Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 05/03/2026I’m deeply honoured to receive the Royal Television Society 2026 Special Award. Thank you RTS and many thanks to the great BBC team in Moscow. 7093376
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 14/12/2025On Russian state TV tonight, a headline (until recently) you wouldn't have expected to see. "USA-EU: Cold War." Moscow clearly enjoying tensions between Washington & Brussels, as well as the new US national security strategy that's more critical of the EU than of Russia. 5293127
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 23/11/202545 years ago I made a pitch for the Director-General job. Didn’t get it – mind you, I was only 13. But I did get a reply from Ian Trethowan, who was DG at the time. All these years later I’m proud to work for the BBC. 501005114
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 16/11/2025This morning I played the Brahms Lullaby on ‘Broadcasting House’ on BBC Radio 4. Wishing everyone, everywhere calmer, more peaceful times. 2355377
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 08/11/2025My musical tribute to Pauline Collins who has died aged 85. She was brilliant and award-winning in the film Shirley Valentine. But I will always remember her as parlourmaid Sarah Moffit in the 1970s ITV drama Upstairs, Downstairs. 1628739
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Prunella Scales, who has died aged 93, was superb as Sybil in Fawlty Towers and in so many other roles. Here’s my musical tribute to a wonderful actress. 1531239
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 06/09/2025In Vladivostok Vladimir Putin warned that foreign troops in Ukraine would be viewed by Russia as “legitimate targets.” (But what, I asked his spokesman, about North Korean troops in Russia?) Our report from Vladivostok. Thanks to the Moscow team. 2230184
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Russian state TV reacts positively to President Trump showing off a photo of him & Putin in Alaska. “Donald Trump’s impressions of the Alaska summit haven’t lost their shine…” the reporter says. 1213828
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 23/08/2025My dad loved the music of John Denver. His songs were always playing on long family car journeys. So, to accompany images from my recent trip to Alaska, I play John Denver’s Alaska and Me. 5598277
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 11/08/2025A legend of children's television has passed. Biddy Baxter was editor of BBC TV's Blue Peter for 23 years. She made it her own and millions of kids (me included) used to tune in. Here's my musical tribute to a pioneering TV producer. 1024319
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Sad to hear that actor Ray Brooks has died. I will always remember him as the narrator of my favourite TV show as a kid, Mr Benn. Here’s my musical tribute to one of the voices of my childhood. 1938746
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 09/08/2025He was one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Dmitry Shostakovich died fifty years ago today. I play an extract from his Piano Concerto No.2 1422830
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 08/08/2025We’ve gone from talking about American ultimatums & deadlines to ‘Let’s have a summit.’ Our latest report from Moscow for @BBCNews on the day the Kremlin announced that Vladimir Putin & Donald Trump would meet “in the coming days.” 2519247
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 07/08/2025President Trump claimed “great progress was made” at Steve Witkoff's talks in the Kremlin. But he still went ahead with secondary sanctions and hiked tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. Our report from Moscow. 716525
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 27/07/2025My musical tribute to Dame Cleo Laine who has died at the age of 97. Such a great jazz singer. But not only jazz. Pop, classical, she did it all. I remember her performing He Was Beautiful (Cavatina) with classical guitarist John Williams. Beautiful. 1522027
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 26/07/2025“I’m just a dreamer. I dream my life away.” My tribute to the one and only Ozzy Osbourne. 1019622
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Here’s Bob the Builder in the style of the Russian classics. 3204
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 19/07/2025To mark the start of BBC Proms 2025, here’s my version of the Postman Pat theme tune in the style of a tango. 1637160
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Not one, not two, but three different editions of George Orwell’s 1984 on sale now in my local Moscow supermarket. 1221515
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Flash floods, geo-political storm clouds and continuing war. Our latest report from Moscow for BBC News. Producer @bbcbentavener.bsky.social 521938
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I play out Wimbledon 2025 with the classic BBC Wimbledon theme ‘Sporting Occasion’ by Arnold Steck. 1635041
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Popped out of the office, spotted this. A Moscow digital billboard displaying "The favourite expressions of Xi Jinping." 412415
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 11/07/2025This week one Russian paper suggested Donald Trump “looks like a loser.” By contrast Russians are being told they’re a nation of winners. I visit a ‘patriotic festival’ near Moscow. Think village fete – with firearms. Our latest report from Russia. Thanks to the BBC News Moscow team. 723051
