@jshield

Executive producer of The Global Story at @BBCNews • produced The Wargame for @tortoise & @skynews • previously @thetimes • 3x gold @WeAreAudioUK awards

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Joined June 2012
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Lucy Easthope@LucyGoBagOct 4
I am so chuffed about this because it is so well deserved. I have been involved with exercises all around 🌍 and at highest levels of government and this one blew my socks off. (It also looked after its players in a way rarely seen)
Deborah Haynes
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We ran a wargame - in a podcast - that simulates a Russian attack on the UK to help bring to life the reality of the threat and raise awareness in Britain about the critical importance of rebuilding credible defences and wider national resilience. The series just won best news, politics & current affairs podcast at the British Podcast Awards. Massive team effort! Thank you to @RJohnsonCCW1 for devising the scenario Thank you to everyone involved in the production, in particular @jshield @swhiteheadsky & @senordelcorbett And thank you to our exceptional cast of former top ministers and military and security chiefs, led by @BenWallace70 who played our PM 💪 as well as @KeirGiles and his expert team who played the Russian side
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Beth Rigby
@BethRigbyOct 1
Huge congratulations to the wonderful @haynesdeborah & podcast team at Sky News & Tortoise for winning the News and Current Affairs award at the British podcast awards. Thoroughly deserved 👏
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Oliver@OliverBerisfordSep 24
The Wargame is some show, fuck me, I’ve shat myself 4 nights on the bounce now
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Jane McMullen@jane_mcmullenSep 7
It was lovely talking to The Global Story on @bbcworldservice about our Panorama / R4 investigation on 9/11
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@bbcworldserviceSep 7
Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4gQoc4j

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11?

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, grieving families are fighting for answers.

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Alan Tyler@ATylerHA3Sep 7
A good investigation by the BBC.
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Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4gQoc4j

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11?

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, grieving families are fighting for answers.

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Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4gQoc4j

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Was Saudi Arabia involved in 9/11?

Twenty-five years on from 9/11, grieving families are fighting for answers.

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Is the AI backlash actually a Chinese psy-op? 🎧The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4cKa1wH
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A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, but can it survive in RFK Jr’s America? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4qy7aMG

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Will the new cancer vaccine survive RFK Jr’s America?

A promising scientific breakthrough amid research funding cuts

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Canadian PM Mark Carney's defiance of Trump is popular at home. But could it come at a cost? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4y0gziL

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Canada’s Mark Carney fights back

Carney’s defiance of Trump is popular at home. But could it come at a cost?

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Trump tightens the noose on Iran. Will it backfire? 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4cNKUZF

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Trump 'tightens the noose' on Iran. Will it backfire?

The US’s economic pressure could kick-start a global trade conflict

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barry
@BackseatsmanLFCAug 14
That alert scared the shit out of me, just knocked over the disposable BBQ and now the garden's gone up in flames
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Iran school strike: Will the truth come out? The BBC visits the Iran school where a strike killed 120 children. 🎧 The Global Story: where the world meets America bbc.in/4zcCFAb

BBC World Service - The Global Story, Iran school strike: Will the truth come out?

The BBC visits the Iran school where a strike killed 120 children.

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Asma Khalid@asmamkJun 27
We’ve been cooking up something special on The Global Story ahead of America’s big birthday. The stories are distinct and surprising (and help us, Americans, see our own country differently!) Hope you enjoy them. Trailer below ⬇️ Take a listen! 🎧 bbc.com/audio/play/p0nv9my3

BBC Audio | The Global Story | The US and the World at 250

Introducing a landmark new series from The Global Story.

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Asma Khalid@asmamkJul 1
This may be one of my favorite shows we’ve made to date on The Gloabl Story. Hope you’ll take a listen to the extraordinary life story of Abdi. A story the BBC began tracing more than a decade ago. 🎧 bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct8mhq

BBC Audio | The Global Story | Abdi’s American Dream

“The American dream is alive, but not well”

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The Global Story are releasing a landmark series this week: The US and the World at 250. Explore each episode as it unpacks the surprising and often hidden ways the United States has shaped the modern world. Click here to listen now | bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xt…
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@SkyNewsJun 21
Sky News award-winning podcast The Wargame to become TV series trib.al/uomDyva

Sky News award-winning podcast The Wargame to become landmark TV show

New four-part series, due to air later this year, will star a string of political heavyweights, including Michael Gove, Nicola Sturgeon and Penny Mordaunt.

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James Shield@jshield10 Jun 2025
A few photos from the day of the recording back in April. 46 people in the cast and crew, 27 mics, over 235,000 words on tape, and only one chance to get it right.
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James Shield@jshield19 Jun 2025
Five stars for The Wargame in The Times “Frightening and brilliant” thetimes.com/article/5b1c4ba…
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Deborah Haynes
@haynesdeborahMar 22
Given the understandable focus this weekend on the UK’s lack of air defences, I’m reposting a link to The Wargame podcast Last April, we simulated a Russian ballistic and cruise missile attack on the UK and how a fictional government COBR might respond podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

False Flag | The Wargame Ep 1

Podcast Episode · The Wargame · S2 E1 · 59min

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Just catching up with this podcast, war gaming a Russian attack on the UK. The most gripping and chilling thing I've heard for a long time. Excellent input from many, including @LucyGoBag Essential listening. False Flag | The Wargame Ep 1 youtu.be/9LEbjMAkU4I?si=qktW… via @YouTube

False Flag | The Wargame Ep 1

Tensions with Russia escalate, and an imaginary week in the near fu...

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