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Happy birthday? EastEnders goes live - p8-9 162 News aa 00·00·08 09·02·10 a Collaboration and better use of social media will alter ways of working Horrocks tells journalists Room 2316, White City 201 Wood Lane, W12 7TS 020 8008 4222 Editor change is coming, embrace it Candida Watson 02-84222 Deputy editor by Kate Arkless Gray Cathy Loughran 02-27360

Chief writer Peter Horrocks, director of Global News, Sally Hillier 02-26877 has issued a challenge to BBC journalists – em- Features editor brace change, accept collaboration and make Clare Bolt 02-27445 use of new information sources like social Broadcast Journalists media, or re-consider what you are doing. Claire Barrett 02-27368 Delivering the keynote speech at the Global Adam Bambury 02-27410 News Creative Network ‘Fit for the Future’ ses- AV Manager sion in Bush House, (run in conjunction with Peter Roach 02-24622 the College of Journalism) Horrocks said BBC Art editor journalism needed to be more collaborative and make better use of the resources offered by Ken Sinyard 02-84229 sites like Twitter. He said there must be a cul- Digital Design Executive tural shift to take account of the way technol- David Murray 02-27380 ogy is changing both the job and the way audi- ences relate to output. He drew on his experiences as a former News- night editor to highlight the contrast between Guest contributors this week the programme-based mindset, and his vision of a more open and sharing culture in future. ‘There needs to be greater flexibility in the way that will be a good thing. It is a question of source for journalists, adding that ‘this isn’t Zoe Kleinman on protocols for we all interrelate to each other within the or- adapting to that and realising that that is go- just a kind of fad from someone who’s an en- news staff joining the Twitterati. ganisation,’ he said, explaining that this isn’t ing to happen.’ thusiast of technology. I’m afraid you’re not do- Page 6 purely due to the need for efficiency savings, He underlined the importance of understand- ing your job if you can’t do those things. It’s not but a result of a changing world in which the ing how audiences relate to the BBC brand by lis- discretionary’. Toby Mildon making content lines between specialisms are becoming in- tening to feedback and looking at audience in- He rounded off his talk with a warning; more accessible for people with creasingly blurred. sight gained from marketing teams. ‘There’s still ‘There’s no excuse for failing to think about this disabilities Page 14 Turning his attention to editors, he said their a persistent, and I think outrageous, mentality to- and to throw yourself into it. If you don’t like role would increasingly become about curation wards marketing which sees it somehow as be- it, if you think that level of change or that dif- and selection, being aware of what others are ing a kind of lowlier function,’ he said, caution- ferent way of working isn’t right for me, then doing, and sharing it, with attribution. He said: ing his audience; ‘if there are any vestiges of that go and do something else, because it’s going Ariel mail ‘There will be more bringing things together in around, then that has got to go.’ to happen, you’re not going to be able to stop [email protected] W1. There will be fewer decision makers. There Horrocks spoke enthusiastically about tools it… There’s no point being unhappy, is there? will be less individual segmented control, and like Twitter and RSS readers as an essential re- You’ve got to enjoy it for this to work.’ Ariel online explore.gateway.bbc.uk/ariel BBC Jobs 0370 333 1330 Jobs textphone 028 9032 8478 BBC Jobs John Clarke 02-27143 Room 2120, White City, London W12 7TS Unearthed: why BH had to be evacuated Advertise in Ariel Ten Alps Media 020 7878 2313 www.bbcarielads.com by Sally Hillier ‘The wrong YIP went out [between 8.30-9am],’ says parliamentary corre- Printing u Talks are in hand with EDF over spondent David Wilby. ‘It was one that had Garnett Dickinson Group either replacing or removing entirely been broadcast two hours earlier.’ Rotherham 01709 768000 a power cable that developed a fault, This was particularly galling for Wilby, Subscribe to Ariel prompting a fire alert and the evacua- fellow correspondent Sean Curran and Six months: £26, £36, £40 tion of Broadcasting House last week. other colleagues who were at Millbank un- Twelve months: £50, £60, £68 The high voltage electric cable, which til almost midnight on Feb 1 preparing the despite lying inside BH is not used by programme. 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The annual Radio 2 folk music awards were pre- sented last Monday night, in an evening of live music hosted by Mike Harding. Jon Boden was named folk singer of the year, while for the third year running Lau were best group. Best musician was squeezebox player John Kirkpatrick while Cara Dil- lon was presented with album of the year for ‘Hill of Thieves’. Bob Shennan, Radio 2 controller, said: ‘The Folk Awards are a fantastic way to showcase such a well- loved and thriving musical genre.’ Performance video, exten- sive features and a photo gallery can be found at bbc.co.uk/radio2. Entertainment controller Winning formula to pursue ‘new options’ for motor racing by Cathy Loughran ‘After many hugely enjoyable years I With 19 races involving 13 teams, a can use the red button to follow prac- have decided that it’s the right time head-to-head between Jenson Button tice sessions and get post race analysis Jon Beazley, the executive who com- to leave the BBC, take a break and and Lewis Hamilton, both driving for – also accessible on the sport website, missioned Friday Night with Jonathan consider some options available to McLaren, and the return of Michael which will invite emails and texts. Ross and Strictly Come Dancing, is to me before deciding what’s next. Schumacher, Formula 1 fans have Radio 5 live and 5 live Sports Ex- leave the BBC. ‘I’ve been having informal discus- plenty to look forward to this year. tra promise live commentary of eve- Controller of entertainment group sion about this for some time. Now The new season starts on March ry race, as well as coverage of practice since 2006, Beazley has announced it’s important to think about hand- 12 in Bahrain and once again com- and qualifying sessions. that he is leaving BBC Vision Studios ing over the slate – and what a slate. prehensive multiplatform coverage In addition there will be Friday in March to take a career break and It’s so much more than Saturday is promised. night preview and a Chequered Flag then pursue ‘new options’. nights, with production across Lon- As in 2009, when the BBC regained podcast available to download with In the last three years he has over- don, Glasgow, Manchester and Car- the contract from ITV, the tv team summaries and reaction from the seen hits like I’d Do Anything, Drag- diff.’ comprises Ted Kravitz, Jonathan Le- circuit. ons’ Den, Top Gear, Weakest Link and You He would miss ‘the great shows, gard, Lee McKenzie, , The 5 live commentary team is led Think You Can Dance as well as events and the brilliantly talented teams David Coulthard and Eddie Jordan. by David Croft, joined by Anthony including Eurovision Song Contest who make them’, he said, but he Jake Humphrey returns as anchor Davidson and pit lane reporter Holly and Children In Need. was sure his successor would bring Jon Beazley and legendary F1 voice Murray Walk- Samos. Tv editor Mark Wilkin said he His departure leaves Pat Younge, ‘real energy’ to a job that was an un- er is also involved, providing online was pleased to be able to sign up the Vision Productions’ brand new chief rivalled opportunity in the UK tv in- ly, Jonathan Ross, Sport Relief, The Ap- blogs and reports. same names as in 2009. creative officer, with one of the big- dustry. prentice and all the National Lottery The tv operation includes live BBC The BBC has a five year deal to gest jobs in popular television to fill. Before his current role, Beazley shows. Pat Younge said Beazley had One coverage of every qualifying ses- broadcast F1, from 2009-13 inclu- Beazley says it was a difficult de- was controller, entertainment com- been ‘a tremendous force in BBC en- sion and race as well as a highlights sive; it includes exclusive rights to tv, cision, but he’s ready for a change: missioning, responsible for Strict- tertainment for many years’. programme on BBC Three. Viewers radio, broadband and mobile. Apprenticeships for school leavers

The BBC Academy is partnering and be expected to come up with pro- study components and the BBC meets Westminster Kingsway College to de- gramme ideas for tv departments in the £9000 apprentice pay. It’s a move liver ten training and paid work ex- sport, factual, drama, entertainment designed to find and train enthusias- perience places in 2010, and more in and children’s. tic young people who may not have the next two years, through the BBC Course study modules will be com- thought the BBC was for them, says 2012 - London Apprenticeships. pleted at Westminster Kingsway Col- BBC People director Lucy Adams. The scheme is aimed at over-18 lege and the year will lead to a crea- ‘We are looking for people who year olds with media ambitions, who tive and digital media apprenticeship are passionate about the media, full don’t necessarily want to go to uni- level 3, equivalent to A Level, BTECH of ideas and with real understanding versity. Apprentices will perform run- or NVQ level 3 qualification. of the issues facing London’s many presenters: Jonathan Legard, Martin Brundle, Eddie Jordan, ner-type roles, buy props, book travel The college provides the academic diverse communities,’ Adams says. Jake Humphrey, David Coulthard, Lee McKenzie and Ed Kravitz

