{"id":700978,"date":"2026-07-20T04:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/700978\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T04:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T04:18:10","slug":"romesh-ranganathan-leads-nearly-100-stars-promoting-bbc-in-new-campaign-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/700978\/","title":{"rendered":"Romesh Ranganathan leads nearly 100 stars promoting BBC in new campaign &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxPQnFqQTJoZ19TM05peHB6TlFrNTJCZV9TSG56RDJ0N0RoY3JKUXRrUU1SLWxxTlBHQlZiMnlORC02aEE1Y2FmVWJRaDh3RTVIT2lwRHotd3Zid2U3QkdxUDdCM0I0ZFpKa1plZHd2UFRCeXJTNTQtSEszUWFzTjFwSWFkRlNyUTRjQm9QWHFRQmV2c1FzRUhTZ195UkE5QWxabGRveGQzc0dXQmxZSVUwQVlocUhFU2FKeHBCOC1VN3UtQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Romesh Ranganathan leads nearly 100 stars promoting BBC in new campaign<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisAFBVV95cUxPZTRnWXlweWh3d3VUM0p2QW9DTUUyNEhRVWlIYkc3V0tvWG5FWmkzVXNRYUVZUm1Fd3Q2cXcyZkN1X3k2S1prNV9sTTBkNUJBS1N4Q0NJUUhrWTZjVlE3bW96RjBzalE4WFNmOE01dXBXekt3QmhyQWpNRFJnZHBhejYzQ3lVNzJFR2V4dHpYSVVXNWdud2JJaWVfeFlkWGtQRUZsOXJLRDdjX2ZZdHBERg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018What has the BBC ever done for me?\u2019 Romesh Ranganathan reboots corporation\u2019s 1985 licence fee plea<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxNWEFIZEhhSFFnV2ZjdUZzLURYRnBzd1ZqQ1V3c1dKVEZCZTdIVmZxN21PbGJSQWc0UU1HRUtZUEcxNF9IQUkxbVdUdF8tbE1NWmZWeFRwdS04NVlqRzU4QmtjU0hYYTY2emg5V0R6YXRhVWlHR1dSOURaM3g1VnhabzNNbzhlSmJJNERuWDFUZkdYbDFXcE5Zc2xwZXdKV2RDRVZmUTdjOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC uses highest-paid celebrities to demand licence fee<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxOc3kwTEdqNUIwYWhMNTZxUl9tUTZsMFBxUGpWdWJFUEhnWHRKMXk0V2JmdmdnVWNEQkNGMEdoRy1CQ3VDWHQ4YXJiMnd1NDdULTN1Um95VEdxQ0RXN0M1VzNFcm85UlFfenUwLU9MODdxUnlKdFVRUEZZS0Z1R2tqLUlZcUJWaVlxdkZBNHQxbnRaYUs3VFZTZnBlSVlrMWVHZHozY2pKdTVwWTI1ek9VcDJkd3BPZzdJdTJhNEJWd1ZOLWROUkw3VlJtVlVOZDA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Move over, John Cleese. Now Romesh is asking, \u2018What\u2019s the BBC done for me?\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxPeUg3YlRBTEZLSUFYcU50Q2FCWmI3R1BjY0IzVkxLUlNidTVIRUdfVFJQVjdZWll1R3BFdm8zNWpqWFA2SXoycTRySFdxUkttQi1kaVBjS2xRWU1vSzBtQkhhU0IyX01hUHFHYVY3WG9EdmlZTkxaSk1sdV9xX3k3bkdOSktLZTRlZVRrVHhKN0lxelBBUzU1bUV1bVM2QmpreloxWFp2YzYxNmR1NTZGWF9uTGZZVEpy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">EastEnders, Doctor Who, The Traitors and more feature in new BBC campaign: &#8216;What has the BBC ever done for me?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Radio Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Romesh Ranganathan leads nearly 100 stars promoting BBC in new campaign&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard\u2018What has the BBC ever done&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[16212,6491,3013,96,1006,2084,78199,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-700978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-anton-du-beke","tag-celebrities","tag-chris-martin","tag-entertainment","tag-queen","tag-romesh-ranganathan","tag-traitors","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=700978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}