Oona Chaplin reveals her grandfather’s blacklist

Your views on Hollywood Exiles and how Charlie Chaplin ended up on a blacklist

• 9 mins

Listener bugbears on truncating news interviews

Why do live interviewees sometimes get abruptly cut short by the interviewer?

• 9 mins

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Talk back to the BBC and challenge the programme makers.

• 9 mins

DJ Edu reveals Africa’s vibrant music scene

We get listeners’ thoughts on the music show “This Is Africa” and hear from its host

• 9 mins

Where can women live their best lives?

Listeners give us their feedback on the new podcast series Where to be a Woman

• 9 mins

Putting the focus on reporting China’s role

The BBC WS has launched its Global China Unit but listeners ask if coverage will be fair

• 9 mins

Funding the BBC's Global China Unit

A listener sends his thoughts on the BBC funding its new Global China Unit

• 9 mins

Why are news reports often repeated?

What listener's think of correspondents’ news reports being repeated

• 9 mins

A podcast that not only appeals to daughters

What do listeners think of Dear Daughter, which bills itself as a handbook to life?

• 9 mins

A chance to expect the unexpected

Two years after Lives Less Ordinary began, listeners say how they feel it has bedded in

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Reporting a plethora of global elections

How listeners feel about the BBC World Service's reporting on elections around the world

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How has Lives Less Ordinary bedded in?

We hear listeners’ comments on Lives Less Ordinary and also from its production team.

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How was the series Things Fell Apart actually made?

Listeners react to journalist Jon Ronson's curiosity about the effects of culture wars

• 9 mins

Update on Focus On Africa one year on

Twelve months after launch, how is the Focus On Africa podcast going down with listeners?

• 9 mins

An appraisal of three years at the helm of the World Service

It is all change at the top of the BBC World Service as boss Liliane Landor leaves

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Listeners' hopes and fears for BBC World Service’s future

Listeners react to last week’s candid interview with the World Service’s departing boss

• 9 mins

Listeners’ thoughts on drama on the radio

Listeners’ reactions to drama as part of the BBC WS International Playwriting Competition

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Fake news and conspiracy theories explored

We get your feedback on Whose Truth? and hear from its presenter, Babita Sharma

• 9 mins

How to approach an interview with a mass murderer

We hear listeners’ thoughts on the often-disturbing podcast The Apartheid Killer.

• 9 mins

Journey from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean

Listeners react to A Slogan and a Land and Tim Whewell explains the challenges making it

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What do listeners think of science shows?

We ask you to tell us what you think about science programmes on the BBC World Service

• 9 mins

Reporting the biggest gold mine fraud of all time

We hear listeners’ feedback on “The Six Billion Dollar Gold Scam” and meet its presenter

• 9 mins

An institution with hard-hitting interviews

In a special edition, we hear listeners’ views on Hard Talk and meet its regular host.

• 9 mins

Listeners’ views on a plethora of sports

Your feedback on how the WS has covered an incredibly busy summer of sport.

• 9 mins

Listener feedback on The Midwife's Confession

We hear listeners' reactions to the BBC Eye investigation The Midwife’s Confession

• 9 mins

How the super-rich amass their incredible wealth

The podcast Good, Bad Billionaire is back with season two. We hear your views.

• 9 mins

Examining America through the looking glass

We hear your views on The Coming Storm’s second series and are joined by its host

• 9 mins

The art of the correspondent’s radio essay

What makes for a good story and how to ensure variety in From Our Own Correspondent

• 9 mins

Al Fayed’s behaviour uncovered by World of Secrets

Listener comments and an interview with the editor of Al Fayed, Predator at Harrods

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Digesting listeners’ views on The Food Chain

Does The Food Chain pass judgement on what people eat? Or it is just healthy advice?

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