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BBC North Korea film: 'written consent would have been preferable'
25 April 2013 7:57 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Dg Tony Hall tells MPs BBC risk team said verbal consent was sufficient from Lse students for controversial Panorama show
Tony Hall, the new BBC director general, has admitted it would have been better to get written consent from the students travelling to North Korea with John Sweeney on the trip that provided cover for his controversial Panorama documentary.
Hall told MPs on Thursday that he viewed Sweeney's Panorama film, North Korea Uncovered, before transmission on Monday 15 April and that his initial instinct was that written consent should have been sought from the 10 London School of Economics students who accompanied the BBC journalist.
However, he said the BBC's severe risk team, who conducted a risk assessment on the Sweeney proposal, persuaded him that verbal consent would suffice in this instance.
"I think it would've been better if we'd got written consent, then we wouldn't have had this ding dong of »
- Jason Deans, Josh Halliday, John Plunkett
Media Talk podcast: where BBC Panorama went wrong
19 April 2013 12:04 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Hugh Muir delivers the week's media stories direct to your ears, with guests Maggie Brown and Lisa O'Carroll.
James Harding becomes the top news man at the BBC. What can we expect from the former editor of Rupert Murdoch's Times now he has switched camps?
Then we tackle John Sweeney and the controversial Panorama episode on North Korea. There have been some tough calls for the new director general – did Tony Hall get them right? Roy Greenslade isn't sure.
And in the Us, as the public radio stations this week end their annual pledge drives, Helen Zaltzman speaks to the producer behind one of the most successful radio whiprounds of all time.
Plus Nosheen Iqbal drops in to discuss Ben Elton's new sitcom and the slow, agonising death of the panel show. What long-running show should be put out of its misery? Leave your comments below...
Hugh MuirMatt »
- Hugh Muir, Matt Hill, Maggie Brown, Lisa O'Carroll, Helen Zaltzman, Gill Phillips, Dan Sabbagh, Roy Greenslade, Nosheen Iqbal
Media Talk podcast: where BBC Panorama went wrong
19 April 2013 12:04 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Hugh Muir delivers the week's media stories direct to your ears, with guests Maggie Brown and Lisa O'Carroll.
James Harding becomes the top news man at the BBC. What can we expect from the former editor of Rupert Murdoch's Times now he has switched camps?
Then we tackle John Sweeney and the controversial Panorama episode on North Korea. There have been some tough calls for the new director general – did Tony Hall get them right? Roy Greenslade isn't sure.
And in the Us, as the public radio stations this week end their annual pledge drives, Helen Zaltzman speaks to the producer behind one of the most successful radio whiprounds of all time.
Plus Nosheen Iqbal drops in to discuss Ben Elton's new sitcom and the slow, agonising death of the panel show. What long-running show should be put out of its misery? Leave your comments below...
Hugh MuirMatt »
- Hugh Muir, Matt Hill, Maggie Brown, Lisa O'Carroll, Helen Zaltzman, Gill Phillips, Dan Sabbagh, Roy Greenslade, Nosheen Iqbal
Panorama North Korea briefing for Lse students held in a pub
16 April 2013 11:15 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
BBC disputes claims from some students that potential dangers of travelling with an undercover journalist were never discussed
The key meeting where BBC journalists briefed students on the risks of travelling to North Korea with an undercover journalist for John Sweeney's Panorama documentary was held in a busy London pub where the group drank alcohol.
Two students at the briefing in the George IV pub on the London School of Economics (Lse) campus complained that it was "informal" and "involved alcohol consumption" ahead of the trip to Pyongyang where Sweeney intended to film an undercover documentary.
One Lse student, who went on the trip but declined to be named, claimed the meeting was billed as an "opportunity for meet-and-greet and discussion of the trip technicalities", but did not fully explain the risks of getting an undercover journalist into North Korea.
According to the BBC, the students were not told »
- Josh Halliday
Panorama North Korea documentary goes undercover with 5.1 million | TV ratings – 15 April
16 April 2013 8:05 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Controversy over BBC's decision to use trip organised by Lse to film in secretive nation, helped fuel bumper ratings
The BBC's controversial Panorama documentary, North Korea Undercover, attracted an average of more than 5 million viewers on Monday night.
The storm of controversy surrounding Panorama journalist John Sweeney, who used a trip organised by the London School of Economics to infiltrate and film in the secretive nation, helped fuel bumper ratings for the BBC.
The 30-minute documentary attracted an average of 5.1 million viewers between 8.30pm and 9pm, a 20.3% share of all viewing in the slot.
Viewing reached as high as 5.4 million, according to the measurement of 15-minute audience peaks.
