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English as Broadcast

on BBC Radio 3

or six ways of saying Pakistan
Earlier this year three consultants were appointed by the BBC to report on the current quality of spoken English on the radio. Paul Vaughan looks at the history of the BBC's Involvement in the problem of broadcast speech and talks to the three consultants whose findings have now been published: ROBERT BURCH -FIELD, Chief Editor, the Oxford English Dictionaries, DENIS DONOGHUE , PrOfessor of Modern English and American Literature at University College, Dublin, and ANDREW TIMOTHY , former Assistant Head of BBC Radio Presentation.
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK followed by an interlude

Contributors

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Paul Vaughan
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Robert Burch
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Denis Donoghue
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Andrew Timothy
Producer:
Alan Haydock

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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