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10·11·09 Week 45 explore.gateway.bbc.co.uk/ariel THE BBC NEWSPAPER Could Today’s ‘God slot’ a be up for grabs? Page 10 photograph : ROBERT WICKS HARRY IN THE FRAME THIS HEART WARMING picture of won the Our World section of the BBC staff at BBC Bristol. The competition attracted ◆World War I soldier Harry Patch with photography competition. The picture is by 1364 entries. Ariel reveals all the winners his friend, the historian Richard van Emden, Robert Wicks, a senior broadcast journalist and runners-up.won PPages 8-9 ◆ Culture secretary Ben ◆ In the best possible ◆ Enid, Margot and Bradshaw on covering taste? Producers speak Gracie are the ones to the fall of the Wall Page 3 out on comedy Page 4 watch on BBC Four Page 5 > NEWS 2-4 WEEK AT WORK 8-9 ANALYSIS 10 MAIL 11 JOBS 14 GREEN ROOM 16 < 216 News aa 00·00·08 10·11·09 Global tour ends at TVC NEWS BITES a IN THE Loop, the film spin-off from The Thick of It, won three prizes at the Bafta Scotland Awards: best actor (Peter Capaldi), best director Room 2316, White City (Armando Ianucci) and best writer 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TS for the writing team. Other BBC 020 8008 4228 winners included New Town, made by Editor BBC Scotland for BBC Four, named Candida Watson 02-84222 best tv drama, and the Panorama Deputy editors special Britain’s Homecare Scandal, made by BBC Scotland, which took Sally Hillier 02-26877 the news and current affairs prize. Cathy Loughran 02-27360 Features editor AHeaD OF a general election being Clare Bolt 02-27445 called, the BBC Trust wants to speed Reporters up complaints about the allocation Laura Scarrott 02-84224 of party election broadcasts, Production editor including from minority parties such Welcome home: Jeremy Hillman as the BNP. Its consultation on the Claire Barrett 02-27368 (left, in pink shirt) and proposed new complaints process Art editor school children greet the Box Ken Sinyard 02-84229 closes on December 4. Ariel online IN A bid to improve grammar, Alex Goodey 02-27410 jected loss of £20bn this year. spelling and general accuracy Business co-ordinator The BBC’s branded shipping Our Box had to take account of piracy threats and presentation on the BBC Silvana Romana 02-84228 container had an eventful off Somalia, while the environmental aspects of News website, a centralised subs’ Ariel mail transport and shipping also played a part in the desk will operate for a four-week [email protected] year, writes Jeremy Hillman coverage. There were lighter moments too. The trial, from 7am to 9pm Monday Ariel online explore.gateway.bbc.uk/ariel captain of the Copenhagen Express only found to Friday, focusing on stories and u WE LAUncHED THE BOX just over a year ago. out he was carrying the BBC Box en route to Sin- features appearing on the UK The plan was to follow a shipping container, fit- gapore when he got an email from relatives on and international front pages. ted with a global positioning system, around the board who had seen the project on our website. The desk will provide feedback to Guest contributors this week world for 12 months, to paint a picture of world He assigned a guard to the Box for the rest of the individual writers when required. trade and the global economy. journey. CHRis BERTHOUD, interactive What we didn’t foresee was Gratifyingly, the project has THE GRUFFALO has been voted editor, explains how, amid all the that its voyage would coincide connected us with younger audi- favourite bedtime story by listeners talk of Twitter, interaction with with one of the most dramatic ences. Soon after launch we re- to Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show. programmes is nothing new. Page 6 shocks to the economy in the ceived emails from teachers and Nearly 20,000 listeners voted last 60 years. Our Box bore wit- students keen to use the Box in from a shortlist of eight books JOanna JOLLY, Nepal ness to a global recession and at one stage a their classes. Last Tuesday school and the Gruffalo received around correspondent, gets to grips with near total collapse of global trade. pupils joined us at TVC to see it close-up. one-fifth of the vote. Winnie ancient rituals and practices. Page 15 After a sprightly start carrying 10,000 bot- The project will have a lasting impact. The The Pooh was second, The Very tles of Scotch whisky to Shanghai, and stops in shipping company with which we have been Hungry Caterpillar third. the US and Brazil, the BBC container was soon working has agreed to donate the Box to a char- bogged down in Yokohama, Japan where empty ity that converts containers for use as class- ZeinaB BaDawi was named BBC Jobs 0370 333 1330 containers were piling up