The message from the era of smartphones for the BBC is brutal. Viewing figures among the young have collapsed; in a typical week, a fifth of 16 to 34-year-olds consume no BBC content at all
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitask“This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons,” he says, with velvet voice and perfect diction. “Do not, in any circumstances, go outside the house.” The broadcast adds a few more details. Food must be conserved. Water must be rationed . Even in the end times, theFor many, this felt less unnerving than apposite. The organisation, which turns 100 this month, had announced the start of the second world war and its end.
Radio tends to do the piety. The World Service broadcasts in 42 languages to 492m people. Radio 3 offers programmes with such titles as “Discovering Music: Monteverdi Madrigals”. Radio 4 offers the implausibly wholesome “In Our Time”. Recent episodes have included “Hegel’s Philosophy of History”, “The Hittites” and “Tang Era Poetry”. “Parasitism” was considered such fun it was offered as a summer repeat.’s efforts. A 1950s sketch show described themattered.
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