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Complaints, questions, and more praise for Malice in Blunderland
Cliches
Gripes on various matters, including using "out there" to mean the rest of the world
Ignoring the Whiners
An America listener tells the 麻豆社 to stop listening to people who whine about content
Schedule Changes
A listener from Taiwan questions recent schedule changes
Inaccurate Programme Guides
A Nigerian listener complains about inaccurate programme guides
Saint Alistair Cooke
More listeners suggest that Alistair Cooke be canonised
Tabloidization
Praise for past programmes, and complaints about celebrity gossip making it into the news
Dear Jane Austen
Listeners point out Jane Austen did not write Middlemarch as stated in Britain Today
24 Hours News Service
Listeners requests less news and more comedy, drama, music, and science
Gripes of Wrath
Listeners in Singapore are annoyed by Ian Simpson's description of Singapore
Folk Roots
Listeners mourn the axing of Folk Roots
Blunderitus
Listeners complain about new schedules and the axing of favourite shows
The Strand
Letters from listeners about geography, evolution, and physics
The Green History of the Planet
Praise for The Green History of the Planet, and criticism of presenters' accents
Transmission Problems
A listener from Iran praises 麻豆社 content, but complains about weak FM frequency
Magical Words
Listeners in India request written schedules so they don't miss their favourite programs
World Service Modernised
A listener from New Zealand raises issues around transmission quality
Animal Grandmas
Letters about animal grandparents, electric fruit-dehydrators and presenters' accents
Discovery - the Musical
Does the 麻豆社 think listeners find science "difficult"?
Discovery - the Comic Strip
Listeners accuse the science programme Discovery of "dumbing down"
Digital Radio on Shortwave
Listeners' questions about digital radio, smoking in soap operas, and gold in vegetables
Music Special
Listeners' comments on the inclusion of pop music and the cancellation of Folk Roots
World Service in New Zealand
Listeners' comments on broadcasts to New Zealand
Meridian Maths
A listener catches Meridian making a maths mistake
Anything Goes
Listeners are dismayed the music request programme, Anything Goes, is ending
A Jolly Good Show
Listeners' reactions to the demise of Anything Goes and A Jolly Good Show
Christmas Carols
A listener appreciates the uninterrupted broadcast of Christmas carols
The Bailey Bridge
The success of the Bailey bridge and fission track dating in geology
Digital Radio
Listeners letters about the World Service in the digital age
Letters celebrate the continuance of broadcasts to New Zealand
Sierra Leone Crisis
The importance of the World Service to listeners in Sierra Leone during the recent crisis