BPG Awards 2015 – Radio Nominations
The director of the British Museum Neil MacGregor, the Woman’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey, Absolute Radio’s Geoff Lloyd and film buffs Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo have all been shortlisted in the radio...
View ArticleMark Kermode and Simon Mayo lead radio awards nominations – Radio Times
Radio Times The shortlist for the Broadcasting Press Guild awards has been unveiled, with film aficionados Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo (who predicted Oscar winners for Radio Times earlier this year)...
View ArticleBPG Awards 2015: Old Voices, But Plenty of New Voices Too – Huffington Post UK
BPG Awards 2015: Old Voices, But Plenty of New Voices Too Huffington Post UK When the Broadcasting Press Guild’s radio committee reconvened at the end of last year to talk about who we might honour in...
View ArticleSheridan Smith, Toby Jones, Neil MacGregor, Jane Garvey and Lenny Henry take...
‘Biopic’ dramas, based on the lives of real people, have picked up more top prizes at the 41st Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, voted for by journalists who write about TV and radio. Hard on the heels...
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BPG Awards on London Live
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View ArticleBPG Interview: Lenny Henry
Lenny Henry received the BPG’s highest honour, the Harvey Lee Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcasting. It recognises his contribution to Comic Relief, which began 30 years ago, and also his...
View ArticleBPG Interview: Sheridan Smith
Red Carpet interview with Sheridan Smith, who won the BPG’s best actress award for her performance as the young Cilla Black in the ITV drama Cilla. See more on the BPG YouTube channel
View ArticleBPG Interview: Susanna Dinnage
Susanna Dinnage, EVP and Managing Director, Discovery Networks UK and Ireland, gives her take on the BPG TV & Radio Awards 2015. See more on the BPG YouTube channel
View ArticleBPG Interview: Hugh Bonneville
Lord Grantham, Mr Brown, or to viewers of Best Comedy W1A, Ian Fletcher – actor Hugh Bonneville – in a Red Carpet interview at the BPG TV & Radio Awards. See more on the BPG YouTube channel
View ArticleBiopic dramas top Broadcasting Press Guild Awards – Televisual
Televisual ‘Biopic’ dramas, based on the lives of real people, picked up more top prizes at the 41st Broadcasting Press Guild Awards, voted for by journalists who write about TV and radio. Hard on the...
View ArticleBBC3 being ‘dismantled’ before its TV closure, claim producers – The Guardian
The Guardian “What they are trying to do is get this off the table quickly before they get into charter renewal,” Mulville told a Broadcasting Press Guild breakfast on Tuesday. “This should be put on...
View ArticleTrust to meet Thoday & Mulville over BBC3 – Broadcast
BroadcastSpeaking at a Broadcasting Press Guild lunch earlier today, the indie managing directors revealed they have called a meeting of Pact members, scheduled for 26 March, as part of their campaign...
View ArticleWPP’s Martin Sorrell reconsiders strength of newspapers – Media Week...
Media Week (registration) His comments made at the Broadcasting Press Guild this week mark a major U-turn on a presentation he gave at an Enders Analysis event just a week earlier, when he had once...
View ArticleSir Martin Sorrell: BBC licence fee should ‘maybe change over time’– The...
The Guardian “The BBC is a very fine institution but I have some sympathy with some things you hear,” he said, speaking at the a Broadcasting Press Guild breakfast on Wednesday. “Even us together, all...
View ArticleBPG TV & Radio Awards Winners 2016
Mark Rylance, Mary Berry, Sue MacGregor, Suranne Jones and Aidan Turner take top prizes at 42nd Broadcasting Press Guild Awards The BBC Two drama Wolf Hall and the Channel 4 comedy Catastrophe are...
View ArticleQI creator John Lloyd wants more referendum ‘analysis’ on news bulletins –...
QI creator John Lloyd has said he wants more “analysis” on news bulletins broadcasting reports about the EU referendum. The television industry figure was speaking on Friday at the Broadcasting Press...
View ArticleFormer Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies slams ‘astonishing’ lack of gay...
The producer and writer, who was responsible for reviving Doctor Who in 2005, hinted to Express.co.uk at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards today that soap operas are doing the best job of introducing...
View ArticleAidan Turner, Russell T Davies and Suranne Jones among the winners at the...
Radio Times Poldark star Aidan Turner has won the Breakthrough prize at today’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards. His gong was collected by one of his Poldark co-stars Heida Reed at a ceremony held on...
View ArticleCreator Of BBC’s Child Autism Drama Calls For An “Embracing Culture”
Peter Bowker, who adapted the show from an Israeli TV drama called Yellow Peppers, said at a lunch held by the Broadcasting Press Guild: “I think our society scapegoats too easily, so I think there is...
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