{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/632ea9fc844fa70012fb2471/6543982d29dc900012d46de2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Ritula Shah, former BBC Radio 4 presenter of the World Tonight on overpaid news presenters, BBC cuts and news centralisation","description":"<p><strong>Ritula Shah spent 35 years at the BBC as a producer on 'Today,' presenting 'The World Today,' 'Woman’s Hour,' 'PM,' and chairing 'Any Questions.' However, Ritula is best known for her decade-long tenure as the presenter of the ‘World Tonight' on Radio 4 until earlier this year. We discuss why she left, covering the Israel/Hamas conflict, impartiality, preserving 'Newsnight' at the expense of successful Radio 4 strand programmes, and presenter pay.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong><em>“I think that many of my colleagues are rather overpaid.”</em></strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Support the podcast by signing up to Patreon </strong><a href=\"https://podfollow.com/beebwatch/view\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Find all our podcasts&nbsp;</strong><a href=\"https://podfollow.com/beebwatch\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here</strong></a></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>Twitter: @BeebRoger</strong></p><p><strong>Mastodon: @RogerBolton@mastodonapp.uk</strong></p><p><strong>email: roger@rogerboltonsbeebwatch.com</strong></p>","author_name":"Good Egg Productions"}