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Jan 2022
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How should the BBC be funded?

Bbc World Service
About this episode
Your reactions to the news that future BBC funding is to be up for discussion. How might it affect the World Service? Plus listeners give their fond farewells as we say goodbye to a familiar voice on BBC Outside Source, Nuala McGovern. Presenter: Rajan Datar Producer: Howard Shannon 
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