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Armando Iannucci’s In The Loop Freelance contracting team is among five Oscar nominations for BBC Films. The others are An Education, nominated for best picture, best adapted screenplay and best actress, and Bright Star, takes a simpler approach nominated for best costume design. In addition, BBC One’s commission of the Wallace and Gromit film A by Sally Hillier one, fast loading online Until now, the BBC’s ing days,’ says Paul Fiander, Matter Of Loaf And Death is nominated portal page. Online hiring Freelancer Contracting head of freelance contract- in the short film (animated) category. A simplified engagement All contracts and associ- Team (FCT) has relied heav- ing. ‘We’ve taken freelance and payment processing ated documentation, such and payment ily on manual processing, contracting off the naugh- Ofcom has agreed that the BBC system is being introduced as forms covering health with contracts posted to ty step, if you like.’ and telecoms company Arqiva can for all BBC freelancers. and safety and declarations processing people who then have to The postal system is not jointly sell new capacity on the UK It does away with time of interest, are emailed to sign and post them back, being totally abandoned, digital terrestrial system, enabling consuming paperwork and freelancers, who can now system along with relevant com- he adds, as it is still avail- two new national tv channels to be is completely online, mak- benefit from a new web- pliance forms. able to those without broadcast over Digital Terrestrial TV ing things speedier and based application called launched in But there have been online access. He expects (DTT). The move comes as a result of easier. Supplier Self Service. problems with delays and though that most freelanc- the digital switchover process, taking The changes, part of Piloted by people on response to rejected claims, often ers will use the new online place region by region until 2012. an overall plan by direc- EastEnders, Supplier Self because of trivial mistakes initiatives, to be formally tor of BBC People Lucy Ad- Service enables users user feedback made by freelancers sup- launched on February 10. Comedians Jack Dee and Frank ams to cut red tape, are in quickly to see and con- plying information. At EastEnders, the test- Skinner, footballer Peter Shilton, response to complaints by sent to terms and condi- being able to check what is ‘We’ve listened to feed- bed for Supplier Self Serv- snooker players Willie Thorne and bookers and freelancers tions, check the status of happening at a glance and back and responded with ice, people report finding Dennis Taylor, and Grumpy Old Women about complex procedures purchase orders, convert track progress on a secure an improved system that it more streamlined and Jenny Éclair, Linda Robson, Lesley and slow processing times. those POs into invoices and webpage, so avoiding the cuts the end-to-end process user friendly and welcome Joseph and Susie Blake have signed Bookers, whose requests receive rapid payment (nor- frustration that inevitably [from booking someone, the fact that the business up for Let’s Dance for Sport Relief, which to hire people can involve mally within three days). results when booking de- receiving their e-signed of hiring and paying them starts on February 20 on BBC One. initiating up to six pages, ‘Visibility’ is a key fea- tails and payment are seem- contract and paying their no longer requires ‘a rain- now need to complete only ture of the system – ie ingly ‘lost in the system’. invoice] from 18 to 9 work- forest of paper’. Radio 4’s election night results programme is looking for producers, reporters, runners and other staff keen to get involved. The programme will share OB and hub Eye tracker Rajar success for Wogan as operations with 5 live, and run from election night through to the following afternoon. Contact Giles project gets he prepares for Sunday show Edwards by email or on 0260440. BBC Four’s Chemistry: a Volatile go-ahead History on February 4 was the highest n Radio 3 lost listeners, going from 2.19m in rated multichannel programme in by Claire Barrett Q3 to 1.87m in Q4 – a drop of 14 percent. its slot, beating Katie Price’s latest exploits. That makes it the channel’s A psychology graduate will join BBC n Radio 5 live (including Sports Extra) in- highest rated science series, and Children’s this spring on an 18 month creased its listenership year on year to 6.19 mil- follows the success of BBC Two’s How project with Salford University. lion, although it too saw a decrease (of five per- the Earth Made Us earlier this month. The part government-funded role cent) between Q3 and Q4. Both programmes are part of the will look at the use of eye tracker BBC’s celebration of science this year. technology in interpreting how pre- n The Asian Network saw its audience fall over schoolers respond to digital media. the year from 379,000 to 360,000. Last week cameraman Fred Scott is in The graduate will do user testing chief operating officer Caroline Thomson told the frame for an RTS journalism with children, evaluate results and the House of Lords communication committee award. The BBC has 12 of the 15 establish good practice guidelines she thought the station was ‘trying to cater to nominations but the News Channel which will be shared with the wider too many disparate groups simultaneously’. is not shortlisted as channel of the BBC and the rest of the industry. year. All Nations and Regions current The eye tracker device measures n Although digital listening dropped slightly affairs nominations are BBC, as are eye movement, enabling a picture last quarter, digital-only channels BBC Radio 7 those for Scoop of the Year. See all to be established of what it is drawn by Candida Watson and BBC 6 Music both added listeners, with the the nominees at www.rts.org.uk to first, how long it spends on each latter recording growth of 12 percent. Mean- element, what it finds most absorb- There was good and bad news for the BBC in while 30 percent of the 15-24 age group say ing and what it ignores. the Rajar results for the last quarter of 2009. they have listened to radio via a mobile phone. In Ariel’s January 26 cover story, It’s the first time the BBC has Terry Wogan went out on a high, as his final we referred to an estimated six secured a Knowledge Transfer Part- Radio 2 morning shows attracted 8.1 million n BBC Scotland’s audience fell 12.4 percent million Palestinians who were nership award, and the BBC is match- listeners a week, equalling his best ever fig- over the year, but the Q4 figures were up 5 per- driven from their homes during ing the £36,744 figure. ures. He beat Radio 1 rival Chris Moyles by cent on Q3. Head of radio Jeff Zycinski said: the 1948 Israeli military operation, ‘It has taken over a year and nu- almost one million and handed a stiff chal- ‘Radio Scotland is beginning to head in the Plan D. In fact, it is the population merous application forms,’ explains lenge to successor Chris Evans. right direction again and we’re at a reasonable of expelled Palestinians and their children’s production innovation Tim Davie, director of Audio and Music, starting point as we begin to implement sched- descendants that now amounts exec Fiona Macbeth, who has led the said: ‘Terry is a legendary broadcaster... I’m ule changes planned for the rest of the year.’ to between six and seven million project with Sam Chadwick in R&D. now looking forward to tuning in to his new people. ‘[This project] will help us design show later this month.’ n Radio Ulster remains the most listened to content for children more effectively, Wogan returns to Radio 2 with a Sunday station in Northern Ireland, with an average BBC Two’s forthcoming series share what we learn with developers morning programme, starting on February 14. weekly audience of almost half a million, down The Silence, in which five volun- and save time. The award is the dif- Although BBC Network reach was stable year 56,000 on Q3. Stephen Nolan’s weekday morn- teers sample life at a retreat, was ference between being able to do all on year, overall audiences dropped slightly ings show is the station’s most popular. commissioned by independent this and not.’ with many stations recording a fall in listeners commissioning editor Jacquie It’s the kind of partnership that after a very strong third quarter of 2009. n BBC Cymru Wales Radio also recorded an av- Hughes and not Aaqil Ahmed, the Salford Quays set-up is designed erage weekly audience of half a million. head of religion and ethics, as re- to encourage, says Chadwick. ‘It rep- n Radio 4’s reach rose to 9.84 million and its ported in Ariel last week. Hughes resents an important step towards audience share to a joint highest 12.5 percent. n Radio Merseyside is the most listened to local also helped devise the format with working closely with academia for Today’s audience fell from a high of 6.64 mil- station outside London, although again the indie producers Tiger Aspect. tangible audience benefit.’ lion in quarter 3 to 6.41m audience has fallen in comparison to 2008. a 09·02·10 week@work Features 5 CHANGING PLACES BBC IN ACTION u Fiona Foster is the new presenter of the BBC World News travel programme, fast:track….

Sam Hodges joins the BBC from to be- come head of communications, BBC One, Fiction, Daytime & HD…

Simon Hoban (pictured) leaves BBC Newcastle to become the new host for drivetime on BBC Radio Merseyside...

