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some tough questions THE BNP LEADER’S first appearance on Question Time and ◆ fall-out from the show described by critics as a ‘bear pit’ put the BBC at the centre of a political and media storm. Pages 2, 3, 10ge 0

> NEWS 2-4 WEEK AT WORK 8-9 OPINION 10 MAIL 11 JOBS 14 GREEN ROOM 16 < 162 BNP CONTROVERSY aa 00·00·08 27·10·09 a 27·10·09 BNP CONTROVERSY 3 ‘Scary moment’ as NEWS BITES A 44 year old Gloucester man a has been charged with criminal activists get in but damage following an attack on the premises of BBC Gloucestershire Room 2316, White City last week. He has been bailed to 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TS He could face QT appear at Gloucester magistrates 020 8008 4228 no interruptions court on November 25. Managing Editor Stephen James-Yeoman 02-84222 by Sally Hillier Overseeing everything was Former director of BBC nations Deputy editors chief operating officer Caroline and regions Pat Loughrey has been u Hosting last Thursday’s Thomson, acting as ‘incident appointed Warden of Goldsmiths, Sally Hillier 02-26877 edition of Question Time at Tele- commander’. University of London. His current Cathy Loughran 02-27360 vision Centre was always going The big incident of course was role supporting the World Service Features editor audience again to be a challenge – without all when a group of around 25 activ- Trust finishes at the end of the year. Clare Bolt 02-27445 the other large scale events that ists broke through the main gate of Reporters by Cathy Loughran ston Churchill would proba- fore transmission, the pro- atives could be invited onto day. TVC and entered Stage Door recep- Pixie Lott, Spandau Ballet, Madness, Laura Scarrott 02-84224 bly have belonged to his party gramme was never going to other BBC news programmes, It wasn’t just David Dimbleby tion. ‘I won’t pretend that it wasn’t The Sugababes, Stereophonics, Production editor uAfter a week that saw an- and claimed he couldn’t be a normal edition, as exec- including the Today pro- welcoming guests to TVC that a scary moment when those protes- Little Boots, Nolan Sisters, Westlife, Claire Barrett 02-27368 ti-fascist protestors storm explain why he had denied utive producer Gavin Allen gramme and Any Questions on night because, as well as Ques- tors got through, and, yes, it did Alison Moyet and Annie Lennox will Art editor Television Centre in protest the Holocaust – he slammed conceded. ‘news value’. tion Time, three other big pro- have the potential to turn nasty,’ all perform on Children in Need Ken Sinyard 02-84229 at the BNP joining the Ques- the BBC as ‘an ultra leftist But interviewed on the An- Not for the first time, the grammes were recorded at the Thomson has told Ariel. on BBC One on November 20. Business co-ordinator tion Time panel, Mark Byford establishment that doesn’t drew Marr Show on Sunday, By- BBC became the story, gen- W12 studios at the same time. ‘Luckily, BBC security and the has left the door open for even want the English to be ford maintained that the regu- erating acres of press cover- They were Friday Night with police brought the situation under As of November 1, BBC Club West Silvana Romana 02-84228 Nick Griffin to make a return recognised’. By late Monday, lar ground rules had applied. age, including of Thursday Jonathan Ross and (both for ITV) control very quickly, proving that One will not offer universal access, Ariel mail appearance. no official complaint from ‘The framework for Ques- afternoon’s anti-fascist pro- the Piers Morgan chat show and our system [of crisis planning and but will return to its original private [email protected] The deputy director-general Griffin had been received. tion Time on Thursday night test outside Television Cen- Harry Hill’s TV Burp. preparation] worked.’ member status. BBC Club members Ariel online explore.gateway.bbc.uk/ariel stood by what was a milestone Byford denied claims by was the same framework as tre. Twenty five demonstra- Not only that, all took place Throughout, the aim of Thom- can take in up to four guests (as long BBC Jobs 0370 333 1330 edition of the programme – critics that allowing Griffin every week. It was an audi- tors breached a police cordon in front of audiences, resulting son and her colleagues had been as they are not eligible to join the Jobs textphone 028 9032 8478 watched by almost eight mil- his first appearance on Ques- ence that was from the area, and BBC security to enter the in a gigantic flow of visitors in to keep everyone – guests and Club). Non-members eligible to join BBC Jobs John Clarke 02-27143 lion people – in the face of crit- tion Time had been ‘a serious which was west London. It Stage Door reception area, as and out of the building while staff alike – safe. The lockdown of will need to pay a £3.50 day pass fee. Room 2120, White City, London W12 7TS icism that the BNP leader had mistake’. Welsh secretary Pe- had a range of opinion, and Griffin entered the building a large, noisy and, at times, Television Centre at 6pm (see be- faced a ‘lynch mob’. After the ter Hain, who had made a they were able to scrutinise by a back entrance. troublesome demonstration low) preventing people leaving Jarvis Cocker is to present Advertise in Ariel show there were 243 com- failed last ditch appeal to the all the panellists – including Numbers of protestors had took place on the pavement the building, was an extra ‘belt a new show on BBC 6 Music. Ten Alps Media 020 7878 2313 plaints of bias against Grif- BBC Trust to block Griffin’s ap- Nick Griffin,’ he said. built up in west London during opposite. and braces’ precaution, aimed at He will take over the Sunday www.bbcarielads.com fin and 114 objecting to his pearance, claimed his opposi- Asked whether Griffin the day, breaking through po- The audience total for the guaranteeing safety. afternoon 3.30-5.30pm slot, having appeared at all. A fur- tion had been vindicated: ‘The would be invited onto the pro- lice lines to block Wood Lane four productions, including The fact that nobody inside previously hosted by Stephen Guest contributors this week ther 59 viewers got in touch BBC should be ashamed of sin- gramme again, Byford said at rush hour and setting flares Question Time, was around 1200. the building had been harmed, Merchant, from January 10. to show their appreciation of gle-handedly doing a racist, the same criteria would ap- alight in the street. There were With hundreds of protestors and that all four programmes gavin Allen, executive producer of the programme. fascist party the biggest favour ply – due impartiality based six arrests and three policemen outside the main gates of TVC, had been recorded on time and Former BBC correspondent Martin Question Time, hits back at critics The BNP leader has given in its grubby history,’ he said on monitoring electoral sup- were injured. the usual routine of audiences without interruption, was a Bell has come out of retirement who claim the programme was a notice that he will make a after transmission. port over time. Protests were also staged at Looking for lining up along Wood Lane be- tribute, says Thomson, to ‘an to present a documentary on ‘set up’. Page 10 formal complaint about his Byford argued that the ‘If [the party] has passed other BBC buildings, includ- answers: a fore going into the studios had amazing piece of teamwork’ in- Manchester-based charity MAG treatment. At the end of an show was ‘outstandingly that threshold, he’ll be invit- ing Bristol, Manchester and member of the to be shelved. volving, for example, Audience (Mines Advisory Group), which David Roden, script editor for hour of relentless challenges chaired’ by David Dimbleby. ed. But it’s a minority party Glasgow’s Pacific Quay where Question Time Instead, assembly points were Services, Business Continuity, was supported by Diana, Princess Casualty, offers his tips on taking tv from the QT audience on al- It had been ‘fair and robust with a small share, so it’s not half a dozen anti-fascists brief- audience set up inside Television Centre, BBC Safety, Facilities Manage- of Wales. Bell’s film will be shown drama online. Pages 8-9 most exclusively BNP issues throughout’, he told Ariel. week in, week out, or even ly broke through the front en- to which visitors could gain ac- ment, Studios and Post Produc- on November 2 on Inside Out in – during which Griffin de- At the centre of a press month in, month out.’ trance into a public area. cess only after stringent ticket tion, and Marketing Communica- the North West on BBC One. Zubair Ahmed, Mumbai nied being a Nazi, said Win- and political storm long be- Likewise, BNP represent- Business as normal, Page 10 and security checks. tions and Audiences. correspondent, on life in India’s most Aaron Heslehurst, who cosmopolitan city. Page 15 presents on World News, the News Channel and BBC Breakfast, has won a Daily Telegraph Wealth Timely launch of new blog get a dozen or so people With Television Centre ‘locked down’, the BBC Club Management Award as ‘best industry Printing emailing their comments commentator’. The award was Garnett Dickinson Group u A new blog, entitled About portunity to explain the invita- It is expected that About the Tweets, texts but after this broadcast offered a warm welcome, Zoe Kleinman reports presented by Carol Thatcher. Rotherham 01709 768000 the BBC, launched last Thurs- tion to Nick Griffin. BBC posts will be published sev- 634 people emailed the Subscribe to Ariel day as part of the continued ef- ‘The case against inviting eral times a week. ‘We’ll be us- programme directly. This New evening entertainment Six months: £26, £36, £40 fort to make the corporation the BNP to appear on Question ing this blog as a place where and emails week emails are still com- offering The Friday Show, presented by Twelve months: £50, £60, £68 more accountable and trans- Time is a case for censorship,’ decision makers and experts ing in. I’m going to be a bit late home Eamonn Holmes and Rachel Tucker (prices for UK, Europe, rest of world parent. he wrote in a 1000-word post, can talk about things going on (a finalist in the I’d Do Anything The blog made its debut on which also explained that un- inside the BBC. This could in- u Have Your Say de- talent contest), launched on BBC respectively) the same day as the BBC aired less the far right party was pro- clude anything from major an- pour in bates: After each pro- u Throughout the afternoon the been interviewed in there by the Six of the rear entrances. One Northern Ireland last week. Cheques to: Garnett Dickinson Print, one of its most controversial scribed by government, it was nouncements to how parts of gramme Question Time chants grew louder and the news O’Clock News, and she’d seen him on It’s a shame that jazz musician Brookfields Way, Manvers, programmes, providing Mark entitled to have its say on the the corporation operate,’ says usually has one debate chopper thundered overhead. At 4pm screen. Jamie Cullum didn’t know about BBC Hindi audiences can now Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham S63 5DL Thompson with a perfect op- BBC airwaves. editor Chris Jones. on Have Your Say which I popped down to Stage Door just as a We all sat glued to the News Chan- the alternatives, though. Apparent- comment on issues that affect their Tel 01709 768199 u In addition to its 7500 followers. At on average gets around group of protestors ran through the nel on the big screens in the Club, ly his people carrier with blacked- lives in a new live programme and INFORMATION IN AN EMERGENCY extraordinary view- the end of the show 150 people emailing in. doors and were promptly marshalled watching on tv the demonstration out windows was swarmed by online site, BBC – India Bol, which is Telephone 0800 0688 159 ing figures, Ques- #bbcqt was the top This time there were into a corner by the police. All the going on right outside the door. protestors and photographers when modelled on the interactive audience Ceefax Page 159 www.bbc.co.uk/159 tion Time also broke trending topic, ie the several debates run- chairs were moved away from the Some staff wondered whether their it pulled up at the main gate. He participation service World, Have a number of other number one item ning. ‘What’s your reac- windows. night shift colleagues would be able emerged outside Stage Door look- Your Say. Ariel is produced by Internal ‘This is an records for tweets, being tweeted tion to BBC Question Time At 5pm I went down to the horse- to get in. If not, this was going to be- ing rather bewildered. Communications for people at the BBC opportunity for texts, emails and across the world Programme?’ attracted shoe. It was strange standing right in come an extremely long day for those TVC was packed on Thursday Have Your Say com- while Bonnie Greer 10,700 comments and front of the gates, with a wall of police- already in the building. night, with a number of big shows Men Aloud the public to ments. Figures, as of was second, Jack ‘What impact will Ques- men and a mass of protestors just feet I decided to go to the observation being recorded – all with audiences 5pm on Friday, were Straw third, and BBC tion Time have on politics’ away. ‘Shame on you, BBC’ echoed un- gallery to see the show being record- [see story above]. Male singers (bass and tenor) put questions as follows. seventh. generated 4200 com- comfortably around the doughnut. ed. The corridors were full of staff on Then there were the police on are needed for the BBC’s carol ments. Given the volume By 6pm we had been told by email their mobiles explaining that they the star terrace outside the Foyer, service for the community in to politicians u Twitter: While the u Texts: 17,401 texts of contributions it was that the building was locked down. were going to be late home. and extra security pretty much eve- Shepherds Bush on the evening programme was on were sent during the not possible to break There were rumours that there was There were about 15 people al- rywhere. of December 10, with readings PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR COPY OF ARIEL of every air there were 74,749 programme, a leap them down by subject but a way out via the multi storey car- ready in the gallery, but the QT pro- The late night shoppers in West- from Mark Thompson among tweets relating to from last week’s a large number of contri- park, if you could get to it. ducers had killed the sound, prob- field appeared unaware of the po- others. Rehearsals start in ideological hue’ Question Time (#bb- 3335. butions reflected the view Fortunately the BBC Club bar ably to avoid any rogue audio clips litical drama unfolding across the November on Monday lunchtimes cqt) and the Question that the programme had was fully stocked – and busy. A finding their way out of the build- road. But they certainly would have at Television Centre, and men Mark Thompson Time twitter account u Emails: Normal- been ‘a bit unfair’ on Nick- friend who was already there text- ing on a nagra or a mobile phone... seen and heard about it later on. interested in participating should gained an additional ly the show might Griffin. ed: ‘Nick Griffin is in here!’ Sure- It was no surprise that the BNP Zoe Kleinman, technology reporter, email Louise Wordsworth. ly not, I thought. Turned out he’d leader was brought in through one business unit

