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Film/tv/music journalisty type person. Views expressed are my own, not those of the BBC.
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Thank you to Tinge Krishnan and the anonymous figures who spoke to me about film/TV racism They say those speaking out see damage to their careers And are horrified at hypocrisy of some they say behave badly signing open letter calling for end to racism
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Tell Me that under copyright law Winnie The Pooh has now entered the public domain, without Telling Me that under copyright law Winnie The Pooh has now entered the public domain
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Please come! Promise there will be lil’ peeks at S3 material + lots of good chat + would be lovely to see you.
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🎉Our full Panel at Edinburgh TV Festival will be... @DafneKeen - Lyra Belaqua Amir Wilson - Will Parry Simone Kirby - Mary Malone Jane Tranter - Exec Producer Jack Thorne - Writer / Exec Producer Amit Gupta - Director Moderator: @TherealNihal Tickets boxoffice.edfilmfest.org.uk/festivalframe/
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This is absolutely magnificent David! Do I detect the hand of
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Occasionally a radio report doesn't make it on air. Rather than lose this one completely, I thought I'd share it here. So here it is - @Mike_Batt @quantick + their latest project and taking risks in the music industry. Full of Womble love. soundcloud.com/david-sillito-
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The match was only part of the BBC's coverage of the event, rather than a separate programme. Means last night had highest peak, but is only the second most watched 'programme' of 2022 with 11.00m. In TV programme terms, it's just behind Platinum Party at the Palace with 11.21m
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Peak audience of 17.42 million watched on BBC One at the final whistle as England's women beat Germany in the Euros. The most watched 5 minutes of TV of 2022 The match average was 13.60m. Most watched women's football game ever. Biggest TV audience of 2022 so far #Lionesses #ENG
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A peak audience of 17.42 million viewers were watching at the final whistle as England beat Germany in the Euro final last night The most watched 5 minutes of TV of 2022. Game average to follow #Lionessess #ENG
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The judgment in Rebekah Vardy's High Court libel case against Coleen Rooney will be handed down tomorrow at 12pm
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The figures are somewhat down from the 2019 World Cup semi final when England lost to the USA That was watched by an overnight average of 10.33m viewers with a peak of 11.7m
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An average of 7.91 million viewers watched England beat Sweden 4-0 to reach the Euros final on BBC One last night The peak was 9.33 million for the last five minutes (The total programme average was 6.72m which includes pre/post match analysis) #ENGSWE
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The new series of Love Island launched with an audience of 2.45 million last night on ITV2, slightly down on the 2.47 million who watched the launch of the 2021 series
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An audience of 11.98 million watched the Platinum Party at the Palace last night on BBC One (Lots of reports that average was 11.2 million. This is the average for the entire coverage including 30 mins of build up. The figure for the concert itself 20.00-22.30 was 11.98 million)
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For completeness Doctor Who: Legend of the Sea Devils 28 day catch up total is 3.698 million, adding a bit under a quarter of a million viewers to the 7 day catch up figures. Means it slips a place to 25th most viewed of the week
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Doctor Who's 7-day catch up audience figures are 3.47 million. A (proportionately) bigger rise than usual. Makes it the BBC's best performer of the day, the third biggest overall after ITV's The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (8.66m) and BGT (6.94m). And 24th in the weekly chart twitter.com/lizo_mzimba/st…
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David Tennant and Catherine Tate will be returning as the Doctor and Donna Noble! They're currently filming scenes for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary, which it will be celebrating in 2023 bbc.in/3FMF3lw #DoctorWho #DejaWho
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So many great Doctor Who memories, but sitting in a TV edit suite with
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, watching her clapping with excitement as the first female Doctor was unveiled live on BBC One has be near the top of the list. Known for a long time that she was going to have an amazing career
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After 8 years and 100+ publications I’m moving on as Doctor Who Magazine’s editorial assistant. I’ve met the best people, had incredible fun and learnt lots. DWM’s nurtured, encouraged and inspired me more than I can say. Thanks @DWMtweets✨ Happy times and places, always 💙💙
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Three and a half years since I exclusively broke the planned titles for the Avatar sequels, Disney has confirmed my scoop that the first will be called Avatar: The Way of Water. First footage and title just been unveiled at Cinemacon in Vegas #Avatar #TheWayOfWater #Cinemacon
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Avatar exclusive: Could the sequel to the biggest movie ever be called Avatar: The Way of Water? That plus possible title details for the other three Avatar sequels all due between Dec 2020 and Dec 2025 #Avatar #AvatarSequels bbc.in/2SCzcq7
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Doctor Who's 7-day catch up audience figures are 3.47 million. A (proportionately) bigger rise than usual. Makes it the BBC's best performer of the day, the third biggest overall after ITV's The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe (8.66m) and BGT (6.94m). And 24th in the weekly chart
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Very sad to learn that the brilliant Eric Chappell has died aged 88. He was the genius writer behind Rising Damp, Only When I Laugh, Home to Roost and Duty Free. And so many others
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Interestingly the Doctor Who figures were pretty consistent throughout, there wasn't a drop off when BGT started 20 minutes into the episode. A good figure for The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe on ITV which had a BARB overnight audience of 4.71m
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Last night's Doctor Who Easter special had an overnight audience of 2.20m (11th most watched programme of day). Was beaten by Antiques Roadshow on BBC Two (2.26m). For younger audiences was tough for Doctor Who going up against Britain's Got Talent which won the night with 5.20m.
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So proud to be part of the Newsround family on its 50th birthday. It's had so many great presenters and behind the camera staff Huge thank you to John Craven. Because of him generations of children saw their lives reflected on TV, and understood the world far better #Newsround50
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Worth remembering that back in 2016, when Chris Rock hosted the Oscars, he also then mocked Jada Pinkett Smith for her video saying she was boycotting the ceremony because of the awards lack of diversity
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Here's the moment Chris Rock made a "G.I. Jane 2" joke about Jada Pinkett Smith, prompting Will Smith to punch him and yell, "Leave my wife’s name out of your f--king mouth." #Oscars
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In essence the report has no surprises. Many, including the excellent
@AndrewBensonF1
, have been writing for weeks about what happened - not referring to misunderstandings by fans etc., but saying clearly and unambiguously that the rules weren’t followed
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And the FIA changing “any” to “all” in lapped cars rule seems cosmetic not substantive. The rule “any cars... lapped... WILL BE REQUIRED TO...” means if they’re in that category they have to. Substituting “all” for “any” makes no difference. Doesn’t clarify, rule remains the same
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A large chunk of the report is taken up with describing the pressures on Race Director Michael Masi. But skates over the way Mercedes complaints (which appear to now be validated by the report) were dismissed by the stewards who aren’t under the same pressure as the Race Director
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In December the FIA said it was ‘significant misunderstandings’ from teams, drivers, and fans over Max Verstappen’s controversial victory over Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi that was tarnishing Formula 1’s image. Now they admit FIA ‘human error’ was the issue
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Sad news, original University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne has died at 87 at his home in Richmond after a short illness, his family has said
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