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TELEVISION CHANNELS are doomed? Who ◆says so – Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the worldwide web. In a speech at the BBC to mark 20 years of his breakthrough idea he said the migration of video online was unstoppable Page 7 Trust stops TVC is listed, It’s goodbye exec bonuses but what next? from me ...

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NEED TO KNOW THE WEEK’S ESSENTIALS NEWS BITES a HARDEEP SINGH KOHLI, a regular Jammy move for ‘doughnut’ presenter on The One Show, has been suspended from the programme for six months after being accused Room 2316, White City ◆ IT IS ‘NATIONALLY IMPORTANT and of special of behaving inappropriately interest’. What is it? Television Centre, whose iconic towards a female colleague. Kohli 201 Wood Lane, London W12 7TS inner ring – the ‘doughnut’ – and studio 1 have been said: ‘Nobody has accused me of granted grade II listed status. sexual harassment. I recognise 020 8008 4228 Ninety two percent of all listed buildings are grade that I overstepped the mark and II, with only 2. 5 percent given grade I listing (eg Buck- have apologised unreservedly.’ Editor ingham Palace, Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Palace Andrew Harvey 02-84222 of Westminster, York Minster). RECORD NUMBERS watched Deputy editors The remainder are in the grade II* category, which Glastonbury on demand through Sally Hillier 02-26877 includes Broadcasting House, Battersea Power Sta- the BBC’s dedicated website Cathy Loughran 02-27360 tion, Sunderland Empire Theatre and Stoke-on-Trent and the red button. The website Features editor railway station. had 7.2m video requests, with Clare Bolt 02-27445 Anyone can suggest a building to English Herit- Lady Gaga the biggest draw with Reporters age, which examines the case and makes a recom- 1.3m followed by Lily Allen with Carla Parks 02-27630 mendation – ‘we recommend buildings for listing 762,000. In 2008 the top artist Laura Scarrott 02-84224 with great care’ – but the decision on whether to list was Jay Z, with 119,000 requests. Peggy Walker 01-43940 is taken by the culture secretary. Production editor Once status has been given, listed building CRUFTS IS to be shown on More4 Claire Barrett 02-27368 consent must be applied for in order to make any after the BBC pulled out of Art editor changes which might affect a building’s special inter- screening the show for the second Ken Sinyard 02-84229 est. Contrary to popular perception, listed build- year running, following concerns Ariel online ings can be altered, extended and sometimes even over the welfare of pedigree dogs. Andy Walker (editor) 02-84227 demolished provided it is within government guid- Alex Goodey 02-27410 ance. Story and picture, page 7 TORY MP Nigel Waterson has tabled Business co-ordinator a Commons motion calling on BBC Silvana Romana 02-84228 ◆ THE WALKING WITH DINOSAURS Arena Spec- South East to reconsider its decision Ariel mail tacular began its European tour in Glasgow this to replace the ‘hugely popular’ [email protected] month, and is stomping its way across the UK Beverley Thompson and Geoff Ariel online expore.gateway.bbc.uk/ariel until the end of August. The live action show Clark as presenters of the evening may be bad news for cash-strapped parents, but UK but around the world. The brand has gener- tv news. The BBC says it is making is good news for BBC Worldwide, which has seen ated millions of pounds in retail and licensing the programme ‘more news-focused Guest contributors this week £11m in ticket sales from the 20-city prehistoric since launch. and hence changing the line up’. extravaganza. JOHN SIMPSON fi nds that BBC Two’s It is the fi rst time in Europe for the innova- ◆ LAST WEEK’S SCHOOLS QUESTION TIME saw an FORMER BBC journalist Donald new comedy series Taking the Flak tive arena tour, featuring life-size animatronic impressive performance by 18 year-old Suzanne MacCormick has died of a heart hits close to home. Page 6 dinosaurs operated by hidden puppeteers, Burlton from London. Sitting on the panel alongside attack aged 70. He presented CHRIS BOCKMAN captures both the which has grossed more than £84m since start- politicians Andy Burnham, Jeremy Hunt and Sarah Question Time, Tonight, Newsweek delights and less savoury aspects of ing in Australia in 2007. Teather, and Shami Chakrabarti of Liberty, she spoke and The Money Programme, but is life in the south of France. Page 15 Walking with Dinosaurs is the latest in a series confi dently and articulately on a variety