> ARIEL ONLINE: BBC NEWS AS IT HAPPENS – EXPLORE.GATEWAY.BBC.CO.UK/ARIEL< 4 News a 27·10·09 Cash Open iPlayer proposal just boost for children’s gets a bit too complicated by Sally Hillier Measures drawn up by the by Cathy Loughran On the commercial side, and to make open model, like [project] Canvas,’ said it threatened the emerging on- BBC Executive to strength- sure the BBC covered its costs, iPlay- she said, referring to the joint ven- demand market. en children’s output, includ- In the end, it was the inability to sepa- er technology was to be licensed com- ture between the BBC, ITV and BT to Canvas was delayed after the trust ing additional investment in rate out commercial and public service mercially to third parties, possibly deliver internet tv to the home via asked the BBC for more information content of £25.5 million over aspects of the proposed open iPlayer including overseas broadcasters. broadband. about it. Provisional conclusions three years, have been en- that made the BBC’s ambitious part- Rejecting both the public and com- Jon Cowdock, the trust’s chief from the trust are expected soon, dorsed by the BBC Trust. nership plan fall at the first fence. mercial elements last week, the trust strategy and policy adviser, said the after which there will be further con- Some of the extra £25.5m The BBC Trust took just weeks to insisted it still supported the sharing proposed open iPlayer could see the sultation before a final decision. is earmarked to help fund a decide that, in its current form, the of iPlayer technology – one of Mark BBC giving ‘preferential treatment’ to Inevitably, there was frustration further series of Third And project formerly known as Marquee, Thompson’s key partnership offers some broadcasters – by driving traf- within FM&T at the open iPlayer Bird, created by Josh Selig, which would have seen ITV, Chan- – and would welcome a simpler al- fic to their on-demand sites – while refusal. ‘Perhaps we all have to accept and Kerwhizz, for CBeebies. nel 4 and Five sharing the successful ternative commercial proposal from licensing iPlayer technology to those that complicated times require com- Newsround and Blue Peter will iPlayer technology, was too compli- BBC management. The aim would be self same companies. That would plicated solutions,’ was the reaction stay at their current times for cated and not transparent enough to to process any new technology-shar- present a ‘whole new set of [commer- of one technologist. In a statement the next two years, but devel- identify its true public value. There ing plans as quickly as possible, said cial] problems’, he suggested. the BBC said: ‘...we hope to develop opment will start on other were also concerns about how it Diane Coyle, who heads the trust’s The trust’s decision follows both an alternative proposition that can potential options that could might distort the market. strategic approvals committee. the delaying of project Canvas and the deliver value to our partners and the play at 5.30pm. The BBC Executive’s proposals It was in the ‘federation’ idea – now defunct project Kangaroo, the public alike.’ As part of the package, were for an online ‘federation’ of the so-called psb club – that the com- planned commercial joint venture be- l Reports of a planned commer- the BBC will focus more on public service broadcasters – a one plexities arose, Coyle said. The links tween BBC Worldwide, ITV and Chan- cial ‘global iPlayer’ are premature, streamed, downloadable au- stop iPlayer portal to search for and between that structure and the com- nel 4 to provide an on-demand video says BBC Worldwide. Some sort of vid- dio content. The CBeebies access content from all psbs, plus a mercial proposals made assessment download service. That was blocked eo-on-demand on bbc.com was only website will re-launch in No- separate on-demand listings website of public value to licence payers dif- by the Competition Commission ear- ‘a future aspiration’, and would need vember with every page fea- to which the broadcasters could link. ficult: ‘We have a preference for an lier this year because the regulators approval from the BBC Trust. turing a link to a new version of the CBeebies Radio Player.

