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Neil
Diamond - An Audience With...
Neil Diamond has serenaded a star-studded audience
for An Audience With Neil Diamond, to be shown this Saturday on
ITV1.
Dame Judi Dench, The Zutons, Blur's Alex James, Alison Steadman, Ben
Miller, and Samantha Janus are among the celebrities who turned out
to be entertained by the crooner.
He told the audience: "This is a wonderful thrill for me. This is my
first television special here in England and I wanna do well. I
wanna sing well. I want you to have a good time. And that's our goal
for tonight. We want everybody to have a good time. We wanna make
beautiful noises and we will do almost anything, with the accent
under the 'almost' to ensure that you have an enjoyable evening with
us."
Tim Rice, Johnny Vegas, Michelle Collins, Michael Aspel, Mica Paris
and Rob Brydon are among the audience members to quiz the singer
about his life.
20:42
May 29 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Stan
Collymore Joins TalkSport
Former England striker Stan Collymore has joined
TalkSport for its Euro 2008 coverage and the forthcoming 2008-09
football season.
Collymore has been working as a pundit for BBC Radio
5 Live and will present a nightly programme on TalkSport from 19:00
to 22:00.
He will also become a match summariser for the station on Barclays
Premier League and Champions League football, as well as presenting
his own programme on a Saturday.
19:52
May 29 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Piers
Morgan Signs ITV Deal
Former Daily Mirror editor and Britain's Got Talent
judge and former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has signed an
exclusive two-year deal with ITV, it has been confirmed.
Morgan's golden handcuffs deal is the first signing by ITV's
director of television, Peter Fincham, since he took office earlier
this month.
As part of the deal Morgan will continue as a judge on hit show
Britain's Got Talent for at least two more series and front a new
chat-show.
He will also make a number of interview specials, as well as three
more documentaries from various countries along the lines of his
recent programme about the UK playground of the rich, Sandbanks in
Dorset.
19:38
May 29 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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BBC
Website Budget Overspend
BBC management has been accused of poor financial
accountability after it was revealed that the Corporation went
almost £36 million over budget on its website last year.
The accusation was made today by the BBC Trust, which
has completed an extensive review into bbc.co.uk, which had a budget
of £74.2 million for the year ending March 2008.
However, actual spend was £110 million, 48 per cent over its budget,
which the trust said was largely due to the “misallocation of £24.9
million in overheads and costs to other budgets within the BBC”.
BBC management want to invest an additional £39 million into the
website in 2008/9, but the trust said it would now be looking for
“tighter management controls” before this is approved.
In a statement issued today, the trust said: “The trust has
concluded that tighter management controls are necessary for
bbc.co.uk and has requested these be implemented to the trust’s
satisfaction before it will consider approval of the additional
investment for the service as proposed by BBC management.”
Patricia Hodgson, the BBC trustee who led the review, added: “For
the benefit of those who pay, the trust wants evidence of stronger
management controls to improve financial accountability and
strategic and editorial oversight before we consider new investment
in the service. We hope to receive this soon so that audiences can
enjoy an even more distinctive and improved bbc.co.uk.”
The trust’s report of the website is the first in the series of
reviews of all BBC services required by the new charter.
It concluded that bbc.co.uk “is an excellent service that is highly
valued by users and makes a strong contribution to delivering the
BBC’s public purposes”.
However, the review also found that the number of people visiting
sites to accompany BBC dramas had decreased “dramatically” and
blamed this decline on a drop in the number of new users coming to
bbc.co.uk and the fact internet users now have more choice.
16:50
May 29 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Paul
Merton To Host Alright Show
ITV1's It'll Be Alright On The Night is to return -
with Paul Merton as the new host instead of Denis Norden, it was
reported today.
Two years ago the show was shelved after a run of nearly 30 years.
ITV pulled the plug when Norden decided to retire at the grand old
age of 84.
Details are still to be confirmed by ITV.
16:16
May 29 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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What The
Papers Say Is Axed
Britain's second longest-running television programme
- What The Papers Say - has been axed by the BBC.
The BBC has also dropped coverage of the annual What the Papers Say
awards, which were launched in 1957.
What the Papers Say, a weekly 10-minute programme featuring
commentators reviewing the best and worst offerings from the press,
has been on air for 52 years, starting in 1956 on ITV before
transferring to Channel 4 and then BBC Two in 1989.
The first programme was fronted by Brian Inglis, then deputy editor
of The Spectator.
The corporation said it had decided to take up a new series as the
way news was now consumed had changed. The final episode of What the
Papers Say aired in March this year.
"After careful consideration we have decided not to take the option
to commission the next series of What the Papers Say," a BBC
spokeswoman said.
"It has had a great run with us, but the media environment has
changed dramatically and so has the way our audience consumes the
news.
"We already provide this service to our audience through many BBC
outlets and will continue to explore new ways to do so."
ITV Productions, which makes the show, said it was looking for
another home for the programme.
"The series, and its prestigious awards ceremony, has had a home
with the BBC for the last decade and we very much hope to find it a
new home in which to continue its proud tradition," an ITV
spokeswoman said.
"What The Papers Say is a unique and iconic show which has been an
important part of the British television landscape for more than 50
years."
11:15
May 29 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
The BBC isn't dumbing down though.
I guess they just need the money for more EastEnders
A 10 minute programme should be kept when you consider some of the
rubbish they waste our money on.
mark
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Suggs To Present Sky Arts Series
Madness front man Suggs is to host a new series
about Italy for Sky Arts to be broadcast in the autumn.
Suggs' Italian Job will see the singer travel in a
classic Mini to take in the lakes and mountains of the north all the
way to the southern coast.
His tour will take him to the world famous cities of Milan, Venice,
Rome, Florence and Naples.
He will also make regular detours along the way, straying off the
beaten track to discover unfamiliar places.
Throughout his journey, Suggs will investigate the stories behind
some of the masterpieces of the Renaissance and go behind the scenes
at some of Italy's most celebrated cultural venues and events.
Each programme in the series will contain five to seven individual
stories, linked by sequences following the progress of Suggs'
journey through the landscapes of Italy.
09:00
May 29 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Live Commercial On
Channel 4 Tonight
Channel 4 and Honda will tonight stage a live
commercial, featuring a team of skydivers jumping from an aircraft
over Madrid.
During the first ad break of the reality show Come Dine With Me at
20:10, the 19 skydivers will have three minutes and 20 seconds to
spell out the word Honda, inspired by the car manufacturer's new
advertising strapline: "Difficult is worth doing".
Organisers were yesterday hoping the weather in Spain would hold as
the team practised. "There will be no time delay and no CGI.
The stunt is a means of gaining publicity for Honda's new
multi-million pound advertising campaign, which features 45
skydivers promoting the Honda Accord by creating a series of shapes
over the Mojave desert to reflect new features on the car.
Ian Anderson, Honda's manager of communications, said: "More people
are watching television than ever before. But things are becoming
more complicated. People have to want to watch something, you can't
force them. People will navigate towards the good stuff and ignore
the bad stuff."
Channel 4's sales director, Andy Barnes, said: "We wanted to create
something unmissable and what better way to produce something 'must
see' than to stage the first live ad event on TV," he added. "It's
about creating talkability on a big scale, managing the risk and
being seen as pioneers for it."
Channel 4 required special clearance from Ofcom
for the commercial to go-ahead.
07:32
May 29 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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