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Trivial News

When is a news story too trivial or too parochial to be broadcast on the World Service?

Was a story on the news about a public library in Dallas banning people for having unpleasant body order too trival? Assistant Editor Morris Walsh defends the seriousness of the story
Other questions include:
Was an episode of The Interview in which two young Muslim boys swaps lives in France and England a British propaganda exercise?
Why has the World Service signature tune Lillibulero, been cut in half?

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14 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project