PHOTOGRAPH: m PHOTOGRAPH: On the CBBC website, the BBC hopes to boost reach by Rock on: improving navigation and de- Robbie veloping ‘more compelling’

Where does Williams ar multiplatform commissions k a There is also a plan to extend llen Gaelic service CBBC channel hours. Essex team go from here? on dodgy live, 5 live Sports Extra, 1Xtra, ground BBC ALBA to be Asian Network, 6 Music, Radio 7, Radio Scotland, Radio nan BBC Essex has exposed the reviewed Gàidheal and World Service. state of a former mental hos- These stations would still be pital, despite being refused by Sally Hillier available via a combination of permission to film there. FM/AM/LW, DAB and online. It all started when a conser- BBC ALBA, the tv, radio and on- ‘BBC ALBA has been popular vation group complained that line Gaelic language service of since its launch, but we want to the empty hospital, Severalls, news, sport, music, and factual see whether it is measuring up near Colchester, was ‘the worst which launched a year ago, is to to the challenges we set it last case of public sector neglect’ it be reviewed by the BBC Trust. year,’ says Jeremy Peat, national had ever seen. The assessment will be in two trustee for Scotland, who is lead- But when news editor Ali- parts. Part 1 will look at wheth- ing the review. ‘We’ll be looking Electric son Hodgkins approached er the service is appealing to at how well it is bringing new the North Essex Partnership users beyond existing Gaelic speakers to the Gaelic language NHS Trust, it refused the BBC speakers, while the second part and what current and potential show access, saying pictures would will consider whether to make future viewers think of it as a give ‘the wrong impression’. the tv channel, currently dis- service. ‘The story could have end- tributed on digital satellite ‘We want to hear what the breaks ed there but I thought there (Sky and Freesat), and accessi- public think and whether they had to be some way we could ble to just 43 percent of adults want ALBA on Freeview or report this – even if it meant in Scotland, more available by would prefer to keep the exist- world trespass,’ says Hodgkins. putting it on Freeview. ing BBC radio stations.’ So that is what they did. One way of doing this, the The review will also de- Radio reporter Richard Mar- BBC Executive has suggested, cide whether the current record tin, tv reporter Gareth George, would be to remove the BBC’s Gaelic zone on BBC Two online bj Oliver Rogers and network radio stations from should remain. Hodgkins herself went onto Freeview in Scotland when BBC The public consultation the site, after taking advice ALBA is on air. This is usual- is open until January 18. The Robbie Williams’s performance at the BBC Electric Proms set a new Guin- from the BBC’s legal and edi- ly between 5pm and 11.30pm findings will be published be- ness World Record for the largest number of simultaneous cinematic torial policy teams. on weekdays and after 4pm at fore digital switchover in cen- screenings of a live concert. BBC Worldwide’s satellite feed meant that the The resulting story, which weekends. This would allow the tral and northern Scotland in London concert was broadcast to more than 250 cinemas in 23 countries. featured on radio and online tv channel to be on air at this April 2010. It also reached an estimated 33 million radio listeners overseas, in a simul- and on BBC East, included pic- time instead. The consultation document cast to the BBC Radio 1 broadcast. Other performers at the Electric Proms tures of graffiti, vandalism The stations that would be can be found at bbc.co.uk/ included Shirley Bassey, Dizzee Rascal and Smokey Robinson. and fire damage at the dere- affected are Radios 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 bbctrust lict and decaying buildings. PHOTOGRAPHs: S PHOTOGRAPHs: a 27·10·09 Features 5 Our (new) friends LLEWELLYN UE in the north

by Sue Llewellyn tive igloo, prominently positioned in the cen- 9.30am in the hope of securing a front-row tre of town. ‘We wanted a structure that would seat. Residents of Hull who were disappointed take people’s breath away,’ says network man- There were challenges for Shelagh Fogarty, by the lack of beer tents at 5 live’s Oktober- ager Paul Blakeley, who was responsible for co- who took Victoria Derbyshire’s 10am to 1pm fest could console themselves: as well as intro- ordinating all the ‘off-air’ activities. ‘The locals slot on Friday, broadcasting from inside the St ducing a giant inflatable igloo to the city, the loved it – about 4500 people have dropped in.’ Stephen’s shopping centre. With intermittent station invited them to meet Seb Coe, John For those who ventured inside, there was WiFi and a broken printer, resourceful sbj Paul Prescott and some of the BBC’s most famous the chance to try their hand at sports commen- Stanworth stepped in with quaintly handwrit- sporting commentators. tating, newsreading, or just sitting in the ‘ban- ten scripts (see pic). Last week, production teams from all the ter booth’ and sounding off about whatever And there were more serious issues for the 5 live shows decamped to the city, famed for was on their minds. With a few minutes built- team working on Richard Bacon’s show, which its municipally owned telephone system and in delay, there was time for them to run out- went out after Question Time: the team was forced cream phone boxes. ‘We wanted to raise aware- side and see themselves broadcasting live on to relocate from Hull University following com- ness of the station, get closer to the audiences the big screen. plaints about the BNP, leaving the production and do something a bit different,’ says Adrian team of Randip Panesar, Beth Gibbs, interactive Making an impact: Salmon and Van Klaveren Van Klaveren, 5 live’s controller. ‘I think people Kermode’s a sell out editor Brett Spencer and Garth Brameld to fit will enjoy trying out the interactive stuff and Sarah Platt from live events spent ten months in after presenter Peter Allen was involved in guests and 20 listeners into the safe, although joining in with the programmes. And for staff, seeking out suitable and secure venues in the an accident on the M1. Anita Anand assured lis- somewhat ‘intimate’, space upstairs at the BBC it really brings the station together.’ city. ‘It was a luxury as I don’t normally get teners that Peter was fine – if somewhat shak- Hull offices. Researchers had looked for areas where that much time,’ she says. Nicky Campbell’s en up – and Mayo took over his drive show, an Peter Salmon, director BBC North, dropped awareness of the station was low: the north breakfast show went live from Hull City foot- Olympic Special featuring Sebastian Coe and a by. ‘Chris Moyles visited here and had an amaz- east topped the list, a result attributed to the ball ground, while Simon Mayo’s guests – a true ‘meet the 5 live commentators’ Q&A for mem- ing impact,’ he said. ‘These things can make a strong sense of local identity and preference north line-up including Jarvis Cocker, John Pres- bers of the public. big difference.’ for home-grown talent. cott (MP for Hull East) and local playwright John But his Friday film review with Mark Ker- 5 live will review awareness levels in the city How then to attract their attention? The cen- Godber – were invited to the Ferens art gallery. mode was the sell out event: so eager were fans in a few weeks time to see just what impact the trepiece of 5 live’s Oktoberfest was its interac- It was to be a long day for Mayo, who stepped to take part that one man even turned up at roadshow has had.

Technical glitches: Fogarty goes live, with scripts (right) Simon Mayo steps into Allen’s shoes Randip Panesar, Beth Gibbs, Brett Spencer, Garth Brameld

