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Over to You: BBC Arabic is 80 Years Old

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03/02/2018 GMT

BBC Arabic is 80 Years Old

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Launched in 1938, it is now a multi-media service on TV, radio, online and on mobiles

Launched in 1938, it is now a multi-media service on TV, radio, online and on mobiles.

Launched in 1938, BBC Arabic is both the largest and the first of the BBC’s non-English language services. It has since grown to become an award-winning multi-media service, available on TV, radio, online and via mobile handheld devices, 24-hours a day, seven days a week. Impressively, it currently has a weekly reach of 43 million people. On its 80th birthday we invite two faithful listeners to tell us what they think of today’s service and what changes they would make, while BBC Arabic radio programmes editor, Safaa Faisal, gives Rajan a bit of the history.

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