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BBC World Service to provide enhanced services in Syria

Following the developments in Syria, the BBC World Service has announced it will offer enhanced services to audiences across the country. Broadcast on medium wave and FM, an enhanced audio service will provide the people of Syria and surrounding countries with a source of independent news at a time when local media and digital services […]

December 18, 2024

BBC World Service launches Purple Heart Warriors drama

The BBC World Service has announced Purple Heart Warriors, a six-part drama  inspired by real events by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Iris Yamashita. The series transports audiences to the fields of World War Two alongside the brave young Japanese American soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team as they battle to liberate France from Nazi occupation. Narrated […]

November 12, 2024

CMS Committee to study BBC World Service funding

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons is to hold a short inquiry into the BBC World Service. The World Service broadcasts in 42 languages, including English, reaching an estimated 320 million people globally each week. Most of the World Service’s global audience access the World Service in its local language. BBC […]

November 7, 2024By Colin Mann

BBC World Service gets funding boost

BBC World Service has been given a funding boost in the UK budget.  The budget document said: “In 2025-26, the settlement provides an increase in funding to the BBC World Service, protecting existing foreign language service provision and its mission to deliver globally trusted media, in support of the UK’s global presence and soft power.” […]

October 30, 2024

BBC World Service rebroadcasting deal in Cayman Islands

BBC World Service English has partnered with DMS Broadcasting to bring its news, current affairs and factual radio programming to audiences in the Cayman Islands. DMS Broadcasting is a radio broadcasting group based in the Cayman Islands, with seven FM radio stations dedicated to music, entertainment, news and information. BBC World Service English will be […]

August 2, 2024

BBC World Service launches Global China Unit

The BBC World Service has announced the creation of the Global China Unit, a new team that will focus on reporting stories on the country’s role in the world. The team will produce a range of journalism that will be available on the World Service and wider BBC platforms. It will look to answer how […]

April 30, 2024

MPs to probe BBC World Service

The International Development Committee of the UK House of Commons has launched a new inquiry on the future funding of the BBC World Service. BBC World Service provides news to radio, TV and digital audiences around the world in 42 languages including English, reaching a global audience of 318 million people. It is chiefly funded […]

April 26, 2024By Colin Mann

BBC World Service announce new presenters for The Conversation

Ella Al-Shamahi and Datshiane Navanayagam are the new hosts of The Conversation, the BBC World Service English programme dedicated to highlighting and discussing incredible women and their experiences. The Conversation hears from women in different counties across the globe as they share first-hand their personal experiences and some of their most intimate insights, from what […]

April 2, 2024

BBC World Questions heads to Manila

On March 5th BBC World Questions will come to the Philippines to debate the country’s political and economic future in the country’s capital, Manila. National security, relations with China and the US, constitutional reform, economic development and the environment will all be up for discussion with a panel of leading politicians, campaigners and academics. The […]

February 14, 2024

BBC World Service emergency radio service for Gaza

BBC News Arabic has announced an Emergency Radio Service for Gaza in response to the conflict in the region. The emergency service – Gaza Daily – will broadcast vital news daily to the people of Gaza during this time of urgent need. It will provide listeners with the latest information and developments as well as […]

November 1, 2023