For the San Francisco Bay Area talk show, see Forum (KQED).
The Forum, the BBC World Service's flagship discussion programme, brings together prominent thinkers from different disciplines and different parts of the world with the aim of creating stimulating discussion informed by highly distinct academic, artistic, and cultural perspectives. The World Service broadcasts the programme on Saturdays at 2106 GMT and repeats it on Sundays at 0906 GMT and on Mondays at 0206 GMT. BBC Radio 4 also broadcasts an edited 30-minute version of the programme.
Each episode of The Forum brings together three thinkers, leading figures from different academic and artistic disciplines. A typical line-up might include a scientist, a writer or other artist, and a philosopher or cultural thinker.
Each guest is questioned by the presenter about their latest big idea, a topic area that is of particular interest to them and in which they are a particular expert. During the course of each section the other guests are invited to contribute with criticisms, insights and support of their own.
Sixty Second Ideaedit
Each week one of the guests is invited to present an idea in sixty seconds that they believe will make the world a better place. These ideas are not always practicable, but they are frequently entertaining and insightful. The 60 Second Idea and the discussion it produces is released as a podcast.[1]
Historyedit
The first episode of the show was broadcast on the BBC World Service on 6 April 2008. It has been broadcast every week since then.
The Forum was founded by Emily Kasriel, who was the program's Executive Producer for the show's first four years and occasionally presented it, as well as painting illustrations for The Forum's website.[2][3][4]
Presentersedit
The programme's presenter, who has been part of the show since its inception, is former BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall.
The Forum is broadcast through the BBC World Service and its international broadcasting partners. The show is also available online, to download and as a podcast.[5] All previous shows are archived online.[6]
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For the San Francisco Bay Area talk show see Forum KQED The Forum the BBC World Service s flagship discussion programme brings together prominent thinkers from different disciplines and different parts of the world with the aim of creating stimulating discussion informed by highly distinct academic artistic and cultural perspectives The World Service broadcasts the programme on Saturdays at 2106 GMT and repeats it on Sundays at 0906 GMT and on Mondays at 0206 GMT BBC Radio 4 also broadcasts an edited 30 minute version of the programme The ForumRunning time52 minutesLanguage s EnglishHome stationBBC World ServiceHosted byBridget KendallRecording studioBroadcasting HouseOriginal release6 April 2008Websitebbcworldservice com forumPodcastThe Forum podcastThe Forum 60 second idea podcast Contents 1 Format 1 1 Sixty Second Idea 2 History 3 Presenters 3 1 Guest presenters 4 Distribution 5 Previous guests 6 Notes and references 7 External linksFormat editEach episode of The Forum brings together three thinkers leading figures from different academic and artistic disciplines A typical line up might include a scientist a writer or other artist and a philosopher or cultural thinker Each guest is questioned by the presenter about their latest big idea a topic area that is of particular interest to them and in which they are a particular expert During the course of each section the other guests are invited to contribute with criticisms insights and support of their own Sixty Second Idea edit Each week one of the guests is invited to present an idea in sixty seconds that they believe will make the world a better place These ideas are not always practicable but they are frequently entertaining and insightful The 60 Second Idea and the discussion it produces is released as a podcast 1 History editThe first episode of the show was broadcast on the BBC World Service on 6 April 2008 It has been broadcast every week since then The Forum was founded by Emily Kasriel who was the program s Executive Producer for the show s first four years and occasionally presented it as well as painting illustrations for The Forum s website 2 3 4 Presenters editThe programme s presenter who has been part of the show since its inception is former BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall Guest presenters edit Zeinab Badawi Martin Rees Rana Mitter Tim Marlow Angie Hobbs Marcus du Sautoy Ritula ShahDistribution editThe Forum is broadcast through the BBC World Service and its international broadcasting partners The show is also available online to download and as a podcast 5 All previous shows are archived online 6 Previous guests editPrevious guests include Nobel Prize winning biologist John Sulston 7 Political scientist Joseph Nye 8 Former Afghan finance minister Ashraf Ghani 9 British astrophysicist Lord Martin Rees 10 Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 11 Canadian writer Naomi Klein 12 Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany 13 Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah 14 Argentinian architect Cesar Pelli 15 US psychologist Steven Pinker 16 South African judge Albie Sachs 17 Polish Canadian writer Eva Hoffman 18 British philosopher John Gray 19 Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy 20 Notes and references edit The Forum Sixty Second Idea podcast Harrad Lindsey Oxonians at large Talking points PDF Oxford Today Retrieved 8 July 2021 Emily Kasriel www battleofideas org uk Retrieved 8 July 2021 The Forum 07 03 2010 www bbc co uk Retrieved 8 July 2021 The Forum Podcast The Forum Online Archive John Hulston s appearance on the 10 08 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Joseph Nye s appearance on the 11 05 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Dr Ashraf Ghani s appearance on the 01 06 2006 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Lord Martin Rees appearance on the 1st episode of The Forum on 06 04 2008 retrieved on 28 October 2009 Chimanda Ngozi Adichie s appearance on the 13 04 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Namoi Klein s appearance on the 25 05 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Alaa Al Aswany s appearance on the 20 04 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Kwame Anthony Appiah s appearance on the 06 06 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Cesar Pelli s appearance on the 29 06 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Steven Pinker s appearance on the 15 06 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Albie Sach s appearance on the 15 06 2009 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Eva Hoffman s appearance on the 04 10 2009 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 John Gray s appearance on the 13 07 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 Marcus du Sautoy s appearance on the 27 04 2008 episode of The Forum retrieved on 28 October 2009 External links editPortal nbsp BBC The Forum at BBC Online nbsp The Forum on Facebook Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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