Helen Boaden
Director, BBC Radio and Executive Sponsor for myBBC
Blog posts in total 12
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A more personal BBC for everyone
Helen Boaden explains how signing in to myBBC will help the corporation deliver an experience that’s personalised and tailored to what you like.
Distinctiveness and the BBC audience
Distinctiveness is not a term that often comes up in daily conversation, but it is one that we use with some regularity. That’s because it’s a fundamental characteristic of the BBC and our services.
Celebrating Shakespeare
Helen Boaden introduces the Shakespeare season across BBC Television, Radio and Online
Introducing the BBC Shakespeare Festival
Helen Boaden explains how the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death gives us an opportunity not just to celebrate Shakespeare's work but to liberate it from something you 'should do'.
Building something special in the north of England
Director of BBC Radio and BBC England, Helen Boaden highlights the success of DIY SOS: Homes for Veterans and how the BBC relocation to Salford has encouraged other companies to join the creative hub in the north of England.
Celebrating the distinctiveness of BBC Radio 1 and 2
Following the publication of the green paper on the future of the BBC, Director of Radio Helen Boaden celebrates the distinctiveness of two of the BBC's most popular radio stations.
Feeding a national habit this Christmas on BBC Radio
Helen Boaden, Director, BBC Radio, for the BBC, shares the variety of Christmas radio delights available to listeners this festive season.
In the Dark at the Radio Festival
Helen Boaden outlines the speech she gave at the Radio Festival, including audio clips, and discusses her life in radio, what she likes to listen to and why she said no to that Archers storyline.
Radio needs a united front
Broadcasters must collaborate more in face of new competition, says Director of BBC Radio Helen Boaden
The next generation of BBC journalists
Helen Boaden welcomes the new journalism trainees to the BBC. Last night I welcomed the latest intake of trainees onto our Journalism Trainee Scheme. This is the fifth course we've run and, once again, we're both impressed and very proud of the people we've met and selected for this year's ...
Proposed Changes to Local Radio
News that there is to be a Parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall tomorrow (Wednesday 26 Oct) on the proposed cuts in BBC Local Radio should come as no surprise to those who understand the passion radio engenders in the mildest of audiences. It's worth remembering that not so many years ago, Ra...
Balancing the books at the BBC
I gave a speech to the Voice of the Listener & Viewer conference today at The Geological Society in London. The conference was called 'Risking Quality in Times of Change - what future for Public Service Broadcasting?' Among other matters, I talked about the licence fee settlement and the diff...
