Kate Middleton’s apparent photo editing failure has inspired a new theory — Ok, many theories — about the drama that’s since ensued. One from a royal commentator offers a reason for the additional buzz surrounding the snapshot. They say the image of the Princess of Wales with her three children and the attention it has received may be, in part, attributed to photo agencies and the “hate” they have for royals getting behind the camera.
Edited Kate photo theory: Photo agencies ‘hate the royals taking their own photos’
Jeremy Vine shared his theory about the photo Kensington Palace released to mark Mother’s Day in the U.K., something other commentators predicted the 42-year-old would do, on his Channel 5 show.
“They hate the royals taking their own photos. They hate it,” he said of photo agencies who pulled Kate’s Mother’s Day photo from their platforms amid signs...
Edited Kate photo theory: Photo agencies ‘hate the royals taking their own photos’
Jeremy Vine shared his theory about the photo Kensington Palace released to mark Mother’s Day in the U.K., something other commentators predicted the 42-year-old would do, on his Channel 5 show.
“They hate the royals taking their own photos. They hate it,” he said of photo agencies who pulled Kate’s Mother’s Day photo from their platforms amid signs...
- 3/11/2024
- by Mandi Kerr
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
On Friday, February 2nd, 2024, at 9:00 Pm, BBC One is set to entertain viewers with an all-new episode of the beloved comedy panel show “Would I Lie to You?” Now in its 17th season, this episode, titled “Season 17 Episode 6,” brings a fresh lineup of celebrities ready to blur the lines between fact and fiction.
Host Rob Brydon, renowned for his quick wit and charming humor, will be steering the ship as usual. Joining him are the ever-competitive team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell, who are experts at detecting fibs and embellishing truths. This episode’s guest panel includes Craig Charles, Amy Gledhill, Shazia Mirza, and Jeremy Vine, each bringing their unique brand of humor and storytelling to the table.
The charm of “Would I Lie to You?” lies in its simple yet compelling format – celebrities share outrageous and extraordinary stories about themselves, and it’s up to the opposing...
Host Rob Brydon, renowned for his quick wit and charming humor, will be steering the ship as usual. Joining him are the ever-competitive team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell, who are experts at detecting fibs and embellishing truths. This episode’s guest panel includes Craig Charles, Amy Gledhill, Shazia Mirza, and Jeremy Vine, each bringing their unique brand of humor and storytelling to the table.
The charm of “Would I Lie to You?” lies in its simple yet compelling format – celebrities share outrageous and extraordinary stories about themselves, and it’s up to the opposing...
- 1/27/2024
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Dan Wootton’s eponymous Gb News show and King Charles III’s coronation attracted the most complaints from U.K. viewers in 2023 according to Ofcom.
The U.K. media regulator has unveiled its list of the most complained about shows this year. Unsurprisingly, most of them were current affairs-related.
A September episode of Wootton’s show, “Dan Wootton Tonight,” topped the list with 8,867 complaints after the anchor and his guest, actor Laurence Fox, made what Ofcom called “misogynistic comments” about a female journalist. Ofcom is currently investigating the complaints.
Meanwhile it was “Bridgerton” star Adjoa Andoh’s comments during the king’s coronation back in May that attracted the second highest number of objections, with Ofcom receiving 8,421 complaints. Andoh, a guest commentator on ITV’s broadcast of the ceremony, remarked that the Buckingham Palace balcony was “terribly white” as King Charles and his family appeared to wave to the crowds.
The U.K. media regulator has unveiled its list of the most complained about shows this year. Unsurprisingly, most of them were current affairs-related.
A September episode of Wootton’s show, “Dan Wootton Tonight,” topped the list with 8,867 complaints after the anchor and his guest, actor Laurence Fox, made what Ofcom called “misogynistic comments” about a female journalist. Ofcom is currently investigating the complaints.
Meanwhile it was “Bridgerton” star Adjoa Andoh’s comments during the king’s coronation back in May that attracted the second highest number of objections, with Ofcom receiving 8,421 complaints. Andoh, a guest commentator on ITV’s broadcast of the ceremony, remarked that the Buckingham Palace balcony was “terribly white” as King Charles and his family appeared to wave to the crowds.
- 12/20/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Laurence Fox’s highly misogynistic rant on Dan Wootton Tonight, which led to the actor and politician’s firing from Gb News, was Ofcom’s most-complained-about TV show of the year in 2023.
The episode in September, in which Fox ranted about journalist Ava Evans – saying no “self-respecting man would climb into bed with her” – narrowly beat complaints around Bridgerton star Adjoah Andoh’s comments during King Charles III’s Coronation to the top spot of the regulator’s annual list.
Fox was fired from Gb News following the rant, which generated nationwide headlines and amassed a total of 8,867 complaints, ahead of Andoh by around 200.
Ofcom investigated almost immediately due to the severity of the breach and it is one of a dozen Gb News shows that have been or are being probed by the regulator this year, with five already found to be in breach. Fox, who regularly featured on...
The episode in September, in which Fox ranted about journalist Ava Evans – saying no “self-respecting man would climb into bed with her” – narrowly beat complaints around Bridgerton star Adjoah Andoh’s comments during King Charles III’s Coronation to the top spot of the regulator’s annual list.
Fox was fired from Gb News following the rant, which generated nationwide headlines and amassed a total of 8,867 complaints, ahead of Andoh by around 200.
Ofcom investigated almost immediately due to the severity of the breach and it is one of a dozen Gb News shows that have been or are being probed by the regulator this year, with five already found to be in breach. Fox, who regularly featured on...
- 12/20/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The BBC is actively weighing whether it should replace Huw Edwards as the anchor of its flagship election night show amid continued uncertainty over the presenter’s future.
Edwards has been suspended since July as the BBC investigates his conduct following allegations in The Sun newspaper that he paid a young person for sexually explicit images.
Deadline understands that the BBC is in the early stages of planning for a significant UK general election, which could usher in a new government after 13 years of Conservative rule.
The election is expected to take place next year, though Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could call an early vote, meaning senior BBC executives are giving thought to who should anchor its output.
Edwards, who earns up to £440,000, presented 2019’s election night coverage and signed a new deal with the BBC earlier this year which would have guaranteed his place as master of ceremony...
Edwards has been suspended since July as the BBC investigates his conduct following allegations in The Sun newspaper that he paid a young person for sexually explicit images.
Deadline understands that the BBC is in the early stages of planning for a significant UK general election, which could usher in a new government after 13 years of Conservative rule.
The election is expected to take place next year, though Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could call an early vote, meaning senior BBC executives are giving thought to who should anchor its output.
Edwards, who earns up to £440,000, presented 2019’s election night coverage and signed a new deal with the BBC earlier this year which would have guaranteed his place as master of ceremony...
- 9/6/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has slammed social media as a “massive fountain of sewage” after he was wrongly accused of being the star who allegedly paid a teenager for sex pictures.
Vine was one of at least four top male BBC presenters who were forced to distance themselves from wild and defamatory speculation circulating on social media on Saturday.
Vine was trending on Twitter at one point and had to make clear to his 788,000 followers that he was in no way linked to the explicit images storm.
Speaking on his eponymous Channel 5 show this morning, Vine said: “Over the weekend, a number of names were thrown in… I was shocked that my name [appeared] … This is what social media does. It’s just basically a massive fountain of sewage, and someone needs to put a cap on it.”