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Adam Bambury heads to the Creative Hub – a brave new world in which bloggers, developers, designers and journalists strive ‘to add richness and value’ Show us the money Telling a story is easy, right? You start at personal bloggers, but adhere to strict journal- the beginning then carry on until you reach istic standards of impartiality. Opinion on the the end. Sounds simple enough, but go into any blogs is a no-no. While the style may be conver- ences over the time, cause of newsroom and write a story by simply trotting sational, blogs are tightly moderated and stick death, age and rank. out the facts in chronological order and swiftly to analysis and commentary. The latter is an example of you’ll be shown the door. In journalism there ‘Blogs can be a difficult area,’ Wilson ad- database journalism – use- are many ways to communicate information, mits. ‘On one hand there’s an expectation that ful for stories that are going and the wild frontier that is the internet has they’re unmediated, and you want them to be to run as all that needs to be multiplied them infinitely – all bets are off and the authentic voice of the person writing, but changed is the database experimentation is key. at the same time nobody is kidding themselves behind the graphics. The Creative Hub, on the top floor of Tele- that it’s anything other than news done in a ‘It’s not appropriate to vision Centre, is where such blog form. On a lot of external do that for everything, as experimentation can take political blogs the ability to ex- you have to spend a lot of place. In the last year the dis- The press opinion is all they’ve got.’ time building what’s behind parate elements of news online Another part of the hub is the it,’ says Hurrell. ‘For some – Magazine, World Features, Monitor Magazine, as informed by the things it’s easier just to do Specials (see box), Blogs and In traditions of print media as it is flat graphics, while for other Pictures – have been assembled includes a by the online world. Character- things that are ongoing in the same place to form one ised as a ‘features supplement’ it projects we may want to do multi-disciplinary team. provides a space for new perspec- something that can be The emphasis here isn’t so digest of tives on the day’s news and back- If you’ve spent a few idle Recent works include updated more easily and just much on getting the latest ground context. moments playing around ‘Armed robbery – crime vs kept going.’ scoop as understanding what the papers While the front page of news with an interactive graphic time’: a cartoon of a bank The MPs’ expenses row the latest scoop means – putting online might be talking about on the BBC News website, robber holding a bag of loot provided a perfect oppor- it in a wider context and explor- and web the latest developments of the chances are you’ve been with a ball attached to his tunity to experiment with ing it from different angles. BNP Question Time saga, the Mag- experiencing the work of foot, where the user can ‘crowd-sourcing’ tech- ‘We don’t kid ourselves – breaking news is azine will contain a 900 word piece exploring the online specials team – click on different armed rob- niques. Readers were pre- massively important for the website,’ says Giles what the word ‘fascist’ actually means. a multidisciplinary group beries and see the bag and sented with a searchable Wilson, features editor and head of the hub. ‘But The Creative Hub also includes the Monitor, made up of designers ball swell in proportion to, database of MPs and their what we’re trying to do here is to add richness a daily blog compiled by the team. It includes (graphics), developers (pro- respectively, the amount of expense claims, and asked to and value that will strengthen the offering.’ a digest of the best of the daily newspapers gramming) and journalists money stolen and the com- email queries about anything One of the ways of doing this is through and the web, a quote of the day and a weekly (the story, although the roles bined prison sentences of notable. The 1000 emails that commonplace of internet publishing – the quiz, and aims to foster a sense of community can blur). those involved. received were passed to the blog. ‘For a long time we found it hard to get around the news. ‘We started off provid- At the other end of the politics team, who then pre- the expertise of the BBC’s key journalists onto Recently, Wilson was invited to a gathering ing background information scale is ‘UK fatalities in sented the questions to the the website and this was an easy way of doing in London of people who met through the af- – explainers and guides to Afghanistan and Iraq’ which, MPs and put their answers on it,’ says Wilson. ‘Robert Peston is our most-read ternoon question feature on the Monitor – a accompany big news events,’ while containing full lists of the website – a neat example blog at the moment; 150,000 people a day will feature that closed years ago: ‘One woman flew explains Bella Hurrell, specials British troops killed in both of professional journalists look at it pretty much come what may.’ in from New Jersey, another from Italy, others editor. ‘But what we’ve moved conflicts, also displays them and the public working Don’t expect to read any late-night rants from all over the country, just for this thing we towards now is more data-led in a series of graphs, chart- together to get to the bot- from news’s finest after a few glasses of wine don’t even do any more,’ he remembers. Now graphic visualisations.’ ing factors such as differ- tom of a story. at an edifying awards evening. These are not that’s one story worth telling. a 27·10·09 Features 7 photo gr aph Bear necessities: : m

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Children in Need will give £38m to charities this year – but who decides which ones? Laura Scarrott reports

The Children in Need office is applications from schools, regis- laden with gifts: unsolicited books, tered charities, local authorities songs and home-made jams, and, and organisations like the Frank as you would expect, pictures of Buttle Trust, which bids for small the charity’s mascot. grants on behalf of individual ‘Some of the Pudsey drawings families. we get are accurate, but some of So who gets what? ‘We’re look- them come complete with, er, ing for projects that will make a stories. This year she visited a CiN This year her team doubled the extra bits,’ says Children in Need’s real difference,’ Duffield ex- funded after-school project in Scot- number of grant rounds from two operations manager Louise Duff- plains. ‘They might have a good ‘We’re land called Hop Skip and Jump which to four, which should help spread ield gravely. ‘Although we always track record, or clearly be able has grown in stature. ‘It was fantastic the workload and leave more time write back to say thank you...’ to demonstrate how they’re go- looking for to see how – with passionate people for sending thank you letters to Nestled among the nubile bears ing to spend the money. Our job is driving it – a small community organ- the Pudsey-sketching fans. are the 3600-odd applications to help them make their applica- projects isation could deliver so much, with On average requests are made from charities which have been tions as strong as possible, so if really quite small amounts of money.’ for six times more money than streaming in ahead of the October their focus is too wide we’ll sug- Only 1000 of the 3600 applica- CiN raises, which last year was funding deadline. Whittling them gest they rethink and apply for the that make a tions will receive funding in this £38m. ‘We will always get thou- down is tough. Any non-profit next grant round.’ round and she stresses that while sands of applications,’ Duffield organisation that helps disad- While she won’t be drawn on the difference’ CiN draws up the shortlist, the final reflects. ‘But at the end of the vantaged children can apply, and type of projects that don’t make decision is taken by independent day, we can only give out the Duffield’s team will sift through the cut, she is proud of the success Louise Duffield assessors. money we get in.’

ual and reproductive health through real life situations. It has become an appoint- A campaign of hate ment to listen. ‘Whole fam- ilies gather in front of the radio on Tuesdays and Thurs- When his coverage of Rwanda didn’t tally days to tune in to Urunana,’ says Ally. ‘They identify with with the party line, Ally’s family paid the price the characters and their

stories, they discuss photo the storylines… It by Claire Barrett iron sheets and slabs of wood to guard against the Great Lakes service starts: continues to give gr aph grenades that were sometimes dropped through Ally Yusufu Mugenzi (left) people knowl- : ke

It wasn’t just the fact that Ally Yusufu the windows of those suspected of supporting the Faith Niyindeba and edge which helps n sin Mugenzi looked more like a Tutsi than a Hutu Tutsi rebels while they slept. And while Ally had Karenga Rhamadhani them to change y a r

that made him enemies in his Rwandan home- decamped to Bush House a month before the gen- their lives for the d land; more that he was a BBC reporter who ocide, his sisters became the targets of a vicious better – it lives to refused to swallow the official line. hate campaign by fellow Hutus in their own vil- brought under the World Service umbrella. help save lives.’ The man who, 15 years ago, helped set up the lage. ‘People we’d known all our lives came to At first, it broadcast 15 minute programmes BBC Great Lakes service – the lifeline broadcasts their homes and told them they would be killed aimed at reuniting families torn apart in the to Rwanda’s displaced millions that went out in because of my BBC reports,’ remembers Ally. Trag- bloodbath as well as a three minute bulletin the wake of the 1994 genocide – inadvertently ically, one sister died as she tried to escape, while with independent news and information from put both himself and his family in peril with his another died in a camp for displaced people. the region. impartial coverage for BBC Swahili of the Rwan- Ally – whose pointed nose and soft hair (cour- These days, the Great Lakes service dan civil war preceding the massacre. tesy of his Indian grandfather) once got him puts out two daily 30 minute broad- ‘There were people who didn’t like the reports stopped and made to strip to the waist at a Hutu casts attracting 3.4m weekly listeners. I was doing for BBC Swahili at that time as they roadblock because he was suspected of being a ‘With only four people producing and differed from the official Rwandan line,’ Ally Tutsi soldier – helped launch the BBC Great Lakes presenting our programmes, it’s one explains. ‘The unbiased reporting that is the re- service with three other World Service journalists BBC Great Lakes journalist per nearly quirement of BBC journalism was perceived by who spoke Kinyarwanda or Kirundi. The idea of a million listeners,’ says Ally. many powerful people as supporting the oppos- then head of the Swahili service, Neville Harms, The output includes an interactive ing side. A lot of threats were coming my way.’ the project was funded initially by charities debate and a soap opera, Urunana, He was forced to blockade his Kigali home with like Oxfam and Save the Children before being which educates audiences about sex- Ally Yusufu Mugenzi today 8 BBC IN ACTION 9

