BPG in the News

Lynette Porter Releases New Benedict Cumberbatch Biography
Broadway World
... and Olivier Award), by playing the dual roles of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature in The National Theatre's Frankenstein, and on television (Broadcasting Press Guild Award, Critics Choice Television Award, Crime Thriller Award, and TV Choice ...

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Adam Hills Tonight - Premiere
ABC Online
Winning the Breakthrough Award at the UK's Broadcasting Press Guild Awards earlier this year for his work on The Last Leg during the London Paralympics, Adam Hills is a star on the rise. Catch him in Adam Hills Tonight before the call of the ...

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ITV rises on regulation hopes as FTSE 100 gains
Financial Times
Mr Whittingdale was said to have told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch that franchise terms for terrestrial broadcasters were “beginning to look outmoded”, adding: “I don't believe ITV needs to have these great public service obligations that it has at ...

A little help from his trends - The Age
The Age
... the instant success of British panel program The Last Leg (which will return for a third season in the Australian winter); and his recent breakthrough award at Britain's Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, validation that Hills' career in Britain has ...

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Media Monkey's Diary: Lionel Barber, Granta and Richard Desmond
The Guardian (blog)
Lunching with the Broadcasting Press Guild last week, he talked about the new Eli Roth TV series, Hemlock Grove (the TV version of the movie Hostel, sometimes labelled "torture porn"). "I quite like really nasty films," Whittingdale confided, "and I ...

How Hacked Off is stifling Press law debate, by senior Tory John Whittingdale
Daily Mail
Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild event, he said: 'We are either very close to a happy outcome or a total shambles. 'The Labour Party are still very much tied to Hacked off. If the Labour Party refuse to even talk about any amendment to the ...
Newspapers open to negotiating new regulator, says acting Times editorThe Guardian (blog)

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UK Media Committee head: 'Comms Bill no nearer'
Advanced Television
Whittingdale told the Broadcasting Press Guild that the Bill was “no nearer” appearing. Its progress had been delayed during 2012 when the then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Jeremy Hunt, arranged a series of seminars dedicated to ...

Jimmy Savile scandal damaged Lord Patten, says culture committee chair
The Guardian (blog)
"I was never a fan of the [BBC] Trust," Whittingdale told journalists at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch. "Chris Patten looks a very grey and tired man. He has been through a dreadful time. "I think his reputation has been damaged, particularly his ...

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Lukewarm welcome for DG from Whittingdale
Broadcast
He and colleagues had been “impressed” by the BBC Worldwide chief executive's management of the corporation during the turmoil of the Jimmy Savile scandal, the MP for Maldon told a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch on Wednesday. Panorama's North ...

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ITV To Acquire UK Production Company The Garden For $27M
Deadline.com
Its Inside Claridge's won Best Documentary Series at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in March. Its credits also include Seven Dwarves for Channel 4 and BBC Two's The Midwives and Keeping Britain Alive. ITV Studios, the production arm of ITV ...

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