Radio host Nicky Campbell also voiced dismay at being linked with The...
Vine was one of at least four top male BBC presenters who were forced to distance themselves from wild and defamatory speculation circulating on social media on Saturday.
Vine was trending on Twitter at one point and had to make clear to his 788,000 followers that he was in no way linked to the explicit images storm.
Speaking on his eponymous Channel 5 show this morning, Vine said: “Over the weekend, a number of names were thrown in… I was shocked that my name [appeared] … This is what social media does. It’s just basically a massive fountain of sewage, and someone needs to put a cap on it.”
Radio host Nicky Campbell also voiced dismay at being linked with The...
- 7/10/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC has suspended one of its staffers after reports surfaced that he had allegedly asked a teenager for sexually explicit photos.
The allegations were first reported in U.K. tabloid The Sun on Friday. The mother of the teenager claimed her child used the alleged 35,000 pounds (about $44,934) received from the staffer to fund an addiction to crack cocaine.
“All I want is for this man to stop paying my child for sexual pictures and stop him funding my child’s drug habit,” she told the publication, adding that the requests for photos began when her child was 17.
The staffer hasn’t been publicly named yet, but presenters Jeremy Vine, Rylan Clark and Gary Lineker took to their respective Twitter accounts to say it isn’t them. Nicky Campbell also tweeted that he reported an account that claimed he was the one who requested the photos.
The BBC released a statement Sunday,...
The allegations were first reported in U.K. tabloid The Sun on Friday. The mother of the teenager claimed her child used the alleged 35,000 pounds (about $44,934) received from the staffer to fund an addiction to crack cocaine.
“All I want is for this man to stop paying my child for sexual pictures and stop him funding my child’s drug habit,” she told the publication, adding that the requests for photos began when her child was 17.
The staffer hasn’t been publicly named yet, but presenters Jeremy Vine, Rylan Clark and Gary Lineker took to their respective Twitter accounts to say it isn’t them. Nicky Campbell also tweeted that he reported an account that claimed he was the one who requested the photos.
The BBC released a statement Sunday,...
- 7/9/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: The BBC has suspended a male member of staff accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs.
The BBC said in a statement on Sunday: “The BBC takes any allegations seriously and we have robust internal processes in place to proactively deal with such allegations.
“This is a complex and fast moving set of circumstances and the BBC is working as quickly as possible to establish the facts in order to properly inform appropriate next steps.
“It is important that these matters are handled fairly and with care.
“We have been clear that if – at any point – new information comes to light or is provided to us, this will be acted upon appropriately and actively followed up.
“The BBC first became aware of a complaint in May. New allegations were put to us on Thursday of a different nature and in addition to our own enquiries we have...
The BBC said in a statement on Sunday: “The BBC takes any allegations seriously and we have robust internal processes in place to proactively deal with such allegations.
“This is a complex and fast moving set of circumstances and the BBC is working as quickly as possible to establish the facts in order to properly inform appropriate next steps.
“It is important that these matters are handled fairly and with care.
“We have been clear that if – at any point – new information comes to light or is provided to us, this will be acted upon appropriately and actively followed up.
“The BBC first became aware of a complaint in May. New allegations were put to us on Thursday of a different nature and in addition to our own enquiries we have...
- 7/9/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Update: Gary Lineker, the BBC’s highest-paid presenter, has become the latest man to distance themselves from The Sun‘s story about a BBC star paying a teen for sexual images. “Hate to disappoint the haters but it’s not me,” he tweeted. Nicky Campbell, a highly-respected radio presenter, also distanced himself from the story.
Previous: BBC stars Jeremy Vine and Rylan Clark have been forced to deny that they are the high-profile presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexual images.
Twitter users have been speculating wildly about the identity of the individual after The Sun reported that an unnamed male star had given a teen more than £35,000 in return for explicit pictures.
Vine’s name was trending in the UK at one point, while Clark was also accused. The Radio 2 hosts brushed off the allegations in seperate tweets on Saturday afternoon.
“Not sure why my names floating about...
Previous: BBC stars Jeremy Vine and Rylan Clark have been forced to deny that they are the high-profile presenter accused of paying a teenager for sexual images.
Twitter users have been speculating wildly about the identity of the individual after The Sun reported that an unnamed male star had given a teen more than £35,000 in return for explicit pictures.
Vine’s name was trending in the UK at one point, while Clark was also accused. The Radio 2 hosts brushed off the allegations in seperate tweets on Saturday afternoon.
“Not sure why my names floating about...
- 7/8/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Eggheads fans will be excited to see one of the original stars return for the 2,000th episode.
The long-running quiz show, which began in 2003, is set to broadcast its milestone episode on Wednesday (22 March).
Eggheads started on BBC Two in 2003, before moving to Channel 5 in 2021 with host Jeremy Vine, who has hosted since 2008. More than 70,000 questions have been asked across the past 24 series.
The show sees a team of contestants pitted against specialist quizzers, who are general knowledge experts.
Fan-favourite star Judith Keppel left the series in 2022 after 19 years on the panel.
However, the 80-year-old will return for the anniversary episode, telling Pa: “It’s amazing. It’s lovely to be able to be doing that. Eggheads obviously has been a great success over the years because we’ve gone on such a long time.”
She said of the show’s success: “I think people love bringing teams.
The long-running quiz show, which began in 2003, is set to broadcast its milestone episode on Wednesday (22 March).
Eggheads started on BBC Two in 2003, before moving to Channel 5 in 2021 with host Jeremy Vine, who has hosted since 2008. More than 70,000 questions have been asked across the past 24 series.
The show sees a team of contestants pitted against specialist quizzers, who are general knowledge experts.
Fan-favourite star Judith Keppel left the series in 2022 after 19 years on the panel.
However, the 80-year-old will return for the anniversary episode, telling Pa: “It’s amazing. It’s lovely to be able to be doing that. Eggheads obviously has been a great success over the years because we’ve gone on such a long time.”
She said of the show’s success: “I think people love bringing teams.
- 3/21/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Vanessa Feltz has hit out at the BBC over its alleged handling of Ken Bruce’s departure from Radio 2.
Legendary broadcaster Bruce, who has been at the station since 1984, announced his departure from presenting the mid-morning show in January, with his last show due to take place at the end of March.
However, in February, Bruce said that he would actually be finishing on the show the following Friday (3 March), with the presenter claiming that “the BBC has decided it wants me to leave earlier”.
In a new interview, Feltz – who herself left the BBC last year after nearly 20 years – branded the alleged circumstances surrounding Bruce’s exit “bewildering”.
“After this incredibly long and amazingly distinguished career, to oust Ken Bruce two or three weeks before he was expecting to go and before his contract had actually played itself out, I thought that was incredibly discourteous and disrespectful and unnecessary,...
Legendary broadcaster Bruce, who has been at the station since 1984, announced his departure from presenting the mid-morning show in January, with his last show due to take place at the end of March.
However, in February, Bruce said that he would actually be finishing on the show the following Friday (3 March), with the presenter claiming that “the BBC has decided it wants me to leave earlier”.
In a new interview, Feltz – who herself left the BBC last year after nearly 20 years – branded the alleged circumstances surrounding Bruce’s exit “bewildering”.
