Allow young minority groups to tell a narrative that isn’t confined to cliché
Poet and critic Chimene Suleyman wants the BBC to allow young minority groups to tell a narrative that isn't confined to cliché
Poet and critic Chimene Suleyman wants the BBC to allow young minority groups to tell a narrative that isn't confined to cliché
openDemocracy's Editor in Chief Mary Fitzgerald explains why we're collecting 100 bold ideas for the BBC - and we want you to vote on your favourites.
Writer George Monbiot implores the BBC to be bolder in its rural coverage and tackle powerful interest groups head-on.
Novelist Ian McEwan asks for the BBC to hold tight to the very highest of standards when it comes to form as well as content.
Novelist Philip Pullman thinks that BBC programming should recognise Britain's love affair with literature and commission a weekly TV show that covers nothing else.
Academic Allyson Pollock says the BBC should lead a publicly-funded debate about the value of public ownership and its relationship to a healthy, thriving society.
Psychotherapist Susie Orbach asks for a BBC which seeks to capture the idiosyncratic aspects of everyday life rather than raising revenues through global sales of its output.
Author Jeanette Winterson wants to see the corporation give greater autonomy to producers to commission new programming.
Media academic James Bennett thinks the BBC should create 'public service algorithms' in the form of recommendation engines for iPlayer which don't simply suggest more of the same content that has already been watched.
Writer Irenosen Okoijie thinks the BBC should play a greater offline role in communities and public life.