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 05/07/2025My musical tribute to Sandy Gall: the legendary British TV reporter and anchorman who died last month aged 97. 1222225
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Meanwhile, these have gone on sale in my local supermarket: “Set of A4-size Patriotic Posters” (containing 4 posters: Putin, the Russian flag, the double-headed eagle & the words to the national anthem). 2314513
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Russian TV quotes from the Russia-Iran agreement "to prevent inflated expectations.” ‘In the event either party is subject to aggression, the other party shall not provide military or other assistance to the aggressor…& shall help ensure differences are settled on the basis of the UN Charter…' 412333
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Caught up with Elon Musk’s father, Errol, in Moscow and asked him: “What have you advised your son to do in terms of his relationship with President Trump?” Errol Musk is attending a pro-government conservative conference. 1812531
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Russian state TV's weekly news review leads with Putin meeting China’s foreign minister (“Most important meeting of the week”). Hidden message: US can't split Russia from China. Trump’s tariffs very low down the bulletin (1hr 50min). But then again, no tariffs put on Russia. 622243
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Ten years ago today the Russian opposition politician & fierce Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was shot dead on a bridge opposite Red Square. 11454159
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Two BBC guys seeking pub work in London E20 (preferably in the Queen Vic). Please contact @owainwynevans.bsky.social or me. Ahead of EastEnders’ 40th anniversary, here is our version of Simon May’s classic theme. 1941439
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 31/12/2024Midnight in Moscow…Kremlin bells…New Year…and what’s the first song on Russia’s Channel 1 in 2025? “We need one victory.” 4330727
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Roadside Putin. Spotted this giant electronic billboard in Moscow displaying Putin quotes from his marathon press conference. Subjects includes nuclear weapons, war in Ukraine, mortgages… 2326039
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 15/12/2024A week after Assad’s fall, Russian state TV’s flagship news show talks about “The Syrian Tragedy”. Nothing about Assad in Moscow; almost nothing about the Russian bases. 1141872
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Books on sale in my local Moscow supermarket. One shelf. 1625725
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 14/12/2024“Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by.” I play O Little Town of Bethlehem. 3044342
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 08/12/202411am in Moscow: now Syria is top story on Russian state TV. “We start the bulletin with the situation in Syria. The country’s government is in talks with armed groups that entered Homs & Damascus…the situation is developing fast…” 2854789
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 08/12/2024At 9am Moscow time Russian state TV’s rolling news channel made no mention of the dramatic events in Syria. Instead, top story South Korea, then Fico comments on Nord Stream, Malaysia becomes BRICS ‘partner country', situation in Kursk region & Russian soldiers presented with medals. 24507111
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Protests continue in the centre of Tbilisi. What we saw Friday night. Camera Anton Chicherov Producer @bentavener.bsky.social 21784209
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Georgian police using water cannon to disperse anti-government protestors in Tbilisi. 732377
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 24/11/2024What Russian state TV told Russians today: "The situation is more acute than the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Then there were just 2 players: Khrushchev & Kennedy. They were in contact..Today there's no contact between Russia/US leaders; there are multiple levels to this, & hostilities are underway.” 1671599210
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I play the Tom and Jerry theme in the style of the Russian classics. It’s been that kind of week. 481088169
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Last month Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko told me how he thought Vladimir Putin would respond if the West allowed Ukraine to strike Russia with Western long-range missiles. The leader of Belarus says he shared this view with “representatives of Western countries.” 1620638
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 18/11/2024French singer-songwriter Charles Dumont has died at the age of 95. 68 years ago he wrote what would become an Edith Piaf classic: Non, je ne regrette rien. 844079
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 17/11/2024How Russian state TV interprets Scholz’s call with Putin: “Perhaps having understood that Russia can’t be defeated in Ukraine, for the first time in two years Putin received a call on Friday from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz." [anchor Evgeny Kiselev 17.11.24] 22413100
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Do you ever get the feeling the world’s gone crazy? With this in mind, I play the Flintstones theme in the style of the Russian classics. 1302861561
Steve Rosenberg @bbcstever.bsky.social · 12/11/2024In Belarus, after twenty months, Maria Kalesnikova’s father has finally been allowed into prison to see her. 735540