“After this incredibly long and amazingly distinguished career, to oust Ken Bruce two or three weeks before he was expecting to go and before his contract had actually played itself out, I thought that was incredibly discourteous and disrespectful and unnecessary,...
- 3/11/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
BBC Radio 2 faces ‘cheating scandal’ after quiz contestant accused of ‘Googling’ answers live on air
Radio presenter Gary Davies has found himself in the middle of a scandal concerning the “Ten To The Top” game on his new Radio 2 show.
Furious listeners have accused one contestant of secretly using Google to help her answer questions while appearing on the show.
The new music quiz was launched after Ken Bruce recently left BBC Radio 2 after 40 years working for the broadcaster. He has moved to Bauer’s station Greatest Hits Radio where he will carry on his well-loved PopMaster quiz.
Former Top of The Pops presenter Gary Davies is temporarily covering the show until Vernon Kay will take over Radio 2’s mid-morning show in May.
Just days after the launch of Davies’ slot and his new pop quiz, on Thursday (9 March) listeners have theorised that one contestant, competing under the name “Shiela”, allegedly cheated after she finished the quiz with a perfect score of 65.
When Shiela,...
Furious listeners have accused one contestant of secretly using Google to help her answer questions while appearing on the show.
The new music quiz was launched after Ken Bruce recently left BBC Radio 2 after 40 years working for the broadcaster. He has moved to Bauer’s station Greatest Hits Radio where he will carry on his well-loved PopMaster quiz.
Former Top of The Pops presenter Gary Davies is temporarily covering the show until Vernon Kay will take over Radio 2’s mid-morning show in May.
Just days after the launch of Davies’ slot and his new pop quiz, on Thursday (9 March) listeners have theorised that one contestant, competing under the name “Shiela”, allegedly cheated after she finished the quiz with a perfect score of 65.
When Shiela,...
- 3/10/2023
- by Ellie Muir
- The Independent - TV
Jeremy Vine appeared on Ken Bruce’s last ever BBC Radio 2 show to tell the presenter how much he will miss working with him.
The exchange came as part of an emotional final episode for Bruce, with a host of fans calling in with heartfelt messages for the outgoing presenter.
“I was working it out, and you and I talk for three minutes a day… So that’s 10 hours a year, meaning over 20 years it’s 200 hours I haven’t been paid,” Vine joked.
“You’re saving the BBC a lot of money there… somehow it feels longer!” Bruce replied.
Bruce has hosted Radio 2’s mid-morning show for 31 years, and has been with the BBC since 1977.
He is set to move to commercial station Greatest Hits Radio, with a new show launching on 3 April.
During the show, Vine addressed his friend in earnest. “I’ll miss you so much,...
The exchange came as part of an emotional final episode for Bruce, with a host of fans calling in with heartfelt messages for the outgoing presenter.
“I was working it out, and you and I talk for three minutes a day… So that’s 10 hours a year, meaning over 20 years it’s 200 hours I haven’t been paid,” Vine joked.
“You’re saving the BBC a lot of money there… somehow it feels longer!” Bruce replied.
Bruce has hosted Radio 2’s mid-morning show for 31 years, and has been with the BBC since 1977.
He is set to move to commercial station Greatest Hits Radio, with a new show launching on 3 April.
During the show, Vine addressed his friend in earnest. “I’ll miss you so much,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Ken Bruce uttered his final words on Radio 2 as he left his BBC show after 31 years.
On Friday (3 March), the DJ, who is 72, presented his last ever mid-morning programme for the corporation, where he has been employed for 45 years.
He urged his listened to simply “enjoy” the show as well as his song choices, saying there were no “hidden agendas” in his selections.
This was seemingly a nod to the reports that claimed that he was axed early by the BBC in efforts to prevent him from promoting his new show on Greatest Hits Radio.
After a show that saw emotional send-offs from long-time listeners and his fellow broadcasters, including Jeremy Vine, Bruce then had the tough task of signing off his last ever show.
Find updates from Bruce’s final ever Radio 2 show here.
He told his listeners: “Thanks to all who’ve sent any kind of message of congratulations or good riddance.
On Friday (3 March), the DJ, who is 72, presented his last ever mid-morning programme for the corporation, where he has been employed for 45 years.
He urged his listened to simply “enjoy” the show as well as his song choices, saying there were no “hidden agendas” in his selections.
This was seemingly a nod to the reports that claimed that he was axed early by the BBC in efforts to prevent him from promoting his new show on Greatest Hits Radio.
After a show that saw emotional send-offs from long-time listeners and his fellow broadcasters, including Jeremy Vine, Bruce then had the tough task of signing off his last ever show.
Find updates from Bruce’s final ever Radio 2 show here.
He told his listeners: “Thanks to all who’ve sent any kind of message of congratulations or good riddance.
- 3/3/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Kim Woodburn has said that Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield should have been fired from This Morning over “queuegate”.
The Celebrity Big Brother star, 80, shared her thoughts on the drama during a recent appearance on the Not My Bagg podcast.
Last year, the ITV presenters found themselves in the middle of a scandal – dubbed “queuegate” – after they were accused of “jumping the queue” to see the Queen’s coffin lying-in-state before her funeral.
Both Schofield and Willoughby denied the accusations, stating that they would “never jump a queue”.
ITV supported the pair, claiming that they were “there in a professional capacity as part of the world’s media to report on the event”.
Speaking about the incident, Woodburn told hosts Joe and George Baggs: “They were not asked to cover the Queen’s funeral.
“They sneaked in and they put these imitation press things they got, they sneaked in...
The Celebrity Big Brother star, 80, shared her thoughts on the drama during a recent appearance on the Not My Bagg podcast.
Last year, the ITV presenters found themselves in the middle of a scandal – dubbed “queuegate” – after they were accused of “jumping the queue” to see the Queen’s coffin lying-in-state before her funeral.
Both Schofield and Willoughby denied the accusations, stating that they would “never jump a queue”.
ITV supported the pair, claiming that they were “there in a professional capacity as part of the world’s media to report on the event”.
Speaking about the incident, Woodburn told hosts Joe and George Baggs: “They were not asked to cover the Queen’s funeral.
“They sneaked in and they put these imitation press things they got, they sneaked in...
- 1/27/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - TV
Mia Goth has weighed in on the debate about the Oscars not giving horror films serious consideration when deciding nominees.
The actor is one of the leading stars in Pearl, a prequel film to X, a slasher flick about the cast and crew of an adult film trying to evade murder by their elderly hosts.
Considered an homage to 1970s horror cinema, Pearl has received high praise from critics and audiences.
However, the Ti West-directed picture was shut out of the Academy Awards conversation when the nominees were announced earlier this week.
Entertainment journalist Jake Hamilton addressed this during an interview with Goth and Alexander Skarsgård, who both star in the forthcoming film Infinity Pool.
After saying that Goth’s performance in Pearl was deserving of an Academy Award nomination, Hamilton asked her thoughts on why horror “masterpieces” have been largely under-rewarded over the years.
“I think that it’s very political,...
The actor is one of the leading stars in Pearl, a prequel film to X, a slasher flick about the cast and crew of an adult film trying to evade murder by their elderly hosts.
Considered an homage to 1970s horror cinema, Pearl has received high praise from critics and audiences.
However, the Ti West-directed picture was shut out of the Academy Awards conversation when the nominees were announced earlier this week.
