{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/35669120-6056-4c38-8f33-80df7112e8df/c99ea501-7af3-4ff7-98cf-2f9b600c82f9?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Trouble for Auntie: Testing times at the BBC","description":"<p>It's been an intense year for the BBC: budget cuts, a series of staff departures and redundancies, accusations of bias… and now, it has a hawkish new culture secretary to contend with. Plus, just around the corner, a new deal with the government over the licence fee is widely expected to shrink budgets further. How will the BBC look and sound for future generations?</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at:&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/digital/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=audio&amp;utm_campaign=podcastsubs&amp;utm_content=storiesofourtimes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes</em></a><em>.</em></p><p><strong>Guest:&nbsp;</strong>Rosamund Urwin, media and technology correspondent, The Sunday Times.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Host:&nbsp;</strong>Calum Macdonald.</p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>ITV, BBC, LBC, Channel 4 News, GB News, Parliament TV, CNN, Bloomsbury Publishing.</p>","author_name":"The Times"}