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James Purnell

Director, Radio & Education

Blog posts in total 35

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  1. Building a creative, diverse future for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio & Music

    Building a creative, diverse future for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio & Music

    James Purnell tells us how the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ is building a creative, diverse future for ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio & Music.

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  2. Tiny Happy People

    Tiny Happy People

    James Purnell tells us about Tiny Happy People, helping to improve the language and literacy development of pre-schoolers in the UK.

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  3. Equality In Audio

    Equality In Audio

    James Purnell talks us through the Equality In Audio Pact and how ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio is getting involved.

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  4. Making a difference during lockdown across ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio

    Making a difference during lockdown across ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio

    James Purnell talks us through how ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio is helping the nation during COVID-19 across its stations.

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  5. Culture In Quarantine: it's time to get involved

    Culture In Quarantine: it's time to get involved

    James Purnell tells us all about what you can do to get involved with Culture In Quarantine.

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  6. Embracing Change: the future of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 2020

    Embracing Change: the future of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ 2020

    James Purnell's tells us how the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ has always embraced changed and how it intends to continue to do this in the future. This article was first published in the Spectator (Sunday 1 March).

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  7. Helping audiences develop a lifelong love of classical music

    Helping audiences develop a lifelong love of classical music

    James Purnell talks about how the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ is helping audiences develop a lifelong love of classical music.

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  8. Have You Heard George’s Podcast?

    Have You Heard George’s Podcast?

    James Purnell talks us through the successes of recent ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds podcasts.

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  9. Tunnelling to victory

    Tunnelling to victory

    James Purnell tells you all about the new ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4 Poadcast Tunnel 29.

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  10. Free jazz: autumn is here

    Free jazz: autumn is here

    James Purnell tells us about the launch of the EFG London Jazz Festival and all the amazing show's we've got coming up this autumn.

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  11. ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds: the one place for all ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ audio

    ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds: the one place for all ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ audio

    Later this month, we will be closing the iPlayer Radio app, James Purnell explains why.

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  12. Inspiring children to enjoy music - our new Bring The Noise campaign

    Inspiring children to enjoy music - our new Bring The Noise campaign

    This will be loud, and it will be fun. Bring The Noise is our ambitious new campaign, to introduce children to the joy of making music.

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  13. Radio Audio Week 2019

    Radio Audio Week 2019

    James Purnell reflects on a significant week in audio from Radio Festival to the British Podcast Awards.

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  14. Bringing the best British audio to everyone

    Bringing the best British audio to everyone

    We’ve published the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳’s Annual Plan for the year ahead today. It sets out our interest in opening up ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds to others’ podcasts and commercial radio. I want to use this article to explain our thinking.

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  15. ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Audio Drama Awards winners on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds

    ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Audio Drama Awards winners on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds

    James Purnell updates us on the winners of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Audio Drama Awards, which you can listen to on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds.

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  16. ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds reaches 1.3m listeners

    ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds reaches 1.3m listeners

    ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds reaches 1.3m listeners and we're adding new features.

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  17. Audiences recommend ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds and already listen for 2m hours each week

    Audiences recommend ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds and already listen for 2m hours each week

    One month on from ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Sounds' launch, James Purnell provides an update on how it's being used and what the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ has in store for users.

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  18. How our podcasts are doing

    How our podcasts are doing

    James Purnell provides an update on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ podcasts - in September, in the UK, there were nearly 26.5 million downloads of ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ podcasts.

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  19. How we're renewing our religious content

    How we're renewing our religious content

    James Purnell looks at the place of morality, ethics and religion in the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳'s output and reflects on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Radio 4's recent series Morality In The 21st Century.

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  20. Serving everyone, rather than being everything to everyone

    Serving everyone, rather than being everything to everyone

    Ofcom published a report last week about UK media consumption. It tells a now familiar tale of the continued rise of on demand digital, especially among the young, accelerated by powerful internet companies.

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