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Amanpour

Tough Year for the BBC, British Monarchy

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It has been a year like no other for two of Britain's best-known institutions. The BBC, the country's independent public broadcaster, has found its editorial integrity in question, and has been forced to defend its practices on multiple occasions. The British monarchy too, is under greater scrutiny than perhaps ever before. David Dimbleby is a veteran journalist who knows both institutions well. "What's the Monarchy For?" is his latest project airing on the BBC now. He joins the show from London.  Also on today's show: author Kiran Desai ("The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny"); Minnesota State Senator Zaynab Mohamed    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up. As a wave of scandals threatens to engulf

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Britain's best love institutions, I asked veteran BBC journalist David Dimbleby about the challenges

0:46.8

facing the broadcaster and his new documentary, What's the Monarchy for? Then, a triumphant return

0:54.1

to fiction for Booker Prize winning author, Kieran Desai.

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She tells me about her new novel, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sonny, and why it took two decades to write.

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Plus, another startling diatribe from Donald Trump as he plays up his anti-immigrant agenda.

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Harry Srinivasa speaks to Democratic State Senator Zaynab Mohamed

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about how the administration's hostile policies are hitting her community. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christiana Manpour in London. It's been a year like no other for two of Britain's best-known institutions.

1:48.0

The BBC, the country's independent public broadcaster, has found its editorial integrity in question,

1:55.0

and it's been forced to defend its practices on multiple occasions.

1:59.0

It lost two of its top executives last month and faced the threat

2:02.5

of a multi-billion dollar lawsuit from President Trump over a misleading edit in a panorama documentary.

2:09.6

The British monarchy too is under greater scrutiny than perhaps ever before.

2:13.6

Revelations of former Prince Andrews' relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

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