Brilliant episode. Mark is one of the best champions of public service broadcasting around. #mustlisten The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV)

🚨 New podcast! I talk to Stewart Purvis — ex-ITN boss & former Ofcom regulator — about Lisa Nandy’s GB News intervention, impartiality in broadcasting, & ITV at 70. Plus: his infamous “nipple-gate” moment with Princess Diana 👀 🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch

Never thought I’d do one podcast interview about everything from government policy and the future of TV news to drunken presenters and ‘nipple-gate’.

Should Defence pay for the BBC World Service? 🇬🇧🎙️ Mary Hockaday, former Controller of the BBC World Service discusses funding, politics, and editorial independence. 🎧 Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch #BBC #WorldService #BeebWatch

Great pick up from our interview with Mary Hockaday. theguardian.com/media/2025/oct…

Ofcom keeps the rules the same — but the game has changed Stephen Cushion on Ofcom’s decision & what it means for impartial broadcasting. Are we heading for more opinion-led TV and radio? 🎧 Full episode podfollow.com/beebwatch #Ofcom #BBC #Impartiality #Media #BeebWatchPodcast

If anyone wants to hear me talk about the impartiality of broadcasters and media regulation, check out Roger Bolton’s latest Beeb watch podcast 👇 I discuss the latest findings of our JOMEC @ Cardiff Uni Arts and Humanities Research Council project

🎧 Matt Frei of Channel 4 News joins to discuss his The Media Society Royal Television Society Steve Hewlett Lecture: 🇺🇸 US democracy — and could it happen here? 📺 BBC’s Gaza coverage 📰 The future of traditional news 💬 GB News, Trump & media polarisation 🎧Listen: podfollow.com/beebwatch

'But he didn't say that together in one sentence!' GB News' Ellie Costello grills a former BBC executive and producer Roger Bolton over defending the BBC, after an investigation revealed that the broadcaster edited footage of Donald Trump appearing to incite riots in a

🎙️ New episode: Patrick Younge talks BBC Panorama bias, media consolidation, and the future of public service broadcasting and his British Broadcasting Challenge report. 🎧Listen now: podfollow.com/beebwatch#BBC #Media

“You have to have people who stand up and be accountable.” In response to BBC’s edit of Trump’s speech, experienced staff are essential to vet content, ensuring audiences know what they’re watching, says former BBC executive and presenter Roger Bolton.

This is a tragedy for Tim, for the BBC, & for PSB as a whole. Independent, impartial, journalism is under threat.The BBC must not be cowed by partisan pressure groups & lying politicians. Tim Davie was a fine DG & the BBC & the licence fee payers were lucky to have him.

My view of the loss of Tim Davie.

Julia unwittingly showing why the BBC is so important. Just incoherently shouting over a guest who actually has a brain, managing to insert some of her wilfully ignorant climate denial into the proceedings too, bravo, full house.

"[Trump] is a guy who is trying to rewrite history." Trump is "viscous" and will damage the BBC's "long term reputation" but they must not "grovel", says Former BBC Executive and Presenter, Roger Bolton.

“‘It invites corruption.’ Richard Ayre, former BBC executive, on why political appointments are undermining BBC governance. Hear more in our latest podcast episode. 🎧podfollow.com/beebwatch #BBC #Governance #MediaEthics #BeebWatch

RogerBoltonsBeebWatch Roger representing on the excellent RNZ Mediawatch program. FYI RNZ is Aotearoa's only non-commercial broadcaster. rnz.co.nz/podcast/mediaw…

In a wide-ranging interview to mark his 80th birthday and as he approaches retirement as archbishop, Cardinal Nichols told Roger Bolton that in Britain today it is “difficult to be explicit and profound about a sense of belonging". 📺 Watch the interview: ow.ly/fnW350XszUm

🎙️New episode. Author Andy Webb (“Dianarama: The Betrayal of Princess Diana”) discusses his investigation into the BBC Panorama interview, Martin Bashir’s controversial methods, and how BBC actions may have shaped Princess Diana’s fate. 🎧podfollow.com/beebwatch #PrincessDiana

Join us to learn what next for BBC & ITV, trust in news & how podcasting has transformed PSM with Steven Barnett Katie Derham Whistledown Rhuanedd Richards 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Torin Douglas ritula shah Stewart Purvis Mark Damazer CBE Enders Analysis Stephen Cushion & more vlv.org.uk/upcoming-event…