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| presenter = Ros Atkins<br />Chloe Tilley<br />Nuala McGovern

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'''''World Have Your Say''''' ('''''WHYS''''') is an international [[BBC]] global discussion show, that was broadcast on [[BBC World Service]] every weekday at 1600 hours 16:00{{nbsp}}[[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] and on [[BBC World News]] every Friday at 1500 hours 15:00{{nbsp}}UTC.

World Have Your Say won Gold in the 2008 [[Sony Radio Awards]], in the category Listener Participation.<ref>[http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?category=The_Listener_Participation_Award&year=2008 Sony Radio Awards Winners 2008<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The show described itself as "the BBC News programme where you set the agenda."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002w559 |title=BBC World Service - World Have Your Say |publisher=Bbc.co.ukBBC |date=1970-01-01 |accessdateaccess-date=2012-11-05}}</ref> Typically each edition addressed a question, or number of questions, raised by the users of its [[blog]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002w559 |title=BBC News - World Have Your Say: The US Election Debate |publisher=World Have Your Say |date=2012-11-01 |accessdateaccess-date=2012-11-05}}</ref> and [[Facebook]] site,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.facebook.com/worldhaveyoursay |title=BBC World Have Your Say - London, United Kingdom - Media/News/Publishing |publishervia=Facebook |access-date= |accessdate=2012-11-05}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=December 2020}} as well as emailers to the BBC.

The show also occasionally worked as a forum for the [[BBC World Service]]'s global audience to put questions to a particular guest. Previous guests included [[Aung San Suu Kyi]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Ben Sutherland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/01/your_questions_for_aung_san_su.html#282658 |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: Your questions for Aung San Suu Kyi |publisher=BBC |access-date= |accessdate=2012-11-05}}</ref> [[Philip Pullman]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Ros Atkins |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2010/07/philip_pullman_live_on_whys_on.html |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: On air: Philip Pullman live on WHYS on Thursday |publisher=BBC |access-date= |accessdate=2012-11-05}}</ref> and [[Thilo Sarrazin]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Sarah Holmes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/01/thilo_sarrazon_talking_to_whys.html |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: Thilo Sarrazin talking to WHYS in Berlin |publisher=BBC |access-date= |accessdate=2012-11-05}}</ref>

The [[BBC World Service]] launched the programme in October 2005, featuring Anu Anand and [[Steve Richards]] as presenters and [[Mark Sandell]] as editor. Ros Atkins replaced Richards in early 2006 as the main presenter.

Topics for discussions were set by listeners,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2006/10/what_is_world_have_your_say.html BBC NEWS: World Have Your Say - What is World Have Your Say?<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> who could email the show prior to it going on air each day, or even call into the studio office. Some of the comments left on the WHYS blog and Facebook site, together with emails, [[Twitter|Tweets]] and SMS text messages, were read on the air. Callers from all over the world were the key part of the programme by calling in and debating the daily topic.

On occasion, the show would leave the studio and go on the road, to discuss subjects from a particular country but often with a global impact. For example, in 2011, they went to Berlin to discuss the legacy of Nazism in Germany,<ref>{{cite web|author=Chloe Tilley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/01/facing_up_to_germanys_past_or.html |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: Facing up to Germany's past, or a homage to Hitler? |publisher=BBC |access-date= |accessdate=2012-11-05}}</ref> Jakarta to talk about revolution in a Muslim country,<ref>{{cite web|author=Nuala McGovern |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/02/learning_from_indonesia.html#283118 |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: Learning from Indonesia |publisher=BBC |access-date= |accessdate=2012-11-05}}</ref> and Bangkok to talk about sex tourism.<ref>{{cite web|author=Nuala McGovern |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay/2011/02/on_air_from_bangkok_the_rights.html#283407 |title=World Service - World Have Your Say: On air from Bangkok: The rights and wrongs of the Thai sex industry |publisher=BBC |access-date= |accessdate=2012-11-05}}</ref>