The total audience represents a massive 69% increase on the usual average number of viewers who tune in to watch Panorama at 8.30pm on a Monday night, according to an analysis of the last three months' viewing.
A BBC spokeswoman said that the »
- Mark Sweney
'Broadchurch' climbs to over 7 million viewers on ITV
16 April 2013 2:48 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
Broadchurch climbed once again in the ratings on ITV last night (April 15), overnight data reveals.
The crime drama's penultimate episode thrilled 6.93 million viewers (27.7%) on ITV at 9pm, with 342,000 (1.9%) tuning in on ITV+1.
Earlier, James Nesbitt's Ireland educated 3.37m (14.4%) at 8pm on the channel.
On BBC One, The One Show brought in 4.01m (20.1%) at 7pm, followed by Bang Goes the Theory with 3.14m (14.3%) at 7.30pm.
John Sweeney's controversial Panorama special from North Korea was seen by 5.06m (20.3%) at 8.30pm.
New convict documentary series The Prisoners attracted 3.58m (14.3%) at 9pm.
On BBC Two, University Challenge quizzed 2.97m (12.6%) at 8pm, while Paul Hollywood's Bread achieved 2.03m (8.2%) at 8.30pm. Documentary Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History attracted 1.78m (7.1%) at 9pm.
Channel 4's new series of The Hoarder Next Door won 1.76m (7.0%) at 9pm. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares brought in 901k (5.2%) at 10pm.
On Channel 5, natural world series Nature Shock opened to 740k (3.1%) at 8pm, »
Former Editor Of Rupert Murdoch’s London Times Named Head Of News At BBC
16 April 2013 1:52 AM, PDT | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
James Harding resigned as editor of Rupert Murdoch’s The Times neswspaper in December saying, “It has been made clear to me that News Corporation would like to appoint a new editor of The Times.” Reports suggested that Harding’s departure was the result of upset at The Times’ parent company over the paper’s somewhat critical stance during the phone-hacking scandal that had engulfed News Corp.’s UK press arm, News International. When Harding starts his new job as director of news and current affairs at the BBC on August 12, he’ll be joining another company that has seen its share of recent crises. The BBC’s news division has been plagued by troubles in the past six months including the Jimmy Savile scandal, botched reporting at the flagship Newsnight program and walkouts by journalists. Its Panorama program is drawing fire this week over allegations that London School of »
- NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
is the BBC just plain chickenshit... or not?
15 April 2013 8:37 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
So anti-Thatcher-ites get a song from The Wizard of Oz trending on U.K. pop charts last week, in the wake of the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher. “Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead” got all the way to No. 2... and BBC Radio refused to play the song during its usual countdown because it might be perceived as “disrespectful.” Potentially hurt feelings over criticism of a controversial political figure are a good reason to not play a pop song on the radio. Okay, then. At exactly the same moment, the BBC is defending the act of hiding one of its journalists and a small film crew among a group of London School of Economics students visiting North Korea, for an installment of TV documentary show Panorama. From the Guardian: »
- MaryAnn Johanson
BBC refuses to drop North Korea Panorama documentary
15 April 2013 3:52 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Broadcaster rejects Lse chair's request to shelve film, calling it an 'important piece of public interest journalism'
The BBC has insisted it will broadcast a Panorama documentary about North Korea, despite protests from the London School of Economics (Lse) that journalist John Sweeney put its staff working abroad at risk by posing as a student from the institution to gain access to the communist state.
Tony Hall, the BBC director general, has rejected a request from the Lse chairman, Peter Sutherland, to shelve the documentary, North Korea Uncovered, due to be broadcast on BBC1 on Monday night.