Entertainment journalist Jake Hamilton addressed this during an interview with Goth and Alexander Skarsgård, who both star in the forthcoming film Infinity Pool.
After saying that Goth’s performance in Pearl was deserving of an Academy Award nomination, Hamilton asked her thoughts on why horror “masterpieces” have been largely under-rewarded over the years.
“I think that it’s very political,...
- 1/27/2023
- by Nicole Vassell
- The Independent - Film
Freddie Flintoff is reportedly putting his TV career “on hold” following his horrific car crash in December on the set of Top Gear.
Last month, the cricketer-turned-presenter was airlifted to hospital after crashing while filming a car review at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome, home of the Top Gear test track.
Now, new reports have claimed that Flintoff – real name Andrew – is lying low professionally after his family “begged” him to stop work while he recovered from the accident.
The Sun reports that the former England player, who shares four children with wife Rachael, has come to terms with the fact that he “could have been killed” in the accident and needs months off to recover.
“The full extent of his injuries will surprise many people, as the details of what happened have yet to fully emerge,” a source told the publication.
“He is putting his career on hold until he is...
Last month, the cricketer-turned-presenter was airlifted to hospital after crashing while filming a car review at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome, home of the Top Gear test track.
Now, new reports have claimed that Flintoff – real name Andrew – is lying low professionally after his family “begged” him to stop work while he recovered from the accident.
The Sun reports that the former England player, who shares four children with wife Rachael, has come to terms with the fact that he “could have been killed” in the accident and needs months off to recover.
“The full extent of his injuries will surprise many people, as the details of what happened have yet to fully emerge,” a source told the publication.
“He is putting his career on hold until he is...
- 1/27/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
Populist Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg is getting his own TV show... on populist channel Gb News.
On Thursday (26 January), the right-wing broadcaster announced that the Tory MP for North East Somerset is set to host his own current affairs programme.
He joins presenters including Nigel Farage and Eammon Holmes on the fledgling channel, which was launched back in June 2021.
The programme will see Rees-Mogg, a backbench politician known for his eccentric anachronisms and far-right views, discuss topical issues and interview guests.
The channel’s editorial director Mick Booker said in a statement: “Jacob is an authentic and authoritative voice of the Tory backbenches with his trademark common sense, refreshing directness, and an impish sense of fun. He’s a terrific addition to the Gb News family.”
He added: “The programme will embrace a range of guests and viewpoints from all sides of politics but will also explore some of Jacob’s other wide-ranging interests.
On Thursday (26 January), the right-wing broadcaster announced that the Tory MP for North East Somerset is set to host his own current affairs programme.
He joins presenters including Nigel Farage and Eammon Holmes on the fledgling channel, which was launched back in June 2021.
The programme will see Rees-Mogg, a backbench politician known for his eccentric anachronisms and far-right views, discuss topical issues and interview guests.
The channel’s editorial director Mick Booker said in a statement: “Jacob is an authentic and authoritative voice of the Tory backbenches with his trademark common sense, refreshing directness, and an impish sense of fun. He’s a terrific addition to the Gb News family.”
He added: “The programme will embrace a range of guests and viewpoints from all sides of politics but will also explore some of Jacob’s other wide-ranging interests.
- 1/26/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Jeremy Vine snorted with laughter after political commentator Marina Purkiss took a dig at the Conservative Party in front of a disapproving Ann Widdecombe.
During Thursday (26 January) morning’s episode of Vine’s Channel 5 show, the presenter was joined by his panellists to discuss a study by Samsung claiming that more than three million pensioners play video games every day.
Former Tory minister Widdecombe, 75, was among the guests and sat down to play a game of Mario Kart, which she did not enjoy.
Vine asked Purkiss, a podcaster and regular panellist on the show, what she thought, to which she responded: “There are probably better games for you, Ann.
“For example, I used to love Grand Theft Auto. It tells you how to prosper in a criminal world, like being in the Tory party. You’d love it.”
Vine stifled laughter, telling Purkiss: “There we are. It’s always gotta happen.
During Thursday (26 January) morning’s episode of Vine’s Channel 5 show, the presenter was joined by his panellists to discuss a study by Samsung claiming that more than three million pensioners play video games every day.
Former Tory minister Widdecombe, 75, was among the guests and sat down to play a game of Mario Kart, which she did not enjoy.
Vine asked Purkiss, a podcaster and regular panellist on the show, what she thought, to which she responded: “There are probably better games for you, Ann.
“For example, I used to love Grand Theft Auto. It tells you how to prosper in a criminal world, like being in the Tory party. You’d love it.”
Vine stifled laughter, telling Purkiss: “There we are. It’s always gotta happen.
- 1/26/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
Star broadcasters Rylan and Nick Grimshaw are among the first to react to the news that Ken Bruce is leaving his BBC Radio 2 show after 31 years.
Bruce said “the time is right” for him to move from the station, after presenting the mid-morning weekday show for more than three decades.
The 71-year-old, who is leaving in March, joined the corporation in 1977 as a BBC Radio Scotland presenter 45 years ago. His first regular slot on Radio 2 was The Saturday Late Show in 1984. The following year he fronted the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, taking over from Sir Terry Wogan.
Bruce said: “Nothing stays the same forever and I have decided the time is right for me to move on from Radio 2 when I reach the end of my current contract in March. It’s been a tremendously happy time for me: I’ve made many friends and worked with many wonderful colleagues.
Bruce said “the time is right” for him to move from the station, after presenting the mid-morning weekday show for more than three decades.
The 71-year-old, who is leaving in March, joined the corporation in 1977 as a BBC Radio Scotland presenter 45 years ago. His first regular slot on Radio 2 was The Saturday Late Show in 1984. The following year he fronted the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, taking over from Sir Terry Wogan.
Bruce said: “Nothing stays the same forever and I have decided the time is right for me to move on from Radio 2 when I reach the end of my current contract in March. It’s been a tremendously happy time for me: I’ve made many friends and worked with many wonderful colleagues.
- 1/17/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Which bit of Love Actually disturbs you the most? For me, personally, it’s when Kris Marshall’s character is about to board a plane to find some hot American chicks to bang, and he bellows, “Here comes Colin Frissell… and he’s got a bigggg knobbbb.” Obviously if I saw the man from My Family shouting that at an airport, it would ruin not just my holiday but my entire Christmas. But what’s bothering me more about Love Actually, actually, is the way that bashing Richard Curtis’s Now 45 compilation of a Christmas film has become an annual sport. At this time of year, the takes really are all around. People declare this fluffy film problematic. Anti-feminist. Practically the anti-Christ. Earlier this week, Jeremy Vine’s Channel 5 show even had a segment that explored the film’s “red flags” and asked if we should stop watching it all together.
- 12/5/2022
- by Jessie Thompson
- The Independent - Film
Scarlette Douglas will be one of this year’s competitors on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Douglas will be entering the jungle on Sunday 6 November alongside other contestants like Boy George, Chris Moyles and Olivia Attwood.
The 35-year-old is a property specialist and TV presenter who is best known for hosting Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun, which she hosted from 2015 until earlier this year.
Douglas has also made regular appearances as a guest reporter on The One Show, Points of View and Jeremy Vine.
Currently, she presents on Channel 4’s George Clarke’s Flipping Fast and Worst House on the Street, alongside her brother Stuart Douglas.