Employing the animal COMING UP husbandry skills he has acquired as a presenter on Entrepreneur Jo Malone will mentor Countryfile, Matt Baker had blogbites people with original business ideas a chance to try his hand at milking camels on the What we found on the in a new four part series for BBC One. @ week work Mongolian plains. Each of the programmes will focus blogs this week on a different category such as home Beginning in Kazakhstan, and garden and food and drink. The Baker and fellow pre - Seeking asylum by boat or by plane series, commissioned by factual TRICKS OF THE TRADE senter Julia Bradbury trav - Why do asylum seekers who attempt to reach commissioning editor Jo Ball, will be elled across Russia before Australia by sea provoke a very different made by Twofour for spring next year. catching the Trans-Siberian political reaction from those arriving by air? It will be exec produced by Alison Railway through Siberia to So far this year just over 1700 unauthorised Kirkham. Mongolia. immigrants have arrived by boat but the They are one of six number is dwarfed by those arriving by air – Steve Backshall celebrity pairs who are over 50,000 who tend to overstay their visas, will narrate a new a good way recreating a leg of Phileas thus becoming unauthorised immigrants, wildlife series Fogg’s famous journey in and then avoid detection. These ‘plane for CBBC. The Around the World in Eighty people’ hardly raise an eyebrow. Not so the 13 part series, to inject fresh life Days for Children in Need. ‘boat people’, like the 250 or so Sri Lankan which uses the ‘Mongolia was definite- Tamils intercepted by the Indonesian navy Natural History As Casualty prepares for its special Halloween anything visually spectacular ly the remotest leg of the following a personal plea from Kevin Rudd Unit’s archive – but we didn’t want to. journey,’ says series pro - to the Indonesian president. Perhaps planes footage, will look webisode on October 31, script editor David ducer Kez Margrie, who be - have a civilising impact on public opinion. If at some of the most lethal animals on 7Know why you’re doing it. The show’s gan mapping out the route you can afford a ticket to Australia, maybe the planet. Natural Born Hunters Roden gives his tips on successfully taking producers have been trying to build last November. ‘Matt and Ju - the reasoning goes, then you have more of a will be shown on the channel in the an established tv drama online Casualty’s online presence for some lia were very gung-ho when claim to stay here. spring and will be exec produced by time, with the aim of reaching out things went wrong, but were Nick Bryant, Sydney correspondent Wendy Darke. to a younger audience, and the idea exhausted by the end.’ bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/nickbryant/ 1Hook your viewers right from kind of access to a character they would of a webisode evolved from that. Baker even ended up Controller of BBC Three, Danny Cohen, the start. Begin with a bang. never normally get in an ordinary with a bloody nose Bon mots has commissioned a 6x60 minute episode. Webisodes should be more 8It’s not only a webisode – never after taking part in a Earlier this week I Tweeted a link to the series called Newly Meds. The fly- 2Be clear about the webisode’s identity. intimate – they provide an opportunity devalue it. It’s as important as anything Mongolian wrestling 100 Most Beautiful Words in the English on-the-wall documentary about Have a strong premise and set the rules to delve much deeper into characters. else we do, so make sure everyone match. Language. Steve Goddard has been in touch newly qualified doctors, is pencilled in and conventions from the outset, and gives their best. And make sure you During their journey, the with news that he’s been encouraging people for late next year. It will be executive stick to them. This will be the spine Casualty’s have the right mix of people. We got pair also visited a nuclear to construct a sentence using those same produced by Karl Warner and Rachel of your web drama, and allow you to Alistair away with taking risks because of the testing site and the world’s beautiful words. Money quote: ‘Demurely, I McCormack Milking it: Matt Baker with oldest lake. Arnold. tell the story in the best possible way. experience and brilliant stewardship his host family in Mongolia gambolled in my bucolic bungalow, brooding played by of the producer and director. Around the World in on a dalliance with an eloquent, evanescent CBBC will follow in the footsteps 3Remember simplicity, clarity Joe McFadden Eighty Days, BBC One, palimpsest which would be the cynosure of of 19th century explorer David and precision. 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whether we were in Liverpool, Llan- the panel. Just robust questioning dudno or – as in this case – London. to achieve clarity. It’s what the audi- As ever, the audience drove the agenda last Every week, they’re encouraged to ence expects, every week. participate and to ask probing ques- Chasing ratings? Question Time has Thursday, pushing race and immigration to tions to provoke debate. So: were been going for 30 years and has very BNP supporters invited and allowed healthy viewing figures, rising to a the top, says executive producer Gavin Allen in? Yes. In fact, they made more recent record peak in the past series. than one contribution to the discus- The decision to invite Nick Griffin sion. Was that enough? Did they onto the programme had nothing The claims made against Question As in any Question Time week, debate. They demand their say and applaud sufficiently or counter the to do with ratings. It had to do with Time by various publications and members of the public guide pro- ensure that answers are properly boos directed at their party leader? our obligation to show due imparti- commentators are clear: it was a ducers on what’s to be debated. The scrutinised. Hard to judge. But who needs to? ality and the fact that only now has ‘typical BBC conspiracy’. The audi- programme is driven by the ques- That means editorial fluidity and That’s the thing about people who the BNP crossed a particular elector- ence was clearly ‘rigged’ to ensure tions submitted by the audience it- flexibility. As in Grimsby and Salis- come to see Question Time – they have al threshold in securing European a ‘lynch-mob mentality’. The ‘usual self. And unsurprisingly, they chose bury earlier this year, occasional- minds of their own. parliamentary seats. Question Time format was changed’ to to focus on topics that were in the ly one topic dominates, because the As does David Dimbleby. His job But the key manner in which this focus entirely on the BNP and to ‘ig- news this week – immigration, public just doesn’t want to move was not to ‘get’ Nick Griffin, or to was Question Time as normal is that nore general topics of the week’. Dav- Jan Moir’s article on the death of away from it. Back then – as you ‘expose’ him as a racist and crush it was unpredictable. Week in, week id Dimbleby pursued a ‘personal at- Stephen Gately, the BNP’s co-option may have spotted – it was MPs’ ex- him in public. It was to chair a de- out, none of us involved in the pro- tack against Nick Griffin’. And the of historical figures and, yes, Question penses. This week, it was the BNP bate. Which he did, brilliantly. That gramme has any idea how the audi- ‘publicity-seeking’ programme ‘did Time itself. and its beliefs and policies, albeit meant giving not just the audience ence will react, what will anger or it all for the ratings’. What, no post strike? No Afghan- encompassing questions on race, members their say, but panellists amuse them, whether this or that So much for the charges. The real- istan? They were on the list of issues Islam, homophobia, immigration too. All of them. And probing pan- panellist will shine or sink or even ity is a bit more straightforward. to be debated. But, from the weight and Churchill. So we didn’t change ellists – all of them – on past policy, whether a cat called Tango will wan- It was Question Time. With a lot of questions, other topics galvanised the format. Questions, and debate, utterances and beliefs. So David did der behind the set while we’re on air more people watching than normal. our audience more, and there sim- just are the format. And again it’s indeed forensically grill Nick Grif- (Google it. You’ll get the drift). And a lot more column inches writ- ply wasn’t time to get to them. This the audience which guides it. fin on everything from the Ku Klux But amid all the normal unpre- ten in advance about it than normal. isn’t a stopwatch tick-box format. A And so to the ‘rigged audience’. Klan to the Holocaust. And likewise dictability, one question remains the And significantly more demonstra- question might take ten minutes to The audience, as always, was made Jack Straw was questioned over gov- same every week. Did it work? And, tors outside the venue than normal. debate. Or 20. It is the audience and up of a broad cross-section of views ernment immigration policy. Say- as is the answer to everything with Otherwise, in all core elements, it its members’ engagement in an is- and backgrounds reflective of the eeda Warsi on civil partnerships. Not Question Time, you decide. was Question Time as normal. sue which leads the content of the location. That would be the same ganging up against one member of bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditors/

