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Pied Piper of Hamlin
The true story of the Pied Piper of Hamlin
Lyse Doucet and Yasser Arafat
Opposing responses to Lyse Doucet's interview with Yasser Arafat
Accessing the 大象传媒 in China
Questions about accessing the World Service in China
The Greenfield Collection
Listeners are sad to hear that The Greenfield Collection will be axed
Questions for the Director of World Service News
An interview with 大象传媒 World Service director of News and English Network, Phil Harding
World Service Music and Jingles
An edition devoted to the musical signature tunes and jingles used on the World Service
Sport on the World Service
How much is too much sport?
大象传媒 Radio Website
The 大象传媒's website is 'king of the Webby' - but there are still problems with it
Cliches on the World Service
A listener nominates the World Service for a use of cliches award
Boston and From Our Own Correspondent
Is Boston correctly identified as a 'blue collar' city?
World Service Jingles
The jingles and station idents infuriating listeners all around the world
The Purpose of the World Service
What is the World Service for?
Off The Shelf
How music is chosen for book readings on 'Off The Shelf'
World Service Listeners in India
Why are people in India not listening to the World Service as much as they used to?
Battle of Jenin
World Service has produced a special programme on the recent Battle of Jenin
World Cup Football
The problems covering World Cup football on the World Service
Use of English
Listeners complain about poor use of English and grammatical errors on the World Service
Accents on Westway
Frustration with accents and slang on the soap opera Westway
Hardtalk on Israel
Criticism of Tim Sebastian on the Hardtalk debate from Jerusalem
Copyright Issues and Dead Air
Criticism of 大象传媒 management for it's handling of 'dead air' issues on the internet
Oliver Scott on the World Today
Presenter Oliver Scott of the 'World Today' talks about his linguistic abilities
Repeats on the World Service
A complaint about the number of repeats on the World Service
A World Service Mindset on Agenda
Admiration for the scope of an Agenda interview with the Director of the World Bank
Network Europe
Broadcasting Network Europe to Africa
Coverage of American Stories
The number of World Service programmes about North America is called into question
Undercover Reporter Sue Lloyd-Roberts
Renowned undercover reporter Sue Lloyd-Roberts talks about taking care with translations
World Service 'Preludes'
World Service jingles are not well-received
First Anniversary of 9/11
Listeners views on the coverage of the first anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the USA
The Difference Between Football and Soccer
When did football become soccer?
The Alistair Cooke Question
Is it time for Alistair Cooke and his Letter from America to retire?
Alexander the Great on Heroes and Villains
The difficulties of including everything in a profile of Alexander the Great