Broadcast: Talking Tv

Host Jake Kanter is joined by Curve Media founder Camilla Lewis, entertainment producer Steven D Wright and Broadcast editor Chris Curtis. Together they discuss the Tories’ plans for TV, including the future of the BBC, and Netflix’s UK commissioning push. Also, there are previews of BBC1 drama Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell and Dave’s new cop comedy Undercover.

Talking TV gets the inside track on Paul Abbott’s new drama No Offence and mulls over the race to run BBC Studios and the Channel 4 entertainment changes. Martin Carr, an executive producer at Abbott Vision, is in the studio to reveal what inspired No Offence and how the C4 cop drama was made in Manchester. Picking over the news with host Jake Kanter are Lemonade Money director Faraz Osman and Robin Parker, Broadcast’s features editor. On the agenda is the BBC Studios director job, BBC Worldwide’s indie investments, C4’s entertainment overhaul and Jonathan Ross’ ITV cookery panel show pilot. Finally, there are previews of BBC4’s slow TV experiment All Aboard! The Canal Trip and BBC3’s Murder In Successville.

Talking TV invites award-winning filmmaker Vanessa Engle on to discuss her new BBC2 series Inside Harley Street, while on the news agenda is Katie Hopkins’ potential new TLC chat show. Engle takes us behind the scenes of the world of private medical care and reveals the details of her next project for BBC2 controller Kim Shillinglaw. In the news section, host Jake Kanter is joined by Broadcast web editor Alex Farber and entertainment producer Steven D Wright to discuss the political manifestos, a radical rethink of Sky Living and Hopkins. Finally, there are previews of Safe House and CBBC’s Matilda and the Ramsay Bunch.

Peter White sits in for Jake Kanter, as this week we go global; we’ve spoken to Soren Sveistrup, the creator of everybody’s favourite Danish crime drama The Killing about his new production company. We also look ahead to Mip TV in Cannes, fly over to New York for Discovery’s glamorous upfronts event and cross the Atlantic with news of BBC drama boss Ben Stephenson’s forthcoming LA adventure. Also on the programme, we'll preview BBC3's big-budget drama Tatau and the return of The Island with Bear Grylls.

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Talking TV walks you through a busy fortnight for news, picking the bones out of Rona Fairhead’s speech on the future of the BBC Trust and ITV’s Talpa takeover bid. The commercial broadcaster’s 2014 results are also on the agenda, while media journalist Kate Bulkley and Lemonade Money managing director Faraz Osman also chew over the future of sketch shows. Host Jake Kanter then invites Banzai creator Gary Monaghan into the studio to discuss his new Sky 1 entertainment show Wild Things. Finally, find out if it’s worth tuning into BBC1’s Poldark and The Billion Dollar Chicken Shop.

The latest edition of Talking TV sinks its teeth into BBC3’s new gameshow I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse and assesses ITV’s start to the year. Host Jake Kanter is joined by Curve Media founder Camilla Lewis and Broadcast features editor Robin Parker for the 39th Broadcast podcast. Together, they discuss ITV’s start to the year after entertainment boss Elaine Bedell admitted that shows like Harry Hill’s Stars In Their Eyes have not delivered as hoped. Avalon Entertainment and Hat Trick Productions’ £100m rescue bid for BBC3 also comes under the microscope, as does Brian Cox’s move to BBC1. I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse executive producer Sebastian Grant then drops by to talk about the ambitious BBC3 series. Finally, there are previews of Jimmy McGovern’s new BBC2 series Banished and CBeebies’ Twirlywoos, the latest offering from Teletubbies creator Anne Wood.

Talking TV goes behind the scenes at the 20th annual Broadcast Awards to catch up with some of the winners. Stationed at the Grosvenor Hotel in London, host Jake Kanter hears why BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore believes she is making her mark after winning Channel of the Year. Love Productions creative director Richard McKerrow lifts the lid on a remarkable year after picking up Best Independent Production Company. Elsewhere, BBC comedy producer Jon Plowman reflects on The Office after it was voted the best Broadcast Award-winning show of the past 20 years. Dominic Treadwell-Collins hails EastEnders’ turnaround after it was crowned Best Soap, while ITV Studios’ director of entertainment Siobhan Greene revels in Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway winning Best Entertainment Programme for the second year in a row. There’s also a sprinkling of stardust as Mary Berry, Harry Enfield, Paul Whitehouse and John Motson stop by for a chat.

The latest episode of Talking TV gets the inside track on Channel 5’s ambitious new social experiment 10,000 BC and ponders commissioning changes at the BBC. Joining Jake Kanter in the studio are Outline Productions managing director Laura Mansfield and Broadcast features editor Robin Parker. Together they consider C5’s plans to introduce a 12-week commissioning cycle, the BBC introducing strict IP guidelines for commissioning team and ITV’s new Bear Grylls series. The Garden Productions Spencer Kelly then drops by to talk about the challenges of making 10,000 BC for both C5 and MTV as part of Viacom’s first joint commission. Finally, find out if it’s worth watching BBC2 series Inside the Commons and A Cook Abroad. Talking TV is available on SoundCloud below and can also be downloaded on iTunes here. The podcast is recorded at Maple Street Studios and the producer is Matt Hill.

Talking TV returns for its first episode of the year and hears from Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman on the show’s “annus horribilis”. Wilman gives his views on a controversial 12 months for the motoring show and looks ahead to what Top Gear’s future holds, starting with the 22nd series later this month. Elsewhere, host Jake Kanter is joined by Broadcast international editor Peter White and Lemonade Money creative director Faraz Osman. They talk about Channel 4’s diversity plans and Jane Featherstone’s departure from Kudos. Finally, there are previews of Wolf Hall and BBC3’s new structured reality show South Side Story.

Jake Kanter invites you to hear some of our favourite interviews from the past 35 episodes of Talking TV, in this special highlights programme.

Talking TV goes all festive with its second annual telly industry Christmas quiz. Play along at home across four rounds of brain bogglers and see if you can beat the bevy of producers in the studio. Host Jake Kanter puts the questions to Spun Gold creative director Daniela Nuemann, Outline Productions MD Laura Mansfield, Zig Zag chief executive Danny Fenton and Faraz Osman, the creative director of Lemonade Money. Completing the teams are Broadcast features editor Robin Parker and Alex Farber, Broadcast's online editor. Talking TV will return on 16 January 2015, and until then we wish all of our listeners a very merry Christmas.

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Talking TV returns from a short sabbatical with a bounty of goods, including the story behind BBC1’s forthcoming Harry Hill comedy drama Professor Branestawm. Broadcast editor Chris Curtis and Outline Productions boss Laura Mansfield are in the studio alongside host Jake Kanter. They discuss BBC1’s renewed quest for a Saturday night entertainment hit, live action children’s TV tax breaks and ITV’s freshly commissioned teatime drama Jekyll & Hyde. Talking TV then heads to the screening of Professor Branestawm, where Charlie Higson explains how he convinced Harry Hill to take on his first acting role. Finally, there are previews of BBC2 mockumentary Brian Pern: A Life in Rock and Watch pilot Honey I Bought The House.

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