Updated Exclusive: Five senior female BBC News channel presenters have commenced legal action against the British broadcaster after a prolonged spell on the sidelines.
Earlier on Thursday, Deadline reported that Martine Croxall was taking the BBC to an employment tribunal, according to a listing for a two-day hearing at London Central on May 1.
Martine Croxall is the listed litigant, but multiple sources said Karin Giannone, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Kasia Madera, and Annita McVeigh are parties to the case. The presenters have been off air for over a year, though Guru-Murthy and McVeigh recently returned to the news channel.
It is the highest-profile tribunal faced by the BBC since the corporation lost a landmark gender pay battle with Newswatch host Samira Ahmed in 2020.
Details of the case against the BBC are not in the public domain, but the tribunal listing makes clear that the complaint involves issues including age and sex discrimination,...
Earlier on Thursday, Deadline reported that Martine Croxall was taking the BBC to an employment tribunal, according to a listing for a two-day hearing at London Central on May 1.
Martine Croxall is the listed litigant, but multiple sources said Karin Giannone, Geeta Guru-Murthy, Kasia Madera, and Annita McVeigh are parties to the case. The presenters have been off air for over a year, though Guru-Murthy and McVeigh recently returned to the news channel.
It is the highest-profile tribunal faced by the BBC since the corporation lost a landmark gender pay battle with Newswatch host Samira Ahmed in 2020.
Details of the case against the BBC are not in the public domain, but the tribunal listing makes clear that the complaint involves issues including age and sex discrimination,...
- 4/18/2024
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Cillian Murphy has paid tribute to Peaky Blinders co-star Benjamin Zephaniah, who passed away this morning at age 65.
The pair appeared together between 2013 and 2022 in the BBC drama about the Shelby crime family in Birmingham in the early 20th Century. Zephaniah, who was born in the UK city in 1958, played Jeremiah “Jimmy” Jesus, a Jamaican born street preacher and close friend of the Murphy’s lead character, Tommy Shelby.
“Benjamin was a truly gifted and beautiful human being — a generational poet, writer, musician and activist. A proud Brummie and a Peaky Blinder,” said the Oppenheimer star in a statement. “I’m so saddened by this news. Rip.”
Zephaniah’s character fights alongside the Shelbys in season one of the Caryn Mandabach Productions show, and appears in several crucial scenes in later seasons. Zephaniah said the character was partially based on a real-life person of the same name, who roamed the...
The pair appeared together between 2013 and 2022 in the BBC drama about the Shelby crime family in Birmingham in the early 20th Century. Zephaniah, who was born in the UK city in 1958, played Jeremiah “Jimmy” Jesus, a Jamaican born street preacher and close friend of the Murphy’s lead character, Tommy Shelby.
“Benjamin was a truly gifted and beautiful human being — a generational poet, writer, musician and activist. A proud Brummie and a Peaky Blinder,” said the Oppenheimer star in a statement. “I’m so saddened by this news. Rip.”
Zephaniah’s character fights alongside the Shelbys in season one of the Caryn Mandabach Productions show, and appears in several crucial scenes in later seasons. Zephaniah said the character was partially based on a real-life person of the same name, who roamed the...
- 12/7/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
London, Nov 27 (Ians) ‘Prophet Song’ by the celebrated Irish novelist Paul Lynch has been named the winner of the Booker Prize 2023, according to an official announcement by the organisers of the prestigious literary award.
The author received 50,000 pounds and was presented with his trophy by Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka, the 2022 winner, at a ceremony held at Old Billingsgate, London, on Sunday, November 26.
Nairobi-born accountant-turned-debutant novelist Chetna Maroo, who is of Indian origin and a resident of London, was one of the six writers shortlisted for the prize, which, since 1969, has been awarded to the top writers of our times. Six of the awardees have been writers of Indian descent.
The glitterting award event on Sunday was hosted by British journalist and writer Samira Ahmed and broadcast live as a special episode of BBC Radio 4 Front Row.
It was also livestreamed in an hour-long YouTube presentation, hosted by Jack Edwards...
The author received 50,000 pounds and was presented with his trophy by Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka, the 2022 winner, at a ceremony held at Old Billingsgate, London, on Sunday, November 26.
