Broadcasting House

Episod

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  PM 'needs to intervene' in PC Harper's killers' release 09.08.2026 51min

  The Police Federation calls for a U-turn as its public petition reaches 829,000. Lyse Doucet joins us from Kabul five years on from its takeover by the Taliban. We visit one of the country's oldest petrol stations, which will trial pre-payment at the pump to foil fuel thieves. We meet our listener who's walked all fifteen National Parks and swap tips on the hosepipe ban. And Chris Moss shares his untrodden alternatives to the UK's tourist traps. Our reviewers are Simon Calder Travel Guru, Hannah Betts from the Times and barrister Jasvir Singh.
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  Would you report a neighbour for breaking a hosepipe ban? 02.08.2026 50min

  With drought declared in England and Wales, we look at the impact of extreme weather. NFU President Tom Bradshaw calls for more government action on wildfires and reservoirs. Plus, two weeks into Andy Burnham's premiership, Paddy goes to the pub in search of a Blairite, a Brownite and a Corbynite. Tracy-Ann Oberman talks us through her role in a new gender-swapped production of Noel Coward's Present Laughter. And we celebrate the sound of cricket with Jonathan Agnew. Paper reviewers: Dame Mary Beard, Gyles Brandreth and Martha Newsom.
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  Andy Burnham tells BBC he'll stand up to President Trump 26.07.2026 43min

  Anita Anand presents BH this week, Andy Burnham gives his first sit down interview as Prime Minister to Laura Kuenssberg, she reflects on his first week. Also on BH; an how to fight wildfires from the sky, Pepsi from Wham! on their tour of China in 1985, Snowman creator Raymond Brooks will donates his book collection to a charity shop. On the news review policing expert Parm Sandhu, comedian and author Cally Beaton and newspaper stalwart David Wooding.
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  Burnham prepares for power 19.07.2026 48min

  As a new Prime Minister prepares to enter Number 10, Lord Blunkett tells us about the man he mentored. We visit a jail to ask if teaching barbering can cut reoffending and hear from the prisons minister Lord Timpson. With the arrival of the Bayeux Tapestry, we celebrate the alternative embroideries on display across the country and hear your experience of the European Entry/Exit System on this getaway weekend.
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  England through to the World Cup semi-final 12.07.2026 49min

  Jude Bellingham's goals set up a clash with Argentina. Also today, the constitutional historian and former crossbench peer Peter Hennessy returns to BH to give Paddy his final broadcast interview, to mark his Radio 4 programme on decency in politics. Legend of the screen and stage Dame Helen Mirren speaks to us about Denville Hall, a retirement home for those who work in the performing arts. Our panellists are Olivier-award winning actor Dame Sheila Hancock, pastry chef Ravneet Gill, and Andrew Pierce, Consultant Editor for the Daily Mail.
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  Will Andy Burnham get his coronation? 30.06.2026 50min

  Andy Burnham's path to Number 10 looks clear as he prepares to set out his vision for the economy. He could have just three weeks until taking office. Also on Broadcasting House, we meet teenage carers looking after their loved ones whilst sitting their exams, Harry Redknapp gives his half time report on the World Cup - and we hear moments that bring us together from Buckingham Palace to the pub piano.Our news reviewers are Patrick Maguire, chief political commentator for The Times, relationship coach and therapist Lucy Cavendish, and DJ Fat Tony, author of 'Recover Me'.
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  The UK sends jets to the Middle East as Israel and Iran exchange air strikes 18.08.2025 58min

  Paddy O'Connell and Lyse Doucet present this week’s Broadcasting House as the conflict between Israel and Iran ramps up. Cabinet minister Darren Jones discusses the UK's role, as well as the announcement of national inquiry into grooming gangs. Plus, the hyperglot who speaks more than 15 languages, and the BH press review with Alice Bunn of UK Space, George Parker of the Financial Times, and writer and broadcaster Maria McErlane.
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  01/11/2020 01.11.2020 1j

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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  25/10/2020 25.10.2020 1j

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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  18/10/2020 18.10.2020 1j

  Dating in the age of corona, Batman in Liverpool, a united Manchester and Brexit. With Dame Esther Rantzen, Val McDermid and Alistair Barrie on the paper review. bh@bbc.co.uk
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  04/10/2020 04.10.2020 58min

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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  19/07/2020 19.07.2020 1j

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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  22/03/2020 22.03.2020 1j

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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  17/11/2019 22.11.2019 1j

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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  13/10/2019 25.10.2019 1j

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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  20/10/2019 25.10.2019 1j

  Paddy O'Connell explains what the Prime Minister's letters to the EU mean. The Latvian foreign minister gives his take on how the EU will respond. Steve Rosenberg takes a tour of East Berlin with the last communist leader of the GDR, thirty years on from the fall of the Berlin wall. And the press review with Richard Quest of CNN, Sathnam Sanghera of The Times and the economist Ruth Lea.
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  08/09/2019 23.09.2019 1j

  Paddy O'Connell examines a difficult week for Boris Johnson and his biographer puts him in the psychiatrist's chair. The threat to native trees and a celebration of a 90 year old conductor's last concert at the Proms. Papers reviewed by Elinor Goodman, Matthew Wright and House of Commons Chaplain Rose Hudson-Wilkin.
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  25/08/2019 09.09.2019 1j 2min

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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  18/08/2019 09.09.2019 1j

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
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  01/09/2019 09.09.2019 1j 2min

  The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell