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Criticism from the high auspices in france about the idea that a french channel would be broadcasting in english. am i right? well, look, the traditional idea of the french language, the language of moliere, was that it must be preserved, it must be looked after. it must not have too much franglais and english words. it won't come as a surprise to you, as being somebody who's half french, half british, having been steeped in that from the word go in my life, that i actually think and i know having worked for the bbc, world service, bbc world, france 24 and reaching out to across the planet, th...

Of philosophical question that you raised a little earlier. what do we miss out on? you know, in the uk, our news is relayed for many of us by the likes of bbc, cnn — what do we miss out on by not getting a european view and european narrator on news events? i think that one of the things that you see quite a lot is that when something big happens in europe or elsewhere, for an english language audience, we get told that it's happening. we don't know quite why it's happening. we don't understand the context because we haven't been following it. the best example i can think of at the moment i...