BPG in the News – July 11, 2010
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Benidorm star Geoffrey Hutchings, a familiar face from stage, TV and film for four decades, has died, aged 71. The RADA-trained star saw his career stretch from Shakespearean theatre to a string of po. […] [Read more...]
Jamie Oliver behind new food reality TV show – What’s On TV
What’s On TVJamie Oliver behind new food reality TV showWhat’s On TVAnnouncing some details of the show at a meeting of the Broadcasting Press Guild in London, Five’s channel controller Richard Woolfe. […] [Read more...]
Channel Five unveils new shows for autumn schedule – The Guardian
Channel Five unveils new shows for autumn scheduleThe Guardian… said yesterday at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch the broadcaster “has not lost faith” in Collins and was confident he wo. […] [Read more...]
Five has star line-up in new shows – Diss Express
Announcing some details of the show at a meeting of the Broadcasting Press Guild in London, Five’s channel controller Richard Woolfe said it w. […] [Read more...]
De Mol mulls a bid for UK TV web Five – Variety
“The advertising money is coming back,” channel controller Richard Woolfe told the Broadcasting Press Guild on Wednesday. “I am not saying we have turned … […] [Read more...]
UK b’casters cautious after LA Screenings – Hollywood Reporter
… shows at the LA Screenings, and there was not a great deal of quality in evidence,” he said, speaking at a lunch hosted by the Broadcasti. […] [Read more...]
Five has star line-up in new shows – Offaly Express
Announcing some details of the show at a meeting of the Broadcasting Press Guild in London, Five’s channel controller Richard Woolfe said it would focus. […] [Read more...]
Five has star line-up in new shows – Hemel Gazette
Announcing some details of the show at a meeting of the Broadcasting Press Guild in London, Five’s channel controller Richard Woolfe said it would focus. […] [Read more...]
Five has star line-up in new shows
The restaurant boss who helped steer The Ivy to success is taking on the nation’s struggling eateries for a new TV show. Related Stories Pizzorno expecting first child Ross lines up Beckham for swanso. […] [Read more...]
‘Z-Cars’ writer dies of cancer
One of the writers of the classic BBC police series Z-Cars died yesterday at the age of 75. [Read more...]
King of drama: Playwright and Hull ambassador Alan Plater dies: Audio tribute
ALAN Plater, award-winning, Hull-raised writer for stage and screen, has died, aged 75. [Read more...]
Z-Cars writer Alan Plater dies after cancer battle
Award-winning screen and stage writer loses his battle with cancer. [Read more...]
Stage and screen writer Alan Plater dies at 75
Award-winning screen and stage writer Alan Plater died today after battling cancer, his agent said. [Read more...]
BPG in the News – May 31, 2010
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Media Monkey + Sunday Times | Media | guardian.co.uk
The Guardian – May 17, 2010 “I don’t think it’s a perverse decision,” AVK told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch. “We would not sit in Television Centre in west London [5 Live’s current ..
