies and the ultimate prize. It tells the ext...
Oct 21, 2022•28 min
14/10/2022
In the first programme of a new series, Andrea Catherwood discusses BBC coverage of the Queen’s funeral with Royal Correspondent Jonny Dymond and the BBC’s Director of Journalism, Jonathan Munro. Kate Bush’s musical renaissance featured in a recent Archive on 4. We put two young listeners in our Vox Box to review Kate Bush: The Power of Strange Things. And a panel of listeners from across the UK give us their take on the future of the BBC. Presented by Andrea Catherwood Produced by Gill Davies A...
Oct 14, 2022•28 min
26/08/2022
There are 1.4 billion people in China, and one BBC correspondent in Feedback this week, Stephen McDonell, explains how he tries to find out what is really going on in that vast country. Lewis MacLeod of Radio 4’s Dead Ringers explains how he manages to morph seamlessly from Boris Johnson to Donald Trump mid-sentence. And, as he presents the programme for the last time, a listener puts questions from the audience to Roger Bolton on his 23 years at the helm. Presenter: Roger Bolton Producer: Kate ...
Aug 26, 2022•28 min
19/08/2022
A BBC correspondent recently returned from Afghanistan, Yogita Limaye, tells Roger Bolton what it's like to report from the country, and what restrictions are placed on her by the Taliban. The former government minister Rory Stewart explains what he is hoping to achieve in his Radio 4 series The History of Argument. And two listeners are up with the lark to listen to Farming Today on Radio 4. Was it worth it? Presenter: Roger Bolton Producer: Kate Dixon Executive Producer: Samir Shah A Juniper C...
Aug 20, 2022•28 min
12/08/2022
Radio 4 Drama Commissioner Alison Hindell answers comments from listeners, discusses the changing nature of audio drama and responds to criticism of a drama about David Cameron written by his former director of communications. There has been strong reaction to comments made on the Today programme about the Hillsborough disaster, which were not robustly challenged by the presenter. And a husband and wife critique the World Service programme and podcast, Dear Daughter. Presenter: Roger Bolton Prod...
Aug 12, 2022•28 min
05/08/2022
Can you believe BBC weather forecasters when they link extreme temperatures with climate change? BBC Meteorologist Tomasz Schafernaker discusses reporting of the recent heatwave and the linking of it to climate change, as well as answering comments from a listener comparing it to the summer of ‘76. The BBC Scotland Editor James Cook explains how he manages to remain impartial, as the independence issue heats up again north of the border. And Jeffrey Boakye tells us whether he has added to his ow...
Aug 05, 2022•28 min
29/07/2022
Do the Culture wars have to be fought to the death? Can either side be persuaded to listen calmly to the other’s point of view? That's what Radio 4 is trying to achieve through its new series AntiSocial. The Editor Emma Rippon explains why, and how. Is lunchtime an appropriate time to discuss menstruation on Radio 4? The Presenter of 28ish Days Later, India Rakusen, tells Roger Bolton why she thinks it is. And is there anything to laugh at in community social media? Two listeners give their view...
Jul 29, 2022•28 min
22/07/2022
The BBC’s Environment Analyst tells Roger Bolton he is scared about what is happening to the climate. Roger Harrabin, who is shortly to leave the Corporation, gives Feedback a frank and revealing interview about climate change, the way politicians are dealing with it, and the way the BBC covers it. Adam Fleming talks about his new eight part podcast and series on Radio 4 about the origins and downfall of Boris Johnson. Is it too much and too late? And listeners compare live theatre and radio dra...
Jul 22, 2022•28 min
15/07/2022
Are BBC journalists enjoying the Conservative party leadership crisis a little too much? Even delighting in the demise of Boris Johnson? That is the suspicion of some Feedback listeners. Roger Bolton puts this accusation to the Today Programme’s Justin Webb, who also discusses impartiality and what it is like to be in the middle of a political maelstrom. Roger Mosey the former Editorial Director of the BBC gives his thoughts on the proposed move of Radio 4 Extra to online only. And why remake T ...
Jul 15, 2022•28 min
08/07/2022
Why did Emily Maitlis, the former Newsnight presenter, want to make eight programmes about an American official who died 50 years ago? Roger Bolton asks her about her Radio 4 series which recounted the career of J Edgar Hoover, the man who made presidents tremble and became probably the most powerful non-elected official in the USA. Was he the ‘deep state’ personified? Also, Dr Michael Moseley of Radio 4’s Just One Thing answers a critic who says his advice to eat more oily fish could come at a ...
Jul 08, 2022•28 min
20/05/2022
What is it like being the BBC’s Defence Correspondent during the Russian Ukrainian conflict? How does he work out what is fact and what is propaganda? Jonathan Beale answers listeners’ questions. Listeners also give their views on where inevitable cuts are to be made at the Corporation. And do young farmers find the Archers storylines credible? Presenter: Roger Bolton Producer: Kate Dixon Executive Producer: Samir Shah A Juniper Connect production for BBC Radio 4...
May 20, 2022•28 min
13/05/2022
Should music that accompanies video games be played at the BBC Proms? On Feedback this week the man in charge of the Proms, Radio 3 Controller Alan Davey, will explain why that sort of music forms part of this year’s programme. Also, whether any Russian music or musicians will be taking part. He also responds to listeners’ questions and explains how he plans to get more young people listening to his network. And listeners respond to the censoring of Bob Dylan’s anti-racist classic, Hurricane. Sh...
May 13, 2022•28 min
06/05/2022
Are there some words which should never be broadcast, even if they are used by Bob Dylan in one of his songs? BBC Radio 6 Music has edited the use of the n-word from his 1976 anti-racist song Hurricane, about the imprisonment of boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. In Feedback this week, Sir Trevor Phillips and Marverine Cole give contrasting views about the use of this most offensive of words, particularly in music. And can two non-radio listening music fans be won over by Radio 4's Add to Playlist,...
May 06, 2022•28 min
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