World Have Your Say

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| runtime = 60 minutes

| creator = BBC World News

| developer =

| producer = Simon Peeks
Richard Pollins
Charlie Humphreys

| executive_producer =

| presenter = Chloe Tilley
Ros Atkins (until 2013)
Nuala McGovern (relief)
Lucy Hockings (relief)

| country = United Kingdom

| location = Studio B, Broadcasting House, London

| language = English

| network = BBC World News

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| last_aired = {{end date|2017|6}}

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{{Infobox Radio Show

| name = World Have Your Say

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| format = Current events
Discussion
Debate

| audio_format = Monophonic

| record_location = Broadcasting House, London

| runtime = ~50 minutes

| producer = Ben Sutherland
Ben Allen
Simon Peeks
Graham Evans

| presenter = Ros Atkins
Chloe Tilley
Nuala McGovern

| senior_editor = Mark Sandell

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({{flag|United Kingdom}} origin)

| language = English

| home_station = BBC World Service

| syndicates = Public Radio International

| first_aired = 2005

| last_aired = 2017

| website = [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002w559 World Have Your Say]

| podcast = [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/whys/rss.xml BBC Radio Podcast]

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World Have Your Say (WHYS) was an international BBC global discussion show, that was broadcast on BBC World Service every weekday at 16:00{{nbsp}}UTC and on BBC World News every Friday at 15:00{{nbsp}}UTC.

World Have Your Say won Gold in the 2008 Sony Radio Awards, in the category Listener Participation.[http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?category=The_Listener_Participation_Award&year=2008 Sony Radio Awards Winners 2008]

The show described itself as "the BBC News programme where you set the agenda."{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002w559 |title=BBC World Service - World Have Your Say |publisher=BBC |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2012-11-05}} Typically each edition addressed a question, or number of questions, raised by the users of its blog{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002w559 |title=World Have Your Say: The US Election Debate |publisher=World Have Your Say |date=2012-11-01 |access-date=2012-11-05}} and Facebook site,{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/worldhaveyoursay |title=BBC World Have Your Say - London, United Kingdom - Media/News/Publishing |via=Facebook |access-date=2012-11-05}}{{Primary source inline|date=December 2020}} as well as emailers to the BBC.

It encouraged callers to talk to each other and directed questions asked by listeners to the guests on the programme, intervening as little as possible to keep the show more of a conversation than a talk show.

The show also occasionally worked as a forum for the BBC World Service's global audience to put questions to a particular guest. Previous guests included Aung San Suu Kyi,{{cite web|author=Ben Sutherland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/01/your_questions_for_aung_san_su.html#282658 |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: Your questions for Aung San Suu Kyi |publisher=BBC |access-date=2012-11-05}} Philip Pullman{{cite web|author=Ros Atkins |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2010/07/philip_pullman_live_on_whys_on.html |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: On air: Philip Pullman live on WHYS on Thursday |publisher=BBC |access-date=2012-11-05}} and Thilo Sarrazin.{{cite web|author=Sarah Holmes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/01/thilo_sarrazon_talking_to_whys.html |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: Thilo Sarrazin talking to WHYS in Berlin |publisher=BBC |access-date=2012-11-05}}

History

The BBC World Service launched the programme in October 2005, featuring Anu Anand and Steve Richards as presenters and Mark Sandell as editor. Ros Atkins replaced Richards in early 2006 as the main presenter.

Since February 2011 the programme had a weekly television edition on BBC World News on Fridays produced by the same production team.

Topics for discussions were set by listeners,[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2006/10/what_is_world_have_your_say.html BBC NEWS: World Have Your Say - What is World Have Your Say?] who could email the show prior to it going on air each day, or even call into the studio office. Some of the comments left on the WHYS blog and Facebook site, together with emails, Tweets and SMS text messages, were read on the air. Callers from all over the world were the key part of the programme by calling in and debating the daily topic.

On occasion, the show would leave the studio and go on the road, to discuss subjects from a particular country but often with a global impact. For example, in 2011, they went to Berlin to discuss the legacy of Nazism in Germany,{{cite web|author=Chloe Tilley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/01/facing_up_to_germanys_past_or.html |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: Facing up to Germany's past, or a homage to Hitler? |publisher=BBC |access-date=2012-11-05}} Jakarta to talk about revolution in a Muslim country,{{cite web|author=Nuala McGovern |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/02/learning_from_indonesia.html#283118 |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: Learning from Indonesia |publisher=BBC |access-date=2012-11-05}} and Bangkok to talk about sex tourism.{{cite web|author=Nuala McGovern |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/02/on_air_from_bangkok_the_rights.html#283407 |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: On air from Bangkok: The rights and wrongs of the Thai sex industry |publisher=BBC |access-date=2012-11-05}}

Most of the time, the topics for the days' show were offered by e-mail. Some stories were suggested by a single person, others by the number of people wanting to talk about it. Increasingly, use was made of the programme's Facebook site as a source of comment on news stories. Sometimes, these were stories from the listeners' point of view. In fact, some of the reporting of current events for the show was done by real world people, most with no journalism experience.

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BBC World News began presenting a version of the programme in 2011 with Ros Atkins as the presenter. The programme, presented on Fridays at 15:00{{nbsp}}GMT, encouraged viewer discussion on some of the top stories from the week. Occasionally, correspondents and high-profile individuals close to the issue at hand would join in the conversation. Similarly to the version on radio, the programme heavily utilised social media; especially Twitter and Facebook.

As of late 2013, Chloe Tilley played a more active role as a presenter.

References

External links

{{BBC programme|id=p002w559|title=World Have Your Say}} (BBC World Service)
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n13xtmgf World Have Your Say] (BBC World News)

Category:BBC World Service programmes

Category:British talk radio programmes