Nairobi-born accountant-turned-debutant novelist Chetna Maroo, who is of Indian origin and a resident of London, was one of the six writers shortlisted for the prize, which, since 1969, has been awarded to the top writers of our times. Six of the awardees have been writers of Indian descent.
The glitterting award event on Sunday was hosted by British journalist and writer Samira Ahmed and broadcast live as a special episode of BBC Radio 4 Front Row.
It was also livestreamed in an hour-long YouTube presentation, hosted by Jack Edwards...
- 11/27/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
London, Nov 27 (Ians) ‘Prophet Song’ by the celebrated Irish novelist Paul Lynch has been named the winner of the Booker Prize 2023, according to an official announcement by the organisers of the prestigious literary award.
The author received 50,000 pounds and was presented with his trophy by Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka, the 2022 winner, at a ceremony held at Old Billingsgate, London, on Sunday, November 26.
Nairobi-born accountant-turned-debutant novelist Chetna Maroo, who is of Indian origin and a resident of London, was one of the six writers shortlisted for the prize, which, since 1969, has been awarded to the top writers of our times. Six of the awardees have been writers of Indian descent.
The glitterting award event on Sunday was hosted by British journalist and writer Samira Ahmed and broadcast live as a special episode of BBC Radio 4 Front Row.
It was also livestreamed in an hour-long YouTube presentation, hosted by Jack Edwards...
The author received 50,000 pounds and was presented with his trophy by Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka, the 2022 winner, at a ceremony held at Old Billingsgate, London, on Sunday, November 26.
Nairobi-born accountant-turned-debutant novelist Chetna Maroo, who is of Indian origin and a resident of London, was one of the six writers shortlisted for the prize, which, since 1969, has been awarded to the top writers of our times. Six of the awardees have been writers of Indian descent.
The glitterting award event on Sunday was hosted by British journalist and writer Samira Ahmed and broadcast live as a special episode of BBC Radio 4 Front Row.
It was also livestreamed in an hour-long YouTube presentation, hosted by Jack Edwards...
- 11/27/2023
- by Agency News Desk
This article contains Spoilers for The Power of The Doctor
‘The Power of the Doctor’ was one of the most hotly anticipated Doctor Who episodes in the show’s history, as we prepared to say goodbye not just to Jodie Whittaker but Mandip Gill, John Bishop and showrunner Chris Chibnall, plus rumours circulated wildly about an unexpected regeneration twist.
When the episode aired on Sunday night, fans and critics alike ate it up, live-tweeting their reactions with gusto – and from the reactions so far, ‘The Power of the Doctor’ certainly didn’t disappoint.
Here’s how the action unfolded on Twitter:
Seriously Spoilers: don’t read on unless you want to find out everything that happens
Dan’s shock exit at the start of the episode left fans emotional, and some felt the abruptness of his goodbye was a bit jarring:
“i’ll call ya?”
“i’ll ghost ya.
‘The Power of the Doctor’ was one of the most hotly anticipated Doctor Who episodes in the show’s history, as we prepared to say goodbye not just to Jodie Whittaker but Mandip Gill, John Bishop and showrunner Chris Chibnall, plus rumours circulated wildly about an unexpected regeneration twist.
When the episode aired on Sunday night, fans and critics alike ate it up, live-tweeting their reactions with gusto – and from the reactions so far, ‘The Power of the Doctor’ certainly didn’t disappoint.
Here’s how the action unfolded on Twitter:
Seriously Spoilers: don’t read on unless you want to find out everything that happens
Dan’s shock exit at the start of the episode left fans emotional, and some felt the abruptness of his goodbye was a bit jarring:
“i’ll call ya?”
“i’ll ghost ya.
- 10/24/2022
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
James Bond film producer Michael G. Wilson, who runs Eon Productions with Barbara Broccoli, has revealed that a seduction scene from the 1963 thriller From Russia With Love is always used to test those aspiring to play Ian Fleming’s ruthless spy.
During an ‘In Conversation’ event at London’s British Film Institute to celebrate 60 years of James Bond, Wilson noted that they always need a good actress to play opposite the actor participating in the audition.
“We always use the same scene … and that’s the one in From Russia With Love ,where Bond comes back to his room after the assassination, and he starts taking off his shirt, goes into the room to bathe. Then he hears something, takes his gun, goes in and the girl’s in the bed,” he told the audience at the BFI on Friday night. He is referring to the moment where Sean Connery...