Opera series reinforces BBC’s commitment to arts | Media | The…
The Guardian – May 3, 2010 … plaudits its Theatre Live series recently won two Broadcasting Press Guild awards while its 24hour coverage of Antony Gormley’s Trafalgar Square project …
Mo Mowlam TV drama leads the way at the Baftas – News, Film & TV – …
Belfast Telegraph – May 11, 2010 … other high profile awards including at the Sundance Film Festival the Royal Television Society the Prix Europa and the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards …
Agenda LiterNet | Liudmila Stoica: Casa premiata˘ de la BBC – Bleak …
Liternet – May 18, 2010 … mai ales din serialul XFilesDana Scully a fost premiata˘ pentru cea mai buna˘ actrit¸a˘ pentru rolul Lady Dedlock la Broadcasting Press Guild Awards2006 Tot …
TIMOTHY SPALL (Peter Pettigrew alias Glizdogon) – Film – Harry Potter…
studentnews.pl – May 17, 2010 … do nagrody BAFTA dla najlepszego aktora za role˛ w Our Mutual Friend Juliana Farino jest takz˙e laureatem nagrody Broadcasting Press Guild TV Award Zdoby? …
MICHAEL GAMBON (Albus Dumbledore) – Film – Harry Potter – Student …
studentnews.pl – May 20, 2010 … serialu Dennisa Pottera The Singing Detective za która˛ otrzyma? nagrode˛ BAFTA dla najlepszego aktora nagrode˛ Broadcasting Press Guild i Royal Television …
BPG in the News – April 30, 2010
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Opera series reinforces BBC’s commitment to arts | Media | The…
The Guardian – Apr 13, 2010 … plaudits its Theatre Live series recently won two Broadcasting Press Guild awards while its 24hour coverage of Antony Gormley’s Trafalgar Square project …
Media Monkey’s Diary | Media | The Guardian
The Guardian – Apr 5, 2010 … Sky Arts was rewarded for its efforts by a double win at the Broadcasting Press Guild awards – precisely two more gongs than were won by Channel 4 …
Victoria Wood to star as Eric Morecambe’s mother on BBC2 | Media | …
The Guardian – Apr 12, 2010 … know where they can see these wonderful films for free after their theatrical release Hadlow said today speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch …
BBC2 will bepermanent home for BBC films
Hollywood Reporter – Apr 27, 2010 … Speaking at a lunch hosted by the Broadcasting Press Guild Hadlow said that the pubcaster’s second channel would become thepermanent home of all output …
Victoria Wood to star as Eric Morecambe’s mother in BBC drama | Mail …
Daily Mail – Apr 28, 2010 BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch also heralded the introduction of new older women faces for her channel …
Wood to play Morecambe’s mother – Entertainment, Breaking News – …
Belfast Telegraph – Apr 27, 2010 Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild meeting in London, BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow said: “Strongly authored dramas, whether adaptation or original …
BPG in the News – March 31, 2010
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BBC News – The Thick Of It wins at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards
BBC News – Mar 26, 2010 BBC political satire The Thick of It has won three prizes at this year’s annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. The series scooped the prize for best …
Political satire scoops hat-trick of awards – TV & Radio, Media – The…
Independent – Mar 26, 2010 Political satire The Thick Of It scooped a hat-trick at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, it was announced today. The BBC2 comedy landed three gongs at …
Gareth Malone hits the right note at Awards | Beehive City
Beehive City – Mar 26, 2010 The Broadcasting Press Guild awards, held at the Theatre Royal on Friday afternoon, is the calendar’s most agreeable gong-giving event. …
BBC News – The Thick Of It is re-commissioned by the BBC
BBC News – Mar 31, 2010 It has not yet been announced when the series, which recently won three prizes at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, will be broadcast. …
Sir Terry Wogan praises Chris Evans for increasing Radio 2′s listening…
Mirror.co.uk – Mar 27, 2010 Accepting an award for “outstanding contribution to broadcasting” at yesterday’s Broadcasting Press Guild awards, Wogan said he was proud of his replacement …
Monkey + Adam Crozier | Media | guardian.co.uk
The Guardian – Mar 5, 2010 “I don’t think it’s a perverse decision,” AVK told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch. “We would not sit in Television Centre in west London [5 Live’s current …
Matthew Bell: The <i>IoS</i> Diary (28/03/10) – Commentators, Opinion…
Independent – Mar 28, 2010 … depend on whether he was presenting ahemcock in or cock out Speaking at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards he
explained that this was shorthand for his …
BBC drama must keep us glued to our sets – Telegraph
Telegraph.co.uk – Mar 26, 2010 … three nominees for Best Single Drama at today’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards are BBC commissions Enid A Short Stay in Switzerland and Five Minutes of …
Double BPG win for Sky Arts | Broadband TV News
Broadband TV News – Mar 26, 2010 Sky Arts has secured two prizes in the 36th annual Broadcasting Press Guild Awards voted for by those who write about TV and radio …
Sir Terry Wogan praises Chris Evans for increasing Radio 2′s listening...
