From its inception in 1932, overseas broadcasting by the BBC quickly became an essential adjunct to British diplomatic and foreign policy objectives. For this reason, the World Service was considered
Diasporic broadcasters have always been at the heart of the BBC’s foreign language services. Yet, across 80 years of overseas broadcasting they have remained largely absent from the public and academi
Diasporas and Diplomacy analyzes the exercise of British ‘soft power’ through the BBC’s foreign language services, and the diplomatic role played by their diasporic broadcasters. The book offers the f