During an ‘In Conversation’ event at London’s British Film Institute to celebrate 60 years of James Bond, Wilson noted that they always need a good actress to play opposite the actor participating in the audition.
“We always use the same scene … and that’s the one in From Russia With Love ,where Bond comes back to his room after the assassination, and he starts taking off his shirt, goes into the room to bathe. Then he hears something, takes his gun, goes in and the girl’s in the bed,” he told the audience at the BFI on Friday night. He is referring to the moment where Sean Connery...
- 10/1/2022
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
His Dark Materials and Help writer Jack Thorne has been recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Writing at tonight’s 29th Writers’ Guild of Great Britain Awards (WGGBAs), with Russell T Davies, Emerald Fennell and Armando Iannucci also taking home gongs.
The prolific Thorne, who delivered this year’s Edinburgh Television Festival MacTaggart lecture, was presented with the prestigious trophy by His Dark Materials exec and Bad Wolf Co-Founder Jane Tranter, following a two-decades-long career in which he has penned some of the UK’s most critically-acclaimed hits including This is England, Shameless and The Virtues.
“I think all writers would say that being given something from other writers is the greatest honor,” said Thorne. “I don’t think I’ve really contributed anything much in this strange career, and writing is a really strange job, but I’m grateful, and slightly anxious, to now have this award to live up to.
The prolific Thorne, who delivered this year’s Edinburgh Television Festival MacTaggart lecture, was presented with the prestigious trophy by His Dark Materials exec and Bad Wolf Co-Founder Jane Tranter, following a two-decades-long career in which he has penned some of the UK’s most critically-acclaimed hits including This is England, Shameless and The Virtues.
“I think all writers would say that being given something from other writers is the greatest honor,” said Thorne. “I don’t think I’ve really contributed anything much in this strange career, and writing is a really strange job, but I’m grateful, and slightly anxious, to now have this award to live up to.
- 2/14/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Anti-vaccine protesters have tried to storm a building at the Television Centre complex in west London.
Videos shared online show a mob, believed to be protesting against vaccine passports, vaccines for children and media bias, trying to enter the complex in White City and scuffling with police, some of whom use batons to quell demonstrators.
Footage online shows protestors gathering at nearby Shepherds Bush before marching on the BBC Studioworks building and trying to break a police line protecting the building. BBC Studioworks is a commercial arm of the corporation which has operated several studios at the site since 2017.
Protesters in videos shout “shame on you, shame on you”, with one giving a speech, accusing the BBC of “not giving out the right information” and claiming “they are coming for our f****** children.”
The confused demonstrators seemingly didn’t get the memo that the BBC largely vacated the premises eight years ago.
Videos shared online show a mob, believed to be protesting against vaccine passports, vaccines for children and media bias, trying to enter the complex in White City and scuffling with police, some of whom use batons to quell demonstrators.
Footage online shows protestors gathering at nearby Shepherds Bush before marching on the BBC Studioworks building and trying to break a police line protecting the building. BBC Studioworks is a commercial arm of the corporation which has operated several studios at the site since 2017.
Protesters in videos shout “shame on you, shame on you”, with one giving a speech, accusing the BBC of “not giving out the right information” and claiming “they are coming for our f****** children.”
The confused demonstrators seemingly didn’t get the memo that the BBC largely vacated the premises eight years ago.
- 8/9/2021
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC has been cleared of pay discrimination against its female employees following complaints made by several presenters.
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission, set up in March 2019, found no unlawful acts of pay discrimination against women. It did however recommend “improvements to increase transparency and rebuild trust with women at the organisation”
Responding to the news, BBC director general Tim Davie said the org has “to work even harder” to implement those recommendations.
The verdict does not absolve the BBC of guilt, however, as the committee also accepted that the BBC’s “historical practices were not fit for purpose” but claimed the org had “made significant changes since 2015”.
The BBC has been forced to address multiple high profile instances of pay discrepancy in the recent past. Points Of View presenter Samira Ahmed successfully took the BBC to an employee tribunal over being paid six times less than Jeremy Vine for similar work.
The Equalities and Human Rights Commission, set up in March 2019, found no unlawful acts of pay discrimination against women. It did however recommend “improvements to increase transparency and rebuild trust with women at the organisation”
Responding to the news, BBC director general Tim Davie said the org has “to work even harder” to implement those recommendations.
