I hadn't fully clocked all of these cuts.... Losing both Crossing Continents and the World Tonight feels like short-sighted isolationist retrenchment ignoring the fact that we live in a global world. Thank god Book of the Week remains, for now, to offer in depth reportage from around the world (may l plug Frostlines..a timely trip around the Arctic!? Still available until the end of the month) albeit, as you previously reported in a much diminished form ....No longer 50 books per year, something like half that number. But who knows how deep the axe will cut in to those few volumes.
I so agree with you. I only found out about these cuts yesterday and nearly burst into tears. "Crossing Continents" was/is fantastic. It gave you an insight into a world behind the scenes. And the reporting was so good, you could imagine that you were actually there. The pictures the correspondents painted were that vivid.
And how can they cut the now limply named "The Law Show" ("Law in Action" was so much more dynamic)? Surely, the BBC listeners at home and abroad (like me in Germany) need to know the latest developments in the legal world.
I've been listening to BBC Radio 4 since I got control over my own radio (i.e. when I left home at 18), and it really is the best radio station in the world. Over the years, I've tried to find its equivalent in French and German, but there is none.
Thank you, Simon. A sad day.
I'm so sad about the loss of Crossing Continents, it's a huge own goal by the BBC. And I'll bloody miss making them too.
I hadn't fully clocked all of these cuts.... Losing both Crossing Continents and the World Tonight feels like short-sighted isolationist retrenchment ignoring the fact that we live in a global world. Thank god Book of the Week remains, for now, to offer in depth reportage from around the world (may l plug Frostlines..a timely trip around the Arctic!? Still available until the end of the month) albeit, as you previously reported in a much diminished form ....No longer 50 books per year, something like half that number. But who knows how deep the axe will cut in to those few volumes.
I so agree with you. I only found out about these cuts yesterday and nearly burst into tears. "Crossing Continents" was/is fantastic. It gave you an insight into a world behind the scenes. And the reporting was so good, you could imagine that you were actually there. The pictures the correspondents painted were that vivid.
And how can they cut the now limply named "The Law Show" ("Law in Action" was so much more dynamic)? Surely, the BBC listeners at home and abroad (like me in Germany) need to know the latest developments in the legal world.
I've been listening to BBC Radio 4 since I got control over my own radio (i.e. when I left home at 18), and it really is the best radio station in the world. Over the years, I've tried to find its equivalent in French and German, but there is none.
These cuts are painful to me.