The home of common sense. This is talk. Welcome back to Morning Glory with me, Mike Graham. I'm here

with you every single morning. I could not be happier. Ladies and gentlemen, 6.30 to 10 o'clock.

Loads of you are listening. Loads more of you will be joining. Tell all your friends I'm back because

this is where the nation comes to talk. But let's talk now about the BBC because quite frankly,

the BBC is back

in the news constantly every single week. I don't know how things keep going from bad to worse.

We've got Hugh Edwards being told to stop talking to various different women three years ago.

We've now got an inquiry that's been launched, apparently, to see whether the BBC should

receive yet more money from the government, i.e. you and I, the taxpayer. got an inquiry that's been launched, apparently, to see whether the BBC should receive

yet more money from the government, i.e. you and I, the taxpayer, to help project what they

call UK's values across the world. This is the World Service we're talking about. They

receive more than £100 million in funding from the Foreign Office. Tim David, the Director

General, has warned the service needs help. Now, actually, you might be surprised to hear this. I don't think the World Service is a bad

thing. The World Service actually is one part of the BBC that probably works. But what we don't need

is a load of rubbish about the BBC's diversity campaigns going out around the world. So let's

find out from Roger Bolton,

former BBC presenter and podcast host. What this is all about. Roger, a very good morning to you.

Welcome to the Home of Common Sense. Welcome to Morning Glory with Mike Graham.

Good morning. May I just say that apart from Common Sense, that introduction was actually rubbish about the BBC.

And I know you like people to speak frankly.

I thought you'd like to know that's what I thought about.

Which bit of it did you think was rubbish?

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