James Purnell
Director, Radio & Education
Blog posts in total 35
Posts
Building a creative, diverse future for BBC Radio & Music
James Purnell tells us how the BBC is building a creative, diverse future for BBC Radio & Music.
Tiny Happy People
James Purnell tells us about Tiny Happy People, helping to improve the language and literacy development of pre-schoolers in the UK.
Equality In Audio
James Purnell talks us through the Equality In Audio Pact and how BBC Radio is getting involved.
Making a difference during lockdown across BBC Radio
James Purnell talks us through how BBC Radio is helping the nation during COVID-19 across its stations.
Culture In Quarantine: it's time to get involved
James Purnell tells us all about what you can do to get involved with Culture In Quarantine.
Embracing Change: the future of the BBC 2020
James Purnell's tells us how the BBC has always embraced changed and how it intends to continue to do this in the future. This article was first published in the Spectator (Sunday 1 March).
Helping audiences develop a lifelong love of classical music
James Purnell talks about how the BBC is helping audiences develop a lifelong love of classical music.
Have You Heard George’s Podcast?
James Purnell talks us through the successes of recent BBC Sounds podcasts.
Tunnelling to victory
James Purnell tells you all about the new BBC Radio 4 Poadcast Tunnel 29.
Free jazz: autumn is here
James Purnell tells us about the launch of the EFG London Jazz Festival and all the amazing show's we've got coming up this autumn.
BBC Sounds: the one place for all BBC audio
Later this month, we will be closing the iPlayer Radio app, James Purnell explains why.
Inspiring children to enjoy music - our new Bring The Noise campaign
This will be loud, and it will be fun. Bring The Noise is our ambitious new campaign, to introduce children to the joy of making music.
Radio Audio Week 2019
James Purnell reflects on a significant week in audio from Radio Festival to the British Podcast Awards.
Bringing the best British audio to everyone
We’ve published the BBC’s Annual Plan for the year ahead today. It sets out our interest in opening up BBC Sounds to others’ podcasts and commercial radio. I want to use this article to explain our thinking.
BBC Audio Drama Awards winners on BBC Sounds
James Purnell updates us on the winners of the BBC Audio Drama Awards, which you can listen to on BBC Sounds.
BBC Sounds reaches 1.3m listeners
BBC Sounds reaches 1.3m listeners and we're adding new features.
Audiences recommend BBC Sounds and already listen for 2m hours each week
One month on from BBC Sounds' launch, James Purnell provides an update on how it's being used and what the BBC has in store for users.
How our podcasts are doing
James Purnell provides an update on BBC podcasts - in September, in the UK, there were nearly 26.5 million downloads of BBC podcasts.
How we're renewing our religious content
James Purnell looks at the place of morality, ethics and religion in the BBC's output and reflects on BBC Radio 4's recent series Morality In The 21st Century.
Serving everyone, rather than being everything to everyone
Ofcom published a report last week about UK media consumption. It tells a now familiar tale of the continued rise of on demand digital, especially among the young, accelerated by powerful internet companies.
