BBC Sounds reaches 1.3m listeners

I’ve slightly fallen off the blogging wheel, as I was reminded recently on Twitter by StephenCWLL. Apologies for that — I got caught up in the launch of BBC Sounds and then … Christmas! I promise to do better this year, and give regular updates.

It’s a month today since we launched BBC Sounds at Tate Modern. The evening included the sight of three Jeremy Vines on stage simultaneously – the real one and his two impersonators from Dead Ringers.

That night we also had performances from Nile Rodgers & Chic, Craig David, Mabel and Tom Grennan alongside Dotty, Greg James…

How we’re implementing our Religion Review

Last Monday, I spoke at the launch of Morality In The 21st Century, which ran last week on Radio 4 and is available on the BBC iPlayer Radio app.

In it, presenter Jonathan Sacks asks whether we still have space for morality. It’s a big idea and a complex…

Making programmes to do good

Last week, I wrote that the BBC isn’t a media company – we’re not trying to beat ITV or Netflix.

We’re a public service – we don’t just make good programmes, we try to do good with programmes.

Podcasts for the inevitable long waits this Christmas period

A couple of friends confessed the other day that they didn’t know where to start with podcasts, and asked for recommendations. I sent them this and and thought I’d share.

Encouraging serendipity in the digital world

I was at the Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) conference today and thought I’d share the speech I did there. In addition to highlighting the unique role the BBC plays in the lives of our audiences and in society, I also talked about how in today’s media world, having a BBC…