The BBC aims to create a Netflix-style service to showcase its wide-ranging radio content globally, Lord Hall is to announce.

The BBC director-general intends to introduce a “Netflix of the spoken word” to strengthen the ways the broadcaster shares its “rich” audio archives to reach a wider audience.

This will follow the path of the broadcaster’s iPlayer service, which allows viewers to catch up on TV programmes online, and other streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.