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Have I Got News For You: #Popedogs Vatican quote

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The story I wrote for BBC World, ‘Pope dogs’ craze triggered by papal visit, with my comment from the Vatican made it onto Have I Got News For You on 2 October.

Posted on October 6, 2015 by Josephine

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My story on the Indonesian military’s requirement for recruits to be virgins has now received over 1 million page views.

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Josephine

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Jo McDermott presents the BBC London Inside Tottenham Hotspur FC podcast. Listen here.

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Josephine

Faking it in China

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It was interesting to see China Daily’s report on the problem of fake wine here. This is my article on fake whisky from when I was Whisky Magazine’s China Correspondent!

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Josephine | Leave a reply

Goodbye to Ceefax in London

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Editing the weather forecast for Ceefax in London for one of the last times

The analogue television signal is to be switched off in London on Wednesday.

That means an end to Ceefax, the BBC’s teletext service, transmitted via analogue.

The BBC Red Button service will become the alternative.


Posted on April 17, 2012 by Josephine | Leave a reply

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This is the trailer for the new film Shanghai Calling, about an American sent to Shanghai for work. Lots about this is familiar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKjBRWh5RdE

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Josephine | Leave a reply

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Read what makes Greenwich a ‘Royal Borough’- my feature for BBC London.

 

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Josephine | Leave a reply

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This week, I reported on the how Chinese expats are celebrating Chinese new year in London, and the cuts being made to the London allowance given to members of the armed forces.

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Josephine | Leave a reply

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Thank you to those who have left nice comments. I am working on being able to share them.

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Josephine | Leave a reply

Special feature in Daily Telegraph

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I have a two-page story about my four years in China in the Globetrotter section of the Daily Telegraph today.

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Josephine | Leave a reply

Josephine McDermott is an award-winning BBC documentary maker.

She has presented two critically-acclaimed Archive on 4 programmes for BBC Radio 4, and produces and presents Witness History on the BBC World Service and BBC Radio 4.

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