BBC NEWS PODCAST SERIES
The series beings on Tuesday 9th November at 9PM and will be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.
BBC NEWS PODCAST FULL
Things Fell Apart is a BBC Audio production for Radio 4 and the full press release is here. These are human stories that really shed light on how we got here.” And I think I’ve uncovered some extraordinary tales – nuanced and surprising and full of twists and turns. I wanted to find the origin stories, the people whose choices led us to where we are today. These wars can obsess us, tear families apart. Introducing the show, Ronson says: “If you’ve ever argued with someone on social media about, say, cancel culture or mask wearing, then you are a soldier in the culture wars. Who was the very first person to be publicly shamed because of something they did online? And how did the incident shape the internet we all live with today?Īnd how might a prank played by a Hollywood actor on his friend have helped to inspire the Capitol insurrection of January 2021? How did a poem by Liverpool poet Roger McGough, misinterpreted by a West Virginian church minister’s wife, contribute to events that led to the bombing of a school in 1974? How did a kid growing up in the alps in the 1970s, dreaming of making Fellini-like movies in Hollywood, inadvertently kickstart a campaign of murders in the 1990s? The incidents investigated span more than 50 years, from the polarisation galvanised by the arrival in America of the 60s counter-culture, through the moral panics of the 80s and 90s from the days of the early internet to the forces unleashed by ‘post-truth’ politics.Īcross the eight-part series, stories will include: In Things Fell Apart, he will track down the people involved in some of the defining battles that have raged across cultural lines in recent decades. Radio 4 have announced a new series from Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test and The Men Who Stare at Goats. According to the company, Americas ad sales grew 16% for the period, with overall worldwide sales up 4% including advertising and distribution revenues.The author and broadcaster investigates historical battles of ‘the culture wars’. As part of its programming commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, BBC is producing interactive series “The Race to the Moon in 50 Numbers” (e.g., “8: The amount of dollars per day the NASA astronauts were paid while they were in space”) while BBC Travel is developing a series about lunar worlds on Earth.Īccording to BBC Global News - the BBC’s commercial international division that runs bbc.com and the BBC World News network - the fiscal year ended March 2019 was its best-ever year for profitability.The section will feature two new series, “The Future of the Past” and “The 20/20 Project,” focusing on important cultural heritage sites around the world that are under threat and on the efforts being used to save them. Launching in 2020 is BBC’s new Discovery section, a cross-vertical collaboration between BBC Travel and BBC Future, which will blend travel, tech, exploration and archaeology.It will feature content ranging from mixed-reality performances to AI-composed songs, presented both online and on TV, culminating in a live event in New York featuring live performances, demos and panel discussions. Also in the works is “The Future Sounds of Music,” a site devoted to exploring and experimenting with the ideas, tech and creators that are redefining the experience of music.
BBC is prepping the launch of “Future You,” a new feature programming vertical covering “big ideas” from the worlds of health, psychology, technology, science, and medicine, featuring interactive elements.
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The company’s NewFronts presentation was hosted by “Beyond 100 Days” presenter Katty Kay. BBC Podcasts offers a curated selection of the BBC’s best podcasts, ranging across global news, true crime, pop culture, science and history. “Our announcements today demonstrate our ambition and drive to be the best news organization in the world and an essential commercial partner.” “BBC News is proud to show the ways that our history of innovation have continued to grow and change, helping to keep the BBC one of the world’s most trusted and most innovative global news organizations,” said BBC Global News CEO Jim Egan.
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