Mirror.co.uk – Mar 27, 2010 Accepting an award for “outstanding contribution to broadcasting” at yesterday’s Broadcasting Press Guild awards, Wogan said he was proud of his replacement …
Challenge to find the next X Factor and Big Brother – Telegraph
Telegraph.co.uk – Mar 11, 2010 Speaking at a meeting of the Broadcasting Press Guild in London Mr Connock also said he wasexcited about the BBC’s recently announced strategy proposals …
Why cut the Radcliffe and Maconie show? – Telegraph
Telegraph.co.uk – Mar 18, 2010 Last year Radcliffe and Maconie won the Broadcasting Press Guild award for programme of the year while Radcliffe was named Music Broadcaster of the Year in …
BPG in the News – March 25, 2010
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Ten Alps chief calls for online WoCC
The BBC’s Window of Creative Competition (WoCC) scheme should be extended online for the corporation’s planned strategic partnership with cultural institutions, Ten Alps chief executive Alex Connock has argued. [...] [Read more...]
Joe Cornishs Debut Movie Begins Shooting – FemaleFirst.co.uk
… then moved to BBC6 Music, and which won them the 2008 Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Radio Programme of the Year and three Silver Sony. […] [Read more...]
Attack The Block from the producers of ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ and ‘Hot Fuzz … – The Fan Carpet
The Fan CarpetAttack The Block from the producers of ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ and ‘Hot Fuzz …The Fan Carpet… moved to BBC6 Music, and which won them the 2008 Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Radio Pr. […] [Read more...]
Why cut the Radcliffe and Maconie show? – Telegraph.co.uk
Last year, Radcliffe and Maconie won the Broadcasting Press Guild award for programme of the year, while Radcliffe was named Music Broadcaster of. […] [Read more...]
Let outsiders compete for BBC web work, says Ten Alps (Guardian Unlimited)
Bob Geldof’s business partner calls for BBC to open up at least 25% of its internet activity to an outside bidding process Bob Geldof’s business partner, Alex Connock, has called on the BBC to open up. […] [Read more...]
Challenge to find the next X Factor and Big Brother (Daily Telegraph)
The UK faces an economic challenge to find the next ”killer entertainment programme” to follow shows like Big Brother and The X Factor, according to a media entrepreneur. [Read more...]
Stourton nominated for radio prize (Guardian Unlimited)
Radio 4 presenter nominated for one of two radio prizes at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild awards Former Today presenter Ed Stourton, who was controversially sacked from the flagship BBC Radio 4. […] [Read more...]
BPG in the News – February 18, 2010
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Doctor Who v Malcolm Tucker at BPGs (Guardian Unlimited)
Actors playing foul-mouthed spin doctor and timelord both nominated in BPG best actor category Broadcasting Press Guild: nominations in full The Thick of It’s Malcolm Tucker will do battle with Doctor. […] [Read more...]
Nominations for “Half-Blood Prince” at Saturn Awards; Broadcasting Press Guild … – The Leaky Cauldron.org
Nominations for “Half-Blood Prince” at Saturn Awards; Broadcasting Press Guild …The Leaky Cauldron.orgSecondly, the Broadcasting Press Guild TV Awards have released the nominees for their 2010 award. […] [Read more...]
Theatre Live! nominated for Broadcasting Press Guild award – Stage
Theatre Live! nominated for Broadcasting Press Guild awardStageSky Arts Theatre Live! has been nominated for Best Multichannel Programme at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, which recognise. […] [Read more...]
David Tennant Nabs Best Actor Nod; Pre-Order Hamlet on DVD – Anglophenia
Pre-Order Hamlet on DVDAnglopheniaThe Broadcasting Press Guild released their annual nominations for excellence in British television yesterday. Happily,. […] [Read more...]
Tennant, Walters, more for BPG Awards – Digital Spy
Tennant, Walters, more for BPG AwardsDigital SpySimon Cowell, David Tennant and Julie Walters are among the nominees for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. …and more » [Read more...]
Dave to sponsor BPG Television and Radio Awards – Media Week
Dave to sponsor BPG Television and Radio AwardsMedia WeekLONDON – UKTV channel Dave has signed a two-year deal to sponsor the Broadcasting Press Guild’s annual Television and Radio Awards, which recog. […] [Read more...]
