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Last Word selection criteria, how BBC presenters handle Middle East interviews, and Archers Podcast launch

Last Word selection criteria, how BBC presenters handle Middle East interviews, and Archers Podcast launch

Andrea Catherwood with listeners' views on the BBC's coverage of the Middle East.

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October 24, 202427m 57s

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Show Notes

In the first episode of the new series, former producer Neil George explains the selection criteria behind Radio 4's obit show Last Word. Suzanne Franks, professor of journalism at City St George's, University of London, helps navigate issues of impartiality when interviewing representatives of opposing sides in the Middle East conflict. And as a new Archers podcast is launched, listeners react to an on-air slip from presenter Emma Freud.

Presenter: Andrea Catherwood Producer: Pauline Moore Executive Producer: David Prest

A Whistledown Scotland production for BBC Radio 4