The BBC’s incoming chairman has yet to step foot on the corporation’s premises, but he has already waded into his first scandal.
Samir Shah, a long-time UK media executive, gave an unequivocal verdict on the latest social media posts of Gary Lineker, the BBC’s highest-paid presenter.
Shah said Lineker’s posts on Twitter (now X) this week mocking Conservative politicians appeared to break new social media rules put in place in September.
“I would imagine the BBC is now looking into that and considering its response,” Shah told Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee in a hearing that precedes his formal appointment.
Lineker signed a letter calling on the government to create a “fair new plan for refugees,” prompting an outcry among Conservative lawmakers, who said he was jeopardizing the BBC’s impartiality.
Lineker bit back at the comments in quote tweets to Jonathan Gullis MP and Grant Shapps,...
Samir Shah, a long-time UK media executive, gave an unequivocal verdict on the latest social media posts of Gary Lineker, the BBC’s highest-paid presenter.
Shah said Lineker’s posts on Twitter (now X) this week mocking Conservative politicians appeared to break new social media rules put in place in September.
“I would imagine the BBC is now looking into that and considering its response,” Shah told Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee in a hearing that precedes his formal appointment.
Lineker signed a letter calling on the government to create a “fair new plan for refugees,” prompting an outcry among Conservative lawmakers, who said he was jeopardizing the BBC’s impartiality.
Lineker bit back at the comments in quote tweets to Jonathan Gullis MP and Grant Shapps,...
- 12/13/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield cracked up laughing at a photo posted by Grant Shapps that appears to have airbrushed out Boris Johnson.
Posting on Twitter this week, business secretary Shapps shared an image showing him and two officials in front of a Virgin rocket at the spaceport in Newquay, Cornwall.
However, eagle-eyed Twitter users noticed that the former prime minister had featured in the original photo, which was taken in June 2021, but appeared to have been photoshopped out of the image.
Shapps has since deleted the tweet, with a source telling The Guardian that he hadn’t been aware the image had been edited when he posted it.
“Obviously he wouldn’t endorse anyone rewriting history by removing the former Pm from a picture,” they said, adding that Shapps was “proud to serve in Boris’s government”.
The two images were shown one after another on Wednesday’s episode (11 January) of This Morning,...
Posting on Twitter this week, business secretary Shapps shared an image showing him and two officials in front of a Virgin rocket at the spaceport in Newquay, Cornwall.
However, eagle-eyed Twitter users noticed that the former prime minister had featured in the original photo, which was taken in June 2021, but appeared to have been photoshopped out of the image.
Shapps has since deleted the tweet, with a source telling The Guardian that he hadn’t been aware the image had been edited when he posted it.
“Obviously he wouldn’t endorse anyone rewriting history by removing the former Pm from a picture,” they said, adding that Shapps was “proud to serve in Boris’s government”.
The two images were shown one after another on Wednesday’s episode (11 January) of This Morning,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
Hugh Grant has said that his father is considering voting for Labour following a disastrous week in politics for the Tories.
The Bridget Jones’s Diary star is a frequent critic of the Conservative party and has ramped up his criticism in recent months.
On Wednesday (19 October), the Tories descended into further chaos as Suella Braverman resigned as home secretary following two data breaches within her office.
However, the MP took aim at Truss in her resignation letter, accusing the government of breaking “key pledges” and “pretending we haven’t made mistakes”. She has been replaced by Grant Shapps, who Truss fired as transport secretary last month.
Following Braverman’s resignation, actor Grant tweeted that the chaos in government had swayed even his “Tory party member” father.
“94-year-old ex-army Tory party member father just said he’d now vote Labour,” Grant tweeted, adding: “Pre-whisky.”
At the time of writing, the...
The Bridget Jones’s Diary star is a frequent critic of the Conservative party and has ramped up his criticism in recent months.
On Wednesday (19 October), the Tories descended into further chaos as Suella Braverman resigned as home secretary following two data breaches within her office.
However, the MP took aim at Truss in her resignation letter, accusing the government of breaking “key pledges” and “pretending we haven’t made mistakes”. She has been replaced by Grant Shapps, who Truss fired as transport secretary last month.