in their thousands. It rooms and soup kitchens in Africa. international tv personality Jobs textphone 028 9032 8478 became one illustration of the container ship- Jeremy Hillman is editor of the of the year at the Association BBC Jobs John Clarke 02-27143 ping industry going from profitability to a pro- business and economics unit for International Broadcasting Room 2120, White City, London W12 7TS Awards. The BBC programme Korea: Advertise in Ariel Out of the North was named best Ten Alps Publishing 020 7878 2314 Lessons learnt, says black belt bj investigative documentary and www.bbcarielads.com the BBC India Election Train was highly commended for the most Printing by Sue Llewellyn the ground. He was fighting creative marketing strategy. Garnett Dickinson Group off another thug when police Rotherham 01709 768000 North West Tonight broadcast arrived and arrested the men. BBC WALes is seeking an artist Subscribe to Ariel journalist Paresh Patel has Sentencing the pair to com- to create a permanent tribute to Six months: £26, £36, £40 spoken exclusively to Ariel munity service, the judge said: the late broadcaster Ray Gravell. Twelve months: £50, £60, £68 about the incident in which ‘He defended himself. I say The commission, launched with (prices for UK, Europe, rest of world he floored a drunken thug good for Mr Patel. He had no Safle, the Wales-based independent who had been attacking him. reason to be subjected to that public art consultancy, is to respectively) The incident was caught on level of abuse and threat.’ create a sculpture in memory Cheques to: Garnett Dickinson Print, CCTV camera, and the BBC Patel says there are lessons of the rugby player turned Brookfields Way, Manvers, man was praised by a judge for to be learned. ‘Cameras attract commentator and radio presenter. Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham S63 5DL fighting back. Praised by judge: Paresh Patel people and this could happen Tel 01709 768199 With cameraman Steve Cap- anywhere at any time... these THE BiKE Doctor and Safer INFORMATION IN AN EMERGENCY stick, Patel had been setting up guidelines work and should Neighbourhood Police will provide Telephone 0800 0688 159 a live for reporter Laura Yates Patel and Capstick decided be followed at all times: stick free bike servicing and security Ceefax Page 159 www.bbc.co.uk/159 at the statue of wartime code to abandon the live and walk together, plan your exit strate- on Nov 11 from 10am-2pm on breaker Alan Turing in Sack- back to the office but two of gy and don’t be afraid to drop the green at White City. Cycle Ariel is produced by Internal ville Gardens, Manchester. the youths followed and con- your camera. Kit can be re- locks will be available with £5 Communications for people at the BBC A group of six men and a tinued to hurl abuse. The placed, people can’t.’ from each sale going to Children woman approached and asked team was chased through the Patel believes that ‘seri- in Need. For bikes that need a what they were doing. One city centre. ‘At one point one ous errors of judgement’ were specific repair, visit cycle-systems. man started kicking the stat- of the thugs grabbed a metal made during the incident in co.uk to order parts in advance. ue and became abusive. The billboard from a restaurant Manchester. ‘The first was, woman poured a pint of beer and tried to slam me over the when we got into trouble, we A PLAYSTATION3, a hotel break and over Patel’s head. He called the head with it but I pushed him should have left in the car we Premier League football tickets are PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR COPY OF ARIEL office to explain the situation away,’ said Patel. arrived in. Once the trouble among the prizes in a Children in and the men thought he was Eventually, when one started, we tried to walk back Need raffle being run by the BBC ringing the police and began lunged at him again, Patel, to the BBC carrying cumber- Club. Tickets are available from all swearing at him. who is a black belt fourth some equipment. We also be- Clubs, which are also selling Pudsey ‘I thought a bit of brava- dan in karate, punched him came physically separated. merchandise. For more details do might deter them so I told in the face and kicked him in These mistakes exposed us to on how to help CiN through the them that I was a black belt.’ the groin, knocking him to attack from all sides.’ BBC Club, email Hannah Booth. > ARIEL ONLINE: BBC NEWS AS IT HAPPENS – EXPLORE.GATEWAY.BBC.CO.UK/ARIEL< a 10·11·09 News 3 Generations change – war continues Producer Duncan Knowles, Henry Allingham, Steve Morris, Robert Hall Remembrance Day service, Camp Bastion, Helmand province This is the week the nation remembers the fallen.