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World Service,17 Dec 2001,13 mins

The Americanisation of the World Service

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The perceived Americanisation of the World Service as it is accused of turning into 'the Voice of America'. There are also complaints of too much sport on Saturday, not enough Alistair Cooke, and too many American writers featured on 'Off the Shelf'.

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