Beginning in March, Holly Goodier moves from head of multiplatform planning in BBC Vi- sion, to become head of audiences, FM&T…

Paul Almond passes the baton of heading up communications for BBC Vision to Julian Payne, and starts as head of the new Digital Communications team… Sophie Brendel from the central Strategic Communications Unit, will take on the role of head of digital engagement in March…

Jamie Austin has been appointed to the role of head of communica- tions, A&M.

Digital Radio station BBC 7 joined forces BBC Leicester are provided the equipment and with BBC Leicester to mark the strat of this an engineer, while BB Leicester Comedy Festival. Pictured front row, year’s Leicester Comedy Festival. T C 7 provided Alex Riley to from left, presenter Alex Riley, BB hey set-up host the event and producer S C Leicester in a café on Leicester High Street and invited imon Houlihan to presenter Jim S ensure everything ran smoothly. M mallman, comedian Kent Valen - listeners to drop in and put questions to vari aterial from tine. Back row, B - the day will be broadcast on both BB roadcast Assistant T im Scul- ous comics during the afternoon and early C Leices- lion, BBC Radio L ter and on BBC 7’s Comedy Club during the rest eicester engineer M alcolm evening. Pugh, producer S of the month to coincide with the rest of the imon Houlihan and D irector of the Comedy Festival G eoff Rowe

plug WHAT TO WEAR shamEless FACT Fizzy Edwards: This April I will be and scariest challenge to date, but OF LIFE Rowan McKinnon, broadcast Have you had taking part in the 25th Marathon Des I hope that my previous experi- journalist, BBC News Channel any fashion Sables, also known as the ‘Toughest ence of running marathons (12 in There are more users of nightmares? Footrace on Earth’. Over the course total) will help me finish it. I don’t Facebook than there are Where did you buy the outfit Oh yeah…a few of six days I will be running 155 miles even get to put my feet up when citizens of the US. With you’re wearing in the photo? years ago across the Sahara Desert carrying all I’m done as I’m running the London over 350 million active My dress is from Zara which is I thought my food and equipment in a back- marathon again 13 days after- users, if Facebook were a favourite of mine for work those box- pack. wards! a country, it would be the stuff. They are good at getting er boots with I hope to raise £10,000 for Fac- I have created a website www. third largest in the world the balance between smart and neon ing Africa, a charity which helps fizzyfundraise.webs.com where (after China and India) in trendy right. My shoes are from laces were treat children in Ethiopia and Ni- you can sponsor me and find out terms of population. Jones, they are about as high a really cool. geria who suffer from a ravag- a bit more about Facing heel as I would wear to work. Turns out ing gangrenous infection called Africa. I am genuinely they real- Noma. With the money raised, not a speedy runner or Do you have to dress a particu- ly weren’t Facing Africa can pro- an ultra fit person but lar way for work? and had vide the children with I am sure with your I have just moved from News- to be dis- much needed supplies, support I can do this round to the News Channel so I posed of... doctors, plastic surgeons, and I will definitely have had to give up on jeans and drugs and medical equipment. be digging deep converse trainers and get used to Whose ward- The Marathon des Sables into my hyperac- being a bit smarter. Anything goes robe would is definitely my toughest tivity reserves!

in the Newsroom really but I reck- you most like Associ Press the of courtesy Photo on if I dress smartly then I will think to rummage a bit sharper too. Or at least that’s through? AI scores the idea. That would be Katie Holmes The Richard Dimbleby Where have you taken inspiration again, or Lecture – BBC One’s highest AI from? Gwyneth of 2010 so far. Broadcast last Mon- I am classic all the way with clothes. Paltrow. day at 10.35pm, it had an audience I love the way Katie Holmes dresses. of 2.1m and 15.6 percent share. She always gets it right in my book What’s the worst outfit ‘A compelling speech written and a and Davina McCall’s little black dress- you were made to wear opened by Sir Terry Pratchett and Li tion/Dominic es never go out of fashion. as a child? finished by the passionate and ar- I can remember lots of ar- ticulate Tony Robinson. A stronger Are you experimental in your style? guments over a candy floss case for euthanasia I do not think p

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It may feel like half the BBC is already on e the Univer- Twitter but in terms of an official presence, it’s tt sity of York all been a bit piecemeal so far. while being Popular feeds such as 5 live presenter sponsored Richard Bacon (his username is richardpba- by BBC R&D, joined TV Plat- con) and BBC Click (BBCClick) have well over forms in 2004. Her first project 1m followers each but there has been a great was to deliver CBBC’s red but- deal of head-scratching over the extent to ton service on Freeview, but it which informal messages on a non-BBC plat- was as lead developer for iPlay- form can – and indeed should – be official. er on the Nintendo Wii that she Now BBC News is taking a step closer to Twit- faced the biggest challenges. ter, while other divisions consider their op- ‘The learning curve was steep. tions. ‘Whatever happens to Facebook, Twit- We were delivering an applica- ter or YouTube, the phenomenon of people tion via the internet, written in sharing and commenting is here to stay,’ says Flash for a games console – all Alex Gubbay, social media editor in News. ‘We firsts for the department.’ as a broadcaster are responding to that.’ Testing, too, was leading a Guidelines for all News staff about Twitter London team while she was in use are to be issued imminently, and there is Manchester, as a trailblazer in also a roll out of ‘official’ BBC-branded ac- Salford Quays. ‘We’ve had to counts under way. Laura Kuenssberg, chief learn how to communicate over political reporter on the News Channel, was distance, embrace new tools the first BBC journalist to get one (BBCLau- and new ways of working.’ raK). She tweets live from events including the party political conferences and the Iraq A guy’s got to do his research, different technologies. It involved inquiry, and has around 4500 followers. The after all. When Roux Joubert sat Claire Barrett talks to the team which is a lot of learning on the job.’ So if News Channel has down to watch his favourite pro- bringing the internet to a tv near you the folk on the fifth floor of the just started quot- grammes, Have I Got News For You Broadcast Centre looked like they ‘It seemed ing from her Twit- and QI, streamed in high quality cited about having it on the PC,’ ment. ‘In the past our technolo- were playing video games, rest as- ter feed in on-air onto his living room telly, it may says Roux, ‘but their eyes real- gy was broadcast technology,’ ex- sured it was in the line of duty. obvious we graphics. have resulted in a rather lethar- ly light up when you talk about plains Roux. ‘Then we started to But it wasn’t gamers’ rivalry ‘It seemed obvi- gic broadband connection on his iPlayer on the television.’ see convergence – web technolo- that split the team in two. Sched- should be ous to me that we hard working wife’s laptop, but it This shift from study to living gy was making its way onto tv. We uled to move to Salford Quays in should be engag- was all for the greater good. room is seismic for viewers. ‘This were faced with new platforms, 2011, an advance party of 12 were engaging in ing in it somehow,’ For this was iPlayer on Freesat is a major event in the history of all with an element of IPTV. We deployed to Manchester House Kuenssberg says. ‘I – the latest move by the techni- broadcasting’ was one audience had to invest time, energy and ex- late last year with a remit to ex- it somehow’ spent six months in cal manager and his tv platforms comment posted after Decem- pertise in reskilling our product plore emerging platforms and the US covering the team towards giving the public ber’s Beta launch – it should go and development teams.’ reach out to the wider industry. elections and I got used to seeing American what they want. ‘People were ex- fully public within the next cou- Through formal training and ‘They are the vanguard – both broadcasters using it. I used it as a search en- ple of months. ‘The service is a trial and error, the engineers be- of our move north, and of IPTV ap- gine – to assess where stories were going and Penny Churchill had been revolution,’ added another. ‘... tv gan to figure it all out. ‘The chal- plications in the BBC,’ says Roux. how people were reacting to stories online.’ working on will never be the same.’ lenge was met with huge enthu- ‘We’ve been very self contained in Her tweets are post-moderated by her ‘dull and Nor will the engineers that siasm,’ says Roux. ‘Engineers like the past, but this will be a chance editor Steve Mawhinney, who receives an boring’ fi- make up a large part of the playing with bright, shiny, new to send out feelers to the wider SMS message when she tweets. If she makes nancial sys- 80-strong tv platforms depart- toys – it’s what makes them tick.’ creative industries.’ a mistake he alerts her and she corrects her- tems in the ment, which has made its name Two years ago, they successful- For the future to mirror the self in the following tweet. Just like any other City for an IT over the decade since its crea- ly launched the iPlayer on Virgin success story of the past, TVP has output, official tweets fall under the ‘second consultancy tion via the Red Button. TVP is cable. ‘It proved it could be done – to keep ahead of the trends. ‘With pair of eyes’ editorial check. ‘The rule in my firm. The responsible for all that happens there had been a lot of doubt.’ the convergence of web and tv, head is that I don’t say anything on there that computer science graduate when you press red, whether ac- More testing was the delivery there are many more people with I wouldn’t say on air,’ she says. became part of TVP just over cessed via Freeview, Freesat, Vir- of the BBC catch-up service on the experience and expertise in the Technology correspondent Rory Cellan- a year ago and found her early gin Media or Sky. If you indulged Nintendo Wii. ‘This was complete field. If we can compete, domes- Jones launched his official feed, BBCRoryCJ, research into internet con- in some Christmas karaoke with greenfield development for us,’ tically and internationally, we on January 22. Media correspondent Torin nected devices ‘much more , handled those hair- admits Roux. ‘The Wii’s a games can change the landscape. We are Douglas will be next, and the grand plan is to exciting’. pin bends alongside Jenson But- console which runs on completely driven by that.’ roll them out gradually for presenters, high ‘I was looking into the ton or looked over the shoulders profile programmes and possibly even sub- types of services we could of some of the world’s finest con- ject area feeds. Giles Wilson and social media build that would work on new ductors at the Proms, then you Genetic engi- He came to TVP about 18 editor Alex Gubbay are also exploring ways in IPTV enabled tvs and set top owe TVP a word of thanks. They neering was months ago. As product man- which the official feeds or some alternative boxes,’ she says. ‘The great develop all the systems and tech- Gideon Sum- ager – a non-technical role – he form of short-form blogging might eventually thing about these devices nologies that enable this ever in- merfield’s champions TVP’s variants of become part of the News website. is the increased bandwidth, creasing interactivity. Their sports line at universi- the iPlayer on tv, covering is- If the BBC and Twitter are to be wed after hence content that we can multiscreen, for instance, is the ty, but ‘I was too sues like design, editorial, mar- what feels like a long engagement, Gubbay has deliver to them. I worked tool that allows sport interactive impatient,’ for keting and fair trading while high hopes for a happy marriage. ‘I would like with the people in Food, for to provide multiple streams from results admits dealing with the many third to see a core of efficient, well used and moni- instance, to come up with a events such as Wimbledon, For- the man who went into journal- parties keen to have the iPlayer tored, coherent Twitter feeds,’ he says. ‘They prototype of step by step rec- mula One and World Snooker. ism, then online media in the on their devices. ‘I’m the prod- should look and feel the same. If we have that in ipes, with pictures and audio, But with the Red Button an dot.com boom, when, among uct owner, if you like. I ensure six months time, we’ll have done well.’ that you could follow on your undisputed world leader, used other things, he produced Tes- the audience gets the best val- Zoe Kleinman is a BBC News technology reporter IPTV in the kitchen.’ weekly by more than 11m people, co’s online shopping site. ue out of the work we’re doing.’ TVP reached a ‘watershed’ mo- a 09·02·10 Features 7 We can make an impact It’s six months since BBC Trustees M photograph: approved the nations and regions AR K B

