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20/06/2010

The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's Director General, Mark Thompson, talks to Rajan Datar about the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s role in the modern world, and his priorities for the future.

The Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú's Director General, Mark Thompson, talks to Rajan Datar about the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú’s role in the modern world, and his priorities for the future.

Discussions between the Â鶹¹ÙÍøÊ×Ò³Èë¿Ú and the British government will soon set the level of future funding for the World Service – so will cuts be necessary? And if so, where might they be made?

Among other things, Rajan asks Mark Thompson about the relative importance of radio and television, whether he feels if radio has a future, and whether listeners will still be able to hear the World Service on short wave in the future.

And the programme also reflects the complaints from some listeners, that there's too much World Cup coverage on our airwaves.

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18 minutes

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Sun 20 Jun 2010 11:40GMT

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  • Sat 19 Jun 2010 23:40GMT
  • Sun 20 Jun 2010 02:40GMT
  • Sun 20 Jun 2010 11:40GMT

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