|
Forward
Back
Jonathan Creek
Set For Return
Actress Sheridan Smith has revealed that she and Alan Davies
are to be reunited in the return of Jonathan Creek.
Smith played the crime-solving magic man's new sidekick Joey Ross in the New
Year special, and is about to start work on another special - entitled The
Judas Tree - to be broadcast next Easter.
Sheridan said: "I just got the script for Jonathan Creek, I am so excited,
it is going to be brilliant."
She added: "I loved working with Alan, he is so lovely."
But the 27-year-old actress confessed she didn't enjoy everything about
making the last Jonathan Creek episode, in which her character nearly
drowned in a booby-trapped bath.
She said: "It was horrible, I hated it. They'd make me go under water to
film me, I had an oxygen mask on to help me breathe but when it was time to
film I had to take a deep breath and then take it off. It was so scary."
17:17
June
16 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
Click
here to comment on this story
Digital Britain Report
Stephen Carter and Ben Bradshaw today unveiled the final
Digital Britain report, outlining plans for the internet, radio, television,
local media and broadband for the foreseeable future.
Analogue radio will cease by 2015 with DAB remaining the main
radio platform. Vacated FM spectrum will be filled
by a new tier of ultra-local radio consisting of small local
commercial and community stations. Radio stations currently
broadcasting on medium wave will upgrade to DAB.
ITV could benefit from part of the BBC licence fee to pay for
regional news and children's programmes, in plans announced by the
government.
The funds - worth up to £130m a year - may be used from 2013, which could
also help other public service broadcasters.
Money left over from the costs of switching over to digital TV by 2012 will
be used to fund pilot schemes.
15:45
June
16 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
Sticking with DAB. OK, there's mistake number one then...
And switching off analogue in six year's time doesn't seem like a good idea
either. Radio's not like TV, you can't fix it with a cheap radio-top box. I
have more radios than I have rooms in the house, and most of them are good
quality sets, then there's my 1940s communications receiver and my 60s Leak
stereo... I have a feeling that this is going to hit my musical enjoyment
considerably.
Unless, that is, I do what any sensible person is going to do and buy a
Wi-Fi set.
Gotta say I shall object enormously if any of my license fee is handed over
to a commercial operator. I'm paying that money to keep a good quality
ad-free service going. If its money is to be leached over to a private
company then I shall A/ Be paying to watch ads, and B/ Lose the quality
channel because it no longer has the funds to pay for quality TV (That is
the problem ITV are having at the moment isn't it?).
Grrr.
- Deke.
Click
here to comment on this story
118 118 Signs ITV
Film Deal
118 118 has agreed a year-long tie-up with ITV to sponsor all
the films on its digital channels.
The company also has a deal in place with Channel 4 for
sponsorship of The Simpsons.
The brand's current TV ad features Ray Parker Jr singing a reworked version
of the title song from Ghostbusters.
12:03
June
16 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
Click
here to comment on this story
Gay
Revolution Documentary For Radio 2
Tom Robinson presents Radio 2's Stonewall: The Riots That
Triggered The Gay Revolution on Tuesday, June 30.
Forty years ago in June 1969, a police raid on the Stonewall
Inn in New York resulted in a series of violent demonstrations which
kick-started the international gay liberation movement.
Robinson visits the Stonewall Inn as it is now to re-imagine
the riots, and examines the legacy of the historic week of disturbances.
The one-hour documentary contains interviews with rioters, journalists and
policeman who were there and explores what really happened and asks why,
after decades of similar raids across the United States, it was Stonewall
that exploded the most violently.
Stonewall: The Riots That Triggered The Gay Revolution finds out what impact
the riots had on gay people around the world and asks, 40 years on, what we
still have to learn from the events of that fateful summer week in New York.
Lewis Carnie, Head of Programmes, Radio 2 and 6 Music, said: "Radio 2
continues to commit to documentaries that reflect the world we live in and
that deliver distinctive and thought-provoking content to our listeners. I'm
proud that Stonewall is the first BBC in-depth documentary into the
Stonewall Riots and delivers a remarkable look back at one of the most
revolutionary moments in modern history."
Using archive material and new interviews with those who were there,
Stonewall: The Riots That Triggered The Gay Revolution provides a snapshot
of the riots in full swing.
Many believe that the gay rights movement began the night after the
Stonewall Riots yet, prior to the riots, there was a growing resistance
amongst the gay community.
09:17
June
16 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
Click
here to comment on this story
BBC and STV To
Share Resources
The BBC and Scottish commercial broadcaster STV have signed a
local news partnership agreement to share resources including video, offices
and studios.
Under the agreement, the two broadcasters will also pool resources on
Scottish news output including equipment, training, production, archive
programmes and online content.
The agreement is part of the BBC's policy of promoting resource-sharing
partnerships with rival media companies in a bid to stave off having to
share the licence fee with other public service broadcasters.
The BBC and STV said in a joint statement last night that they were "keen to
consider how they could work better together and so provide better services
for audiences in Scotland".
Both broadcasters will consider sharing some news footage and outside
broadcast news resources but will not agree to a plan unless they can
preserve editorial integrity. They will not share exclusive stories.
The organisations will also see if they can share their property and
resources across Scotland and will discuss making co-productions and jointly
bidding for programme rights. The BBC is planning to put its archive online
and STV will explore ways of doing the same.
The memorandum of understanding between the BBC and STV is non-binding and
any final agreements would have to be separately approved.
Mark Thompson, the BBC director general, said that the agreement "pointed
the way to the future role of the BBC in the wider public service
broadcasting sector, both in Scotland and across the UK".
"While both broadcasters will maintain their distinctive approaches to the
delivery of news and other programme content, it makes sense for both to
explore potential synergies and to consider what, sensibly, could be
achieved by working more closely together," Thompson added.
Rob Woodward, the STV chief executive, said the strong relationship with the
BBC would better serve Scottish viewers.
"We remain absolutely committed to maintaining our position as Scotland's
commercial public service broadcaster, providing plurality of services for
viewers. We believe that this partnership will be to the benefit of both our
audiences and the creative industry in Scotland," Woodward added.
09:00
June
16 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
Click
here to comment on this story
Top
Forward
Back
|