plan that was to be the alternative to A SSE the local video services they blocked. TT Cathy Loughran and Kate Arkless- Gray look at what the £50m ‘plan B’ package is beginning to deliver.

Mike AshleY UNCOVERED was a high was made after a successful bid for risk, undercover investigation that money from this year’s £1.4m Eng- the Inside Out team in Newcastle had lish regions impact fund. Another long wanted to pursue. documentary, celebrating North East The film’s revelations that contro- culture, has been green lit by English versial Newcastle United owner Ash- regions controller David Holdsworth ley sources clothes for his Sports Di- and Helen Boaden, director of news. rect company from sweatshops using ‘These specials are a chance for us illegal labour in the Far East claimed to step outside of our day to day com- a respectable ten percent share of the mitments and reach our audience 10.25pm Sunday audience on BBC outside of the Inside Out runs,’ says One. It dominated headlines on Tyne- Jacqui Hodgson, Newcastle’s head of John Pienaar shares insights from mocracy. An initial ten reporters, ent and Helen Boaden, their brief is side, attracted national press and Ra- factual programmes. Westminster with Radio Solent’s Ju- hired from regional commercial tv, to ‘get under the skin of local poli- dio 5 live coverage and was followed BBC North West has also transmit- lie Massiter and Ben Bland of BBC Es- print and BBC local radio, will be tics’ says project manager Gary Ke- up in the region’s new Late Kick Off ted the first of its impact fund spe- sex, two of English regions’ new po- joined by a further eight in time for own. They will be attached to lo- football show. cials, Terror on the Doorstep, in which litical reporters. Except that theirs the general election. Training at the cal stations but not tied to a rota. Both the Inside Out special, present- reporter Andy Johnson and produc- is strictly the local beat – recruit- college of journalism in London last ‘That should help us find the stories ed by Chris Jackson and produced by er Peter Trollope gained access to the ed through the new funding to im- week, where they had sessions with that traditionally local newspapers Dan Farthing, and the Monday night city’s counter-terrorism squad and prove the BBC coverage of local de- the 5 live chief political correspond- would have got first,’ Bland says. Football League magazine – one of shocking evidence of attempts to rad- seven weekly regionalised editions icalise very young children. It became across England – were funded by the a global story online within days. first year of ‘plan B’ investment. The North East and the wider and so a particular target for impact last week by Manchester producers land environment correspondent. The Ashley film, involving under- North are areas where BBC approv- funding, says Craig Henderson, Eng- Howard Booth and Neil Morrow, who The sharper local focus of plan cover recording in Laos and Bangkok, al ratings are lower than elsewhere lish regions’ head of programmes. criticised ‘shabby treatment’ of the B ambitions has led to hour-long ‘We want people with great ideas seven bespoke programmes. radio opt-outs on the recent flooding to be able to come off the rota to do ‘We are in the hands of the BBC in Dumfries and the impact of snow in-depth journalism that would oth- One schedulers but we’re working in the Borders, Duncan says, with erwise not be possible,’ he says. to get a consistent slot between 11 further local radio opt-outs planned In England, competitive bids for 14 – 11.15pm,’ Henderson says. Even tx- for 2011. tv programmes and more than 50 ra- BBC Wales now has a dedicated as- dio ideas have so far been approved. sistant editor role to co-ordinate the They range from BBC London’s ambi- ‘We want work of local reporters, moving those tious film When the Olympics Come to journalists from programme teams Town, that uses expert projections and into a new multi-media newsgather- CGI graphics to visualise what the people with ing department. 2012 experience will be like for Lon- New district reporters have also doners (tx March 3), to Radio Leices- great ideas to been appointed in Northern Ireland. ter’s unearthing of stories about anti- Across England, more than 20 new social behaviour on the estate where come off rota’ editorial and technical roles have a mother and daughter were driven been created to staff the extra bulle- to suicide, tins, Holdsworth says. Elsewhere, in- The scheduling of Late Kick Off at ing past midnight, the shows reg- cluding on Inside Out specials and Late 11.35pm has clearly caused frustra- istered one percent above average Kick Off, the new output is being pro- Chris Jackson (right) goes undercover in Far East factories for Inside Out tion – vented on the Ariel letters page share for the time slot, and more duced with no increase in headcount than 40 percent of viewers watched – through rotating staff from week- on-demand. lies departments and newsrooms, at- Across the nations and regions, an tachments, some freelance hiring New output for 2010 and beyond extra two weekend news bulletins, and redeployment. at Saturday lunchtime after the Ten Duncan says he has redeployed n Landmark programming and vestigations including by Radio O’Clock News on Sundays, was a key journalists from around Scotland to multiplatform content in the na- Derby into gang culture and BBC plank of the plan B improvements. staff the extra output, avoiding pos- tions will include Snowdonia 1890 Gloucestershire into the Chelten- David Holdsworth says that the Sat- sible redundancies from this year’s (tx this autumn) and Rolf Harris on ham sex trade. urday bulletins are reaching viewers efficiencies. Welsh Art (tx January 2011) from n Radio Scotland has launched the who don’t consume BBC tv regional Overall, the plan B funding, at BBC Wales, as well as two series new weekly show Brian’s Big Debate, news at any other times in the week. £49.7m over four years, is less than from BBC Scotland charting the in which political editor Brian Taylor The story is the same in BBC the £68m earmarked for local video. story of the Scottish landscape, takes political debate on the road, Scotland, where the new bulletins £8.5m will be spent in this financial also airing in the autumn. and a new phone programme on are drawing an extra 66,000 view- year, rising to £15.3m in 2012/13. n The impact fund is backing a local and national issues hosted by ers. Here, head of news and cur- And it’s clear that the BBC is get- pan-England tv special on the Loose Women presenter Kaye Ad- rent affairs Atholl Duncan has also ting a bigger bang for its buck: ‘This weather, as part of the year of sci- ams, starts on March 1. strengthened newsgathering with is genuinely new funding,’ says ence, and an England-wide radio in- n Annual state of the nation and the appointment of Jamie McIvor as Holdsworth, ‘but it’s smaller than vestigation into local government. state of the region journalism ini- specialist local government corre- the planned efficiencies we’re having n It is also funding local radio in- tiatives are still to be announced. Kaye Adams will host Scotland phone-in spondent and David Millar as Scot- to make.’ 8 9