Originally from Enfield in London, Douglas – whose full name is Charlotte Patricia Louise Douglas – began her career as a singer and dancer in musical shows. She appeared in multiple performances including Hairspray and Thriller - Live.
She...
Douglas will be entering the jungle on Sunday 6 November alongside other contestants like Boy George, Chris Moyles and Olivia Attwood.
The 35-year-old is a property specialist and TV presenter who is best known for hosting Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun, which she hosted from 2015 until earlier this year.
Douglas has also made regular appearances as a guest reporter on The One Show, Points of View and Jeremy Vine.
Currently, she presents on Channel 4’s George Clarke’s Flipping Fast and Worst House on the Street, alongside her brother Stuart Douglas.
Originally from Enfield in London, Douglas – whose full name is Charlotte Patricia Louise Douglas – began her career as a singer and dancer in musical shows. She appeared in multiple performances including Hairspray and Thriller - Live.
She...
- 11/3/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - TV
Scarlette Douglas will be one of this year’s competitors on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
Douglas will be entering the jungle on Sunday 6 November alongside other contestants like Boy George, Chris Moyles and Olivia Atwood.
The 35-year-old is a property specialist and TV presenter who is best known for hosting Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun, which she hosted from 2015 until earlier this year.
Douglas has also made regular appearances as a guest reporter on The One Show, Points of View and Jeremy Vine.
Currently, she presents on Channel 4’s George Clarke’s Flipping Fast and Worst House on the Street, alongside her brother Stuart Douglas.
Originally from Enfield in London, Douglas – whose full name is Charlotte Patricia Louise Douglas – began her career as a singer and dancer in musical shows. She appeared in multiple performances including Hairspray and Thriller - Live.
She...
Douglas will be entering the jungle on Sunday 6 November alongside other contestants like Boy George, Chris Moyles and Olivia Atwood.
The 35-year-old is a property specialist and TV presenter who is best known for hosting Channel 4’s A Place in the Sun, which she hosted from 2015 until earlier this year.
Douglas has also made regular appearances as a guest reporter on The One Show, Points of View and Jeremy Vine.
Currently, she presents on Channel 4’s George Clarke’s Flipping Fast and Worst House on the Street, alongside her brother Stuart Douglas.
Originally from Enfield in London, Douglas – whose full name is Charlotte Patricia Louise Douglas – began her career as a singer and dancer in musical shows. She appeared in multiple performances including Hairspray and Thriller - Live.
She...
- 11/3/2022
- by Megan Graye
- The Independent - Music
Channel 5 has been praised for being the only UK public service broadcaster not to show any Queen-related coverage on Monday 19 September, the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.
While BBC One, BBC Two and ITV all aired the funeral live and Channel 4 showed a documentary on the Queen, Channel 5 chose to air animated children’s film The Emoji Movie.
The choice went down well with some viewers. One tweeted that they “don’t understand the criticism of Channel 5 for showing The Emoji Movie during the queen’s funeral”, adding: “What are kids of families who don’t have paid TV/streaming supposed to do otherwise, sit and watch people in suits look overly sad for six hours?”
“Channel 5 deserve a lot of respect for this,” another posted. “Airing an entire day’s worth of kid and family-friendly content to give us a break from wall-to-wall bleakness is a great move.
While BBC One, BBC Two and ITV all aired the funeral live and Channel 4 showed a documentary on the Queen, Channel 5 chose to air animated children’s film The Emoji Movie.
The choice went down well with some viewers. One tweeted that they “don’t understand the criticism of Channel 5 for showing The Emoji Movie during the queen’s funeral”, adding: “What are kids of families who don’t have paid TV/streaming supposed to do otherwise, sit and watch people in suits look overly sad for six hours?”
“Channel 5 deserve a lot of respect for this,” another posted. “Airing an entire day’s worth of kid and family-friendly content to give us a break from wall-to-wall bleakness is a great move.
- 9/19/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Jeremy Vine has opened up about his experience of being stalked by former BBC presenter Alex Belfield, who was jailed for five-and-a-half-years last week.
Belfield, a former BBC Leeds host turned YouTuber, waged a relentless stalking campaign against several journalists, with Vine labelling him “the Jimmy Savile of trolling” after he repeatedly posted or sent abusive messages, videos and emails.
Belfield, 42, was convicted at Nottingham Crown Court last month of four stalking charges, committed between 2012 and last year.
Jurors accepted he caused serious alarm or distress to two victims and was found guilty of “simple” stalking in relation to Channel 5 and BBC Radio 2 presenter Vine, and theatre blogger Philip Dehany.
In an interview with The Times, Vine talked about how the hardest part of his stalking ordeal was telling his teenage daughters that they needed to be careful leaving the house, as he was worried Belfield would incite...
Belfield, a former BBC Leeds host turned YouTuber, waged a relentless stalking campaign against several journalists, with Vine labelling him “the Jimmy Savile of trolling” after he repeatedly posted or sent abusive messages, videos and emails.
Belfield, 42, was convicted at Nottingham Crown Court last month of four stalking charges, committed between 2012 and last year.
Jurors accepted he caused serious alarm or distress to two victims and was found guilty of “simple” stalking in relation to Channel 5 and BBC Radio 2 presenter Vine, and theatre blogger Philip Dehany.
In an interview with The Times, Vine talked about how the hardest part of his stalking ordeal was telling his teenage daughters that they needed to be careful leaving the house, as he was worried Belfield would incite...
- 9/18/2022
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
A former BBC radio presenter has received a five-year jailed sentence after being found guilty for stalking four people, including a fellow broadcaster, and for what the judge described as “weaponising the internet.”
Alex Belfield was last month convicted of stalking his victims by harassing them online – posting social media messages, sending emails and encouraging his followers of his YouTube channel to target them as well.
One of Belfield’s victims was popular TV and radio presenter Jeremy Vine. The judge said Belfield had made “wholly false” allegations about Mr Vine stealing £1,000 of BBC licence payers’ money. “You were not a whistleblower in any sense but developed a fixation with pursuing Mr Vine with a campaign of abuse,” the judge commented.
In announcing the sentence, the judge referred to one victim, BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernard Spedding, whom he said had received death threats and come close to killing himself...
Alex Belfield was last month convicted of stalking his victims by harassing them online – posting social media messages, sending emails and encouraging his followers of his YouTube channel to target them as well.
One of Belfield’s victims was popular TV and radio presenter Jeremy Vine. The judge said Belfield had made “wholly false” allegations about Mr Vine stealing £1,000 of BBC licence payers’ money. “You were not a whistleblower in any sense but developed a fixation with pursuing Mr Vine with a campaign of abuse,” the judge commented.
In announcing the sentence, the judge referred to one victim, BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernard Spedding, whom he said had received death threats and come close to killing himself...
- 9/17/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Spin the wheel and win some heating. This was the premise of a segment on ITV’s This Morning earlier this week. Hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby stood beside a spinwheel contraption, upon which were marked various monetary values and, on some spaces, the promise of four months’ energy bills, paid for by the programme.
The segment was using the impending energy crisis as a topical hook to spice up a routine prize giveaway, but there was something discomfortingly crass about it – made all the worse by the desperation in the phone-in contestant’s voice, his audible relief when the dial landed on “bills”. The clip was rightly condemned; words like “dystopian” have been thrown around without hyperbole. On Wednesday, the “household bills” prizes were removed from the Spin to Win competition. But while This Morning’s cost of living crisis carnival game may indeed have been a low-rent display of socio-political tone-deafness,...
