Andrew Whitehead

Andrew Whitehead was the editor of BBC World Service News for six years to March 2015, and was also a BBC Delhi correspondent, a radio news presenter and an award-winning documentary maker in a BBC career stretching over thirty-five years. He has a PhD in history and is an honorary professor at the University of Nottingham.

Does the World Service have a future?

The editor of BBC World Service News until earlier this year argues that the funding of the World Service through the licence fee strengthens the corporation's hand in negotiations about a new charter.

By Andrew Whitehead

/ 11 Aug 2015