Hall, who has already had to defuse a row over the anti-Thatcher song Ding Dong! The Witch Is Dead less than two weeks after taking over at the BBC, responded to a letter from Sutherland on Saturday. He is understood to have said the documentary would go ahead as there was a clear »
- Jason Deans
BBC Refuses to Pull Controversial North Korea Documentary
15 April 2013 2:26 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
London – The BBC said it will broadcast a documentary about North Korea after a war of words between the public broadcaster and the London School of Economics (Lse) over the use of students to help get into the communist state. BBC journalist John Sweeney and other reporters snuck into the country posing as Lse students to gain access for an episode of the broadcaster's flagship current affairs program, Panorama, which is scheduled for broadcast on BBC One Monday night. Video: Dennis Rodman Imparts More Foreign Policy Wisdom on 'Tonight Show' The Lse hit the headlines complaining the public
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- Stuart Kemp
Tonight's TV highlights 15/04/2013
14 April 2013 11:00 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The Hoarder Next Door | North Korea Undercover – Panorama | Fit To Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History | Broadchurch | Battle Scarred: Exit Wounds | Spartacus: War of the Damned | MTV Movie Awards | Live Indian Premier League Cricket
9pm, Channel 4
The return of the show in which psychotherapist Stelios Kiosses helps adults tidy their rooms. First up is Alison, who has spent £40,000 on ladybird-themed accessories, until her house resembles an insect zoo. Elsewhere, schoolteacher Jo can't move for puppets and donkey costumes. "I can just about make it into bed," she admits. Like many of Channel 4's Barnum-with-a-heart shows, it comes complete with that tinkly incidental music that puts one in mind of a mischievous Tim Burton hiding behind a bush. Ali Catterall
North Korea Undercover – Panorama
8.30pm, BBC1
In a show that will likely be edited at the last moment, considering current tensions, John Sweeney spends eight »
- Julia Raeside, Martin Skegg, David Stubbs, John Robinson, Jonathan Wright, Ali Catterall, Ben Arnold, Andrew Mueller
Margaret Thatcher dies: BBC One for 90-minute obituary tonight
8 April 2013 7:52 AM, PDT | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - TV news news »
BBC One has cleared its schedules to air a 90-minute obituary for Margaret Thatcher tonight at 8.30pm.
Thatcher, who was prime minister from 1979 to 1990, died this morning at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke.
The as-yet-untitled BBC One broadcast will replace Panorama's 'Britain's Sharia Councils' and first episode of three-part documentary The Prisoners in the schedules.
A news special will also run this afternoon from 4pm to 5pm, presented by Huw Edwards.
There will also be an extended edition of Newsnight at 10.30pm on BBC Two.
ITV will broadcast a special documentary at 10.35pm, presented by Alastair Stewart and produced by ITN.
Sky Atlantic will air its obituary at 8pm, and Pick TV at 9pm. »
TV highlights 08/04/2013
7 April 2013 11:00 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Live Monday Night Football | What Do Artists Do All Day? Jack Vettriano | Secrets Of Britain's Sharia Councils – Panorama | Game Of Thrones | The Prisoners | Fit To Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History | Battle Scarred: Soldiers Behind Bars | Made In Chelsea
7pm, Sky Sports 1
Earlier in the season you'd have anticipated that a Manchester derby in April would have been a title decider, with both teams running neck and neck. As it is, with United streets ahead already, it's practically a dead rubber, with only local pride at stake. There'll be no slacking from the league leaders, however: they'll play, as ever, with the wrath of Ferguson blowing like a mighty wind at their shorts, while City will be anxious to make amends for having relinquished their title so meekly. David Stubbs
What Do Artists Do All Day? Jack Vettriano
8pm, BBC4
You won't find his work hanging »
- David Stubbs, Ali Catterall, Andrew Mueller, Gwilym Mumford, John Robinson, Martin Skegg, Hannah Verdier
What Tony Hall needs to do to revive the BBC
30 March 2013 5:11 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The new BBC director general starts this week. The Observer canvassed experts on how to tackle the challenges he faces
At the end of April two chairs in Westminster will await the arrival of Tony Hall, incoming director general of the BBC, and Chris Patten, chairman of the corporation's trust. The two lords, Baron Hall of Birkenhead and Baron Patten of Barnes, have been invited to perform their first public double act to a parliamentary select committee.
Hall leaves the Royal Opera House this week to return to the BBC, where he once ran the news operation, as a potential saviour. He has been appointed at a low point in the corporation's history, in the middle of an industrial dispute, following the brief tenure of George Entwistle and all the horror of Jimmy Savile's crimes.
The big question is whether Hall should play it safe or boost morale by taking risks. »
- Vanessa Thorpe, Maggie Brown
BBC chief must purge middle management, says Melvyn Bragg
29 March 2013 5:08 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Broadcaster says Jimmy Savile crisis has exposed the BBC's 'dire structure' and that Lord Hall will need a 'cleansing sword'
Lord Hall, the BBC's incoming £450,000-a-year director general, will outline his vision for the future of the corporation when he takes up his new role next week in an attempt to draw a line under the Savile crisis, which saw off his predecessor after just 54 days in charge.
Taking up his post on Tuesday, Hall is planning a blitz of broadcast interviews, part of a concerted response to accusations that the previous regime was not responsive enough to the media. His predecessor, George Entwistle, was reluctant to appear on camera – and in particular repeatedly declined to appear on ITV, Channel 4 or Sky News.