The verdict does not absolve the BBC of guilt, however, as the committee also accepted that the BBC’s “historical practices were not fit for purpose” but claimed the org had “made significant changes since 2015”.
The BBC has been forced to address multiple high profile instances of pay discrepancy in the recent past. Points Of View presenter Samira Ahmed successfully took the BBC to an employee tribunal over being paid six times less than Jeremy Vine for similar work.
- 11/12/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Veteran British actor Ian Holm, star of Lord Of The Rings and Alien, has died aged 88.
In a message to the Guardian, Holm’s agent said: “It is with great sadness that the actor Sir Ian Holm Cbe passed away this morning at the age of 88. He died peacefully in hospital, with his family and carer…Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely.”” He said that Holm’s illness was Parkinson’s related.
Holm was an instantly recognizable face in the industry, considered equally adept on stage and screen. He won a BAFTA and was Oscar-nominated for his role in the 1981 hit Chariots Of Fire and played Bilbo Baggins with aplomb in the epic Lord Of The Rings trilogy and Hobbit films.
One of his most iconic performances was as malfunctioning android Ash in Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Born in 1931 in Essex, UK, Holm excelled on stage...
In a message to the Guardian, Holm’s agent said: “It is with great sadness that the actor Sir Ian Holm Cbe passed away this morning at the age of 88. He died peacefully in hospital, with his family and carer…Charming, kind and ferociously talented, we will miss him hugely.”” He said that Holm’s illness was Parkinson’s related.
Holm was an instantly recognizable face in the industry, considered equally adept on stage and screen. He won a BAFTA and was Oscar-nominated for his role in the 1981 hit Chariots Of Fire and played Bilbo Baggins with aplomb in the epic Lord Of The Rings trilogy and Hobbit films.
One of his most iconic performances was as malfunctioning android Ash in Ridley Scott’s Alien.
Born in 1931 in Essex, UK, Holm excelled on stage...
- 6/19/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor Irrfan Khan, known for his appearances in Jurassic World, The Life of Pi, The Amazing Spider-Man and Slumdog Millionaire, has died at age 53. Khan was diagnosed with a rare neuroendocrine tumor in 2018 and had been undergoing treatment for it in London. He was admitted to a Mumbai hospital yesterday where he succumbed to an infection related to his illness.
His death was confirmed by his family, who released a statement saying:
“Surrounded by his love, his family for whom he most cared about, he left for heaven abode, leaving behind truly a legacy of his own. We all pray and hope that he is at peace.”
Khan was considered of the most talented Indian actors of his generation and is a bona fide Bollywood icon. But his fame spread far beyond his home country, being sought after for roles by many top directors. For example, Wes Anderson once wrote...
His death was confirmed by his family, who released a statement saying:
“Surrounded by his love, his family for whom he most cared about, he left for heaven abode, leaving behind truly a legacy of his own. We all pray and hope that he is at peace.”
Khan was considered of the most talented Indian actors of his generation and is a bona fide Bollywood icon. But his fame spread far beyond his home country, being sought after for roles by many top directors. For example, Wes Anderson once wrote...
- 4/29/2020
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
The U.K.’s Broadcasting Press Guild held its 46th Television and Radio Awards at London’s Banking Hall on Friday, with “Chernobyl” and “The Virtues” among the winners.
The Bpg Awards, given for work commissioned or premiered in the U.K. and screened in 2019, are selected independently by TV and radio correspondents, critics and previewers.
“I’m proud to say that, for the second year in a row, a record number of votes were cast for the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, which is testament to the enduring qualities of the Bpg and the continued vibrancy of British television,” said Bpg chair Jake Kanter.
“Chernobyl” (Sky Atlantic) was named best drama series, while “The Virtues” (Channel 4) won the award for best single drama or miniseries.
Film and TV director Michael Apted was awarded the Bpg Jury Prize for the “Up” series, which began in 1964 with a profile of 14 seven-year-old...
The Bpg Awards, given for work commissioned or premiered in the U.K. and screened in 2019, are selected independently by TV and radio correspondents, critics and previewers.
