The Explanation
Nov 27, 2025
Pressure on the BBC has continued after a line about Donald Trump was removed from the Reith Lectures on legal advice. Dame Caroline Dineage, Chair of the Culture Media and Sport Committee, and Lionel Barber, Former Editor of The Financial Times discuss the implications. Also on the show, Dr Alice Enders of Enders Analysis explains why The Telegraph has been sold to the owners of the Daily Mail in a £500m deal. And CNN correspondent Donie O’Sullivan on his new documentary investigating why claims about white farmers in South Africa continue to circulate in US politics
Producer: Lisa Jenkinson Content producer: Lucy Wai Production co-ordinator: Ruth Waites Technical co-ordinator: Craig Johnson Sound engineer: Robin Schroder
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