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Ask the controller

Your questions answered by the controller of BBC World Service English, Jon Zilkha, in our annual Q&A special. How much are budgetary cuts affecting programming?

It is our annual Ask the Controller special as we have the boss of BBC World Service English Jon Zilkha in the studio to answer your questions.
How much are budgetary cuts affecting programme quality? What do you like and what concerns do you have about the BBC World Service? And what would you like to hear more of in 2025?

Presenter: Rajan Datar
Producer: Howard Shannon
A Whistledown production for BBC World Service

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9 minutes

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Mon 23 Dec 202403:50GMT
BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East

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  • Sat 21 Dec 202409:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, East Asia, Europe and the Middle East & South Asia
  • Sun 22 Dec 202405:50GMT
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  • Sun 22 Dec 202409:50GMT
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    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa
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    BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
  • Mon 23 Dec 202403:50GMT
    BBC World Service except East and Southern Africa & Europe and the Middle East

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