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Radio 3,26 Oct 2011,45 mins

Chris Patten

Night Waves

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Philip Dodd talks to Chris Patten, the new chairman of the BBC Trust. The former Conservative cabinet minister and party chairman Chris Patten was the Governor of Hong Kong who oversaw its handover to the People's Republic of China in 1997. He discusses the role of the BBC in the twenty first century as it faces cuts and radical reshaping. Producer Producer Fiona McLean Presenter PHILIP DODD.

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