three buggies and timed to the last second how long it takes to walk between studios: ‘The ‘Complex villains, Doof doof... East End boy: worst thing that can happen is that we rely on Santer on set a buggy that breaks, so we’re assuming they decent people’ What were your must be able to walk it and have time to catch their breath,’ she says. by Jean Seaton, BBC Historian memorable moments? 25 years of Even with the cast note-perfect, the 25 radio mics secure and the scripts checked for con- ‘EastEnders was the BBC response tinuity (the writers were warned that logisti- to the urgent problem of attracting For me it has to be seeing Ange sink to the cally, the characters can’t walk straight out of audiences in the early evening and lower steps of the stairs in the hall of the Queen the Vic and into the Square) there’s one thing beguiling them to spend the evening with Vic, as Den exposes her health scam and tells that the BBC Studios and Post Production team their channel. It was carefully planned, her he wants a divorce…with the words ‘happy can’t predict. ‘We’re going to have to deal with plotted and cost more than any other rival. Christmas Ange’ – classic EastEnders, has it ever whatever the weather throws at us,’ says Clive It was also consciously Dickensian: been better? living Arnold, who will be directing on the night. ‘It’s dark, melodramatic, gross but not vulgar, Alison Banham, a major factor for continuity and snow is one with complex villains and decent eve- Camera Operator thing over which we have absolutely no con- ryday people. It opened in a flourish of trol.’ grand guignol with a murder and a preg- I’m sure someone else has said it already, but it Arnold admits he wasn’t initially sold on the nancy. The carefully chosen cast of ‘ordi- definitely has to be Kat and , ‘You ain’t my idea of a live episode: ‘ER started the trend of nary’ actors (often rather like the charac- mother!’... It was fantastically written, the way the live episodes – The West Wing did one too – and ters they played) were among the first to storyline built-up to that moment had everyone on dangerously they can feel oh, look at us – which I would have experience the over-powering attention the edge of their seats, and the acting was quality! felt uncomfortable and ruthless intrusions of a burgeoning Luke Ellis, with,’ he says. ‘But celebrity culture in the press. media co-ordinator, Newsroom because it was mo- Newspapers like the Sun and the Mail, ‘Not even tivated by the sto- which routinely complained about almost My favourite doof doof was Grant finding out ry and the need to every aspect of the BBC, also routinely Phil had been sleeping with Sharon. the person keep who killed Ar- filled their pages and boosted their cir- Grant discovered the affair by hearing it on a tape chie under wraps, I culations with lurid stories of the private which he then plays to the whole Vic at Phil’s engage- jumped on board.’ lives of EastEnders actors.’ ment party. who did it Santer points out ‘Sharongate’ – classic storyline. that he wouldn’t Emma Murphy, knew they have put himself HR Manager, BBC People through sleepless nights and ‘incred- Visit the Steve Owen takes off in a car with Phil ’s were the ibly stressful’ meet- daughter Louise in the back. Phil gives chase, For its silver anniversary on February 19, a live episode of EastEnders will ings if it hadn’t Museum of Soap they screech down the road, banging into walls killer’ been storyline-driv- and causing Louise’s car seatbelt to come off. The en and (so far) it’s Expect a flurry of anniversary phone rings – Steve reaches for it on the back seat, be broadcast in which ’s () killer will be revealed. stopped the red- cards through soapland’s letterbox taking his eyes off the road. Before tops from running this year. While EastEnders marks its 25th he realises it, it’s too late – he loses But what happens if it snows? Clare Bolt meets the live team a spoiler. ‘It made absolute sense,’ he says. ‘We birthday with a dramatic dénouement, control of the car and crashes into a decided to shoot everything around it and keep celebrates its golden shop front and motorbike, trapping On February 19 EastEnders executive produc- soap move ahead of Coronation Street for the the heat of the moment – Stacey fluffs a line that episode back. So we’ve shot the episodes anniversary, The Archers gets a free bus himself and the baby inside. Phil er will be standing, arms first time in three years, notching up 10.8m or Jim Branning misses his cue? ‘Happily,’ afterwards, but not even the person who did pass at 60 and Hollyoaks hits its mid-teen rushes to the scene and gets his folded and jaw tense, in a scanner truck in viewers last month. So why – when you’re on he says calmly, ‘we will have rehearsed it so it knew they were the killer, so we may need stride at 15. daughter out of the blazing car Borehamwood. Or as he speculates, ‘dividing a roll – would you risk broadcasting the cli- many times, it will run like clockwork. Every to make some tweaks to the [after] scenes.’ The To celebrate, BBC History is teaming but leaves Steve struggling my time between there and the toilet’. mactic finale, with an ensemble cast, from scene will be shot-listed and camera scripted, fact that now all of the cast look shifty, he says up with the National Media Museum to get out. ‘Phil, Phil! Get me And around the country, some ten million five different set locations – live? so from a production point of view it should cheerfully, just adds to the drama. in Bradford to put on a year of events out of here – the door is people will be flicking over to BBC One to dis- From a technical point of view Santer unfold in a very predictable way.’ The soap has a long tradition of building up exploring the public’s fascination with stuck!’ he shouts. Phil runs cover – live – who bludgeoned reckons the live episode is only stories patiently over a long period of time to soap. From an exhibition of EastEnders towards the car but realises Archie Mitchell to death with a a ‘step on’ from a normal day on Can they walk it? an enormous explosion. ‘The more confident iconic props and costumes – including that it’s about to explode, bronze bust on Christmas Day. The who set. ‘In tv terms we shoot quite Rehearsals begin in tandem with usual film- you are, the longer the storylines,’ Santer says. Little Mo’s iron and Bianca’s wedding dress he freezes and then BOOM!! The whodunnit, Santer hopes, quickly, so our directors and ing this week and the cast has been banging ‘It was one of the show’s big innovations – who – the public can sign up for lessons in how Massive explosion and the end to end all whodunnits. camera teams and actors are on his door asking for a copy of the script. ‘I fathered Michelle’s baby, Arthur’s depression, to shoot a soap script and find out how of Steve.... The script writers spread dunnit to used to doing it all in one take,’ think their worry is that if it goes wrong they Wilmott Brown and Cathy...’ soaps are actually made, by the people who Fantastic doof doof!! the net widely: as DCI Marsden he says confidently. Although will be the ones with egg on their faces, but True to form, murder has built up an enor- do it. Eartha Burke, has discovered, finding some- end all with 35 cameras covering five I’ve been trying to reassure them it’s just one mous audience. ‘We picked it up at Christmas Finally, School Report’s youth reporters Tour Operations Assistant one in the E20 postcode with- areas and 50 monitors in the half hour episode and an ensemble episode and carried them through. Hopefully it will be will interview two young EastEnders actors out a motive for killing Archie studio galley, he admits the so no one will be overburdened.’ an exciting, fitting celebration of the 25th an- and BBC Learning’s 21CC will work with I directed Dot’s one woman show last February – is like looking for a natural who vision mixer will need relaxed The actors’ biggest challenge may be get- niversary. What makes EastEnders so influential media students to come up with future it was memorable because her performance was so blonde behind the bar in the fingers... ting from one scene to the next to hit their is its risk-taking spirit – our biggest successes soap concepts for 2020. fluid. I was able to rehearse the entire script with June Vic. The storyline has seen the dunnits But what happens if – say in cue. Line manager Sue Mathers has booked have come from its biggest risks.’ bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc in advance – it was just a joy, very rare for EastEnders and the reason I went into directing. Clive Arnold, director, EastEnders

I grew up in west London and was the posh kid in a terrifying comprehensive – it was like Little Lord Fauntleroy in Grange Hill. So I wasn’t from that world, but I recognised it. I remember seeing the first episode with my mum in- credibly clearly. It was irreverent, noisy and sexy – it felt like London and the characters felt like real people. I thought, this is my pro- gramme, I get this – it talks to me. Diederick Santer, exec producer, EastEnders

