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BBC Reporter Taped To Wall
 A BBC reporter was taped to a wall after students found he
was gathering research for a university documentary to be called “Shamebridge”,
according to a report.
After three nights of revelry students confronted Lizo Mzimba, 30, demanding
to know what sort of documentary he was making, and he was forced to lock
himself in a toilet.
It was then that the BBC man, who started his TV career on children's news
programme Newsround, was stuck to a wall with gaffer-tape, surrounded by
undergraduates chanting: “Lizo Lizo, what's the news?!”, says Cambridge
University's student tabloid The Tab.
The student newspaper told how Mzimba, now entertainment correspondent for
BBC News, had been at the university for three nights two weeks ago.
An eyewitness said of the gaffer tape incident: “It's a shame
we only had parcel tape and no electrical tape, otherwise he would have been
in a world of trouble.”
Mzimba declined to comment and a spokeswoman for the BBC said the
corporation would not be making any comment.
18:40
October 29 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
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Doctor Who - Very Emotional
David Tennant's last show as Doctor Who is going to be
emotional, warns writer Russell T Davies.
The 38-year-old actor is handing over the Tardis to newcomer Matt Smith this
December after five years in the role.
Davies said today: "At Christmas... I warn you now get your Kleenex out and
your tissues.
"We finished the episode yesterday and we were crying our eyes out. It's
very lovely, powerful stuff, it's David Tennant at his absolute finest."
Davies is leaving the show at the same time as Tennant, but
said his next project would not be another revival.
He said: "I've relaunched and rewritten my favourite show in the world,
nothing else could ever compare, so I wouldn't do anything else, I wouldn't
relaunch anything else but I think people should.
"Doctor Who's proved how alive these things can become for a new generation
so stories should never die."
Davies will be replaced as the programme's lead writer and executive
producer by Steven Moffat.
18:28
October 29 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
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BBC To Cut Senior Management
Bill
The BBC today announced it is to cut the amount it spends on
the salaries of some 640 senior managers by a quarter over the next
three-and-a-half years.
The plans to cut the current £79m annual bill include cutting 18% of senior
posts by July 2013.
The BBC Trust has endorsed proposals from the BBC Executive for the current
pay freeze and suspension of bonuses for managers to continue.
In February, the trust asked BBC bosses to review senior management pay.
The review - led by director general Mark Thompson - followed
widespread criticism of the sums paid to BBC executives, particularly in the
light of the economic downturn.
The trust has also accepted Thompson's proposal that the pay of the top
20-or-so executives would continue to be frozen for the next three years.
The next 630 senior managers will have a further one-year pay freeze.
The 25% cut to the senior management pay bill will be implemented by 31 July
2013.
The 18% reduction in the total number of senior managers equates to more
than 100 posts.
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons said: "Mark Thompson and
his team have responded with a comprehensive set of proposals that strike
the right balance between ensuring the BBC can attract the best people to do
the job, while ensuring maximum value for the licence fee payer.
"Of course I realise this will have implications both for current and future
BBC employees. However, it is right that, as a major public service
organisation, the BBC shows leadership on this issue during difficult
economic times."
16:57
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Celebrity
Total Wipeout
Teams of celebrities are to appear in two hour-long Total
Wipeout programmes this winter, the BBC announced today.
Richard Hammond will host the shows from a purpose-built course outside
Buenos Aires.
Competing against each other in the first celebrity special will be: Kevin
Adams; James and Ola Jordan; Luke Bailey; Joe Swash; Carrie
Grant; Adele Silva Fatima Whitbread and Kaye Adams.
The second group of celebrities to take up the Total Wipeout challenge are:
Chris Parker; Joe Pasquale; Dominic Littlewood; Cleo Rocos; Sally Gunnell;
Kirsten O'Brien; Andrea McLean; Danielle Lloyd; Sam Nixon and Mark Rhodes.
Amanda Byram will be trackside in Argentina to talk to the courageous
celebrities about how they are doing in their attempts to complete this
course.
