About this episode

The episode discusses listener feedback on BBC's news coverage of the Iran conflict, reactions to Woman's Hour, and missing episodes of Miss Marple.

Since the conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran began at the end of February. Feedback has received a steady stream of comments from listeners about the tone of the BBC's coverage. We've also been discussing news avoidance from people who are starting to turn off the radio because of a prevalence of negative headlines. Andrea Catherwood takes a look inside the newsroom with the BBC's Director of News Content Richard Burgess. We've also received many comments in response to our piece last week about a recent episode of Woman's Hour, with listeners offering a different perspective to those broadcast previously. And it's the case of the missing radio programmes - some keen-eyed BBC Radio 4 Extra fans noticed that particular episodes of Miss Marple were mysteriously absent from BBC Sounds recently. We set out to crack the case. Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Pauline Moore Assistant Producer: Rebecca Guthrie Executive Producer: David Prest A Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4

People in this episode

Host: Andrea Catherwood

Topics covered

• news coverage
• listener feedback
• media analysis
• cultural commentary
• radio programming
• current events

Keywords

• Iran
• BBC
• news coverage
• listener feedback
• Woman's Hour
• Miss Marple
• radio programming
• current events

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 4 Extra

Books & works: Woman's Hour, Miss Marple

Places: Iran, US, Israel

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