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When Saturday comes There was no option to cancel or imposed figure determined by the from Crombie, the best shoes from I’m trying to find out why the broad- put off the update, it just happened. government. OBITUARY Jermyn Street, even down to the de- cast week starts on a Saturday? In a broadcasting environment I read a while ago that if the tail of the Dunhill watches and the Everyone I’ve asked doesn’t know, where we are all hugely reliant on Tories get elected next year they will peter millest Mont Blanc pens, which he usually even some people who have been computers to get information out introduce their own capping level at As a chief picture editor, Peter was a carried in his breast pocket alongside here for years. this simply cannot happen again. around £150K – not an unreasonable consummate professional, talented some expensive silk handkerchief. Chris Nriapia Chris Kelly salary, as far as I’m concerned. picture editor and a delight to work There’s a picture of him on his BBC Big Screen Manager – Yorkshire bj, Bristol I am constantly reminded of the with. He travelled the world with all first tour of duty in Baghdad looking (Leeds, Bradford & Rotherham) emperor’s new clothes. Few peo- the major correspondents, covering every bit the English gentleman – ple are prepared to stand up and do some of the biggest stories of the good suit, fedora hat and rolled um- The broadcasting week (and, cru- Slow coach something really positive to protect day. Kate Adie in Beirut, John Simp- brella. It was July and 100 degrees. cially, the corresponding listings in I notice on Gateway that the BBC is this wonderful corporation. son in the Gulf... Peter also had a great sense of fun Radio Times) ran from Sunday to Sat- now seriously suggesting that staff Why oh why must we shoot our- Covering these war stories, he and was a great joker. He once called urday until October 8, 1960, at which consider coach travel as an alterna- selves in the foot. had quite a few close shaves with the at the house of a colleague, with point it was changed to run from Sat- tive to other forms to save money Bob Ewens grim reaper. At one point, he was in whom he was sharing a cab to the urday to Friday to reflect and help meet our environmental senior regional operator convoy crossing the Sinai desert dur- airport, wearing a blue and white increased leisure time and the grow- targets. ing the first Gulf War. He was fed gingham dress, red medium high ing importance of the weekend – Perhaps the executive board could up driving the Land Rover because heels and full face make-up. mail ed. confirm how many coach trips have Trail’s gone cold of the discomfort of the ride and, at Who put the bra and panties on been taken by senior managers in With reference to your article ‘Weak- one stop, took up the offer from an Helios, the statue in the middle of the past year – or how many they est Link-Blazing a Trail to Glasgow’ ITN crew member to drive the more TVC? Peter, in the late sixties, with Putting the reboot in plan to take in the coming year? (Ariel, October 20), I was surprised comfy limo. The Land Rover later an ingenious system of rope, string So – a Friday morning, Bristol news- Kevin Stanley and puzzled to read the quote from took a direct hit and the occupants and slipknots. It took house services room in full-on manic mode as the bj, Radio Nottingham production executive Mark Munro were lost. He never forgot that. days to get them down. M5 is closed because of a fallen pow- that: ‘The studio crew are mostly He loved his parents dearly and Peter was blessed in his many er cable. But, just before 8am, freelances and we’ll bring a few up didn’t want to worry them with news wonderful, close friends who be- because of a security update, all of Know your limits from London for the first few weeks that he was going to Bosnia during the came his world. During his illness, our computers start rebooting. Surely it is time for the BBC Trust of the run, but the aim is to train up conflict. All was fine until they were they rallied around him and their Now, is it really a good idea for and senior management to take people in Scotland.’ watching an ITN bulletin and saw Pete support and comfort helped him the bulletin reader’s computer to de- some drastic steps over executive pay Why is the programme not being on one of ITN’s reverse camera cuta- deal with the pain of coming to the cide to restart at that time? Or for before it is too late. Rather better, I resourced from the excellent skills ways, running in among the chaos. end of his life. JJT theResidential staff of the BBCAdvert News/BBC 22/10/09 10:49feel, to adoptPage a1 capped level of pay base at Pacific Quay? Peter was well known around A bright light has gone out in Croy- Local websites to see Windows go which is self imposed than to have Allan G.Ramsay News for his sense of style and his don and all over. into meltdown at that time? to argue and eventually accept an former BBC Scotland staff panache. 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—————————————— —————————————— —————————————— PROGRAMME MAKING Video Journalist, Weekly Category Manager - People Marketing Assistant, Programmes & Resources Philharmonic Orchestra Production Executive, BBC Leeds London OR Wood Norton Manchester Sport 7D/Ref: 20834809 4D/Ref: 20528309 Out in 8D/Ref: 20825409 E C A London 04-Nov-09 04 months E C 12-Nov-09 C 03-Nov-09 A 07 months 10D/Ref: 20622009 —————————————— —————————————— —————————————— Broadcast Journalist (BBC C 03-Nov-09 A 18 months Finance Analyst, BBC Materials Co-ordinator - —————————————— Asian Network) News UKTV the field Series Producer - Football Leicester London London League Programme 7D/Ref: 20772309 TV Centre 3D/Ref: 20927809 C 08-Nov-09 A 06 months (London & South East) 8D/Ref: 20807409 C 02-Nov-09 A 12 months London —————————————— —————————————— Sophie Woodcock has E C 02-Nov-09 A 12 months Brock House Researcher, WATO/PM Team Assistants, BBC London —————————————— Sport 8D/Ref: 20278309 Project Manager, BBC swapped her largely E C 30-Oct-09 A 06 months 5D/Ref: 20878209 London Academy 3D/Ref: 20732709 —————————————— C 08-Nov-09 desk-bound job for Producer, 1Xtra —————————————— London C 29-Oct-09 A Various London Researcher (FOI), Political White City a different challenge Yalding House Programmes 8D/Ref: 20714109 NEW MEDIA London E C 7D/Ref: 20826609 01-Nov-09 Millbank —————————————— When Vanessa George is sentenced in November, C 05-Nov-09 5D/Ref: 20878109 HR Manager, Sport Creative Director, User —————————————— I’ll be inside the courtroom, relaying information C 09-Nov-09 A 06 months Experience & Design Assistant Producer, New London / Salford Quays to Jon Kay, the West of England correspondent. 7D/Ref: 20746909 London / Salford Quays My attachment as a field producer with the Review 9D/Ref: 20524009 Glasgow BUSINESS SUPPORT E C 04-Nov-09 South and West Bureau has been a big departure ANDZ MANAGEMENT C 02-Nov-09 7D/Ref: 20580709 —————————————— from my day job producing Radio Bristol’s break- Senior Research Executive, —————————————— C 01-Nov-09 A 12 months fast programme. Measurement Senior Content Producer, —————————————— Senior Commercial, Legal Arts The day George admitted abusing nursery chil- Operator, Persian TV & Business Affairs London London dren, the atmosphere in the newsroom was electric. Business Manager White City Media Centre Ordinarily I’d have worried about what I could get London London 7D/Ref: 20610209 8D/Ref: 20925809 for my programme: this time I was part of a team fil- E C 02-Nov-09 C 09-Nov-09 A 12 months 5/7D/Ref: 20877609 Henry Wood House ing for the News Channel, the One, Six and Ten, find- —————————————— C 08-Nov-09 A 06 months 11D/Ref: 19823809 —————————————— Senior Research Executive, Senior Content Producer ing material for three regional tv newsrooms, online —————————————— C 01-Nov-09 A 09 months Future Media & Technology (Navigation) and on-demand while liaising with the radio team. Production/Post —————————————— Production Secretary, Vision Productions London London EastEnders Communications Manager Broadcast Centre Media Media Centre Elstree London Village 8D/Ref: 20817209 It’s easy 3P/Ref: 20369809 10D/Ref: 20634509 7D/Ref: 20534309 C 05-Nov-09 A 12 months —————————————— C 15-Nov-09 A 11 months E C 08-Nov-09 E C 03-Nov-09 to lose —————————————— —————————————— —————————————— Assistant Content Producer Orchestra Assistant, BBC Finance Manager, BBC Marketing Officer, BBC Food London Concert Orchestra World Service Concert Orchestra sight London London Media Centre London 6D/Ref: 20680509 TV Centre Bush House TV Centre of the 3D/Ref: 20935909 9D/Ref: 20918409 C 06-Nov-09 A 06 months 5D/Ref: 20779809 —————————————— C C 01-Nov-09 A 07 months 09-Nov-09 E C 16-Nov-09 Web Researcher bigger —————————————— —————————————— —————————————— Cardiff Section Principal 2nd Violin Change Manager Research Librarian, BBC 5D/Ref: 20561409 Manchester Manchester South picture C 01-Nov-09 A 05 months Under Review/Ref: 16970509 9D/Ref: 20873209 Southampton E C 31-Oct-09 C A 05-Nov-09 18 months 5D/Ref: 20640809 —————————————— TECHNOLOGY C 28-Oct-09 A 12 months I’m on a ‘development attachment’ which is JOURNALISM Planning Manager - BBC Brand & Planning —————————————— funded by English regions. It’s the brainchild of Broadcast Media System Specialist - TV London assignment editor Kirsty Gardner, who wanted to Coordinators (Cataloguing) Studio Head of Sports News White City London give regional journalists the chance to learn how London London / Salford Quays 9D/Ref: 20832409 TV Centre network news works. SM2/Ref: 20896009 E C 04-Nov-09 A 10 months Broadcast Centre Media 8D/Ref: 20821109 It’s easy when you work on a small team like E C 10-Nov-09 —————————————— Village C 04-Nov-09 A 06 months mine to lose sight of the bigger picture. For the last —————————————— Partnership Manager, 4H/Ref: 20756309 —————————————— Production Executive few years I’ve spent the majority of my time sitting Connect & Create E C 03-Nov-09 A 04 months Designer at a desk in the radio studio, so it has been great London / Salford Quays Manchester —————————————— London to get out and about and experience the different 10S/Ref: 20737109 9D/Ref: 20675609 Edit Assistant / Broadcast Centre Media C 05-Nov-09 pressures faced by reporters and producers in the C 02-Nov-09 A 09 months Cynorthwy-ydd Golygu, Dr Village field. My role varies from day to day. I do anything —————————————— —————————————— Who 7D/Ref: 20840709 Metadata Resource E C 04-Nov-09 Partnership Manager, Cardiff and everything, from producing tv and radio out- Manager Connect and Create —————————————— put on the road, to putting together prospects and 4H/Ref: 18789609 PA to controller, TV London / Salford Quays London E C 01-Nov-09 A 10 months deploying resources. Platforms 9D/Ref: 20725709 White City —————————————— Coming from a medium sized newsroom, the E C 09-Nov-09 9D/Ref: 20675509 London Technical Assistant, Broadcast Centre Media hardest part has been learning who is who on the —————————————— C 02-Nov-09 Senior Broadcast DVSolutions Village end of the phone in London, and co-ordinating our —————————————— 4D/Ref: 20830509 Journalist, 5 live Public Accountability London output to make sure all the different news outlets C 04-Nov-09 A 12 months London Manager, BBC Trust White City get what they want. Since the South and West Bu- TV Centre 4D/Ref: 20807509 reau was created, our regional and national news 8/9D/Ref: 20716109 Multi Location C 28-Oct-09 BBC WORLDWIDE teams have got better at sharing material and re- C 04-Nov-09 A 06 months 8D/Ref: 20894509 C 09-Nov-09 —————————————— sources across the patch, which benefits everyone. —————————————— Newsroom Assistant, BBC Senior Broadcast —————————————— SAP (ECC) Development When I go back to Radio Bristol at the end of Weather Journalist (News), BBC Media Planner Manager the year I’m hoping my production role will be London Radio Stoke London London enhanced, our liaison with tv and online will be Stoke on Trent White City TV Centre Media Centre improved and we’ll get more home-grown journal- 8D/Ref: 20562209 8D/Ref: 20891209 4D/Ref: 20784709 SENEX/Ref: 20752509 ism on the national news. I know my new skills and E C C C A E C 04-Nov-09 02-Nov-09 02-Nov-09 02-Nov-09 06 months experiences will make me more alert to opportuni- —————————————— —————————————— —————————————— —————————————— ties to pitch story ideas and share content, particu- larly when a major story breaks. FULL DETAILS AND HOW TO APPLY EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS Been anywhere nice? Send your attachment Full details and how to apply are on Gateway at: Vacancies published on this page are open to BBC Staff. stories to Clare Bolt https://jobs.bbc.co.uk/fe/tpl_bbc02.asp Where indicated (E ), external applicants may also be considered. Please contact (quoting the appropriate ref.no.): Recruitment BBC HR For assistance contact BBC Recruitment’s Response Team Direct, PO Box 1133, Belfast BT1 9GP Tel: 0370 333 1330. Textphone: on: 0800 082 8080 or 0370 333 1330 028 9032 8478

