Letters from listeners around the world
World Service,路346 episodes
Questions about English pronunciation and tautologies
Praise for the World Service's coverage of the East Timor crisis
Questions of grammar versus questions of useage
A listener asks what a person without a sense of smell is called
A Sports International feature on female boxers causes fury
The furore over Sports International's report on female boxers continues
Fragmented coverage of the Rugby World Cup causes frustration
Americanisms cause annoyance to a listener at sea
A mistake is spotted in report about the assassination of Bobby Kennedy
The World Service news is accused of poor taste
Do World Service competitions favour countries with email?
Listeners are assured Big Ben's chimes will ring in the New Year
Director Mark Byford answers questions about schedules, repeats, and promotional jingles
Reaction to World Service director Mark Byford's responses to listeners' questions
It's discovered the World Service is surprisingly popular in prisons
Listeners want their favourite music programmes, like Anything Goes, back
The Art of Translation is widely praised but jingles and promos are called cheap - twice
Praise and criticism for new schedules and outrage at the demise of The Farming World
Just a Minute, Metaphorically Speaking and John Peel's 'curdling' choice of music
Requests for advance lists of topic to be covered on Write On
Take Ten Teachers and The Ties That Bind both come in for praise
More defence and criticism of storylines on Westway
Listeners comment on the programme 'The Essential Guide to the 21st Century'
A listener is unhappy with a report about Afghanistan on From Our Own Correspondent
Listeners praise for Just a Minute
Reactions to the sweeping changes recently made to the World Service schedule
More letters about the new World Service schedule
A special edition of the programme addressing issues raised by World Service changes
Points of view from World Service listeners
High praise from a listener for the new programme 'Discovery'