Following Braverman’s resignation, actor Grant tweeted that the chaos in government had swayed even his “Tory party member” father.
“94-year-old ex-army Tory party member father just said he’d now vote Labour,” Grant tweeted, adding: “Pre-whisky.”
At the time of writing, the...
- 10/20/2022
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - Film
Kwasi Kwarteng’s “we get it” statement, in which he revealed that he was backtracking on plans to scrap the 45p tax rate, has been roasted on social media – with many comparing his words to those of Shiv Roy in the HBO satire Succession.
On Monday (3 October), the chancellor said in a statement that “we get it and we have listened”, following a fierce backlash to the move, which makes those earning over £150,000 a year richer as the poorest people struggle, in the worst cost-of-living crisis the UK has seen for decades.
Kwarteng’s statement sounded all too familiar to some on social media, who compared it to a speech given by Sarah Snook’s character Shiv Roy in Succession.
In season three of the hit show, Shiv used the phrase “we get it” while addressing Waystar Royco employees after a series of scandals hit the company.
“Does the UK government...
On Monday (3 October), the chancellor said in a statement that “we get it and we have listened”, following a fierce backlash to the move, which makes those earning over £150,000 a year richer as the poorest people struggle, in the worst cost-of-living crisis the UK has seen for decades.
Kwarteng’s statement sounded all too familiar to some on social media, who compared it to a speech given by Sarah Snook’s character Shiv Roy in Succession.
In season three of the hit show, Shiv used the phrase “we get it” while addressing Waystar Royco employees after a series of scandals hit the company.
“Does the UK government...
- 10/4/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Updated: The BBC will broadcast a live debate with the final two candidates Conservative Party leadership candidates on July 25. The corporation confirmed that all four remaining candidates have agreed to take part if they make it to the final two. Tuesday’s debate on Sky News was canceled as frontrunners Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss declined to participate.
Presented by Sophie Raworth, with analysis from BBC political editor Chris Mason and BBC economics editor Faisal Islam, “Our Next Prime Minister” will broadcast live from Stoke on Trent in front of a 80-100 strong audience on BBC One. The 60-minute program will be simulcast on BBC Radio 5 Live with coverage continuing after the debate and across BBC News Online and the BBC News Channel.
Jonathan Munro, interim director of BBC News and Current Affairs, said: “We’re delighted to be offering BBC audiences the chance to be part of this pivotal moment in politics and hear,...
Presented by Sophie Raworth, with analysis from BBC political editor Chris Mason and BBC economics editor Faisal Islam, “Our Next Prime Minister” will broadcast live from Stoke on Trent in front of a 80-100 strong audience on BBC One. The 60-minute program will be simulcast on BBC Radio 5 Live with coverage continuing after the debate and across BBC News Online and the BBC News Channel.
Jonathan Munro, interim director of BBC News and Current Affairs, said: “We’re delighted to be offering BBC audiences the chance to be part of this pivotal moment in politics and hear,...
- 7/19/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The UK government has announced that all international passengers arriving in England will need to show a negative coronavirus test, taken up to 72 hours prior to departure, before travel. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to follow shortly with similar measures.
Anyone arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, should not be allowed to board without having a negative test with them. Those who do arrive without a qualifying test will be fined £500 for failing to comply. Exemptions include children under 11, hauliers, those traveling from countries without the infrastructure to deliver tests (yet to be specified), or those arriving from the Common Travel Area with Ireland.
The new measures are expected to come into force from Wednesday or Thursday next week, January 14 or 15, according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
Once in the country, travelers from countries not on the ‘travel corridor’ list will still be required to...
Anyone arriving by plane, train or boat, including UK nationals, should not be allowed to board without having a negative test with them. Those who do arrive without a qualifying test will be fined £500 for failing to comply. Exemptions include children under 11, hauliers, those traveling from countries without the infrastructure to deliver tests (yet to be specified), or those arriving from the Common Travel Area with Ireland.
The new measures are expected to come into force from Wednesday or Thursday next week, January 14 or 15, according to Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.
