Marie Gillespie receives funding from the AHRC and ESRC. The BBC World Service is well-known to insomniacs tuning in to Radio 4 in the middle of the night, intrepid travellers, expat Britons and ...

It began in 1932 as the “BBC Empire Service” — making radio broadcasts via globe-girdling shortwave to the far-flung territories ruled under the British Crown. Subsequently, what is now the BBC World ...

The BBC World Service has been given its long-awaited funding boost in today’s UK budget, which contained no updates on film and TV tax credits but news on VFX. While not announced by chancellor ...

Readers respond to an editorial on the funding threats to a vital source of information and comfort provided by the BBC Your editorial on the predicament facing the BBC World Service (The Guardian ...

Using generative AI technology, BBC World Service is exploring new ways to bring its journalism to audiences worldwide The BBC World Service programme Witness History will release five animated video ...

While the BBC World Service has achieved savings primarily through closing TV and radio platforms, it has experienced a fall in audience numbers and it has not yet achieved its aim to switch audiences ...

Speech delivered by Director-General Tim Davie at the Global Media Security and Innovation event Good morning, everyone. It’s great to have the chance to be part of this critically important ...

The BBC celebrates its 100th birthday on October 18 2022. It comes as the institution faces increasing competition for audiences from global entertainment providers, anxieties about the sustainability ...

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has written to the Government to ask for reassurances over the future funding of the BBC World Service, following reports of potential ...

In September the BBC World Service (BBCWS) announced significant service cuts and “around 382 post closures,” or job losses, as the once-powerful global shortwave radio broadcaster copes with its ...

UPDATE 03:46 a.m PT: The BBC has confirmed the relocation of some of its World Service journalists away from the UK as it gets set to introduce a digital-first model that will see a net loss of around ...

It’s been an exciting and busy twelve months for BBC World Service podcasts. Listener favourites, such as 13 Minutes, The Bomb, The Con and Cyber Hack have returned with new seasons and there have ...