成人快手

Everywoman

Listeners respond to commissioning editor Richard Dunn's recent defence of Everywoman

• 13 mins

Russian Listeners

The popularity of the World Service in Russian is revealed

• 13 mins

Junction Box

Praise for the youth programme Junction Box

• 13 mins

Write On, Time Off

Listeners wonder what Write On presenters do when they're not presenting Write On

• 13 mins

Poetic Complaints

A listener writes a poem complaining about the World Service music programmes

• 13 mins

The Eclipse

Presenter Dilly Barlow asks listeners for their experiences of the recent eclipse

• 13 mins

Eclipse Coverage

Praise for the World Service's coverage of the eclipse

• 13 mins

The 成人快手 Pronunciation Unit

The 成人快手 Pronunciation Unit is is accused of not doing its job

• 13 mins

Lie Down or Lay Down?

Questions about English pronunciation and tautologies

• 13 mins

East Timor Crisis

Praise for the World Service's coverage of the East Timor crisis

• 13 mins

Grammar versus Usage

Questions of grammar versus questions of useage

• 13 mins

A Sense of Smell

A listener asks what a person without a sense of smell is called

• 13 mins

How Dare You!

A Sports International feature on female boxers causes fury

• 13 mins

Boxing Farce

The furore over Sports International's report on female boxers continues

• 13 mins

Rugby Crumbs

Fragmented coverage of the Rugby World Cup causes frustration

• 13 mins

Creeping Americanisms

Americanisms cause annoyance to a listener at sea

• 13 mins

Newshour Facts

A mistake is spotted in report about the assassination of Bobby Kennedy

• 13 mins

Poor Taste

The World Service news is accused of poor taste

• 13 mins

Fair Competition?

Do World Service competitions favour countries with email?

• 13 mins

Big Ben Chimes

Listeners are assured Big Ben's chimes will ring in the New Year

• 13 mins

The Director Answers

Director Mark Byford answers questions about schedules, repeats, and promotional jingles

• 13 mins

Listeners' Responses

Reaction to World Service director Mark Byford's responses to listeners' questions

• 13 mins

Spot the Tenor

It's discovered the World Service is surprisingly popular in prisons

• 13 mins

Who Stopped the Music?

Listeners want their favourite music programmes, like Anything Goes, back

• 13 mins

The Art of Translation

The Art of Translation is widely praised but jingles and promos are called cheap - twice

• 13 mins

The Farming World

Praise and criticism for new schedules and outrage at the demise of The Farming World

• 13 mins

Just a Minute

Just a Minute, Metaphorically Speaking and John Peel's 'curdling' choice of music

• 13 mins

Topics Tip-Offs

Requests for advance lists of topic to be covered on Write On

• 13 mins

Take Ten Teachers

Take Ten Teachers and The Ties That Bind both come in for praise

• 13 mins

Westway

More defence and criticism of storylines on Westway

• 13 mins