‘A completely unique opportunity’: the secretive process that will decide the BBC’s future

一个完全独特的机遇:将决定BBC未来的神秘进程

The Audio Long Read

2026-10-16

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Every decade, the BBC’s continued existence must be secured through an elaborate multi-year negotiation with the government. But what does charter renewal actually involve – and will it secure the BBC’s long-term future? By Barbara Speed. Read by Carlyss Peer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
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  • A completely unique opportunity.

  • The secretive process that will decide the BBC's future by Barbara Speed.

  • Read by Carly Spear.

  • In a temperature-controlled room in a suburb of Reading, the basis of the BBC's existence is kept in a flat,

  • square, faded navy case the size of a large pizza box.

  • Inside is a stack of vellum.

  • Calfskin, pounded until it forms a milky and translucent paper that is supposed to last for thousands of years.