Over to You Episodes Episode guide
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Are news reports too distressing to listen to?
How Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú correspondents are having to document truly horrifying sights in Ukraine
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Exploring the Explanation for answers
The Explanation and the show’s presenter tells us how stories are chosen
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Exploring OS Conversations and Learning English
We speak to the team behind OS Conversations to ask how subjects are chosen
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It is not a question of quality but quantity
What our audience think of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service’s coverage of the war in Ukraine
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Fact checking and reporter safety in Ukraine
The foreign editor for Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú News, Paul Danahar, responds to listeners' questions
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Maintaining balance and impartiality in conflicts
Listeners react to the coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Ukraine
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A series about bringing peace in conflict zones
Listeners' thoughts on Women Building Peace and those who bring calm to conflict zones
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Was an exclusive Djokovic interview too dominant?
Listeners ask if an interview with a leading tennis player should have been so dominant.
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Making coverage of Africa Cup of Nations possible
The man who made the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s coverage of the 2022 Africa Cup of Nations possible
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Making the documentary Music that Survived the Nazis
How the documentary, Music that Survived the Nazis, was made and what listeners thought
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How should the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú be funded?
Listeners’ reactions to the news that future Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú funding is due for a review
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How less can often be more
Listeners put their comments to Tim Harford, host of numbers show More Or Less
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Exploring the dark undergrowth of modern America
Listeners tell us what they think about Gabriel Gatehouse’s new series The Coming Storm
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Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service: The highs and lows of 2021
During Desmond Tutu's funeral, why did a presenter talk over South Africa’s president?
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Ask the controller: Part two
The controller of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú WS English responds to more of your views, favourable and critical
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Ask the controller: Part one
The controller of Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú World Service English responds to questions, favourable or critical
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Why some listeners say they need to be entertained!
Your views on the listener who wanted more entertainment and less news on World Service
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Painting pictures of a football match with words
What are the challenges of being a football commentator for the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú? John Murray explains
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Ros Atkins on analysing news
Listeners quiz presenter Ros Atkins on how his extended news analysis series is made
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The reality of war and our ability to comprehend
A listener asks whether correspondents parachuted into a country can tell the full story?
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Meeting the man behind the music show This Is Africa
Listeners quiz DJ Edu about selecting songs and promoting African musicians
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An editor tackling the spread of disinformation
How might the work of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s first disinformation editor benefit you the listener?
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Reporting COP26
Listeners tell us what they think of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s coverage of the COP 26 climate conference
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Your thoughts on the story of the HIV-Aids crisis
We hear your comments on The Story of Aids and speak with the show’s producer
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The story of the Earth’s geochemical history
Presenter Justin Rowlatt answers comments on A Geochemical History of Life on Earth
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How a review of the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú might affect what your hear
Why is the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s five-year review of the World Service of any importance to listeners?
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Lyse Doucet reveals her personal Wish for Afghanistan
The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s Lyse Doucet on her new series A Wish For Afghanistan
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One on one conversations with spiritual advisers
How are topics chosen for World of Wisdom and do they meet the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú editorial guidelines?
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The story behind making Afghanistan and me
Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú Pashto’s Sana Safi tells us about the challenges of telling her unique personal story
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Reporting the rise and fall of a corrupt US police task force
Listeners share their thoughts on Bad Cops, the story of a corrupt US police force