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14/11/2014

A serious breach of editorial guidelines on Radio 1's Newsbeat. Plus is visualisation a welcome addition to radio?

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1 Newsbeat has been found in breach of both Ofcom and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Editorial Guidelines for its broadcast of an interview with a member of ISIS. The item was considered inappropriate under Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ standards for Impartiality and Harm and Offence. Richard Ayre, the Chairman of the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Trust's Editorial Standards Committee, explains the ruling.

Radio 1's iPlayer video channel launched this week. It's the station's latest effort to engage with the smartphone generation. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Head of Visual Radio gives his vision for the future of Radio 1.
Radio 4 is also trying a bit of radio visualisation with a number of short-form animations to complement its History of Ideas series. A Feedback listeners' panel gives its verdict.

The former Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary David Blunkett was on World at One this week - not to discuss any great affairs of state, but to give his thoughts on The Archers. Though many Feedback listeners share his concerns at the soap's current direction, others said that a serious news programme was not the place to cover such trivialities.

And Feedback listener Tony Harwood, gives a behind the scenes account of his time as a Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ page boy in the 1950s when one of many perks was the chance to watch live recordings of Hancock's Half Hour.

Produced by Will Yates
A Whistledown production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4.

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Sun 16 Nov 2014 20:00

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  • Fri 14 Nov 2014 16:30
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