More accolades for The Thick Of It – Chortle
The Thick of It has been nominated in four categories at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. Peter Capaldi, who plays terrifying spin doctor …and mo. […] [Read more...]
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards: nominations in full – The Guardian
Broadcasting Press Guild Awards: nominations in fullThe GuardianActors playing foul-mouthed spin doctor and timelord both nominated in BPG best actor category. By John Plunkett. [Read more...]
Simon Cowell up for B’casting Press Guild award – Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood ReporterLONDON — Simon Cowell is in the running for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild award for best non-acting performer. […] [Read more...]
BPG in the News – February 15, 2010
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First DVB-T2 receiver in UK stores – Broadband TV News
Last week Freeview MD Ilse Howling told the Broadcasting Press Guild that it was concentrating on high definition, leaving individual manufacturers t. […] [Read more...]
Freeview’s second coming – Broadband TV News
In research released this week to the Broadcasting Press Guild, potential viewers were asked if they would be likely to get Freeview HD on their main set in … […] [Read more...]
350000 Sky+ HD users could switch to Freeview HD – survey’ – Trading Markets (press release)
Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch, Freeview managing director Ilse Howling said that Freeview HD wo. […] [Read more...]
Freeview HD ‘could take 350000 Sky subs’ – Digital Spy
Speaking yesterday at a Broadcasting Press Guild event, Freeview managing director Ilse Howling said: “When Freeview was first launched, Sky was perc. […] [Read more...]
UK’s Freeview readies HD service – Variety
“Frankly I was surprised by these figures,” she told the Broadcasting Press Guild. “In the same way that Freeview played a key role in driving digital TV …and. […] [Read more...]
Howling looks to Freeview 3D – Broadband TV News
Broadband TV News… engineers across the platform are very excited about 3D and we know that Sky will be launching 3D this year,” Howling told the Broadcasting Press Gui. […] [Read more...]
Freeview HD keeps Canvas at arm’s length – Broadband TV News
Freeview managing director Isle Howling told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch that the message of the forthcoming advertising. […] [Read more...]
Freeview: 350000 Sky subscribers might switch to free HD – The Guardian
“If people want sport or big budget premium movies then clearly Sky has a very strong offer,” Howling told a Broadcasting Press Guil. […] [Read more...]
DVD Review: Catch Up With Original ‘Edge of Darkness’ Mini-Series – HollywoodChicago.com
HollywoodChicago.com… Highlights from the BAFTA awards and Broadcasting Press Guild Awards including interviews with Bob Peck, Jon Do. […] [Read more...]
Media Monkey’s Diary – The Guardian (blog)
Media Monkey’s DiaryThe Guardian (blog)”I don’t think it’s a perverse decision,” AVK told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch. “We would not sit in Television Centre in west London [5 Live's current ... [Read more...]
Interview: Rhys Thomas – Nobody’s fool (The Scotsman)
As his hit radio comedy makes the jump to TV, Rhys Thomas tells Jay Richardson about his quiet yet stellar rise [Read more...]
BPG in the News – February 1, 2010
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R5 Live’s Fogarty and Derbyshire to head to Salford – Broadcastnow. Radio 5 Live controller Adrian van Klaveren has revealed that Shelagh Fogarty and Victoria Derbyshire will both follow the station to Salford next year, having committed to presenting their shows from its new home.[...] [Read more...]
The BBC: Cardiff 1, Salford 0 – Telegraph.co.uk (blog) And then today, Radio 5 Live controller Adrian Van Klaveren spoke at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch – and admitted that neither he nor any of his. […] [Read more...]
Radio 5 Live daytime DJs will continue to live in London after Salford move – The Guardian “How a person chooses to approach that is up to them,” he told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch today. Asked whic. […] [Read more...]
Radio 5 Live Sports Extra will survive BBC review, says Adrian Van Klaveren – The Guardian “I wouldn’t see it that way,” he said when asked if the station was under threat at Broadcasting Press Guild lunc. […] [Read more...]
Interview: Rhys Thomas – Nobody’s fool (The Scotsman)As his hit radio comedy makes the jump to TV, Rhys Thomas tells Jay Richardson about his quiet yet stellar rise [Read more...]
