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How access to the BBC is changing for people living in Sweden

Fri, 01 Aug 2025 10:00:38 +0200

The UK's public service broadcaster announced changes in July for those living outside the UK to access BBC content. Here's how this affects people living in Sweden.

Greta Thunberg teams up with BBC for new documentary series

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 09:59:20 +0100

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg is set to star in a new documentary series by the BBC.

Greta Thunberg to guest edit BBC's Today programme

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 10:43:48 +0100

Teenage Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg will guest-edit BBC radio's main daily current affairs programme in December, the broadcaster announced on Saturday.

Abba singer backtracks on Boston blast gaffe

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:38:00 +0200

Abba star Björn Ulvaeus made headlines in the UK on Tuesday over an offhand comment about the Boston marathon blasts on a breakfast news programme, a blunder for which he later apologized.

BBC statement to SVT regarding 2005 Niger reports

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:25:00 +0100

The following is the full statement issued to Sveriges Television (SVT) by the BBC in response to questions about the latter's reporting on the 2005 food crisis in Africa.

SVT criticizes BBC Africa report

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:54:00 +0100

A documentary broadcast on Swedish public television on Tuesday called into question the reputation of Britain’s public broadcaster, the BBC, for filing misleading and inaccurate reports about the severity of a food shortage in Niger in 2005.