The segment was using the impending energy crisis as a topical hook to spice up a routine prize giveaway, but there was something discomfortingly crass about it – made all the worse by the desperation in the phone-in contestant’s voice, his audible relief when the dial landed on “bills”. The clip was rightly condemned; words like “dystopian” have been thrown around without hyperbole. On Wednesday, the “household bills” prizes were removed from the Spin to Win competition. But while This Morning’s cost of living crisis carnival game may indeed have been a low-rent display of socio-political tone-deafness,...
- 9/8/2022
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Spin the wheel and win some heating. This was the premise of a segment on ITV’s This Morning earlier this week. Hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby stood astride a spinwheel contraption, upon which were marked various monetary values and, on some spaces, the promise of four months’ energy bills, paid for by the programme.
The segment was using the impending energy crisis as a topical hook to spice up a routine prize giveaway, but there was something discomfortingly crass about it – made all the worse by the desperation in the phone-in contestant’s voice, his audible relief when the dial landed on “bills”. The clip was rightly condemned; words like “dystopian” have been thrown around without hyperbole. On Wednesday, the “household bills” prizes were removed from the Spin to Win competition. But while This Morning’s cost-of-living-crisis carnival game may indeed have been a low-rent display of socio-political tone-deafness,...
The segment was using the impending energy crisis as a topical hook to spice up a routine prize giveaway, but there was something discomfortingly crass about it – made all the worse by the desperation in the phone-in contestant’s voice, his audible relief when the dial landed on “bills”. The clip was rightly condemned; words like “dystopian” have been thrown around without hyperbole. On Wednesday, the “household bills” prizes were removed from the Spin to Win competition. But while This Morning’s cost-of-living-crisis carnival game may indeed have been a low-rent display of socio-political tone-deafness,...
- 9/7/2022
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
Like the Doctor in the Tardis, the new presenter of University Challenge will know they have a hard act to follow, as Jeremy Paxman’s withering looks and razor-sharp question-mastery have become part of the show’s very identity. And, much like the new Doctor, when the BBC announced it would name University Challenge’s next host later this week, it prompted fierce speculation on social media.
So who could it be? While former Question Time and Newsnight presenters make some obvious choices, the new host will need to be someone with enough time in their schedule, and popular picks like Clive Myrie and Jeremy Vine are already busy with quiz shows Mastermind and Eggheads, respectively.
But that still leaves us with plenty of predictions. Fingers on buzzers! Here’s our starter for ten…
Samira Ahmed
A fearless and award-winning journalist and broadcaster, Ahmed will narrate a University Challenge documentary airing later this month,...
So who could it be? While former Question Time and Newsnight presenters make some obvious choices, the new host will need to be someone with enough time in their schedule, and popular picks like Clive Myrie and Jeremy Vine are already busy with quiz shows Mastermind and Eggheads, respectively.
But that still leaves us with plenty of predictions. Fingers on buzzers! Here’s our starter for ten…
Samira Ahmed
A fearless and award-winning journalist and broadcaster, Ahmed will narrate a University Challenge documentary airing later this month,...
- 8/16/2022
- by Rosie Fletcher
- Den of Geek
A former local BBC radio host has been found guilty of stalking four people including television and radio broadcaster Jeremy Vine.
Alex Belfield, who now broadcasts on his own YouTube channel, was found guilty of four stalking charges at Nottingham Crown Court
In his evidence, Vine called Belfield “the Jimmy Savile of trolling,” referring to the disgraced later BBC presenter who whose targeting of hundreds of victims of abuse during his long career came to light after his death.
Vine, who has a radio show on the BBC and a TV show on Channel 5 said that Belfield had waged a campaign of abuse against via social media and YouTube. He added: “I have in the past had a physical stalker who followed me. That is a picnic compared to this guy. It’s like an avalanche of hatred that you get hit by.”
BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith...
Alex Belfield, who now broadcasts on his own YouTube channel, was found guilty of four stalking charges at Nottingham Crown Court
In his evidence, Vine called Belfield “the Jimmy Savile of trolling,” referring to the disgraced later BBC presenter who whose targeting of hundreds of victims of abuse during his long career came to light after his death.
Vine, who has a radio show on the BBC and a TV show on Channel 5 said that Belfield had waged a campaign of abuse against via social media and YouTube. He added: “I have in the past had a physical stalker who followed me. That is a picnic compared to this guy. It’s like an avalanche of hatred that you get hit by.”
BBC Radio Northampton presenter Bernie Keith...
- 8/6/2022
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
eOne Hires Universal International Studios’ Christopher Kennedy For Development Post
Entertainment One has hired Christopher Kennedy from Universal International Studios as Development Executive – UK, Television. In the new role, Kennedy will oversee development for the studio’s original scripted drama slate, with a focus on relationships with top-tier UK talent. He’ll be based in London and report to Sharon Hughff, eOne’s Creative Director, Scripted Television – UK, who joined in February from Left Bank Pictures to expand the producer-distributor’s slate of scripted content for buyers in Europe and Asia. At Universal International Studios, Kennedy oversaw development of series such as Everyone Else Burns for Channel 4 and the BBC’s Dodger and worked on Peter Kosminsky’s Channel 4 and Peacock co-pro Darkness Rising.
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Exclusive: Canadian kids series Odd Squad and Annedroids have secured new sales. Comedic maths series Odd Squad...
Entertainment One has hired Christopher Kennedy from Universal International Studios as Development Executive – UK, Television. In the new role, Kennedy will oversee development for the studio’s original scripted drama slate, with a focus on relationships with top-tier UK talent. He’ll be based in London and report to Sharon Hughff, eOne’s Creative Director, Scripted Television – UK, who joined in February from Left Bank Pictures to expand the producer-distributor’s slate of scripted content for buyers in Europe and Asia. At Universal International Studios, Kennedy oversaw development of series such as Everyone Else Burns for Channel 4 and the BBC’s Dodger and worked on Peter Kosminsky’s Channel 4 and Peacock co-pro Darkness Rising.
Networks Hook Sinking Ship’s ‘Odd Squad’ And ‘Annedroids’
Exclusive: Canadian kids series Odd Squad and Annedroids have secured new sales. Comedic maths series Odd Squad...
- 7/28/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Trailer
BAFTA and sponsor, telecommunications provider Ee, are celebrating a 25 year partnership with a trailer that is playing across U.K. cinemas from Friday. The partnership is one of the longest running arts partnerships in the U.K. with Ee working with BAFTA to introduce the Ee Rising Star Award. The nostalgic film looks back over the past 25 years of film, following the stories of the Chen family, opening with a popcorn-fuelled trip to the cinema in 1997, continuing with the memorable moment their father proudly reveals their first LCD TV set up and ready for Blockbuster VHS rentals, first dates at the cinema and culminates in the family streaming a film over Ee Full Fibre broadband in 2022. The film ends with the message: “The way we watch film might have changed, but our love for it never has. Ee proud sponsors of the BAFTA Film Awards for 25 years.”
The trailer,...
