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Helen Boaden

Director, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio and Executive Sponsor for myΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

Blog posts in total 12

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  1. A more personal Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ for everyone

    Helen Boaden explains how signing in to myΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ will help the corporation deliver an experience that’s personalised and tailored to what you like.

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  2. Distinctiveness and the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ audience

    Distinctiveness is not a term that often comes up in daily conversation, but it is one that we use with some regularity. That’s because it’s a fundamental characteristic ofΒ the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and our services.

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  3. Celebrating Shakespeare

    Helen Boaden introduces the Shakespeare season across Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Television, Radio and Online

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  4. Introducing the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Shakespeare Festival

    Helen Boaden explains how the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death gives us an opportunity not just to celebrate Shakespeare's work but to liberate it from something you 'should do'.

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  5. Building something special in the north of England

    Building something special in the north of England

    Director of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ England, Helen Boaden highlights the success of DIY SOS: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔs for Veterans and how the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ relocation to Salford has encouraged other companies to join the creative hub in the north of England.

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  6. Celebrating the distinctiveness of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1 and 2

    Following the publication of the green paper on the future of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, Director of Radio Helen Boaden celebrates the distinctiveness of two of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's most popular radio stations.

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  7. Feeding a national habit this Christmas on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio

    Feeding a national habit this Christmas on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio

    Helen Boaden, Director, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio, for the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, shares the variety of Christmas radio delights available to listeners this festive season.

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  8. In the Dark at the Radio Festival

    Helen Boaden outlines the speech she gave at the Radio Festival, including audio clips, and discusses her life in radio, what she likes to listen to and why she said no to that Archers storyline.Β 

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  9. Radio needs a united front

    Broadcasters must collaborate more in face of new competition, says Director of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio Helen Boaden

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  10. The next generation of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalists

    Helen Boaden welcomes the new journalism trainees to the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ. Last night I welcomed the latest intake of trainees onto our Journalism Trainee Scheme. This is the fifth course we've run and, once again, we're both impressed and very proud of the people we've met and selected for this year's ...

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  11. Proposed Changes to Local Radio

    News that there is to be a Parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall tomorrow (Wednesday 26 Oct) on the proposed cuts in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Local Radio should come as no surprise to those who understand the passion radio engenders in the mildest of audiences. It's worth remembering that not so many years ago, Ra...

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  12. Balancing the books at the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

    I gave a speech to the Voice of the Listener & Viewer conference today at The Geological Society in London. The conference was called 'Risking Quality in Times of Change - what future for Public Service Broadcasting?' Among other matters, I talked about the licence fee settlement and the diff...

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