of topics. probably best remembered for of BBC programmes that have made the leap to a The programme, from Salford, was produced by a anchoring Newsnight alongside John live format, with Top Gear and Strictly Come Danc- group that included the winners of the 2009 Schools Tusa and Peter Snow in the 1980s. BBC Jobs 0370 333 1330 ing both currently taking tour bookings. Question Time Challenge. This competition invited Jobs textphone 028 9032 8478 The BBC’s original six 30-minute episodes schools to put forward ideas for their own panel BBC LONDON has marked the BBC Jobs John Clarke 02-27143 of Walking With Dinosaurs, in 1999, cost £2m a events, the ten best of which were judged by the 150th anniversary of Big Ben’s fi rst Room 2120, White City, London W12 7TS minute to make, which is still recognised in the regular Question Time production team. ‘bong’. An edited version of a new Guinness Book of Records as the most expen- From these, four schools were selected to partici- musical composition, celebrating Advertise in Ariel sive documentary series on television. pate in last week’s programme. the bells of London, was featured Ten Alps Publishing 020 7878 2314 Inspired by the fi lm Jurassic Park, producer So how did it all start? The idea emerged in 2003 on BBC London News on July 10, www.bbcarielads.com Tim Haines fi rst had the idea of using real life when David Dimbleby suggested making a junior and BBC London 94.9 carried scenery inhabited by computer generated dino- version of QT. The fi rst was broadcast in 2004, since reports from the premiere of the Printing saurs in 1996. The result – three hours of pho- when it has become an annual summer feature in the musical at St Mary le Bow church. Garnett Dickinson Group torealistic animation – was something not even programme’s calendar. Inspired by their experiences, Rotherham 01709 768000 attempted by Hollywood at the time, but proved a number of participants have gone on to pursue a A THIRD and fi nal series of hugely successful with audiences not just in the career in broadcast journalism. Mistresses has been commissioned Subscribe to Ariel from Ecosse Films. The BBC Six months: £26, £36, £40 One drama follows four friends Twelve months: £50, £60, £68 ARIEL ONLINE EDITOR’S UPDATE supporting each other through (prices for UK, Europe, rest of world the complexities of life. respectively) They’re going around the world... I’m just going Cheques to: Garnett Dickinson Print, BBC NORWICH has become the Brookfi elds Way, Manvers, latest BBC building to open its Wath Upon Dearne, Rotherham S63 5DL The weather might be a little cooler than of late evening’s episode of Emmerdale on ITV1. doors to the public. The tour of Tel 01709 768199 but here at Ariel online things have been as hot Elsewhere, Gavin Hewitt was appointed Europe the Forum includes a visit to the as ever. We reported on the launch of BBC One’s editor, succeeding Mark Mardell. Look East tv studio and a look INFORMATION IN AN EMERGENCY autumn schedule, featuring an all-action video There was great interest in the news that the behind the scenes of Radio Norfolk. Telephone 0800 0688 159 showcasing the season’s highlights, which include BBC London Clubs no longer will be serving alco- In January, Birmingham and Ceefax Page 159 www.bbc.co.uk/159 a new series of Doctor Who, an adaptation of Jane hol in their bars between 2.30 and 5pm. Manchester started offering tours. Ariel is produced by Internal Austen’s comic novel Emma, and celebrities Have no fear, though, as their other services – Communications for people at the BBC attempting to go around the world in 80 days in which include the sale of soft drinks and snacks – INDEPENDENT PRODUCER Eileen aid of Children in Need. will remain unchanged. Herlihy, currently an executive Torchwood, featuring a typically chilling and This is my fi nal editor’s column before leav- producer with IWC, has been thrilling story shown over fi ve consecutive nights, ing for the Today programme. I’d like to thank the appointed BBC Scotland’s new head brought good audience fi gures to both BBC mighty Ariel team for their unfailing friendship of entertainment and events. One – and Ariel online – hitting the heights when and support but most of all thanks to Ariel on- 6.2m people tuned in to the channel for Thursday line’s readers and contributors who have cheered, A SURVEY commissioned by BBC PLEASE RECYCLE YOUR COPY OF ARIEL night’s episode. thrilled and, occasionally, berated me during the Wales has found that more than We also gave prominence to a schedule change past 16 months. It has been huge fun, with the half of Welsh people support the on BBC Two to make way for the July 7 memorial launch of a new website, vastly improved audio- role of the Prince of Wales. Almost service for Michael Jackson. The service, which visual content and a big rise in hits. I just hope I 60 percent of people believe that over-ran by 90 minutes, attracted an average made a difference. there should be a replacement audience of 4.1m, peaking at 5.2m, beating that Andy Walker when Prince Charles becomes king. a 14·07·09 News 3