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14 OCTOBER 08 ARIEL a 27·10·09 What am I doing here 15 photograph: Mark bassett Mark photograph: jennifer binstead foreign make up co-ordinatoR bureau news and current affairs

zubair ahmed correspondent BBC mumbai Recently I went to cover a conference on the role of satellite television in distributing news channels in India. I asked a senior tv executive how the masses, who rely on cheap cable tv for news and entertainment, could afford a satellite connection. I also asked him if there was a danger of accentuating the already big digital divide between the rich and poor. He smirked and perhaps wondered how much I knew about India. He didn’t answer the question but gave a lecture, the gist of which was there was no poverty in India and if there was, it was visible only to foreigners and international news or- How would you describe your And what about the men? What sort of make-up do you ganisations, like the BBC, which, he complained, job? Liam Neeson is the most Making a use for filming in HD? deliberately painted India as poverty-stricken. I’ve been a make-up artist for charming man I’ve ever met in It has to be very, very fine. Was I surprised by his attitude? Not really. more than 30 years and I my life. He’s gorgeous. Gener- blown-off ear Finer make-ups and new brush- I often meet people in Mumbai with similar really love my job. We do eve- ally the men love having their es are being created all the views. Once I saw a driver in suit and tie driv- ry kind of make-up. One day make-up done, although David from veal, cling time including airbrushing ing his BMW close to the road divider on a wide we could be doing monsters, Attenborough and Jonathan film and Rice foundation which is applied boulevard. Dozens of people were sleeping on or everyday, or glamorous, Miller never wear it. It tends to through a brush a few inches the divider, their prosthetics, period, hair – all be more remedial – hiding a Krispies was one away from the face. It’s silicon For the city’s limbs hanging out those are within our remit. five o’clock shadow or powder- based so doesn’t drop, melt or to the edge of the ing a bald head. We also check of many weird shine under the warm lights. rich and fast lane. I was What qualities or skills do you the men’s ties and that their driving behind need to be a make-up artist? buttons are done up correctly. assignments What do you do in your spare famous, the him. Then I heard a Tolerance, tenacity, patience . time? shriek as the BMW and obviously you have to be What’s the weirdest make-up I love seeing friends and poor simply driver hit the out- artistic. You can’t be confron- you’ve ever been asked to do? er occasion an actor with a going to the cinema or thea- stretched hand of tational and you have to like One of most exciting prosthet- false moustache was going up tre. I didn’t go into this busi- don’t exist one of the sleepers. people. You’re the last person ic make-ups I did was a man a hill when half of it blew off. ness not loving the whole the- He drove on. to see someone before they go who’d had his ear blown off. I We couldn’t find it anywhere atrical experience. I also love The following morning I narrated this ex- on tv so the confidence you can went to the butchers, bought so he had to cut pieces of hair the sunshine which I know perience to some local friends. They blamed give others is really important. some cling film, some veal from his body and I had to is very bad for me but I was the people who slept on the road divider. They I had a teacher who used to and a packet of Rice Krisp- stick them onto his upper lip. born and brought up in East also complained how labourers had swarmed say ‘you’ll be required to have ies. Together with latex, glue Africa so I’m a hothouse or- their city and made pavements, road dividers maximum calm and massive and colour I managed to cre- Working on studio make-up chid and I don’t like the cold. and parks their abode. Indeed, more than half improvisation’, and it’s true. ate the most extraordinary must be boring by comparison, the 16 million people in Mumbai are made up blown-off ear. I also trans- isn’t it? What was East Africa like? of the floating and homeless as well as those What sort of programmes have formed someone into a were- You’d think that but eve- I had an absolutely idyllic living in squalid shanty towns. The homeless you worked on? wolf in under two minutes. ry day a person’s face is dif- childhood that people to- are everywhere: under flyovers, on pavements I Claudius, The Onedin Line, the ferent. They can be away on day couldn’t really compre- and outside temples and mosques. But for the very last series of Dad’s Army, Have you ever had any disasters holiday, or have a cold sore hend because it was colonial city’s rich and famous they simply don’t exist. Poirot, Agatha Christies, dra- or has anything gone wrong? or new hairstyle, or be feel- Africa. I was born in Dar Es I have seen buskers sleeping rough outside mas. I’ve done Fred Astaire, Oh yes. I was working on a ing under the weather or on Salaam where my father was tube stations in London and I have heard London- Gene Kelly, Margot Fonteyn, war programme and I had to top of the world. I do the One permanent secretary to Gov- ers complaining about them as well. But in my David Hockney and every transform about 40 young men O’Clock News every day but it’s ernor Twining of the famous view, you could count them on your finger tips. prime minister since Mrs from 1980s haircuts into 1940s not always the same present- tea family. Living on the edge Here in Mumbai, India’s seemingly wealthi- Thatcher. In 1989, after hav- with short back and sides. I er. And I still do other pro- of the Indian Ocean I learnt est city and its economic powerhouse, filth, ing children, I was offered a was halfway through cutting grammes. I recently worked to swim more or less before squalor and the foul smell from the Arabian contract to do the news two when I realised I’d cut into on Ready Steady Cook in HD. I could walk. It doesn’t bear Sea hit you immediately. days a week and I’ve worked on one man’s toupee. On anoth- thinking about when you Twenty first century technology juxtaposes every big news story since then think of Shepherd’s Bush. with ancient tools; in the same district, cheek- including the day of Princess by-jowl, are swanky buildings and slums. In- Diana’s funeral. It was such What are your top make-up dia’s dollar billionaires rub shoulders with slum a surreal day. I don’t think CV tips? dwellers living on less than two dollars a day. anybody will ever forget it. Degree: London College of Fashion, Film and TV Find a good primer. When The extremes of poverty and affluence are all Make Up followed by the BBC’s make-up school I don’t wear it nobody says too evident in India’s most cosmopolitan city. Have you had any favourite anything but when I do eve- It is these extremities which make the city First job: Secretary in the BBC Legal Department celebrities? Making up Princess Anne, ryone says how well I look. so special. Before I left London I was warned Judi Dench, who I worked Career landmark: Blusher, mascara and a by a friend from Mumbai not to fall in love with on A Fine Romance. She and working in Downing Street with Mrs Thatch- touch of Vaseline would do with the city. It grows on you, she had said. was like a mother to every- er; she had exquisite skin, like a peach you on a desert island. Prophetic words indeed. I came here for two one on set. She came in with Married for 26 years, with three sons years. Six years on I am still here, living it up, her knitting and knew eve- Family: Interview by Sue Llewellyn and loving it. rything about everyone.

