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EPISODE · Nov 2, 2023 · 32 MIN

Ritula Shah, former BBC Radio 4 presenter of the World Tonight on overpaid news presenters, BBC cuts and news centralisation

from Roger Bolton's Beeb Watch

Ritula Shah spent 35 years at the BBC as a producer on 'Today,' presenting 'The World Today,' 'Woman’s Hour,' 'PM,' and chairing 'Any Questions.' However, Ritula is best known for her decade-long tenure as the presenter of the ‘World Tonight' on Radio 4 until earlier this year. We discuss why she left, covering the Israel/Hamas conflict, impartiality, preserving 'Newsnight' at the expense of successful Radio 4 strand programmes, and presenter pay.“I think that many of my colleagues are rather overpaid.”Support the podcast by signing up to Patreon hereFind all our podcasts here Twitter: @BeebRogerMastodon: @[email protected]: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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