Dramatising real-life disasters
Roger Bolton hears listener concerns about satirising Donald Trump in a news programme, and considers how far writers can go when dramatising real disasters. Every Friday on the World at One, reporter...
3 Mar 201727min
Radio 2 Schedule Changes
Listeners have been voicing their concerns about a significant shake-up to Radio 2's schedule including time changes, the moving of beloved presenters and an apparent lack of diversity. As the new sch...
24 Feb 201730min
Time to re-think Russia?
Roger Bolton asks if journalists are stuck in cold war thinking about Russia, and discovers if Radio 4's interactive drama Hashtag Love was truly interactive. Following National Security Advisor Micha...
17 Feb 201727min
Melvyn Bragg, Feisty Moral Maze, Brexit agriculture
Roger Bolton hears the comments and concerns of listeners on the past week's radio broadcasting and raises their issues with those involved in making the programmes.As In Our Time prepares to celebrat...
10 Feb 201730min
New Editor of Today
Roger Bolton asks if interviews with President Trump supporters require more care - or even censorship. And listeners give their reaction to the announcement of a new Today programme editor. Earlier t...
3 Feb 201729min
27/01/2017
Roger Bolton hears from listeners who claim the BBC may be out of step with popular opinion, and staffed by people from privileged middle-class backgrounds. Following Radio 4's recent series The New W...
27 Jan 201729min
20/01/2017
Roger Bolton follows up the issues that are concerning listeners and asks if the BBC Reality Check team can combat the spread of 'fake news'.With audiences across the world getting caught out by viral...
20 Jan 201729min
28/10/2016
Roger Bolton investigates the demise of Detective James McLevy, protagonist of the much-loved and long-running Radio 4 drama.Also, many listeners want to know why the former Cabinet minister Michael G...
28 Okt 201628min