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green room School daze: James May (far left, middle row), Paul Rodgers (front row, third from left) and Salley ▲ THE ARIELAT0R Rear (front row, far right) WE HEAR THAT. . . A weekly take on life at the BBC: It seems our high flying execs have had the ▲ who’s up, who’s down, who’s off frighteners put up them by the terrifying realisation that if they so much as buy a Wispa ▲ Gold on the company dime it will be on the front page of the Daily Mail the next day. Is this ▲ why deputy dg Mark Byford has been spotted emerging from the very rea- ▲ sonably priced Beaumont House (the World Serv- ice hostel open to all ▲ staff) early in the morning? Maybe not ▲ UPSIDE Well done to the 5 live team who – he told our source emerged victorious in Adrian Chiles’s Press vs. he stays there ▲ Press Bowling World Cup last week (‘Adrian regularly as it has really enjoys bowling – and thought this’d be a the added benefit of ▲ laugh – so he’s putting in a team vs the press. keeping money within That’s it really,’ ran the refreshingly honest the BBC. ‘He denies get- ▲ invite). Though they beat the likes of Radio 2, ting preferential treatment,’ the Daily Mail and the Radio Times, it seems says our mole, ‘although it is to be remem- the 5 live team’s performance was an unlikely bered that he was the former head of the ▲ triumph in the face of adversity: ‘We put our World Service…’ side together at the last minute, but amazingly ▲ we won despite being under the influence of The Newsroom should be a place of discipline, the free bar,’ admits 5 live breakfast broadcast where stoic staff manage their emotions in the ▲ assistant Stef Notarangelo (pictured second face of pressure and everything is done by the from right with his team and two mysterious top gear’s book. But it seems this control even extends to ▼ hangers on). the tea making facilities, judging by the list of eight commandments sent out to all newsroom ▼ DOWNSIDE The announcement that staff will staff in preparation for the opening of the new have to pay for their own treasure ‘News tea point’ which opened in TVC last week. Christmas parties this Somewhat sinisterly the newsroom admin team ▼ year didn’t stop Mark Q. What do the dame, 18th cen- lege’s performance of Treasure say they will be ‘keeping a close eye on the area’ Jones, chef at BBC South tury naval officer and a daughter of a Island (which, in a sci-fi twist, was set – so make sure you wash up that mug, sunshine. ▼ West, from throwing sea- cannibal chief pictured in the photo ‘in summer 1780 and 1980 simul- sonal conventions to the above have in common? A. They all taneously’, according to the pro- there are plenty of scrooges at the BBC, judg- ▼ wind and following the work at the BBC. Top Gear presenter gramme). ing by the results of ariel online’s Christmas bold new tradition set James May (no stranger to these pag- But taking the record for the largest party poll. In response to the question ‘Will you ▼ by our nation’s supermarkets of getting in the es thanks to his ill-fated Lego house) number from the same school is Har- still organise a Christmas party, without the BBC festive spirit in mid-October. Mark has a better is the officer, displaying – even at a vey Grammar School in Kent. Stephen funding it?’ a whopping 21 percent of you an- ▼ excuse than rampant money making, however: young age – the relaxed yet dashing Neal, director at The One Show, went swered ‘No – it’s a good excuse not to socialise he is leaving to take up a management post at style that has made him a household there, as did Brian Stanley, a film with colleagues’. This outbreak of ill-will could Plymouth City College, and staff at Plymouth, name. Radio 2 editor Paul Rodgers is director on the same programme. So be due to a lack of possible answers: ‘Can we ▼ dismayed that they would be deprived of a the pantomime dame (that’s some did news director Phil Moore, Justen have more of a middle ground, please?’ request- Christmas lunch prepared by his skilled hand, excellent 80s hair, Paul), and Salley Dyche, a partner in the technology ed one reader, who suggested the option ‘Yes, ▼ asked him to move the festive feast forward to Rear, now production manager in consultancy within FM&T, and Crea- if it’s not karaoke’. Perhaps funding should be October 21. Crackers were obtained, and bad A&M, is wearing the traditional attire tive Hub head Giles Wilson. ‘At one reintroduced, but only for alcohol-free karaoke ▼ jokes written on small pieces of paper duly told. of the cannibal maidens. point Phil, Justen and I were all news parties – it’s sure to keep costs down… ‘Mark’s been the most amazing chef,’ said at- Salley got in touch after our article directors and realised we’d been to ▼ tendee Janet Hopkinson, acting project assist- about colleagues who went to school school together,’ says Stephen. ‘I ant at BBC South West. ‘We’ll really miss him.’ together, presenting this photo from have no idea what it was about the Thomas Rotherham Sixth Form Col- Harvey.’ Out of this world

What better way EARWIGGING to witness the scen- ery of space than OVERHEARD AT THE BBC through the glori- it’s a wrap ous union of red and blue that is the …I’ve got the phone number ainsley harriott (pictured) was was LJ Rich, from the Click team in tv 3D image? Short of of the hovercrafting Granny… among the judges of the design-a- news features, with ‘Feta Festival’ – hopping on a rocket, sandwich competition run by BBC a soft wholemeal wrap surrounding there aren’t many. …Oooh, I LOVE a good stapler… Workplace. courgette strips, butternut squash That’s why BBC Mag- Erica Williams, an R&D executive and the titular cheese. azines have chosen …Sometimes I find it hard to in education and learning, was one They should arrive in a ca- a special edition of carry my arms around because of the two winners with her ‘Fit for tering outlet near you in Sky at Night maga- Purpose’ sandwich of time for Children in Need, zine to be their first they’re so big… organic wholemeal with a percentage 3D title. The 100 or granary bread with going to the page edition, called …Hello? Is there anyone there who has Welsh goat’s cheese, charity – rea- Space 3D (rrp £7.99), comes with a free pair of anything to do with Hull?… ham, oven roasted son enough 3D specs and features everything from astro- cherry tomatoes to chuck the nauts on the moon to the biggest mountain in …We just need to cut out the squiggly and dressed or- tuna mayo and the solar system, as well a foreword by Queen noise when he poos… ganic leaves. give some- guitarist turned astronomer Brian May. Weighing in for thing else a To win one of five copies of Space 3D, just …I wonder if Vince Cable could get an the vegetarians try? answer this question: What is the title of Brian May’s 2007 PhD thesis in astrophysics? Email attachment to the Labour Party?… ariel competitions by November 2.

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