“I’m proud to say that, for the second year in a row, a record number of votes were cast for the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, which is testament to the enduring qualities of the Bpg and the continued vibrancy of British television,” said Bpg chair Jake Kanter.
“Chernobyl” (Sky Atlantic) was named best drama series, while “The Virtues” (Channel 4) won the award for best single drama or miniseries.
Film and TV director Michael Apted was awarded the Bpg Jury Prize for the “Up” series, which began in 1964 with a profile of 14 seven-year-old...
- 3/13/2020
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Chernobyl and The Virtues were the big winners at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards in London on Friday.
Chernobyl, the Sister Pictures series for Sky and HBO on the Soviet nuclear disaster, won Best Drama Series, while writer Craig Mazin took home Best Writer, beating Fleabag scribe Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
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Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 show The Virtues claimed the prize for Best Single Drama/Mini-Series, while Stephen Graham won Best Actor for his performance as an alcoholic man haunted by his past. The award was also recognition of Graham’s work in Line Of Duty and A Christmas Carol.
Other winners included Fleabag for Best Comedy and For Sama for Best Single Documentary/Mini-Series, while two-time Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson was...
Chernobyl, the Sister Pictures series for Sky and HBO on the Soviet nuclear disaster, won Best Drama Series, while writer Craig Mazin took home Best Writer, beating Fleabag scribe Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
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Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 show The Virtues claimed the prize for Best Single Drama/Mini-Series, while Stephen Graham won Best Actor for his performance as an alcoholic man haunted by his past. The award was also recognition of Graham’s work in Line Of Duty and A Christmas Carol.
Other winners included Fleabag for Best Comedy and For Sama for Best Single Documentary/Mini-Series, while two-time Oscar-winner Glenda Jackson was...
- 3/13/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with Tony Hall’s new job: BBC director general Tony Hall is stepping down this summer after seven years leading the British broadcaster.
Hall was appointed by the BBC in November 2012, but did not take up the role until April 2013, when he joined from the Royal Opera House. He is leaving broadcasting to return to arts, where he will become the chairman of The National Gallery, replacing Sir John Kingham.
A small circle of top BBC executives have known about Hall’s desire to leave for a number of weeks and a search for his successor will begin in the coming weeks, with the board advertising for the role.
Many BBC insiders had expected Hall to remain in place until the BBC’s centenary in 2022, but in an email to staff on Monday, he said it was the right time to depart as the broadcaster prepares for talks with...
Hall was appointed by the BBC in November 2012, but did not take up the role until April 2013, when he joined from the Royal Opera House. He is leaving broadcasting to return to arts, where he will become the chairman of The National Gallery, replacing Sir John Kingham.
A small circle of top BBC executives have known about Hall’s desire to leave for a number of weeks and a search for his successor will begin in the coming weeks, with the board advertising for the role.
Many BBC insiders had expected Hall to remain in place until the BBC’s centenary in 2022, but in an email to staff on Monday, he said it was the right time to depart as the broadcaster prepares for talks with...
- 1/20/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
British presenter and journalist Samira Ahmed has won a high-profile equal pay case against the BBC.
Ahmed took the pubcaster to an employment tribunal claiming she was underpaid compared to a male colleague, Jeremy Vine, for presenting a similar program. Both presenters fronted viewer feedback shows. The BBC unsuccessfully argued Ahmed was not making a like-for-like comparison.
Ahmed was paid less than £500 ($653) per episode for her work on “Newswatch” while Vine received about £3,000 an episode for fronting “Points of View.”
“Samira Ahmed is an excellent journalist and presenter and we regret that this case ever had to go to Tribunal,” a BBC spokesman said. “We have always believed that the pay of Samira and Jeremy Vine was not determined by their gender. Presenters – female as well as male – had always been paid more on ‘Points Of View’ than ‘Newswatch.’”
The broadcaster added it will now consider the tribunal judgement and...
Ahmed took the pubcaster to an employment tribunal claiming she was underpaid compared to a male colleague, Jeremy Vine, for presenting a similar program. Both presenters fronted viewer feedback shows. The BBC unsuccessfully argued Ahmed was not making a like-for-like comparison.
Ahmed was paid less than £500 ($653) per episode for her work on “Newswatch” while Vine received about £3,000 an episode for fronting “Points of View.”
