Religion on BBC World Service

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Can UK-based broadcasters, like the World Service, avoid a western approach to religious programmes? The UK is an increasingly secular nation but the World Service broadcasts to many countries where the vast majority of people profess to have some kind of religious belief. A listener to the World Service’s only remaining religious programme, Heart and Soul, says she felt the effect of a western perspective in its most recent edition Zambia: A Christian Nation? She takes on the programme makers with her analysis of the programme. And, as the world marvelled at the achievements of the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission, World Service listeners tell Over to You that they are delighted to hear more science on the BBC. Let us know what you want from science coverage in the future by contacting Over to You.