Cilla goes up against Happy Valley and Line of Duty in BPG awards – The Guardian

The Guardian
Popular dramas Happy Valley, Line of Duty and Cilla are to go head-to-head in both the best actress and best drama series categories at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild awards. The stars of the shows – Sarah Lancashire, Sheridan Smith and Keeley … 

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Source:: Cilla goes up against Happy Valley and Line of Duty in BPG awards – The Guardian

Russell T Davies planning AIDS drama The Boys – Digital Spy UK

I have been staring mortality in the face,” Davies told Radio Times at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch. “I want to go into the bedsits – it’s called The Boys because it’s about the boys. And they will tell the stories of it, because there is a lot to
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Source:: Russell T Davies planning AIDS drama The Boys – Digital Spy UK

Russell T Davies wants Cucumber to reach out to a mainstream audience – Mirror.co.uk

Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch Russell, 51, also said he feared for the future of his former employer, the BBC. “The first thing David Cameron did was freeze the licence fee – I don’t think it will ever go up again.” he said. “I fear for
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Source:: Russell T Davies wants Cucumber to reach out to a mainstream audience – Mirror.co.uk

C4 to arm indies with diversity databases – Broadcast

Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch this week, head of drama Pier Wenger, said C4 would provide significant support to the industry. “We’re recognising that it isn’t just about saying ‘right guys, here’s what you have to do now’,” he said

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Source:: C4 to arm indies with diversity databases – Broadcast

Russell T Davies writing TV drama about Aids in the 1980s – The Guardian

“We’re reaching a bit of a generational thing, when men like me in their 50s are looking back – how shocked I was, personally speaking, we ran away from it, I ran away from it,” Davies told journalists at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch in London

Source:: Russell T Davies writing TV drama about Aids in the 1980s – The Guardian

I fear for the future of the BBC if the Conservatives win the next election … – Radio Times

“When the Conservatives got in, practically the first visitor David Cameron had was Rupert Murdoch, practically the first thing they did was freeze the licence fee with no consultation whatsoever,” Davies told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch today. 

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Source:: I fear for the future of the BBC if the Conservatives win the next election … – Radio Times

Russell T Davies to write personal drama about gay men during the 1980s Aids … – Radio Times

“It’s partly looking back on your life, it’s partly because of my boyfriend [who has been seriously ill] I have been staring mortality in the face,” Davies said at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch. The drama – which has not yet been cast or even
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Russell T Davies prepares 1980s AIDS drama for C4 – Broadcast

Russell T Davies prepares 1980s AIDS drama for C4
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Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch today, Davies said: “It’s a story you think has been told, but it hasn’t. When AIDS is spoken about at all, people talk about the campaign with the iceberg and the tombstone. I want to go to the bedsits and

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Source:: Russell T Davies prepares 1980s AIDS drama for C4 – Broadcast

Salmon: BBC must tread carefully over in-house plans – Broadcast

Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild breakfast event on Monday, Salmon said BBC Productions could do with a boost as it “has felt a bit battered and bruised and a bit unloved,” adding: “It’s felt like the indie sector has ploughed ahead and BBC in
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BPG in the News – March 30, 2014

Broadchurch wins at Broadcasting Press Guild Awards

ITV drama series Broadchurch has won three awards at the 40th Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, voted for by journalists who write about TV and radio. 

http://www.televisual.com/news-detail/Broadchurch-wins-at-Broadcasting-Press-Guild-Awards_nid-4097.html

Nick Ferrari wins BPG Radio Broadcaster of the Year

‘Broadchurch’ picked up Best Drama Series, Olivia Colman won best actress for her role as DS Ellie Miller in the ITV drama and its creator Chris Chibnall won the BPG Writer’s Award.

http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1287874/Nick-Ferrari-wins-BPG-Radio-Broadcaster-Year/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH

 

The Golden Age of TV Shines on as Winners of the BPG …

28 Mar 2014 – John Plunkett is chairman of the Broadcasting Press Guild and broadcasting correspondent …. Broadcasting Press Guild Awards 2014 Winners.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/john-plunkett/bpg-awards_b_5044183.html

 

Broadchurch wins three Broadcasting Press Guild awards …28 Mar 2014 – 

Other winners at the awards, which are voted for by journalists who write about TV and radio, included Chiwetel Ejiofor, who
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BBC News – Broadchurch wins Broadcasting Press Guild …

ITV detective series Broadchurch wins three awards, including best drama series, at the Broadcasting Press Guild awards. … Tech · Entertainment · Video. 28 March2014 Last updated at 08:01 ET … The winners are expected to attend the ceremony in central London on Friday. Continue reading the main story  ..