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Last updated: 1 march, 2012 - 12:21 GMT

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Bush House Inside Out: The Noah’s Ark of Nations

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BBC World Service brings you a special day of programming to celebrate 80 years of international radio broadcasting.

Hamid Ismailov is the head of the Central Asian service. An Uzbek novelist and poet, his work is banned in Uzbekistan and when he was threatened with arrest, he moved to London where he joined the BBC World Service. He is the World Service’s Writer in Residence.

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Watch Highlights of Bush House Inside Out
- Leaving home
  World Service staff bid farewell to Bush House
- Behind the scenes
  How we're broadcasting live from London
  WatchDuration: 01:33
- How to celebrate?
  Our commissioning editor on how he came up with ideas
  WatchDuration: 02:36
- What's on today
  Our commissioning editor on what to look forward to
  WatchDuration: 01:39
- Live decision making
  It's what makes the World Service"
  WatchDuration: 03:23
- Your hosts
  What Ros Atkins and Pooneh Ghoddoosi are doing today
  WatchDuration: 02:26
- World Have Your Say
  Citizen journalists and bloggers tell us what to do
  WatchDuration: 01:36
- Arrested on duty
  The BBC journalist arrested during the Egyptian revolution
  WatchDuration: 03:30
- Positive Outlook
  Matthew Bannister looks back on the live edition of Outlook
  WatchDuration: 01:54
- Broadcasting at its best
  Highlights from special guest Sir David Attenborough
  WatchDuration: 02:26
- Guest editing The Strand
  It’s super fun and technically challenging"
  WatchDuration: 03:00
- Work exchange
  William Orbit swaps Bush House for Madonna
  WatchDuration: 02:27
- Radio Bush House
  Closing the show with an exlusive of Radio Ga Ga
  WatchDuration: 04:38
- Queen of the news
  "World Service is the best representative of Britain"
  WatchDuration: 01:12
- Malian duet
  Amadou and Mariam with a live rendition of Wily Kataso
  WatchDuration: 04:26
- The Noah’s Ark of Nations
  BBC Editor Hamid Ismailov’s poem for Bush House
  WatchDuration: 02:07
- CNN into the future
  CNN International chief Tony Maddox on media trends
  WatchDuration: 01:09
- Singing you the news
  Citizen musician Mitch Benn on the new journalists
  WatchDuration: 02:08
- Running away with it
  Health Check puts athletes through their paces
  WatchDuration: 01:58
- In the audience
  Audience members share their thoughts on listening
  WatchDuration: 01:40
- Reporting on the event
  Paddy O'Connell on what Bush House means to staff
  WatchDuration: 01:42
- Joining forces
  World Business Report and Focus on Africa's joint effort
  WatchDuration: 02:08
- Rocking Russia
  Seva Novgorodsev on 35 years of broadcasting
  WatchDuration: 03:06
- Working for the BBC
  BBC Xtra team on why they work for World Service
  WatchDuration: 01:49
- Great Lakes
  Why this language service matters to one Rwandan
  WatchDuration: 03:14
- Somali special
  Yusuf Garaad on how broadcasts are valued in Somalia
  WatchDuration: 02:29
- Broadcasting in Dari
  Meena Baktash on making a special show for Afghanistan
  WatchDuration: 00:41

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