Write On Episodes Episode guide
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Who Stopped the Music?
Listeners want their favourite music programmes, like Anything Goes, back
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Spot the Tenor
It's discovered the World Service is surprisingly popular in prisons
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Listeners' Responses
Reaction to World Service director Mark Byford's responses to listeners' questions
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The Director Answers
Director Mark Byford answers questions about schedules, repeats, and promotional jingles
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Big Ben Chimes
Listeners are assured Big Ben's chimes will ring in the New Year
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Fair Competition?
Do World Service competitions favour countries with email?
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Poor Taste
The World Service news is accused of poor taste
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Newshour Facts
A mistake is spotted in report about the assassination of Bobby Kennedy
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Creeping Americanisms
Americanisms cause annoyance to a listener at sea
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Rugby Crumbs
Fragmented coverage of the Rugby World Cup causes frustration
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Boxing Farce
The furore over Sports International's report on female boxers continues
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How Dare You!
A Sports International feature on female boxers causes fury
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A Sense of Smell
A listener asks what a person without a sense of smell is called
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Grammar versus Usage
Questions of grammar versus questions of useage
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East Timor Crisis
Praise for the World Service's coverage of the East Timor crisis
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Lie Down or Lay Down?
Questions about English pronunciation and tautologies
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The 大象传媒 Pronunciation Unit
The 大象传媒 Pronunciation Unit is is accused of not doing its job
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Eclipse Coverage
Praise for the World Service's coverage of the eclipse
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The Eclipse
Presenter Dilly Barlow asks listeners for their experiences of the recent eclipse
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Poetic Complaints
A listener writes a poem complaining about the World Service music programmes
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Write On, Time Off
Listeners wonder what Write On presenters do when they're not presenting Write On
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Junction Box
Praise for the youth programme Junction Box
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Russian Listeners
The popularity of the World Service in Russian is revealed
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Everywoman
Listeners respond to commissioning editor Richard Dunn's recent defence of Everywoman
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Musical Inserts
Criticisms of musical inserts are countered by listeners who enjoy them
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Play of the Week - Again
Listeners wonder why there are so many repeats of Play of the Week
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Australian Football
An Australian listener requests coverage of Australian Football
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Gripe Time
Listeners challenge the use of the word mitigate
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More Books
Listeners request more programmes about books
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World Service Multimedia
Questions about the World Service online are answered