Why should you have to pay for the BBC?

BBC director general Tim Davie has outlined his vision for the
future of the BBC. He fired the starting gun on a consultation on
the future of the licence fee and spoke of how the BBC could
increase its revenue through adverts. So this week Amol and Nick
ask, why should you have to pay for the BBC?


They speak to Richard Sharp, the former chairman of the BBC, in
his first interview with the BBC since leaving the corporation.


Youtuber and comedian, Max Fosh, explains why younger people are
choosing to bypass the BBC and publish their content direct on
platforms like YouTube and TikTok.


Plus historian and host of the You're Dead To Me podcast, Greg
Jenner, drops in to give his moment of the week.


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The Today Podcast is hosted by Amol Rajan and Nick Robinson, both
presenters of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, the UK’s most
influential radio news programme. Amol was the BBC’s media editor
for six years and is the former editor of the Independent, he’s
also the current presenter of University Challenge. Nick has
presented the Today programme since 2015, he was the BBC’s
political editor for ten years before that and also previously
worked as ITV’s political editor.


The senior producer is Tom Smithard, the producers are Hazel
Morgan and Joe Wilkinson. The editor is Louisa Lewis. The
executive producer is Owenna Griffiths. Technical production from
Michael Regaard and digital production from Elliot Ryder.