One of the most moving moments was the scene in which (Di- ana Parish, left) talks to her husband – he was dead on a slab in the mor- tuary. Parish is a fabulous actress. Sue Mathers, EastEnders The Mitchells Minty’s mob The Masoods The Beales The Slaters The Branning/Cotton family The Jackson/Dean family and the Butchers The Johnson/Fox family line manager

10 Opinion/Analysis a 09·02·10 Why older women thrive in Vision but find newsrooms a tougher beat

Miriam O’Reilly’s landmark case against News, is that the gender split across journalism As 53-year old former the BBC is the latest in a catalogue of accusa- is not ‘statistically significant’ and at senior lev- tions that, on television at least, mature and ex- el is close to the BBC-wide figure. Countryfile presenter perienced women are shown the door at 50, while ‘On average last year 50 percent of new re- their male counterparts soldier on with gravitas. cruits to Journalism have been female with Miriam O’Reilly Off screen, that’s not the case, with BBC Vision a similar percentage of female staff leaving, way ahead of both Audio & Music, the journalism which shows we are not losing a disproportion- prepares to sue the group (News, Global News, Nations and English Re- ate amount of women,’ Currie said. gions) and the BBC workforce as a whole in not only News and other journalism areas were keen BBC for ‘endemic’ retaining women over 50, but promoting them. to improve the numbers of women at all levels, Figures collated by the BBC Diversity Centre for she said, and a new piece of work was under ageism, latest internal November 2009 show that 148 women in Vision way to try to better understand what motivates are 50-plus and 117 men, a female lead of 11.6 per- women in the workforce. figures show that cent. Among senior managers over 50, women still Not surprisingly, women journalists who edge ahead by four percent (26 female, 24 male). spoke to Ariel cited unpredictable hours, fami- behind the scenes at Granted, the whole of Vision skews female, ly unfriendly shifts and foreign assignments as with almost twice as many women as men in the ‘Women who are over a factor in making the news environment diffi- BBC Vision, there are under-30 bracket (631 against 349). Interestingly cult, particularly for working mothers. though, the drop off of women as a percentage of 50 now had fewer ‘To climb the ladder, overseas, bureau and/ actually more women the workforce, from entry level (under 30) to age or warzone experience is sometimes seen as an 50-59, is less than six percent compared to an aver- advantage – hard for women with children to over 50 than men. But age 20 percent drop BBC-wide. role models’ contemplate,’ says 40-something election re- Under-50 former Blue Peter producer and chan- sults editor Lizz Loxam. the picture is different nels executive Amanda Gabbitas, now Vision’s – Lizz Loxam ‘Also, news, like sport, was a traditionally head of internal communications, thought the male preserve 30 years ago when women aged in BBC journalism, stats showed that the division was serious about me two substantial breaks when I had children, 50-plus now were entering the media. So there having a diverse workforce. ‘In my own experi- and shortly after both of these breaks promot- would have been fewer role models for this gen- as Cathy Loughran ence the BBC has been very generous, allowing ing me to more senior positions. I’ve always felt eration. It’s different now,’ she says. that my experience has been valued,’ she said. Features commissioning editor Penny Berry, One over-50, with decades of BBC tv pro- 50-plus, recalls having to turn down promotion duction experience, thought the trick in re- to assistant editor because it meant permanent taining older female staff was a combination of nights in the newsroom. ‘It was just an impos- family-friendly policies, greater stability than the sible ask for a single mum and it was another independent sector and variety of opportunity in a three years before I was offered a substantive culture that she still found ‘seductive, informal, in- assistant editor role again,’ says Berry, who has teresting, fun and challenging’. ‘Women who have risen through the ranks in Vision now serve as role models. The glass Over 50s figure it out ceiling has been cracked,’ she told Ariel. Age Group Total Female Male ‘Women network well and encourage talent re- gardless of gender. Vision has recognised that in Under 30 980 631 349 general women have qualities which make them 30-39 1296 799 497 good managers – honed organisational skills, ex- cellent interpersonal skills, they listen, they are 40-49 802 500 302 supportive and encouraging, fair but firm, good 50-59 235 138 97 team leaders and players, deliver to brief.’ For Fiona Macbeth, production innovation 60 plus 30 10 20 exec in children’s, the question was why hadn’t Total All Staff 3343 2078 1265 other areas of the BBC recognised the benefits of mature women as senior managers. Total 50+ Staff 265 148 117 ‘They clearly have more life experience, in- BBC Vision age-gender profile Nov 09 stinctively zone in on the ‘people’ aspects of issues and – a huge generalisation – but they herself decided to leave the BBC this year to em- can sometimes be less competitive than men, bark on a freelance career. feeling they have less to prove.’ ‘My perception is that the difficulty of get- She adds: ‘This is a bit of a personal bugbear, ting promotion and experience at team leader but it would be great to have more women in- levels, where the shift patterns are worst, is the volved with technology.’ biggest career block to working mothers.’ Berry also suspects that women may hold UNPREDICTABLE HOURS themselves back: ‘Many women don’t shout Across the BBC, the gender split is almost 50-50: about success enough or find it difficult to 11,663 women (48.9 percent) and 12,171 men raise problems they’re facing without sound- (51.1 percent). Among over-50s, the gap wid- ing whiny or needy. I can go into battle for my ens to 1273 (36.7 percent) and 2196 (63.3 per- teams, but I know I’ve sometimes lacked the cent) respectively. And among senior managers courage to stand up for myself.’ over-50, the percentage gap is 32.8 versus 67.2 Another over-50 with long BBC news experi- (77 female, 158 male). ence, thought the numbers of older women in There is marginally more female over-50 rep- the newsroom is bound to drop further: ‘Most resentation at all levels in A&M and marginally 50 year olds here will be running out of the less than the BBC average in journalism. door before this April when the age at which Among BBC journalists there is a fairly even you can take your pension rises, by law, to 55,’ gender balance up to age 40. In the over-50 she told Ariel. range just over a third (727) are women, against ‘With a redundancy package, the BBC aug- 1380 men. At senior level, the female numbers ments the pension so it’s a full pension, not re- drop to 26 (28.9 percent) compared to 64 men. duced by 24 percent as it would be otherwise. It The view of Rachel Currie, HR director of is, as they say, a no-brainer.’

