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This year marks the 10th anniversary since Spike Milligan’s death. In this authored documentary for ITV1’s Perspectives, John Sergeant, who has been obsessed with Milligan since childhood, will tell the story of how Spike not only created ‘alternative comedy’ in Britain, but defined the modern British sense of humour.
Date: 21.09.2011 BBC Press Office
Alison Kirkham, Commissioning Editor for Formats & Features on BBC Two, announced today A Question Of Taste a new quiz show for “foodies” presented by Kirsty Wark, who is currently appearing on Celebrity Masterchef. Kirsty Wark says: “This is going to be a real joy for me as I am crazy about cooking, and pitting enthusiastic cooks against each other and the audience at home with questions about ingredients, foodie facts, famous chefs and using archive from some kitchen greats – will I hope, be a very tasty dish.”
A popularizing historian cooks up the past.
NEW YORKER 21,November 21, 2011 by Lauren Collins
If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home” (it comes out in the U.S. next year), accompanied a four-part BBC television series of the same name. In a land of ponderous dons, Dr. Lucy, a thirty-seven-year-old bluestocking with a barrette, has caused a sensation. For one episode, Worsley, who seemed to be wearing nothing but a marcel wave, reenacted an Art Deco-era bubble bath.
BROADCAST 7 July, 2011 | by Balihar Khalsa
Silver River is producing Channel 4’s first primetime AFP series – an ambitious multiplatform project that will attempt to tap into the British public’s latent talents. The 6 x 60-min HIDDEN TALENT will be presented by Radio 5 Live’s Richard Bacon. C4 commissioning editor Tanya Shaw said: “This cross-platform commission presents an exciting opportunity not only for the individuals featured in the series but also for the audience at home, who can take part in a series of specially designed interactive tests on the show’s website to uncover their own hidden potential.” Silver River chief executive and executive producer Daisy Goodwin said: “We are finding people with amazing aptitudes they knew nothing about – one person said it was like discovering a superpower”.
C21Media by Adam Benzine.
Celia Taylor Sky 1’s head of factual said ‘Gatwick promises to be an action-packed and dramatic series for Sky1 HD.’
The Telegraph, by Jessica Salter.
I think it’s quite amusing when people set up their tiny companies and then call themselves CEO: it’s a male love of structure and hierarchy. So when I set up Silver River, I called myself head girl. I’ve got in trouble with some feminists who don’t think I’m taking it seriously enough.
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