Bellamy’s People – The celebrity road trip gets skewered (Independent)Down the Line was such a brilliantly executed spoof rent-a-rant phone-in that, when it began on Radio 4 in 2006, many dyed-in-the-wool listeners mistook it for the real thing. They phoned in themselve. […] [Read more...]
BBC at the forefront of the new atheism and driving religion to the margins … – Christian Concern for our Nation (press release) In 2008, he was recognize. […] [Read more...]
BPG founder and ex-Broadcast editor Martin Jackson dies – Broadcastnow He was also a founding member of the Broadcasting Press Guild, and was the guild’s second chairman from 1977-79, and held the post fo. […] [Read more...]
BPG founder Martin Jackson dies (Guardian Unlimited)Jackson, who also founded broadcaster Television South, has died aged 75 Martin Jackson, a founder of the Broadcasting Press Guild and south of England broadcaster Television South, has died at the ag. […] [Read more...]
Long-serving journalist and columnist dies aged 75 (holdthefrontpage.co.uk)KM Group columnist and founder of the Broadcasting Press Guild Martin Jackson has died aged 75. Martin wrote a media column for the KM Group’s monthly ‘Kent Business’ magazine for more than 15 years. [Read more...]
BPG in the News – December 20, 2009
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BBC Worldwide and All3Media in German joint venture (Guardian Unlimited)
Corporation’s commercial arm and producer of Peep Show and Midsomer Murders to form Tower
Productions BBC Worldwide is planning to set up a new programming joint venture in Germany with All3Media, the. […] [Read more...]
BBC Trust report would not curb Worldwide’s growth, says top executive – guardian.co.uk
… for growth outside the UK, we should become an international media company and I am OK with that,” he told a Bro. […] [Read more...]
BBC Worldwide embraces deficit financing
shows for the U.K. market, head of content and production Wayne Garvie said Wednesday… speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch. […] [Read more...]
BBC Worldwide to expand further – Entertainment News …
Wayne Garvie, Worldwide’s managing director of content and production, said that much of the … speaking to the Broadcasting Press Guild on Wednesday. […] [Read more...]
BBC Worldwide and All3Media in German joint venture | Your …
managing director of content and production, Wayne Garvie, … Garvie told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch earlier this month: […] [Read more...]
BBC’s Controversial, Unapologetic, Expansionist Strategy
Wayne Garvie, BBC Worldwide’s managing director of content and production has gone … Speaking to the Broadcasting Press Guild yesterday, Garvie rejected […] [Read more...]
GM Broadcast Engineering and Video Services Ltd – Independent …
…of a 75% stake in travel publisher Lonely Planet. Today Wayne Garvie, … and I am OK with that,” he told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch in London. […] [Read more...]
BPG in the News – October 18, 2009
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Stephen Miron, the chief executive of Global Radio, today revealed that the UK’s largest commercial radio company may be seeing the first green shoots of a stabilisation in advertising revenues headin. […] [Read more...]
Global Radio optimistic as local ad revenues look to stabilise – U.TV
“This has not happened by chance, we have put in a huge amount of work in what we do on a local basis,” he told a Broadcasting Press G. […] [Read more...]
Global Radio optimistic as local ad revenues look to stabilise – guardian.co.uk
“This has not happened by chance, we have put in a huge amount of work in what we do on a local basis,” he told a Broadcasti. […] [Read more...]
Employ more Tories, BBC told – by a Tory (Guardian Unlimited)
Shadow culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, claims that the corporation acknowledges a lack of impartiality Ever since the days when Norman Tebbit acted as attack dog in chief, the Conservatives have assai. […] [Read more...]
Politicians, rival broadcasters, BBC staff and viewers have all attacked the trust in recent months. By Maggie Brown [Read more...]
BBC Trust under siege – but what is the alternative? – guardian.co.uk
BBC Trust under siege – but what is the alternative?guardian.co.ukThen, at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch last week, Jeremy Hunt, the Tory culture spokesman, was quick to point out t. […] [Read more...]
