US EditionPodcaster says BBC ended show over talk of UK's net-zero emissions plans
- BBC presenter Evan Davis ended his Happy Heat Pump Podcast on April 22, 2025, at the broadcaster's request.
- The BBC requested the podcast end, stating concern it might appear controversial about public policy issues.
- The podcast discussed heat pumps, a technology considered crucial for the UK's legally binding 2050 net-zero emissions target.
- Davis stated the BBC worried the show was "steering into areas of public controversy."
- Critics called the decision bizarre, suggesting it limits public information on important policy matters.
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Evan Davis says it was ‘tough’ for BBC boss to tell him to stop hosting podcast
He was told that the Happy Heat Pump Podcast could be seen as a breach of rules around presenters speaking about issues of public policy. BBC presenter Evan Davis has said the corporation’s director-general said it was a “very tough” decision for the broadcaster to stop the Dragons’ Den star hosting a podcast about heat pumps. Davis, who hosts the BBC Radio 4 current affairs programme PM and Dragons’ Den, was told a few weeks ago that the Happy …
Podcaster says BBC ended show over talk of UK's net-zero emissions plans
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has told one of its presenters, Evan Davis, that he can no longer host a podcast about heat pumps, The Guardian reports. Davis has published 20 episodes of the “Happy Heat Pump Podcast” and posted his final one Tuesday, April 22. Davis said he believes the BBC is concerned his podcast could be viewed as political and controversial. “I know why. It’s essentially because I actually don’t think the heating…
BBC Blocks Evan Davis from Hosting Clean Heating Podcast
The BBC has stopped Evan Davis, one of its senior presenters, from hosting a personal podcast informing the public about heat pumps, a flagship clean heating solution. Speaking on the final episode of the show, launched in January, Davis said that the BBC had become “concerned” that the podcast was “somehow treading on areas of public controversy”. He added: “I take their shilling; they dictate the rules. They know they have to try and keep thei…
Rinnai: delivering efficient heat pump systems beyond media perceptions
Rinnai’s Chris Goggin looks in-depth at public information regarding heat pumps and other low carbon products being potentially diluted by recent changes to social media’s stance […] The post Rinnai: delivering efficient heat pump systems beyond media perceptions appeared first on Hub Publishing.
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