BAFTA and sponsor, telecommunications provider Ee, are celebrating a 25 year partnership with a trailer that is playing across U.K. cinemas from Friday. The partnership is one of the longest running arts partnerships in the U.K. with Ee working with BAFTA to introduce the Ee Rising Star Award. The nostalgic film looks back over the past 25 years of film, following the stories of the Chen family, opening with a popcorn-fuelled trip to the cinema in 1997, continuing with the memorable moment their father proudly reveals their first LCD TV set up and ready for Blockbuster VHS rentals, first dates at the cinema and culminates in the family streaming a film over Ee Full Fibre broadband in 2022. The film ends with the message: “The way we watch film might have changed, but our love for it never has. Ee proud sponsors of the BAFTA Film Awards for 25 years.”
The trailer,...
- 3/4/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety 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
Exclusive: ITN Productions, the television production arm of UK news producer ITN, enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2019 as it delivered Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning Channel 4/PBS documentary For Sama and series including Netflix’s History 101.
ITN’s earnings for the 12 months to the end of December 2019, revealed that ITN Productions’ revenue jumped 20% to £18.2M ($22.6M) on the back of delivering 664 hours of content last year.
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The production unit was boosted by commissions around the December general election, its exclusive ITV documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey and a three-year deal to keep making daily show Jeremy Vine for ViacomCBS’s UK network Channel 5.
ITN’s earnings for the 12 months to the end of December 2019, revealed that ITN Productions’ revenue jumped 20% to £18.2M ($22.6M) on the back of delivering 664 hours of content last year.
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The production unit was boosted by commissions around the December general election, its exclusive ITV documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey and a three-year deal to keep making daily show Jeremy Vine for ViacomCBS’s UK network Channel 5.
- 4/27/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Dancing Ledge, the drama producer 25% owned by Fremantle, has promoted executive producer Chris Carey to the newly-created role of managing director. He will work alongside CEO Laurence Bowen having joined Dancing Ledge last year after spells producing shows including Les Misérables. Dancing Ledge’s current slate includes Martin Freeman series The Responder and novichok drama The Salisbury Poisonings, which are both being made for the BBC, as well as Netflix’s Delhi Crime. Bowen said: “Chris’ experience, knowledge, contacts and creative flair make him the perfect first MD of Dancing Ledge. He’s had huge success in the industry before and since joining Dancing Ledge and with him in a leadership position, the company can grow its reputation as a producer of memorable, bold drama and a champion of new talent.”
Smithsonian Channel is to broadcast the five-year hunt for a fleet of infamous German battleships that were sunk in 1914 off the Falklands Islands.
Smithsonian Channel is to broadcast the five-year hunt for a fleet of infamous German battleships that were sunk in 1914 off the Falklands Islands.
- 3/26/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Channel 5’s The Jeremy Vine Show and ITV’s Loose Women are the first British TV shows to ditch their studio audiences amid the coronavirus outbreak.
ITN Productions, which makes daily topical debate show Jeremy Vine for ViacomCBS broadcaster Channel 5, said: “As a precautionary measure we have taken the decision not to have a live studio audience for The Jeremy Vine Show for the time being. We will continue to monitor and review official guidelines and advice.”
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Vine tweeted a short video clip from the studio floor showing the absence of the audience. “This is unusual,” he said. “Have a good day, stay healthy.”
Meanwhile, Loose Women producer ITV Studios appears to have taken the same decision,...
ITN Productions, which makes daily topical debate show Jeremy Vine for ViacomCBS broadcaster Channel 5, said: “As a precautionary measure we have taken the decision not to have a live studio audience for The Jeremy Vine Show for the time being. We will continue to monitor and review official guidelines and advice.”
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Vine tweeted a short video clip from the studio floor showing the absence of the audience. “This is unusual,” he said. “Have a good day, stay healthy.”
Meanwhile, Loose Women producer ITV Studios appears to have taken the same decision,...
- 3/16/2020
- 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
Among the most acclaimed reporters in BBC history is Jeremy Vine. He ranks among the few who would dare venture in war-torn areas to bring his audience the facts as they are on the ground. He has come from being a co-host to being the host of his own show as published by Warwick Arts Centre. It has not been a journey without challenges, but he embraced them all to be where he stands today. Let’s delve into a few more facts you probably did not know about Jeremy. 1. He can’t talk to his teenage daughters directly Children are
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Jeremy Vine...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Jeremy Vine...
- 11/15/2019
- by Aiden Mason
- TVovermind.com
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
Exclusive: Internal BBC documents have revealed how the British broadcaster conducts repeated research on its biggest stars and scores how well they are performing with audiences.
So-called BBC “talent reports” were released as part of the corporation’s legal battle with presenter Samira Ahmed, who has taken the BBC to an employment tribunal seeking £693,245 in lost earnings as part of an equal pay dispute.
Ahmed said “it just does not seem fair” that she was paid £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.
She argued that both shows, which invite viewer feedback on BBC output, involve similar work and provide audiences with a similar service. The BBC disputes this characterization, arguing that Newswatch is a news show on the “relatively niche” BBC News channel, while Points of View is a BBC One brand...
So-called BBC “talent reports” were released as part of the corporation’s legal battle with presenter Samira Ahmed, who has taken the BBC to an employment tribunal seeking £693,245 in lost earnings as part of an equal pay dispute.
Ahmed said “it just does not seem fair” that she was paid £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.
She argued that both shows, which invite viewer feedback on BBC output, involve similar work and provide audiences with a similar service. The BBC disputes this characterization, arguing that Newswatch is a news show on the “relatively niche” BBC News channel, while Points of View is a BBC One brand...
- 10/31/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Presenter Samira Ahmed Accuses BBC Of Gender Discrimination In Explosive Legal Battle Over Equal Pay
Presenter Samira Ahmed has accused the BBC of gender discrimination in evidence during an explosive legal battle, in which she is claiming she was paid significantly less than male counterpart Jeremy Vine for hosting a similar show.
Ahmed is seeking £693,245 in lost earnings at an employment tribunal in London, the first case of its kind since the BBC was caught up in a gender pay scandal after China editor Carrie Gracie resigned last year in protest over her salary.
In a witness statement, Ahmed said “it just not seem fair” that she was paid £440 for hosting an episode Newswatch, while at the same time, Vine took home £3,000 for recording an episode of Points of View. Both formats invite viewers to offer feedback on BBC output.
Ahmed set out in the 53-page statement why the shows involve similar work and provide audiences with a similar service, arguing that it was not...
Ahmed is seeking £693,245 in lost earnings at an employment tribunal in London, the first case of its kind since the BBC was caught up in a gender pay scandal after China editor Carrie Gracie resigned last year in protest over her salary.
In a witness statement, Ahmed said “it just not seem fair” that she was paid £440 for hosting an episode Newswatch, while at the same time, Vine took home £3,000 for recording an episode of Points of View. Both formats invite viewers to offer feedback on BBC output.
Ahmed set out in the 53-page statement why the shows involve similar work and provide audiences with a similar service, arguing that it was not...
- 10/30/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC has played down the potency of its own output in a legal battle with presenter Samira Ahmed, who is seeking £693,245 in lost earnings at an employment tribunal over equal pay.
In the first case of its kind since the BBC was embroiled in a gender pay scandal, Ahmed is arguing that she was paid significantly less than male presenter Jeremy Vine for hosting similar shows.
Ahmed hosts Newswatch, a BBC News channel show in which viewer feedback on the BBC’s news coverage is discussed. She was paid £440 an episode when she joined the show in 2012, rising to £465 in 2015.