“Samira Ahmed is an excellent journalist and presenter and we regret that this case ever had to go to Tribunal,” a BBC spokesman said. “We have always believed that the pay of Samira and Jeremy Vine was not determined by their gender. Presenters – female as well as male – had always been paid more on ‘Points Of View’ than ‘Newswatch.’”
The broadcaster added it will now consider the tribunal judgement and...
- 1/10/2020
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
British television presenter Samira Ahmed has won her landmark equal pay battle with the BBC.
In a unanimous 40-page judgment published on Friday, an employment tribunal in London ruled that under the 2010 Equality Act, Ahmed’s work was “like” that of male counterpart Jeremy Vine, who presented a similar show.
During a hearing late last year, Ahmed argued it was not fair that she received £440 ($576) for hosting an episode viewer feedback show Newswatch, while at the same time, Vine took home £3,000 for recording an installment of the similarly-themed Points Of View.
The BBC argued during the tribunal that Newswatch is a news show on the “relatively niche” BBC News channel, while Points Of View is an “extremely well-known” entertainment show with a lighter tone, hosted over the years by a long line of well-paid, household name presenters.
But the ruling said that the tonal differences in the shows did not...
In a unanimous 40-page judgment published on Friday, an employment tribunal in London ruled that under the 2010 Equality Act, Ahmed’s work was “like” that of male counterpart Jeremy Vine, who presented a similar show.
During a hearing late last year, Ahmed argued it was not fair that she received £440 ($576) for hosting an episode viewer feedback show Newswatch, while at the same time, Vine took home £3,000 for recording an installment of the similarly-themed Points Of View.
The BBC argued during the tribunal that Newswatch is a news show on the “relatively niche” BBC News channel, while Points Of View is an “extremely well-known” entertainment show with a lighter tone, hosted over the years by a long line of well-paid, household name presenters.
But the ruling said that the tonal differences in the shows did not...
- 1/10/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC has lost a sex discrimination equal pay claim launched by the presenter Samira Ahmed.
Journalist/writer/broadcaster Ahmed had claimed that she was underpaid for her work hosting the BBC show Newswatch when compared with the salary of Jeremy Vine on a similar program, Points of View. She was paid 440 pounds ($575) per episode of the audience feedback show compared with the 3,000 pounds ($3,900) per episode Vine was paid; Ahmed argued that she was owed almost 700,000 pounds ($915,000) in back pay because of the difference.
The BBC had claimed the two performed ...
Journalist/writer/broadcaster Ahmed had claimed that she was underpaid for her work hosting the BBC show Newswatch when compared with the salary of Jeremy Vine on a similar program, Points of View. She was paid 440 pounds ($575) per episode of the audience feedback show compared with the 3,000 pounds ($3,900) per episode Vine was paid; Ahmed argued that she was owed almost 700,000 pounds ($915,000) in back pay because of the difference.
The BBC had claimed the two performed ...
- 1/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Exclusive: Jeremy Vine, the BBC presenter and host of Channel 5’s daily chat show Jeremy Vine, is to front his first major format for ITV — a game show pitting some of Britain’s best quizzers against each other.
Deadline can reveal that ITV has commissioned Spun Gold to make Quizmaster, a 90-minute special in which 15 gameshow champions and contestants will battle it out to be crowned Britain’s ultimate quiz competitor.
Former participants on The Chase, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Mastermind, University Challenge and Fifteen To One will take part in the competition, which ITV is planning to broadcast as part of its Christmas line-up.
If it proves to be a winner with audiences, ITV and Spun Gold could make further episodes of the format, which represents the production company’s first game show for a major broadcaster in the UK. Spun Gold is normally associated with royal documentaries,...
Deadline can reveal that ITV has commissioned Spun Gold to make Quizmaster, a 90-minute special in which 15 gameshow champions and contestants will battle it out to be crowned Britain’s ultimate quiz competitor.
Former participants on The Chase, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Mastermind, University Challenge and Fifteen To One will take part in the competition, which ITV is planning to broadcast as part of its Christmas line-up.
If it proves to be a winner with audiences, ITV and Spun Gold could make further episodes of the format, which represents the production company’s first game show for a major broadcaster in the UK. Spun Gold is normally associated with royal documentaries,...
- 11/11/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC has said that it has settled 36 equal pay disputes since 2018, with salary increases being awarded “mostly” to women not being paid as much as their male counterparts.