The arts broadcaster Lord Bragg said Hall, who moves to the BBC from running the Royal Opera House, had no option but to cut a swath »
- John Plunkett
A History of Syria; Panorama – America's Gun Addiction: TV review
12 March 2013 2:58 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Two programmes portrayed two very different societies in the disturbing grip of two very different violent obsessions
• A History of Syria on iPlayer
• America's Gun Addiction on iPlayer
• Broadchurch on ITV Player
Dan Snow cultivates a televisual manner one might describe as reassuring. Sadly, it wasn't much help in A History of Syria (BBC2); this cogent catch-up on Syria's past aided one's understanding of the present conflict in a way that wasn't reassuring at all. "Those fighting for control of Syria," he said, "nurse grudges going back centuries." Oh good.
With Aleppo and Damascus forming wealthy points along the Silk Route, Syria has always been the object of competing interests. Sunni Muslims make up two-thirds of the population, but the country's fortunes have often been guided by a fragile coalition of minorities – Christians, the Druze, Shia Muslims – keen to have their interests protected. The potential for instability has been exploited »
- Tim Dowling
TV highlights 11/03/13
11 March 2013 1:00 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
A History Of Syria With Dan Snow | Panorama – America's Gun Addiction | Broadchurch | Bomb Patrol | Being Eileen | Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened? | Revenge | Live Masters Tennis
A History Of Syria With Dan Snow
9pm, BBC2
Why has Syria descended so quickly into civil war? Travelling in the country and hearing voices from both sides of the conflict, Dan Snow offers the historical perspective. It's a story that encompasses the split between Sunni and Shia Islam, the brutality of French colonial rule and the rise to power of Hafez al-Assad, who offered stability in exchange for establishing a police state. A sobering portrait of a multicultural nation where a lasting peace can't be won in battle. Jonathan Wright
Panorama – America's Gun Addiction
8.30pm, BBC1
The shootings at the Sandy Hook elementary school claimed 26 lives in December last year before perpetrator Adam Lanza turned his assault rifle on himself. In this report, »
- Jonathan Wright, John Robinson, Martin Skegg, Julia Raeside, David Stubbs, Ben Arnold, Mark Jones
ITV's Jimmy Savile sex scandal documentary made for just £170,000
26 February 2013 9:17 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile won three Rts awards and took a 10-month investigation, but kept within Exposure's budget
ITV's Exposure documentary that broke the seal on the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal, which picked up two Rts TV journalism awards last week, was made for just £170,000 by ITV Studios.
The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, broadcast on 3 October 2012 and featuring the harrowing accounts by five women of assaults by the late Jim'll Fix It presenter, was the result of a 10-month investigation between January and August last year.
When ITV's factual and current affairs creative director Alex Gardiner heard of the BBC's decision he moved into action, having worked closely before with Mark Williams-Thomas – the ex-police officer and child protection expert who worked on the Newsnight story in late 2011. (It is a small footnote in history, but one independent production company also turned down the chance to »
- Maggie Brown
Netflix's House of Cards 'should be making TV industry shit it'
8 February 2013 10:13 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Top producer Peter Kosminsky says arrival of online service represents 'end of an era' for traditional model of broadcasting
Veteran drama producer and director Peter Kosminsky believes that traditional UK broadcasters ought to be "shitting it" about the arrival of online provider Netflix, which he says represents the "end of an era" for the traditional model of broadcasting content.
The Bafta-award winner revealed at a TV industry event earlier this week that he watched the Netflix launch of the Kevin Spacey political drama House of Cards last Friday and realised that the age of linear TV was doomed.
"I stayed up and watched three episodes in a row and I realised that I was watching the end of an era," he said of the House of Cards online launch, which bypassed traditional TV networks by premiering the whole 13-part series at once.
"This was something that was nothing to do with traditional broadcasting, »
- Ben Dowell
Panorama's abortion report was lost in the balance | Sarah Ditum
5 February 2013 4:03 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
In striving for impartiality, The Great Abortion Divide presented two opposing viewpoints but no idea of how to weigh them
One of the follies of bad journalism is "neutrality": the idea that the truth occupies an unspecified position between two fixed points. In last night's Panorama on The Great Abortion Divide, it was implied that the truth of good abortion law is located somewhere in the Irish Sea, between the severe restrictions of Northern Ireland and the relative liberality of Great Britain. If abortion is so difficult to access in one part of the UK, implied Victoria Derbyshire's voiceover, and so easy to access in another, doesn't that mean both regions are doing something wrong?
The programme was extensively researched. It included articulate and nuanced interviews with women who spoke about their own experience of abortion. There was a mother who had a termination rather than give up »
- Sarah Ditum
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