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Tip the scales whether to be un-green and print In response to Paul Brown’s letter out another 30 sets or spend 15 min- commenting on Mark Thompson’s Are the doors shut when the quotas are full? utes collating them manually. Then continued assertion that executive ‘Host a disability placement and increase the experience but on what diversity category they you lose your stapler under one of pay at the BBC must be kept high diversity in your team.’ I was gobsmacked fall into. the stacks of paper or it isn’t strong in order to attract the ‘best’ people, enough to get through the wadge (February 2) I have to say I find this when I read the above line on the Gateway Why does it matter if any applicant is disabled so you scurry from desk to desk in whole ethos insulting, especially Homepage. or not? Surely the corporation should be going search of the staple remover... after the expenses debacle. The BBC I find it unbelievable that BBC Training and for the best people who show most potential All this while people are waiting as a whole should be looking for the Development and the wider BBC would adver- and have the correct attitude rather than for their copies and thinking what best people for the job and therefore an incompetent employee you must tise and promote training opportunities for resorting to a box ticking exercise to fill quotas. offer a fair salary for ALL grades in be if running off a bunch of photo- order to maintain this. disabled people only ‘to increase the What happens when the quota is full? Does the copies presents such an insurmount- There is such huge disparity diversity in your team’. door then get slammed shut on disabled people able challenge. And this is the man between, not just the executive As a mixed race young man from an ethnic who want a career within the BBC? whose CV said he had exceptional or- boards and the worker bees, but also background, I cannot believe that jobs, place- I wonder how my disabled BBC colleagues feel ganisational skills, thinks the boss. within each grade. It’s long been Anyway, I reckon this uncollated well-known that to achieve any sort ments and wider opportunities could be given about this? thing is part of an agreement the of dramatic pay rise, one needs to out to people based, not on their skills or work Chris Nriapia, BBC Big Screens, Yorkshire photocopier manufacturers have leave to work in the commercial sec- with the paper companies because tor in order to have the ‘bargaining they know most people would just power’ to negotiate towards the battle on for the Christmas No1 No matter how much paper we ble of doing their job? reprint the damn things. upper end of a salary grade when between the X Factor and Rage recycle, if we continue to waste Don’t get me started on Siemens, Don Kong, assistant, BBC People training returning to the BBC. What hap- Against the Machine, George power and not use, for instance, so- but this time it’s The Trainline. For leadership team pened to ‘nurturing talent from Michael swore on Radio 2 Drivetime lar heated water or the waste prod- a recent three-hour rail journey I re- within’ and ‘rewarding those who with Chris Evans, and Emma Bunton ucts of our cooling process then we served a forward-facing window table show loyalty to the BBC?’ will be a judge on the new series of are, as Private Frazer would say, all seat, specifically to be able to work Phil like home We are, on one hand, told that we Dancing On Ice. doomed. during the trip. When I boarded the Re: Ariel On- must ‘work for the BBC for the love In this era of tight compliance Dave Tutt train, the seat designated was a back- line’s story last of it’, while being told simultaneously (where every aspect of my work is production systems specialist, I&A wards-facing non-table aisle seat. week about HK that, effectively, only those in execu- checked – and rightly so to prevent It says ‘subject to availability’ Gruber’s debut tive positions can earn a large salary any high profile mistakes), how the when you book the type of seat you’d as Composer/ while working here. hell did this happen? Less is more like, but there was hardly anyone else Conductor of Mark Thompson should make a And by the way, Joe McElderry Workplace is working with its serv- on the train. I had no problem find- the BBC Phil- full restructure of BBC payscales his didn’t get the Xmas number one. ice partners to reduce energy use. ing a suitable seat this time, but what harmonic: I highest priority in order to make the Maybe they’ll tell us that in next This has resulted in a decrease in en- about on crowded trains? It got worse wasn’t aware salary grades fairer and more trans- week’s episode? ergy use across the BBC, for example, on the return journey, where my of the BBC parent. Failure to do so would be yet Jeremy Buxton at Television Centre the energy con- seats weren’t reserved at all. Philharmonic another kick in the teeth for the Big Screen Manager, A&M sumption has shown a downward The Trainline and the BBC were ‘Orchester’ be- majority of BBC staff. trend for the last four years. recently awarded Travel Partnership ing renamed in German in his hon- Sarah Legg, independent programme Kevin Bakhurst, controller, News Workplace is completing an up- of the Year. I think not. our! And the Master of the Queen’s delivery co-ordinator, BBC Knowledge Channel and News at One O’Clock grade to the emergency lighting Let the train cause the strain. Music is Sir Peter Maxwell Davies… says: We ensure that all of our pre- system at Television Centre so that Kris Temple John Shea recorded output is properly com- lights are only on when required. We bj, BBC Solent Radio 3 presentation Christmas is coming plied. Unfortunately, on this occa- are also working to identify savings It is 4.45pm sion, the wrong tape was played. We relating to the heating, ventilation on Sunday are currently investigating how this and air conditioning control systems Better collate than never Bitter chilli February happened – and will try to make sure at TVC, including the items high- Why are our lavatories stocked with One jacket potato (small) and a gen- 7 and I’m it doesn’t happen again. lighted by Mr Larner (February 2). paper hand towels that make your erous portion of vegetable chilli for a currently As always, faults should be report- hands smell like stepped-on dog-do? bargain price of £4.25. That was what watching the ed to the local facilities helpdesk so Is it to encourage us to help cut costs the Bush House canteen charged me, BBC News Wasted opportunities that they can be fixed as quickly as by using those painfully loud hand- claiming I had too much chilli. Channel. I have to agree with Matthew Marks’s possible. drying machines instead? I thought I had a reasonable por- E24 comes comments about Centre House (Feb- Mark Wilkinson, principal risk manager, And why is the default setting tion for the average UK male, and it on with the ruary 2). It doesn’t take much to environment, workplace on photocopiers ‘uncollated’? How doesn’t specify how much chilli we week’s en- make changes to your carbon foot- often does anyone want 30 sets of are allowed on the notice boards. tertainment print but most businesses seem to handouts uncollated, I ask you. I was searching for a cheap meal news...the only problem is that it’s waste paper and hot air telling us to Facing facts This generally happens when but I got shafted. not this week’s. recycle a few disposables rather than Is there any part of the BBC that has you’re in a hurry and you work Steven Butler I gather from the tv that there is a addressing the much bigger issues. been outsourced to a provider capa- yourself up into a frenzy wondering World Service

Hitchcock, Inside John Lewis and the hone their talents. tions we found ourselves in – par- Comic Relief appeals with Lenny He came from a tough back- ticularly when filming vulnerable OBITUARY Henry in Uganda for RND 2009. He ground, by his own admission, and children. He would always turn the was due to start a feature film this as a child recalls having two televi- tables and say, ‘You have to think of tommy hair coming week. sions stacked on top of each other – your own kids and how would you Tommy was also an iconic mu- one had sound, the other had picture feel if these were your children.’ Tommy was part of the BBC/Sport sician and dj and a well-respected and could be turned on only by using He was a true family man and al- Relief team making several appeal name across the North East music a tin opener. ways had his family album near his films for this year’s campaign in scene. He made his mark at the age He was superb recordist. When side on his iPhone. He made friends Bangladesh with presenter Claudia of just 13 when he dj’d at Hendon you’re making tough films in tough wherever he went and as our friend Winkleman. It was the last day of the Adventure Playground. He went places you need a team who can trust we will miss him so very much. shoot and the team had been filming on to play a major role in helping each other implicitly, who develop a Thank you Tommy – we love you. for about 20 minutes when Tommy launch the careers of many famous shorthand and have a compassionate Tommy, aged 48, died surrounded by was suddenly taken ill and suffered a Wearside bands, after playing a piv- way of working together to make the his team and the local project with massive heart attack. otal role in launching the punk best films possible. whom the BBC was working. While recording sound for Bristol scene in Sunderland in 1977. Tommy was such a trusted man, He leaves a wife Joanne, eight productions Tommy usually worked transmitted Paul Merton’s Weird and Tommy went on to help found who saw the best in everyone and year-old son Tom and daughter Het- with cameraman Mike Fox. Recent Wonderful World of Early Cinema, Pic- The Bunker, which to date contin- took everything in his stride. He was tie, aged six. productions include the soon to be ture Book, Paul Merton looks at Alfred ues to give local musicians a place to always deeply affected by the situa- Kate Broome 12 Classified 020 7878 2313 a 09.02.10 a 09.02.10 www.bbcarielads.com Classified 13

