Blog posts by year and monthMarch 2010
Posts (15)
The World's Most Dangerous Place For Women
Over on the BBC Three Blog there's a fascinating piece from Fiona Lloyd-Davies, the director of The World's Most Dangerous Place For Women, describing the challenges and emotions of putting together the documentary. As Dana, the blog editor says, just watching the preview for the programme le...
Canoe Man: Why does the Darwins' story stick in our minds?
A Canoe Man paddles across your horizon only once in a while, so my first reaction to director Norman Hull and producer Magnus Temple's suggestion that we dramatise this story was one of delight. It is odd, is it not, how every now and again some stories stick in our minds? They are true sto...
Inside Over The Rainbow's first show
On Wednesday night I went to the recording for this Saturday's studio show of our new BBC One series Over The Rainbow, hosted by Graham Norton and starring Andrew Lloyd Webber. We're searching for a Dorothy to appear on the West End stage next year. As the BBC's controller of entertainment c...
A decade of Doctors
In September of 2002 my agent called and said I'd been asked to go and meet the producers of a show called Doctors. I must confess I'd never seen it, so I sat down and watched the show, trying to familiarise myself with the characters.
BBC's quality shines at the RTS Awards
One of the most memorable images of the week for me was the moment when Charlie Brooker stepped onto the stage to pick up the Royal Television Society award for best entertainment programme. BBC Four's Newswipe with Charlie Brooker was recognised above two estimable giants of the entertainm...
What do you want to see on BBC HD over Easter?
Being a (relatively) new kid on the channel block, we at the HD channel are keen to try things out and I wanted to let you know about one of them. We aim to broadcast the best of the BBC's programmes - and I'm very aware that each and every one of you will have a different view about what "our b...
Lambing Live: I'd love to do it all again
It's now been four days since the end of Lambing Live and I'm in the process of catching up on some sleep. Lambing is exhausting and the poor Beavans are still at it. I spoke to Kate earlier and they had 27 born over night on Sunday - the biggest total yet. The programmes were very well rece...
Serious documentary for children on CBBC
Almost six months ago as I began my job as controller of CBBC I was told about early plans for a new documentary series that would endeavour to provide an insight into the lives of six very different groups of children from across the UK, all with unique stories to tell. At this time we wer...
Snog Marry Avoid
Hello everyone There's a very interesting letter published on the Guardian website, from BBC Three's Snog Marry Avoid's executive producer, Gill Wilson. Gill's answering criticism from Radio 4 presenter Libby Purves who said the BBC should invest in intelligent programmes and stop "frettin...
BBC Daytime's not-so-hidden gems
It's been an interesting start to the year for BBC Daytime: A Broadcast award for our WWII-based drama Land Girls, a Strategic Review discussion around a significant increase in daytime funding and then a sideswipe from ex-communications minister James Purnell on the value of BBC Two daytime.I m...
