Aidan Turner, Russell T Davies and Suranne Jones among the winners at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – Radio Times

Radio Times
Poldark star Aidan Turner has won the Breakthrough prize at today’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. His gong was collected by one of his Poldark co-stars Heida Reed at a ceremony held on Friday lunchtime at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. But once …
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Former Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies slams ‘astonishing’ lack of gay characters on TV – Express.co.uk

The producer and writer, who was responsible for reviving Doctor Who in 2005, hinted to Express.co.uk at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards today that soap operas are doing the best job of introducing gay, bisexual and transgender characters to a …
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QI creator John Lloyd wants more referendum ‘analysis’ on news bulletins – Irish Examiner

QI creator John Lloyd has said he wants more “analysis” on news bulletins broadcasting reports about the EU referendum. The television industry figure was speaking on Friday at the Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) awards at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, …

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Sir Martin Sorrell: BBC licence fee should ‘maybe change over time’ – The Guardian

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“The BBC is a very fine institution but I have some sympathy with some things you hear,” he said, speaking at the a Broadcasting Press Guild breakfast on Wednesday. “Even us together, all of us, if we were paid £3.5bn up front on 1 January [each year

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WPP’s Martin Sorrell reconsiders strength of newspapers – Media Week (registration)

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His comments made at the Broadcasting Press Guild this week mark a major U-turn on a presentation he gave at an Enders Analysis event just a week earlier, when he had once again referred to Mary Meeker’s time spent versus media spend analysis that … 

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Trust to meet Thoday & Mulville over BBC3 – Broadcast

Broadcast
Speaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch earlier today, the indie managing directors revealed they have called a meeting of Pact members, scheduled for 26 March, as part of their campaign to prevent the channel being reinvented as an online-only …
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BBC3 being ‘dismantled’ before its TV closure, claim producers – The Guardian

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“What they are trying to do is get this off the table quickly before they get into charter renewal,” Mulville told a Broadcasting Press Guild breakfast on Tuesday. “This should be put on ice until there is a new government in place and the BBC formally
BBC3 bidders Mulville and Thoday say they would be prepared to make no Radio Times
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Biopic dramas top Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – Televisual

Televisual
‘Biopic’ dramas, based on the lives of real people, picked up more top prizes at the 41st Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, voted for by journalists who write about TV and radio. Hard on the heels of Eddie Redmayne’s Oscar and BAFTA success for his …

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Andrew Buchan: ‘The second Broadchurch was like doing that daunting second … – What’s On TV

Andrew Buchan: ‘The second Broadchurch was like doing that daunting second
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Speaking at the 41st Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Awards, Andrew goes on to say locals in Dorset are very respectful when they’re filiming Broadchurch. “Sometimes we’ll go in somewhere and there’s silence, or Jodie (Whittaker) and I

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‘Benefits Street’ wins documentary award – The Independent

The Independent
However Benefits Street was named Best Documentary Series at the Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards, held in London on Friday, beating Channel 4’s 24 Hours in Police Custody and an ITV investigation into Broadmoor hospital. The award, voted for …
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