The figure came to light in BBC evidence to an employment tribunal in London, where it has been locked in a legal wrangle with presenter Samira Ahmed, who claims she is owed close to £700,000 after years of being paid less than fellow presenter Jeremy Vine.
Ahmed has said “it just does not seem fair” that she received £440 for hosting an episode Newswatch, while at the same time, male presenter Jeremy Vine took home £3,000 for recording an installment of Points of View. The BBC has argued that the two shows are very different and Vine has a higher profile with audiences.
Now, the BBC has disclosed figures that show the scale of the pay debate raging among the corporation’s 19,000 employees. It...
The figure came to light in BBC evidence to an employment tribunal in London, where it has been locked in a legal wrangle with presenter Samira Ahmed, who claims she is owed close to £700,000 after years of being paid less than fellow presenter Jeremy Vine.
Ahmed has said “it just does not seem fair” that she received £440 for hosting an episode Newswatch, while at the same time, male presenter Jeremy Vine took home £3,000 for recording an installment of Points of View. The BBC has argued that the two shows are very different and Vine has a higher profile with audiences.
Now, the BBC has disclosed figures that show the scale of the pay debate raging among the corporation’s 19,000 employees. It...
- 11/6/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
An interview with The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood will be broadcast globally to more than 1,000 cinemas to mark the Sept. 10 publication of the novel’s long-awaited sequel, The Testaments.
Presented as a live-stream in some venues and tape-delayed in others, Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas will originate from London’s National Theatre, where BBC journalist Samira Ahmed will interview the author about her career and her reasons for returning to the Handmaid story after 34 years.
In a statement about the unusual book promotion event, Atwood said, “I am delighted that the launch of The Testaments will take place not only in London on September 10th, but also by live-streaming to over 1,000 cinemas around the world. I can’t be in all the places at once in my analogue body, but I look forward to being with so many readers via the big screen.”
The Handmaid’s Tale was...
Presented as a live-stream in some venues and tape-delayed in others, Margaret Atwood: Live in Cinemas will originate from London’s National Theatre, where BBC journalist Samira Ahmed will interview the author about her career and her reasons for returning to the Handmaid story after 34 years.
In a statement about the unusual book promotion event, Atwood said, “I am delighted that the launch of The Testaments will take place not only in London on September 10th, but also by live-streaming to over 1,000 cinemas around the world. I can’t be in all the places at once in my analogue body, but I look forward to being with so many readers via the big screen.”
The Handmaid’s Tale was...
- 3/7/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Gotham Group and Chariot Entertainment have teamed to option an upcoming young adult novel that imagines a United States in which American Muslims are interned.
Samira Ahmed's Internment, which is set to be published March 19 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, follows Muslim teenager Layla Amin, whose life is transformed when the U.S. institutes a set of Exclusion Laws that greatly restrict the civil rights of Muslim Americans, including subjecting them to curfews and forbidding her relationship with her Jewish boyfriend, David. When a new executive order forces Layla and her family into internment camps, she ...
Samira Ahmed's Internment, which is set to be published March 19 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, follows Muslim teenager Layla Amin, whose life is transformed when the U.S. institutes a set of Exclusion Laws that greatly restrict the civil rights of Muslim Americans, including subjecting them to curfews and forbidding her relationship with her Jewish boyfriend, David. When a new executive order forces Layla and her family into internment camps, she ...
- 10/24/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The Gotham Group and Chariot Entertainment have teamed to option an upcoming young adult novel that imagines a United States in which American Muslims are interned.
Samira Ahmed's Internment, which is set to be published March 19 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, follows Muslim teenager Layla Amin, whose life is transformed when the U.S. institutes a set of Exclusion Laws that greatly restrict the civil rights of Muslim Americans, including subjecting them to curfews and forbidding her relationship with her Jewish boyfriend, David. When a new executive order forces Layla and her family into internment camps, she ...
Samira Ahmed's Internment, which is set to be published March 19 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, follows Muslim teenager Layla Amin, whose life is transformed when the U.S. institutes a set of Exclusion Laws that greatly restrict the civil rights of Muslim Americans, including subjecting them to curfews and forbidding her relationship with her Jewish boyfriend, David. When a new executive order forces Layla and her family into internment camps, she ...
- 10/24/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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