Broadcasting House
The Sunday morning magazine programme with a fresh approach to the news and discussion about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
Episodes
England's mayors to get more planning powers
England's mayors will get greater powers to overrule councils in some planning decisions, but will it help the government's new homes target? We hear from house builder Eleanor Deeley of Deeley Group. The mayor of the Italian town Como speaks to us about banning cyclists, after he was hit by an e-bike. Why has behaviour deteriorated in our public spaces? Expert Kirsty Sedgman joins us live.Ship
Wildfires and emergency alerts
Wildfires caused by arsonists in South Wales are a danger to life according to the Chief Fire Officer there. Plus, did the government need to use the national warning alarm? We have live debate. Also on BH, Lord Woolley says a media witch-hunt led to the death of his friend, the academic Jason Arday, who'd been accused of plagiarism. Amid a summer of drought, Elbow's Guy Garvey picks some of his f
PM 'needs to intervene' in PC Harper's killers' release
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
Would you report a neighbour for breaking a hosepipe ban?
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 Prese
Andy Burnham tells BBC he'll stand up to President Trump
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 a
Will Andy Burnham get his coronation?
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 p
The UK sends jets to the Middle East as Israel and Iran exchange air strikes
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 write
01/11/2020
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
25/10/2020
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
18/10/2020
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
04/10/2020
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
19/07/2020
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
22/03/2020
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
17/11/2019
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
13/10/2019
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
20/10/2019
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.
08/09/2019
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.
25/08/2019
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
18/08/2019
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
01/09/2019
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
16/06/2019
The Sunday morning news magazine programme. Presented by Paddy O'Connell
31/03/2019
Sunday morning magazine programme with news and conversation about the big stories of the week. Presented by Paddy O'Connell.
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