Bernard Falk He also worked on "Start The Week" on BBC Radio 4 and was the regular presenter of BBC Radio 4's Saturday morning travel programme, "Breakaway". Falk had a history of heart problems and died of a heart attack, aged 47. He was married and divorced twice. Bernard Falk Bernard Michael Falk (16 February 1943 – 4 August 1990) was a British television reporter and interviewer perhaps best known for his contributions to the BBC current affairs and magazine programme "Nationwide" in the 1970s and the BBC Radio 4 travel programme "Breakaway" in the 1980s. He was born in Southport, Lancashire
Criticism of the BBC time as Pope John Paul II's 25th anniversary and the beatification of Mother Teresa. In 2003, the BBC had planned "Popetown", a ten-part cartoon series which "featured an infantile Pope [...] bouncing around the Vatican on a pogostick". The plans were shelved after it evoked intense outrage and criticism from Roman Catholics. Eleven days before the tournament took place, the BBC current affairs programme "Panorama", entitled "Euro 2012: Stadiums of Hate", included recent footage of supporters chanting various racist slogans and displays of white power symbols and banners in Poland, and Nazi salutes and the beating of South Asians in