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This week, BBC bosses told MPs they have "zero tolerance" for misconduct and “everyone is dispensable." Today, we reveal that the corporation rewarded BBC Breakfast’s editor with more power after he allegedly physically shook a lower-ranking female editor. deadline.com/2025/03/bbc-...

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What in the name of public service is going on in BBC News at the moment? deadline.com/2025/03/bbc-...

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This week, BBC bosses told MPs they have "zero tolerance" for misconduct and “everyone is dispensable." Today, we reveal that the corporation rewarded BBC Breakfast’s editor with more power after he allegedly physically shook a lower-ranking female editor. deadline.com/2025/03/bbc-...

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The most powerful creative role in British TV, audio and streaming just became vacant. Who's got the chops to replace BBC content chief Charlotte Moore? Here's a walk through the contenders — with a good sprinkling of gossip. deadline.com/2025/02/bbc-...

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Another day, another BBC report bemoaning "missed opportunities" to tackle a man who wielded largely unchecked power to sexualise and bully colleagues. deadline.com/2025/02/tim-...

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Oh dear, this is a major blunder. The BBC admits it did not know that the child protagonist in documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone was the son of Hamas royalty. It blames the independent producer for not sharing this info during editorial checks. deadline.com/2025/02/bbc-...

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File under: important but not cheery. Top TV dramatists are warning that shows like Mr Bates and Wolf Hall are now unfundable. New BFI data only supports the panic. With no easy solutions, are we about to see the decay of British storytelling on screen? deadline.com/2025/02/brit...

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End of era stuff at Sky News with Kay Burley quitting (despite her denying our report last year). Who replaces her on Sky News breakfast? The name everyone talks about internally is Wilfred Frost, son of Sir David. Sky News boss David Rhodes is said to be a huge admirer. bsky.app/profile/jake...

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Exclusive: Russell Brand co-hosted Comic Relief months after a BBC employee blew the whistle on the comedian, re-filing a decade-old complaint about him urinating in a studio and raising wider concerns about his conduct. deadline.com/2025/01/russ...

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Gotta note the chutzpah of The Sun publishing a (legally sourced) story like this literally as news breaks of Prince Harry and News Group Newspapers holding last-ditch talks to settle a blockbuster privacy trial.

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Quite a lot of pick-up for this story about Netflix beating BBC1 to become the most-watched TV service in the UK for three months last year. A revealing inflection point or, as the BBC argues, a "meaningless" snapshot? deadline.com/2025/01/netf...

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Something I've not seen a lot of in the Elon Musk analysis: his grooming gang interventions are being driven by GB News. Sure, outraged GB News commentators feed the X machine, but it's the network's original and dedicated reporting that ignited Musk's interest. deadline.com/2025/01/elon...

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Telly types often talk about a lack of change at the top of business, so I ran the numbers. Turns out content chiefs at UK public service broadcasters are the longest-serving in history. Is stability a healthy thing or has the industry gone stale? deadline.com/2025/01/brit...

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Announcing schedule changes today, GB News says it's making "inroads" against established rivals. It's not wrong. GB News is now the only major British news channel trending upwards in terms of audience reach, per Barb data. In a major news year, this is significant.

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Tributes to Mishal Husain on Today have a singular subtext: the BBC has dropped the ball spectacularly. I've often heard over the years that Husain has wanted to do more TV, but the right role has not been found. It should have been. She is BBC journalism at its best.

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Excl: Kay Burley expected to leave Sky News' breakfast show. There is speculation circulating in the newsroom that she could be exiting altogether, though sources are not ruling out a new role. deadline.com/2024/12/kay-...

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Netflix's UK content chief Anne Mensah is having an astonishing year. Baby Reindeer, Fool Me Once, The Gentlemen were all big British hits - and now Black Doves is popping. One thing that strikes me about this list: all non-franchise, all non-reboots. It can be done!

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Some fun media intrigue here: Disney made an audacious bid to hire BBC content chief Charlotte Moore. She said no. Story with the great Max Goldbart (who's not here yet). deadline.com/2024/12/disn...

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Went long on Francesca Gardiner, the woman tasked with turning Harry Potter into a TV series. A Hermione archetype with the brain of a Dorling Kindersley book, who plans to be unflinchingly faithful to JK Rowling's novels. deadline.com/2024/12/harr...

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I wrote about BBC News' anonymous shitposter Nero's Slacker and how they have seemingly got an entire newsroom talking... just when we thought Twitter was dead. deadline.com/2024/11/nero...

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This won't get headlines like Gregg Wallace, but is equally important for different reasons. My story on how an internal BBC whistleblowing investigation found evidence that managers tolerated a culture of homophobic abuse at a local radio station. deadline.com/2024/11/bbc-...

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Gregg Wallace stepping aside amid an investigation into historical misconduct allegations, but MasterChef: The Professionals will air tonight on BBC1 as scheduled. deadline.com/2024/11/greg...

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There's been talk for some time that Mishal Husain wanted to leave Today, but for the BBC to lose her altogether is an enormous blow for the corporation. A journalist of incomparable class.

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For a small insight into the weaponisation of UK privacy law, consider the sorry case of a Spurs star being racist about his club captain. We're now at the point where people are pleading privacy after their wrongdoing is literally captured by TV cameras invited into their homes for hours.

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Must-read from my colleague Zac Ntim on the first screening of Rust, the Western on which cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot dead by Alec Baldwin. Filmmakers say they want to do Hutchins' vision justice. Hutchins' mother says they are profiting from her killing. deadline.com/2024/11/rust...

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Couldn't see an equivalent starter pack, so I brought together the media watchers (journalists, brands, commentators) I respect and admire on both sides of the Atlantic. Will update as others migrate to Bluesky. go.bsky.app/Jz2bwjA

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What a stunning piece. The truth of this line is lodged in my brain: "You don’t have to share everything in a friendship. Maybe its intensity can ebb and flow while the core remains fixed." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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