Vine hosted Points of View for a decade up to 2018 — another show inviting audience feedback on BBC programming. He was paid £3,000 an episode, a figure that was more than halved to £1,300 in 2018.
In a summary of the BBC’s defense, made available on Wednesday at the Central London Employment Tribunal,...
In the first case of its kind since the BBC was embroiled in a gender pay scandal, Ahmed is arguing that she was paid significantly less than male presenter Jeremy Vine for hosting similar shows.
Ahmed hosts Newswatch, a BBC News channel show in which viewer feedback on the BBC’s news coverage is discussed. She was paid £440 an episode when she joined the show in 2012, rising to £465 in 2015.
Vine hosted Points of View for a decade up to 2018 — another show inviting audience feedback on BBC programming. He was paid £3,000 an episode, a figure that was more than halved to £1,300 in 2018.
In a summary of the BBC’s defense, made available on Wednesday at the Central London Employment Tribunal,...
- 10/30/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC presenter Samira Ahmed is preparing to give evidence on Wednesday in a dramatic legal battle in which she is demanding that her salary mirrors that of a male colleague.
In the first employment tribunal of its kind since the BBC was embroiled in a gender pay scandal last year when China editor Carrie Gracie resigned in protest over her salary, Ahmed is arguing she should be paid the same as Jeremy Vine, a prominent male presenter.
Ahmed presents Newswatch, a BBC News channel show in which viewer feedback on the BBC’s news coverage is discussed. Since presenting the show in 2012, she was paid £440 ($564) an episode for three years before her salary was raised to £465 in 2015. Her pay was later cut again, however, when freelance presenters became BBC employees.
In contrast, Vine was paid £3,000 an episode to host BBC One’s Points of View, which is similar in format...
In the first employment tribunal of its kind since the BBC was embroiled in a gender pay scandal last year when China editor Carrie Gracie resigned in protest over her salary, Ahmed is arguing she should be paid the same as Jeremy Vine, a prominent male presenter.
Ahmed presents Newswatch, a BBC News channel show in which viewer feedback on the BBC’s news coverage is discussed. Since presenting the show in 2012, she was paid £440 ($564) an episode for three years before her salary was raised to £465 in 2015. Her pay was later cut again, however, when freelance presenters became BBC employees.
In contrast, Vine was paid £3,000 an episode to host BBC One’s Points of View, which is similar in format...
- 10/29/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Viacom’s Channel 5 is continuing to cook up new entertainment formats with top tier talent – signing MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace to host an adventure series.
The British commercial broadcaster has commissioned Weekend Breaks with Gregg Wallace (wt), a four-part series produced by Rumpus Media, which is backed by Keshet-owned media group Greenbird.
Wallace joins the likes of Jeremy Vine, Jeremy Paxman and Michael Palin on the channel – as part of a strategy to get more big names on the channel.
He has been co-presenter of the BBC cooking format, which airs on Fox in the U.S., since 2005.
The four-part format will see Wallace go on a series of “breakneck” adventures to a different city for the ideal weekend away. The series takes him across Europe where he visits Rome, Amsterdam, Berlin and Barcelona. In each city, he’ll be experiencing the culture, exploring the history and indulging in the local cuisine.
The British commercial broadcaster has commissioned Weekend Breaks with Gregg Wallace (wt), a four-part series produced by Rumpus Media, which is backed by Keshet-owned media group Greenbird.
Wallace joins the likes of Jeremy Vine, Jeremy Paxman and Michael Palin on the channel – as part of a strategy to get more big names on the channel.
He has been co-presenter of the BBC cooking format, which airs on Fox in the U.S., since 2005.
The four-part format will see Wallace go on a series of “breakneck” adventures to a different city for the ideal weekend away. The series takes him across Europe where he visits Rome, Amsterdam, Berlin and Barcelona. In each city, he’ll be experiencing the culture, exploring the history and indulging in the local cuisine.
- 9/9/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: British broadcaster Channel 5 has certainly been stepping up its ambitions since Viacom paid $580M for it four years ago and there’s no better example than luring former BBC presenter Jeremy Paxman to the network.
Deadline understands that Paxman, who worked for the BBC for over 40 years, most notably as host of late night current affairs show Newsnight, is making All The Queen’s Children for Channel 5.
The two-part documentary looks at the lives and roles of the Queen’s four children and examines their changing relationships with the British public over the course of the last 60 years. It will see Paxman explore the lives of Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Andrew, Duke of York; and Edward, Earl of Wessex.
The series, which was ordered by Factual Commissioning Editor Lucy Willis, is produced by Spun Gold, the British production company behind ITV entertainment hit The Full...
Deadline understands that Paxman, who worked for the BBC for over 40 years, most notably as host of late night current affairs show Newsnight, is making All The Queen’s Children for Channel 5.
The two-part documentary looks at the lives and roles of the Queen’s four children and examines their changing relationships with the British public over the course of the last 60 years. It will see Paxman explore the lives of Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Andrew, Duke of York; and Edward, Earl of Wessex.
The series, which was ordered by Factual Commissioning Editor Lucy Willis, is produced by Spun Gold, the British production company behind ITV entertainment hit The Full...
- 9/7/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Rose McGowan discussed being “betrayed” by Asia Argento, both of whom have been active leaders in the #MeToo movement. She also described Harvey Weinstein as a “cult leader” of Hollywood during appearances on the Piers Morgan-hosted Good Morning Britain and Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine show, Deadline reports.
The actress is in London to receive the Inspiration prize during the GQ Men of the Year Awards. The ceremony takes place on September 5th. McGowan said she believed Argento was “lying” to her about the allegations that Argento had a sexual relationship with Jimmy Bennett,...
The actress is in London to receive the Inspiration prize during the GQ Men of the Year Awards. The ceremony takes place on September 5th. McGowan said she believed Argento was “lying” to her about the allegations that Argento had a sexual relationship with Jimmy Bennett,...
- 9/4/2018
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Rose McGowan has opened up about being “betrayed” by fellow MeToo movement campaigner Asia Argento and referred to Harvey Weinstein as the “cult leader” of Hollywood.
McGowan was in London doing the rounds of breakfast television series including Piers Morgan-fronted Good Morning Britain and Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine show ahead of picking up the GQ Men of the Year Inspiration Award, becoming the first woman to receive the honor.
The Brave author said that she believed Argento was “lying” to her with regards to the actress’ relationship with Jimmy Bennett, the 17 year old she slept with when she was 37.
Speaking on Gmb, McGowan said that “if we’re going to look for beauty in this really horrible situation” it shows that “boys have voices too”. She said that it was a “horrible situation” but that her own feelings are “very insignificant” and she expected there to be “due process...
McGowan was in London doing the rounds of breakfast television series including Piers Morgan-fronted Good Morning Britain and Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine show ahead of picking up the GQ Men of the Year Inspiration Award, becoming the first woman to receive the honor.
The Brave author said that she believed Argento was “lying” to her with regards to the actress’ relationship with Jimmy Bennett, the 17 year old she slept with when she was 37.
Speaking on Gmb, McGowan said that “if we’re going to look for beauty in this really horrible situation” it shows that “boys have voices too”. She said that it was a “horrible situation” but that her own feelings are “very insignificant” and she expected there to be “due process...
- 9/4/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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