World: Have Your Say
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World Have Your Say is an international BBC
global discussion show, which broadcasts on BBC World Service
every weekday at 1800 hours UTC
and on BBC World News every Friday at 1500 hours UTC.
World Have Your Say won Gold in the 2008 Sony Radio Awards, in the category Listener Participation.
The show describes itself as "the BBC News programme where you set the agenda." Typically each edition is based around a question, or number of questions, raised by the users of its blog
and Facebook
site, as well as emailers to the BBC.
It encourages callers to talk to each other and directs questions asked by listeners to the guests on the programme, intervening as little as possible to keep the show more of a conversation than a talk show.
The show also occasionally works as a forum for the BBC World Service
's global audience to put questions to a particular guest. Previous guests have included Aung San Suu Kyi
, Philip Pullman
and Thilo Sarrazin
.
launched the programme in October 2005, featuring Anu Anand and Steve Richards
as presenters and Mark Sandell as editor. Ros Atkins replaced Richards in early 2006 and is now the main presenter.
Since February 2011 the programme has a weekly television edition on BBC World News on Fridays produced by the same production team.
Topics for discussions are set by listeners, who can email the show prior to its going on air every day, or even call into the studio office. Some of the comments left on the WHYS blog and Facebook site, together with emails, Tweets
and SMS text messages, are read on the air. Callers from all over the world are the key part of the programme by calling in and debating the daily topic.
On occasion, the show leaves the studio and goes on the road, to discuss subjects from a particular country but often with a global impact. So far in 2011, these have included being in Berlin to discuss the legacy of Nazism in Germany, Jakarta to talk about revolution in a Muslim country, and Bangkok to talk about sex tourism.
Most of the time, the topics for the days show are offered by e-mail. Some stories are suggested by a single person, others by the number of people wanting to talk about it. Increasingly, use is made of the programme's Facebook
site as a source of comment on news stories. Sometimes, these are stories from the listeners' point of view. In fact, some of the reporting of current events for the show is done by real world people, most with no journalism experience.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
global discussion show, which broadcasts on BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
every weekday at 1800 hours UTC
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and on BBC World News every Friday at 1500 hours UTC.
World Have Your Say won Gold in the 2008 Sony Radio Awards, in the category Listener Participation.
The show describes itself as "the BBC News programme where you set the agenda." Typically each edition is based around a question, or number of questions, raised by the users of its blog
Blog
A blog is a type of website or part of a website supposed to be updated with new content from time to time. Blogs are usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in...
and Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
site, as well as emailers to the BBC.
It encourages callers to talk to each other and directs questions asked by listeners to the guests on the programme, intervening as little as possible to keep the show more of a conversation than a talk show.
The show also occasionally works as a forum for the BBC World Service
BBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
's global audience to put questions to a particular guest. Previous guests have included Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi, AC is a Burmese opposition politician and the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy. In the 1990 general election, her National League for Democracy party won 59% of the national votes and 81% of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained...
, Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman CBE, FRSL is an English writer from Norwich. He is the best-selling author of several books, most notably his trilogy of fantasy novels, His Dark Materials, and his fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ...
and Thilo Sarrazin
Thilo Sarrazin
Thilo Sarrazin is a German politician and former member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank...
.
History
The BBC World ServiceBBC World Service
The BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
launched the programme in October 2005, featuring Anu Anand and Steve Richards
Steve Richards
Steve Richards is a British TV presenter and chief political columnist for The Independent newspaper.-Early life:Richards was educated at Christ's College, formerly a state grammar school, in Finchley, North London, and graduated in History at the University of York in 1981 before securing a place...
as presenters and Mark Sandell as editor. Ros Atkins replaced Richards in early 2006 and is now the main presenter.
Since February 2011 the programme has a weekly television edition on BBC World News on Fridays produced by the same production team.
Topics for discussions are set by listeners, who can email the show prior to its going on air every day, or even call into the studio office. Some of the comments left on the WHYS blog and Facebook site, together with emails, Tweets
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
and SMS text messages, are read on the air. Callers from all over the world are the key part of the programme by calling in and debating the daily topic.
On occasion, the show leaves the studio and goes on the road, to discuss subjects from a particular country but often with a global impact. So far in 2011, these have included being in Berlin to discuss the legacy of Nazism in Germany, Jakarta to talk about revolution in a Muslim country, and Bangkok to talk about sex tourism.
Most of the time, the topics for the days show are offered by e-mail. Some stories are suggested by a single person, others by the number of people wanting to talk about it. Increasingly, use is made of the programme's Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
site as a source of comment on news stories. Sometimes, these are stories from the listeners' point of view. In fact, some of the reporting of current events for the show is done by real world people, most with no journalism experience.