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The Â鶹Éç's Director General, Mark Thompson, talks to Rajan Datar about the Â鶹Éç’s role in the modern world, and his priorities for the future.

Discussions between the Â鶹Éç and the British government will soon set the level of future funding for the World Service – so will cuts be necessary? And if so, where might they be made?

Among other things, Rajan asks Mark Thompson about the relative importance of radio and television, whether he feels if radio has a future, and whether listeners will still be able to hear the World Service on short wave in the future.

And the programme also reflects the complaints from some listeners, that there's too much World Cup coverage on our airwaves.