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How has the tech in your life changed over the past 20 years?
This week’s Digital Planet is something of a celebration, it's 20 years since the BBC World Service launched the programme. Originally entitled ‘Go Digital’, the programme has always been innovative. It was the first radio programme to generate digital video, and also launched podcasting. We look back over two decades at how technological innovation has changed global society. The programme began in an era where smartphones didn’t exist and the social media we know today had yet to be invented.
The programme is presented by Gareth Mitchell with expert commentary from Tracey Logan, Alfred Hermida, Ghislaine Boddington, and the programme’s longest-serving contributor Bill Thompson.
Producer: Julian Siddle
(Image: Bill and Gareth meet bloggers in Delhi. Credit: Julian Siddle/BBC)
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- Tue 31 Aug 202119:32GMTBBC World Service
- Wed 1 Sep 202103:32GMTBBC World Service Australasia, South Asia & East Asia only
- Wed 1 Sep 202104:32GMTBBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
- Wed 1 Sep 202108:32GMTBBC World Service
- Wed 1 Sep 202112:32GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, South Asia & West and Central Africa
- Sat 4 Sep 202116:32GMTBBC World Service News Internet
- Sun 5 Sep 202123:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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Digital Planet
Technological and digital news from around the world.
