Across The Red Line

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Factual: Politics

Anne McElvoy invites figures on opposed sides of a political issue to listen to each other

Anne McElvoy, working with conflict resolution experts Gabrielle Rifkind and Louisa Weinstein, invites two figures on opposing sides of an issue to listen to each other.

Across the Red Line: Series 6: Are the BBC's flaws a price worth paying?

Are the BBC's flaws a price worth paying?

Series 6

BBC Radio 4 - Across the Red Line, Series 6, Are the BBC's flaws a price worth paying?

Anne McElvoy invites two guests, opposed on a major issue, to explore each other's views.

Dorothy Byrne and Jonathan Dimbleby debate - then try to discover what shapes each other's views. With Anne McElvoy and Gabrielle Rifkind.

Jonathan Dimbleby, who has presented many political and current affairs programmes for ITV and the BBC, and Dorothy Byrne, former Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4, debate whether the BBC's flaws are a price worth paying. 

Then presenter Anne McElvoy and conflict resolution expert Gabrielle Rifkind invite each guest in turn to try to discover what drives the other's viewpoint - and to articulate it back to its holder.

Producer: Phil Tinline

Across the Red Line: Series 6

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