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Saturday Kitchen Rapped
The BBC's Saturday Kitchen Live has been rapped by Ofcom
after a guest chef swore live on-air while cooking an omelette.
Chef Tom Kime swore under his breath during the show broadcast in December.
But the remark went unnoticed by presenter James Martin and the production
team, so no apology was made at the time.
The broadcasting watchdog said the incident breached rules on offensive
language used before the watershed.
It was not until after the show, when another guest was asked about the
swearing, that the BBC became aware of the matter.
The BBC said that at the time, several steps were taken by senior members of
the production team to brief guests about offensive language.
The production team immediately contacted staff at BBC iPlayer and requested
the programme be withheld until an edited version was available.
After the incident, the corporation decided that Mr Kime would not be
returning to the programme and apologised to viewers who contacted it to
complain.
One viewer complained to Ofcom, who noted that Saturday Kitchen was a live
show and the production team acted responsibly by giving repeated reminders
about acceptable behaviour to its participants.
"As a result of the fact that this current example of the use of the most
offensive language was not noted during the live broadcast, Ofcom has
decided to record a breach on this occasion," Ofcom said.
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March 08
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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New BBC Head Of
Entertainment and Events
Katie Taylor has been appointed the BBC's new Head of
Entertainment and Events, it was announced today.
She is the first woman to run the in-house entertainment department at the
BBC and will be responsible for some of the UK's most watched entertainment,
factual entertainment and events formats including Strictly Come Dancing,
Eurovision, Top Gear, Dragons' Den and events such as Children in Need and
Sport Relief. Katie is currently Executive Editor, Comedy Entertainment.
Pat Younge, Chief Creative Officer, Vision Productions said: "I'm absolutely
delighted that Katie is taking on this role - she is hugely talented and
absolutely the right person to build on Jon Beazley's legacy and take BBC
Entertainment on to the next level of success."
Katie Taylor said: "I am very excited to be working with so many talented
BBC faces, both on and behind the screen and look forward to both bringing
on the next generation of artists and to creating brand defining and
distinctive entertainment shows and events."
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March 08
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Doctor Who UK Tour
Doctor Who will begin a national tour across the UK in March,
introducing the new Doctor to fans of the series in five different locations
across the UK, the BBC announced today.
The tour will introduce the 11th Doctor, Matt Smith, and his Companion,
Karen Gillan, to fans of the BBC One show and offer them a unique chance to
meet the stars.
Each location will also host a regional premiere of episode one, The
Eleventh Hour, for local children, working alongside BBC Outreach to enable
kids to get a first look at the new Doctor in action.
Smith and Gillan will travel around the UK on a specially themed Doctor Who
tour bus, featuring the new TARDIS logo and iconic imagery.
The Doctor's maiden voyage will commence on March 29 in
Belfast, and then travel to Karen Gillan's home town, Inverness, for a
screening on March 30.
The bus will then move on to Sunderland that afternoon and Salford on
Wednesday March 31 before finishing later that day in Northampton – Matt
Smith's hometown.
Following the tour, from April 1 to 3, the BBC will also hold events for
three days at selected BBC Big Screens across the UK giving Doctor Who fans
in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Plymouth and Swansea the chance to
interact directly with the show in their home towns.
The events will feature exclusive footage – including the chance to see the
Doctor Who trailer in 3D – and giveaways, and fans can also get their photo
taken tumbling through the giant vortex.
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Doctors
Celebrates Ten Years
BBC One Daytime's award-winning drama Doctors celebrates its
10th anniversary on Friday 26 March.
Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, Doctors regularly
attracts up to two million loyal viewers a day, who follow the daily lives
and loves of the staff and their patients at the Mill and Campus surgeries.
Well known for its challenging storylines, a Doctors appointment in this
successful daytime drama is one that guest stars are happy to make. Over the
past 10 years, Stephanie Powers, Eric Sykes, Richard Briers, Honor Blackman,
Brian Blessed, and Johnny Briggs are just some of the guest stars that have
featured in the show.
To mark the occasion, a week-long series of special short documentaries,
Decade Of Doctors, looks back at the last 10 years and gives an insight into
the secrets of the programme's success. Presented by Doctors actress Diane
Keen (who plays Julia Parsons), the series looks back at how Doctors
started; goes behind the scenes; and reviews some of the memorable
storylines and the famous faces that have passed through the doors.
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