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————————————— ————————————— More user PROGRAMME MAKING BBC WORLDWIDE Broadcast Journalist - BBC Talent and Operations Co-ordi- Controller, CBeebies Radio Solent nator London / Salford Quays Southampton Glasgow EVP International Production SM1/Ref: 254044 5/7D/Ref: 260868 5D/Ref: 259585 London E C 22-Feb-10 A 12 months E C 18-Feb-10 A 12 months E C 14-Feb-10 Media Centre friendly ————————————— ————————————— DDIR/Ref: 259635 ————————————— Broadcast Journalist, BBC Contracts Assistant TV Production Manager, Radio Cumbria Bristol C 14-Feb-10 Classical Music Television Carlisle 4P/Ref: 260626 ————————————— 5/7D/Ref: 260664 London C 15-Feb-10 A 06 months Chief Operating Officer, C on making White City 17-Feb-10 ————————————— Content & Production Toby Mildon ————————————— 8D/Ref: 255953 PA to Project Director FM&T London Broadcast Journalists, Look North / W1 Media Centre online content more C 23-Feb-10 North, BBC Yorkshire ————————————— London DDIR/Ref: 259638 Leeds Broadcast Centre Media Village TV Proms Assistant Producer, 5/7D/Ref: 260038 C 14-Feb-10 accessible for people 4D/Ref: 261148 ————————————— Classical Music Television C 15-Feb-10 E C 11-Feb-10 London ————————————— ————————————— Head of Group Risk Advisory with disabilities White City Broadcast Assistant, Support Assistant to Director, London Newsgathering Future Media & Technology 7D/Ref: 259535 Media Centre London London I had been working as a project manager for C 23-Feb-10 A 05 months TV Centre SENEX 1/Ref: 260229 5D/Ref: 259595 Broadcast Centre Media Village Forge, a new technology platform in FM&T which ————————————— E C 18-Feb-10 A 06 months C 18-Feb-10 4D/Ref: 260802 Assistant Script Editor - ————————————— provides support for people around the BBC to E C 18-Feb-10 develop websites. Casualty ————————————— Solutions Architect, Global Bristol BUSINESS SUPPORT Senior Team Assistant Web Properties But I wanted to work on a product or a serv- ANDZ MANAGEMENT London 5P/Ref: 260625 London ice that our audience would use directly – some- Western House thing they would value and which looks good C 15-Feb-10 A 06 months Programme Manager (Project / 4D/Ref: 260465 Media Centre SENEX/Ref: 255390 and I landed a 12-month attachment with the ————————————— Change Manager) C 15-Feb-10 A 06 months TV Proms Researchers, London ————————————— E C 22-Feb-10 usability and accessibility team. Classical Music Television White City Personal Assistant to ————————————— I took over a project which aims to make it London 10D/Ref: 256980 Controller Learning Commercial Director much easier for people with cognitive, visual E C 15-Feb-10 A 06 months London White City ————————————— London and learning disabilities to consume BBC con- Media Centre Media Centre 5D/Ref: 260464 Research Manager, Journalism 4D/Ref: 260370 tent online. London SENEX/Ref: 259636 C 22-Feb-10 A 04 months C 15-Feb-10 A 06 months White City C 14-Feb-10 ————————————— 9D/Ref: 260929 ————————————— Broadcast Assistant (Part E C 18-Feb-10 Project Assistant, Middle East ————————————— Time), BBC Radio Derby ————————————— London VP Format Acquisitions, EMEA ‘I’ve been Online Editor, About the BBC Bush House London Derby 4D/Ref: 259949 3/4H/Ref: 254372 blog Media Centre London C 21-Feb-10 A 12 months able to C 19-Feb-10 A 12 months White City ————————————— SENEX/Ref: 260810 9D/Ref: 260008 Assistant E C 21-Feb-10 use all my C 16-Feb-10 A 06 months London ————————————— JOURNALISM ————————————— 4D/Ref: 258457 Brand Manager, BBC Earth Media Planner E C 11-Feb-10 A 06 months London ————————————— London skills’ Assistant Editor, Five Live White City Scheduler/Trefnydd Media Centre Sport 8D/Ref: 260011 Amserlenni 1W/Ref: 260012 E C 14-Feb-10 A 06 months London / Salford Quays Cardiff E C ————————————— 18-Feb-10 10D/Ref: 261056 Business Development 4D/Ref: 255707 ————————————— E C 16-Feb-10 A 05 months C 15-Feb-10 Associate Managing Editor London ————————————— Bush House Bath SBJ (Overnight Reporter), 7D/Ref: 259827 NEW MEDIA 1W/Ref: 260566 C 18-Feb-10 A 12 months News Channel E C 20-Feb-10 ————————————— London Series Producer, Repeats and ————————————— TV Centre Assistant Project Manager Reversioning London Senior Producer, Worldwide 8/9D/Ref: 259959 London TV Centre Channels C 22-Feb-10 A 06 months White City 6D/Ref: 260899 10D/Ref: 258823 London ————————————— C 22-Feb-10 A 12 months Desk Editor, Burmese Service ————————————— C 19-Feb-10 Media Centre Bangkok Marcomms Coordinator, BBC ————————————— 1W/Ref: 260633 The prototype tools we’ve created let people Editor, Languages Three, Comedy & E C 18-Feb-10 7D/Ref: 261202 London / Salford Quays choose their own themes, which they can apply Entertainment ————————————— C 14-Feb-10 A 12 months London 9D/Ref: 254726 to all bbc.co.uk pages – for example making the ————————————— TV Centre E C 21-Feb-10 Publishing Data Co-ordinator text bigger or choosing a different background Broadcast Journalist, 5D/Ref: 260983 Bath colour. I also had the opportunity to launch C 11-Feb-10 A 02 months 3W/Ref: 258924 Entertainment News Online ————————————— SPECIALIST TECHNICAL another accessibility and media literacy project, ANDZ DESIGN SERVICES E C 15-Feb-10 London Project Associate, 21CC creating a pilot of a text-to-speech tool so that ————————————— TV Centre London bbc.co.uk pages speak to you. It’s ideal for people 7D/Ref: 260612 White City Art Director Assistant Promo Producer - 5D/Ref: 260447 Cardiff who find it difficult to read and links directly to C 19-Feb-10 A 06 months 8D/Ref: 254570 Polish Speaking C 15-Feb-10 A 12 months the BBC’s media literacy strategy. ————————————— C London ————————————— 10-Feb-10 I’ve been lucky in that I’ve been able to use Video Journalist / Gohebydd ————————————— Media Centre Fideo Aberystwyth Project Assistant, Property. all my project management skills on my at- BBC World Service Designer (FM&T) 3W/Ref: 260809 Aberystwyth London tachment. One day I’m working with suppliers London E C 21-Feb-10 White City to build our tools, the next I’m meeting senior 7D/Ref: 23495309 Bush House ————————————— 5D/Ref: 260315 7D/Ref: 260208 C 14-Feb-10 Team Assistant, Sales & stakeholders, then I’m managing budgets and C 14-Feb-10 A 11 months C 17-Feb-10 A 12 months ————————————— Distribution writing contracts for our next piece of work. Broadcast Journalist - BBC ————————————— ————————————— UX Designer London I’ve enjoyed working with the user experi- Radio Gloucestershire Business Support Analyst London London Media Centre ence and design team and they’ve asked me Gloucester Broadcast Centre Media Village to project manage the global visual language White City 4W/Ref: 259969 5/7D/Ref: 260869 5D/Ref: 259900 7D/Ref: 253964 project, which aims to give a consistent look and E C E C A C 15-Feb-10 A 06 months 22-Feb-10 15-Feb-10 12 months E C 10-Feb-10 A 06 months feel across all of bbc.co.uk. 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14 OCTOBER 08 ARIEL a 09·02·10 What am I doing here 15 photograph: M photograph: So, who are the Previews and How did you start at the BBC? Promos unit? I joined as team assist- We’re a small team of five ant to the studio re- within the publicity unit source managers about AR and we supply dvds and 15 years ago and then be- K B A clips of all BBC priority pro- came the first supervisor SSE grammes to press and media of TVC Stage Door recep- TT previewers and reviewers. tion when that was set up.

Have you ever sent the wrong That sounds glamorous... clip out? I used to enjoy seeing all You have to be careful with these people coming in content. Sometimes with for shows – we’d have to big dramas it can be a strug- usher them around and gle to find excerpts that have sort out their transport. no swearing, no dead bod- ies, no blood and no vio- Did you see any A-listers? lence so we get given time I’ll never forget when coded clips from publicists Madonna came in to per- which have been signed form for the lottery; that off by exec producers. We was a highlight, and then get the tapes, dub Pierce Brosnan – I took the clips and give external quite a shine to him. broadcasters two or three clips of each programme. What was it like dealing with celebs? emma Can anyone get a preview The came in one copy? weekend to do some film- No – we have to vet ing for their movie and they bernstein them. They have to prove were lovely. I also remember who they work for. when Mariah Carey came in. manager, previews and promos unit She had almost a whole floor Have you had a fraudster? of dressing rooms and these While I was there I had ed a small person to fit in Do you know a lot of tv Sometimes. Most of my mates We had a student who was all had to be a certain way. to dress up as a Dyson. to the Dyson one so they reviewers? think I’ve got one of the great- obsessed with an entertain- asked me. That was certain- I do – some are great charac- est jobs in the world and they ment programme and even- How did you get from there ..as in the vacuum cleaner? ly my strangest job to date. ters. We have a chat and it’s think I just sit around watch- tually confessed that he just to your current job? Yes. A performer at the Ed- nice because sometimes they ing telly all day. I don’t do that wanted to watch the show. An- After Stage Door I moved inburgh Festival was com- Back to previews... Do ask what we recommend. but I do love the fact that I deal other guy used to ring once a to Blue Peter for a year to ing on the programme you watch all the pro- with different people every day. month and tried to speak to work in the correspond- with his amazing costumes grammes you send out? Do you find yourself saying a different member of staff ence unit, dealing with of landmarks and equip- No, but we do try to watch a ‘I’ve seen that’ and annoying every time. It didn’t work. competitions and letters. ment. The producers need- lot of them. your friends? Interview Sue Llewellyn

…get Helen Jane Long to prepare it for you. She has all the right ingredients. An accomplished classical musician, Helen excels at the piano, clarinet, guitar and cello. It is her compositions, however, that are truly exceptional. They reflect her diverse musical influences and conjure up an air of romance from the first few bars. February has always been a romantic month, so enjoy a taster of what Helen, and others have cooked up at www.audionetwork.com/playlists/romance

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