<p><strong>Conservative MP, Dame Caroline Dinenage is the Chair of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee. We discuss the upcoming debates around the renewal of the BBC's charter, the crucial issues of the corporation's funding, impartiality, and role in public service broadcasting, as well as the future of the BBC World Service and the Greg Wallace revelations.</strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong><em>“We're entering a winter period when there's a number of pensioners who've just had their winter fuel tax removed, when energy prices are rising because the energy fuel cap has come to end, and to suddenly find that you've your licence fee’s going up as well. I just thought the timing was unfortunate.”</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Listen to all our episodes here: https://podfollow.com/beebwatch/view</strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>To support our journalism and receive a weekly blog sign up now for £1.99 per month (NB we only charge for one creation per month): </strong><a href="http://www.patreon.com/BeebWatch/membership" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.patreon.com/BeebWatch/membership</strong></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Or if you'd rather make a one-off payment (which doesn’t entitle you to the blog) please use our crowdfunding page:</strong></p><p><strong>https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-boltons-beeb-watch-podcast</strong></p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/9438915">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Roger Bolton's Beeb Watch

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Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, DCMS ctte chair on BBC charter renewal, funding, World Service and Greg Wallace

DEC 12, 202433 MIN
Roger Bolton's Beeb Watch

Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, DCMS ctte chair on BBC charter renewal, funding, World Service and Greg Wallace

DEC 12, 202433 MIN

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<p><strong>Conservative MP, Dame Caroline Dinenage is the Chair of the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee. We discuss the upcoming debates around the renewal of the BBC's charter, the crucial issues of the corporation's funding, impartiality, and role in public service broadcasting, as well as the future of the BBC World Service and the Greg Wallace revelations.</strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong><em>“We're entering a winter period when there's a number of pensioners who've just had their winter fuel tax removed, when energy prices are rising because the energy fuel cap has come to end, and to suddenly find that you've your licence fee’s going up as well. I just thought the timing was unfortunate.”</em></strong></p><p><strong><em>&nbsp;</em></strong></p><p><strong>Listen to all our episodes here: https://podfollow.com/beebwatch/view</strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>To support our journalism and receive a weekly blog sign up now for £1.99 per month (NB we only charge for one creation per month): </strong><a href="http://www.patreon.com/BeebWatch/membership" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.patreon.com/BeebWatch/membership</strong></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Or if you'd rather make a one-off payment (which doesn’t entitle you to the blog) please use our crowdfunding page:</strong></p><p><strong>https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-boltons-beeb-watch-podcast</strong></p> <a target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/9438915">Get bonus content on Patreon</a><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>