Once in the country, travelers from countries not on the ‘travel corridor’ list will still be required to...
- 1/8/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Some ten months after the coronavirus pandemic began devastating England, with 78,000 dead so far, the country now requires all international arrivals, including U.K. nationals, to present a negative Covid-19 test taken up to 72 hours prior to departure.
The devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to follow suit.
U.K. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Friday that from next week, inbound passengers arriving by boat, plane or train will have to take a test. A specific date hasn’t yet been revealed.
Passengers arriving from countries that aren’t on the government’s travel corridor list must self-isolate for 10 days regardless of their pre-departure test result. Passengers will be required to show their negative test result before boarding, and transport operators will deny boarding if necessary. On arrival back into the U.K, Border Force will check passengers’ test results via spot checks.
Passengers arriving...
The devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are expected to follow suit.
U.K. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Friday that from next week, inbound passengers arriving by boat, plane or train will have to take a test. A specific date hasn’t yet been revealed.
Passengers arriving from countries that aren’t on the government’s travel corridor list must self-isolate for 10 days regardless of their pre-departure test result. Passengers will be required to show their negative test result before boarding, and transport operators will deny boarding if necessary. On arrival back into the U.K, Border Force will check passengers’ test results via spot checks.
Passengers arriving...
- 1/8/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A petition to “save our BBC” has attracted more than 100,000 signatures in less than 24 hours after unnamed government sources threatened to “whack” the British broadcaster by scrapping the license fee and forcing it to radically scale back its services.
The 38 Degrees petition is a response to a report on the front page of Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper The Sunday Times, in which sources close to prime minister Boris Johnson set out a blueprint for how the BBC should be dismantled when its current charter expires in 2027.
The anonymous briefing said the license fee, which funds the BBC to the tune of £3.7 billion ($4.8B), should be scrapped and the corporation moved to a Netflix-style subscription funding model. The sources also said the BBC should be forced to sell off key radio stations, including Radio 2, and cut back its 10 television channels.
“We are not bluffing on the license fee. We...
The 38 Degrees petition is a response to a report on the front page of Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper The Sunday Times, in which sources close to prime minister Boris Johnson set out a blueprint for how the BBC should be dismantled when its current charter expires in 2027.
The anonymous briefing said the license fee, which funds the BBC to the tune of £3.7 billion ($4.8B), should be scrapped and the corporation moved to a Netflix-style subscription funding model. The sources also said the BBC should be forced to sell off key radio stations, including Radio 2, and cut back its 10 television channels.
“We are not bluffing on the license fee. We...
- 2/17/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
As TV programme's 50th anniversary show looms, Time Lord finds himself in vanguard of battle against inscrutable foes
The Doctor will resume hostilities with the Daleks when the former Time Lord David Tennant returns for the 50th birthday edition of Doctor Who on Saturday.
But the much anticipated anniversary show, The Day of the Doctor – which will be simulcast in nearly 100 countries and shown in nearly 1,500 cinemas in 3D – will also resonate in a battle that is taking shape rather closer to home, over the future of the BBC.
The BBC's controller of drama commissioning, Ben Stephenson, said Saturday's episode, the culmination of a week of programmes around the Saturday teatime series, was a celebration not just of Doctor Who but of the BBC itself.
The corporation has long been targeted by the Tory party whose chairman, Grant Shapps, warned last month that it could lose some of the licence fee,...
The Doctor will resume hostilities with the Daleks when the former Time Lord David Tennant returns for the 50th birthday edition of Doctor Who on Saturday.
But the much anticipated anniversary show, The Day of the Doctor – which will be simulcast in nearly 100 countries and shown in nearly 1,500 cinemas in 3D – will also resonate in a battle that is taking shape rather closer to home, over the future of the BBC.
The BBC's controller of drama commissioning, Ben Stephenson, said Saturday's episode, the culmination of a week of programmes around the Saturday teatime series, was a celebration not just of Doctor Who but of the BBC itself.
The corporation has long been targeted by the Tory party whose chairman, Grant Shapps, warned last month that it could lose some of the licence fee,...
- 11/21/2013
- by John Plunkett
- The Guardian - Film News
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