Prof. Jean Seaton recently conducted research for and was featured in a BBC Archive Hour special dubbed, “Do You Speak English?,” that traces the start of the BBC’s […]
Prof Steven Barnett joins Roger Bolton’s Beeb Watch to discuss BBC Chair Samir Shah’s inaugural speech. The conversation explores what devolving, democratising, and depoliticising means, loosening regulation, re-evaluating […]
Steven Barnett recently wrote for CityAM, where he argues for the importance of the BBC as its Royal Charter nears expiration in 2026. He notes that criticism of the […]
The University of Westminster hosted a workshop on the Future of Public Service Broadcasting which brought together industry professionals, Think-Tank researchers, academics, journalists, civil servants and experts to consider […]
In a controversial move, the BBC has significantly reduced the duration of its news bulletins on Radio 1’s Breakfast show with Greg James. Previously running for three minutes, the […]
Prof. Jean Seaton recently spoke with The Times about the BBC’s selling off its Vinyl archive through auction. Seaton noted that the collection is unique due to the way […]
Prof. Jean Seaton has appeared on an episode of the BBC’s Empire of Tea Podcast. Throughout the series, Sathnam Sanghera tells the story of the UK’s national drink and […]
Prof. Steven Barnett recently spoke to The Guardian about the changes to the BBC licence fee. The fee is due to be increased by £10, to £169.50 a year. […]
British Broadcasting Challenge, a campaign group which promotes the values of public service broadcasting and whose founders include Prof. Jean Seaton and Prof. Steven Barnett, has laid out a […]
Throughout last week, Steven Barnett was called upon by numerous news outlets to give his thoughts on the Sun newspaper’s allegations against Huw Edwards, and the BBC’s subsequent response. […]