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World Service Music and Jingles

An edition devoted to the musical signature tunes and jingles used on the World Service

• 13 mins

Sport on the World Service

How much is too much sport?

• 12 mins

麻豆约拍 Radio Website

The 麻豆约拍's website is 'king of the Webby' - but there are still problems with it

• 12 mins

Cliches on the World Service

A listener nominates the World Service for a use of cliches award

• 13 mins

Boston and From Our Own Correspondent

Is Boston correctly identified as a 'blue collar' city?

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World Service Jingles

The jingles and station idents infuriating listeners all around the world

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The Purpose of the World Service

What is the World Service for?

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Off The Shelf

How music is chosen for book readings on 'Off The Shelf'

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World Service Listeners in India

Why are people in India not listening to the World Service as much as they used to?

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Battle of Jenin

World Service has produced a special programme on the recent Battle of Jenin

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World Cup Football

The problems covering World Cup football on the World Service

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Use of English

Listeners complain about poor use of English and grammatical errors on the World Service

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Accents on Westway

Frustration with accents and slang on the soap opera Westway

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Hardtalk on Israel

Criticism of Tim Sebastian on the Hardtalk debate from Jerusalem

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Copyright Issues and Dead Air

Criticism of 麻豆约拍 management for it's handling of 'dead air' issues on the internet

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Oliver Scott on the World Today

Presenter Oliver Scott of the 'World Today' talks about his linguistic abilities

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Repeats on the World Service

A complaint about the number of repeats on the World Service

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A World Service Mindset on Agenda

Admiration for the scope of an Agenda interview with the Director of the World Bank

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Network Europe

Broadcasting Network Europe to Africa

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Coverage of American Stories

The number of World Service programmes about North America is called into question

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Undercover Reporter Sue Lloyd-Roberts

Renowned undercover reporter Sue Lloyd-Roberts talks about taking care with translations

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World Service 'Preludes'

World Service jingles are not well-received

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First Anniversary of 9/11

Listeners views on the coverage of the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the USA

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The Difference Between Football and Soccer

When did football become soccer?

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The Alistair Cooke Question

Is it time for Alistair Cooke and his Letter from America to retire?

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Alexander the Great on Heroes and Villains

The difficulties of including everything in a profile of Alexander the Great

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Spiders on Omnibus

Comment on a search for the largest spider in the world

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Westway Controversy

The HIV plot in Westway causes some listeners concern

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WOMAD on Concert Hall

Concert Hall is criticised for broadcasting World Music from WOMAD

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British Summer Time

Why do World Service schedules have to change with British daylight saving?

• 13 mins