Main content
The revolution that shook the world
What listeners made of The Fall of the Shah, a drama based on the Iranian revolution. Was the BBC right to publish “You’re never too young to start doing drag” on social media?
It was the revolution that shook the world so some 40 years later what did listeners make of The Fall of the Shah, a drama based on the real events in the lead-up to the Iranian revolution?
Plus was the BBC World Service right to publish the story “You’re never too young to start doing drag” on its social media sites? It tells the story of 11-year-old Desmond Napoles from the US. But many of you feel he was he being exploited.
Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
Last on
Sun 3 Mar 201922:50GMT
BBC World Service Australasia, East and Southern Africa, South Asia, East Asia & West and Central Africa only
Broadcasts
- Sat 2 Mar 201911:50GMTBBC World Service
- Sun 3 Mar 201902:50GMTBBC World Service
- Sun 3 Mar 201922:50GMTBBC World Service Australasia, East and Southern Africa, South Asia, East Asia & West and Central Africa only
Podcast
![]()
Over to You
The BBC World Service’s monthly listener feedback programme