15:55
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BBC Daytime
The BBC announced today it has ordered two further series of
its investigative series Heir Hunters and a new series of consumer affairs
show Don't Get Done, Get Dom, presented by Dom Littlewood to be shown on BBC
One Daytime.
Nadia Sawalha is lined up to present a new series telling the stories of
ordinary people caught up in extreme weather events in the UK in Living
Dangerously.
BBC Daytime will also broadcast a week of five special, hour-long Bargain
Hunt programmes in March 2010, as the series celebrates 10 years on screen.
Daytime controller Liam Keelan said: "Heir Hunters and Dom Littlewood's hit
investigative journalism show continue to hit a chord with our viewers, and
are part of BBC Daytime's continued commitment to bring topics which people
care about to the forefront of our schedules.
"Bargain Hunt has also been a firm favourite with our audience since it
began 10 years ago. In the week-long special we'll revisit some of the most
exciting finds, and we'll be getting experts to take on the role of
contestants to see how well they can do."
15:43
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The
Archers - Veteran Actor Dies
Norman Painting – Philip Archer in The Archers since the
programme's trial run in 1950 – has died aged 85.
He was also a script-writer on the programme, now broadcast on BBC Radio 4,
from 1966 to 1982 and wrote 1,198 scripts.
Mark Thompson, BBC director-general, said: "I am deeply saddened to hear of
Norman's death.
"Norman chose to leave behind a promising career in academia at Oxford to
devote 60 years in the service of BBC audiences.
"He rightly became renowned for his portrayal of Phil Archer, a role he
created in the pilot episode in 1950, but he was also a gifted writer and
talented versatile broadcaster.
"He was a pillar of The Archers family, but to millions of listeners he
became a friend and latterly a wonderful father figure.
"His death leaves us with a great sense of loss but an even deeper feeling
of gratitude for such a huge contribution to the BBC and its audiences over
six decades."
Vanessa Whitburn, editor of The Archers, said: " Norman was simply the
consummate professional. He has played Phil since The Archers trial run at
Whitsun in 1950.
"And, under his sure hand, Phil graduated seamlessly from young romantic
hero, to serious farmer and father – holding Brookfield together in good
times and bad, handing over the farm to eldest son David in 2001.
"Norman then gave us the delighted grandfather; enjoying astronomy with
Daniel, music with Pip, and finally always there when needed, to give advice
about farming methods of the past to son David.
"Norman always wanted to remain working on The Archers until he died – and I
am delighted and proud of him that he achieved his wish."
Mark Damazer, controller, Radio 4, said: "Norman Painting was for almost 60
years a central figure in one of Radio 4's hallmark programmes.
"As Phil Archer, he became a wonderful patriarch yet he had started decades
earlier as a young romantic hero.
"His success was not due merely to longevity but to his passion for The
Archers and his skill as a radio actor. He loved the medium.
"He will be deeply missed by the rest of The Archers team and his millions
of fans."
15:31
October 29 2009 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
Very sad news, as a listener for 35 years. There was a
rumour a few years ago he had written his exit from the programme, and
recorded it.. I wonder if that is true. He did write a load of episodes as
Bruno Milna.
Tim, London
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John
Sergeant Series For ITV
John Sergeant presents a new three-part series for ITV1 in
which he joins groups of foreign tourists who have come to Britain to enjoy
the great outdoors.
He joins a group of Californian gardening fanatics from
California who have travelled to the gardens of RHS Wisley in Surrey, and
then enjoy a traditional English garden party complete with Pimms, scones
and a game of croquet.
Next, Sergeant travels to the Isle of Man as thousands of Germans arrive for
the annual TT motorcycle race, bringing their own beer and food.
He then goes monster hunting on Loch Ness and tries to understand why
tourists delight in running screaming into the icy waters of the Loch.
Sergeant also travels to the Lake District to join a group of Japanese
tourists who pay homage to Beatrix Potter.
John Sergeant On The Tourist Trail, starts on Tuesday,
November 10.
07:30
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