From Our Own Correspondent

BBC radio 4 From Our Own Correspondent is absolutely an amazing highly intellectual programme.

Critical Comment

Frankly speaking, it stands out among other current affairs programmes, because it truly relies on its very different approach of story telling – reflection of correspondents’ own personal experiences.

Many stories I found touchable, vivid and absolutely attractive, I realise that the triumph is due to correspondents’ frank revealing of their inner emotions and feeling – from their heart and soul.

I personally think it’s a huge breakthrough of traditional format of current affairs story telling. Personal reflection makes the hard news more interesting.

The programme is very creative and innovative. And brings listeners so much inspiration.

UN peace-keeper committed crime on children sexual abuse

It literally portrays the pictures and scenes through the elaborative and descriptive script, through presenter’s profound voice, which tends to create a kind of mysterious atmosphere.

For instance, when reporting in southern Sudan, I was shocked by the 10 Pakistani UN Peace-keepers committed crime on children sexual abuse, and I was convinced that hundreds, or maybe thousands children from the globe are suffering this unbelievable ordeal.

Who can save these vulnerable, innocent and powerless children? During the reporting, the UN department of peacekeeping operation in New York contacted the correspondent, saying this is intolerable and they will follow it up.

The world is shaking by these well-informed correspondents.

Criticism

The programme is purely voice and story details driven, sometimes I do hope a bit of background music, which could fade in to romance the atmosphere, and avoid the story becoming dry.

However, probably Tony Grant just desires this type of format and style, without any treatments, but sometimes I feel a bit of too much depressed.