A BBC team with the army in Afghanistan saw the deadly impact of war in graphic close-up Feeling the fear of the fi ght by Sally Hillier war zones, described the as- signment as ‘one of the hard- Correspondent Ian Pannell est’ he had ever undertaken. and cameraman Fred Scott Pannell, who took over have given a vivid account from Alastair Leithead as of their experiences in Hel- Kabul correspondent nine mand province, where they months ago, said: ‘There spent fi ve dramatic days em- were some dark moments bedded with troops on the – moments when I don’t frontline. Their startling re- mind admitting that I felt ports led many of last week’s extremely scared. Although BBC news programmes. I had reported from hostile Speaking to Ariel from environments before, it was Kabul, Pannell said he felt at a reasonable distance.’ War reporting: Ian Pannell and Fred Scott taking cover and, below, trying to get a connection to London to fi le their material ‘a weird mix of emotions’ Not this time. Invited after emerging unscathed by the army to see its men common occurrence. The heat and dust caused from a week of intense fi ght- in action, they were with A ‘It was tough, grimy havoc with the editing and ing that saw eight British sol- Company, 2 Mercian, part and exhausting,’ Pannell transmission equipment, diers lose their lives. One of of the Light Dragoon Battle recalled. ‘The weather was particularly the satellite con- them, 20 year old Christo- Group, as they took part in a sweltering 45 degrees and nection to London. Material pher Whiteside, was killed Operation Panther’s Claw, a we were carrying backpacks that should have taken half only hours after being fi lmed metre by metre assault on that contained fi ve litres of an hour to send was taking by the BBC. the Taliban in the central water, enough food to last four and a half hours. Given the constant mor- Helmand river valley. 40 hours, batteries, medical The duo were praised tar attacks, one of which The BBC team accompa- equipment, such as band- by Mary Hockaday, head of took place as they were nied troops as they moved ages, morphine and tourni- newsroom. Their ‘graphic editing a piece for broad- through fi elds and alleyways quets, and a sleeping mat.’ update of what’s happening cast, and the ever-present in pursuit of the enemy, who There were no tents, on the ground’, combined threat of roadside bombs, often seemed to be one step though. Like the soldiers, with analysis by defence cor- even the highly experienced ahead. Diving into ditches many of them half their age, respondent Caroline Wyatt Scott, who has worked in and streams and behind the BBC duo slept out in the ‘shed new light on the UK at Afghanistan, Iraq and other walls to dodge gunfi re was a open, inside a compound. war’, she said. For two young soldiers the hardest battle began when they came back by Claire Barrett story starts from the moment was a case of who came in fi rst.’ Brave soldier: they are fl own back to the UK A high risk approach, the pro- Andy Allen before As British losses in Afghanistan and continues through their gramme makers had no idea he was badly escalate, in line with the offen- fi ght for survival and their diffi - whether the two men would sur- injured sive against the Taliban, a BBC cult rehabilitation. vive their injuries or how they’d One documentary reveals the Picked out as a ‘personal feel about the fi lming after they horrifi c impact on the lives of highlight’ of BBC One’s next had regained consciousness. two young soldiers whose real season by Jay Hunt, the chan- ‘We took our lead from battles began on their return nel controller described the them,’ Aldous told Ariel, with from the war zone. intimate documentary as both the soldiers and their The 90-minute Wounded, to ‘utterly heartbreaking and com- families keen for the public be broadcast in the channel’s pletely uplifting’. In its level of to share and understand their autumn season, follows the two ambition, Wounded followed in experiences. ‘It was an extraor- young men for a year after their the tradition of the ‘big, topical dinary thing for them to allow return from battle. factual pieces’ of which she had us to join them on this extreme Andy Allen, a 19 year-old been most proud during her journey, and an extraordinary Ranger, lost a leg and bad- year-long tenure. privilege.’ ly burnt his eyes in an explo- The two soldiers were ‘self At the beginning of this sion, and 24 year-old Lance Cor- selecting’, explained executive week, the deaths of British serv- poral Tom Neathway lost both producer Jane Aldous. ‘Once we ice personnel in Afghanistan legs and an arm after moving a got permission from the Minis- totalled 184, compared to the booby-trapped sandbag. Their try of Defence and the NHS, it 179 killed in the Iraq war. 4 News a 14·07·09 Hewitt Transferred post production takes on jobs axed in restructuring Brussels by Cathy Loughran tres were given the option of volun- in Birmingham) offering opportu- That’s what we want the BBC to beat teering for redundancy, with those nities for redeployment for the 39 explore.’ A preference exercise to BBC Vision is to shed 15 post pro- remaining being transferred into whose jobs will go. The net number seek volunteers for redundancy is After reporting from around duction jobs in Bristol and 11 in Bir- BBC Vision under TUPE arrange- of jobs lost is expected to be 26. ­already under way. the globe, often parachut- mingham, just months after doz- ments on April 1. Seventy ­eventually Bectu has begun talks with the In a statement, the BBC said that ed in to cover the big sto- ens of former BBC Resources staff, transferred. BBC over the planned redundan- the cuts were regrettable but that ries, Gavin Hewitt, newly ap- whose regional operations closed, Vision Productions announced cies, which the union says may staff levels had to reflect core busi- pointed Europe editor, says transferred into the division. last week that a restructuring, not be necessary. Luke Crawley, ness requirements: ‘While main- it will be ‘great’ to have his Both Resources businesses closed ­affecting 65 post production posts, assistant general secretary, comment- taining the highest standards of own patch and the chance to in April because they were no longer would lead to 39 post closures. At ed: ‘We feel that BBC Vision could quality, it is essential that the BBC develop specialist knowledge. commercially viable. A total of 76 the same time, 13 new positions make much greater efforts to use makes programmes as cost effec- He will take over in the post production staff at the two cen- will be created (four in Bristol, nine staff rather than hiring ­freelances. tively as possible.’ autumn when Mark Mardell starts his new role as North America correspondent, replacing Justin Webb, who is joining Today. Club bars to The latest move in the jour- nalists’ merry-go-round will see the highly-experienced cut alcohol Hewitt swap his current role as a special correspondent, covering a huge range of sale times news at home and abroad, for a more settled berth in The BBC London Club is to call time Brussels. ‘Obviously I’ll still on alcohol sales between 2.30pm and need to travel a lot – around 5pm to bring opening times more in Europe – but it will be very line with business hours. different from what I’m doing Members agreed to the move, fol- now,’ he says. ‘In fact some- lowing a request from the BBC, when body described Europe editor they held their AGM last week. as one of the toughest jobs in Currently, alcohol is on sale from journalism. midday through to 11pm most days in ‘People tend to get very bars at Television Centre, White City, exercised about Europe, and Bush House, W1 and Elstree. part of my job is to be the Those premises will continue serv- human face of all the stuff ing tea, coffee, soft drinks and snacks coming out of Brussels.’ in the afternoon and bar opening times could still be extended for spe- cial events. The Club in London has also taken the first steps towards incorporation Indies get into a company limited by guarantee. Team work at T in the park The move is to remove personal finan- cial liability from trustees. Festival goers lap up the sun MacKinnon, BBC Scotland’s Despite her assurance that the closer to The idea received initial support while watching Kings of Leon, head of programmes, praised coverage was delivered with at the AGM. If members vote for the Nine Inch Nails and Lily Allen at what she called the ‘fantastic ‘maximum efficiency’, some change at a planned extraordinary Scotland’s T in the Park festival, collaborative effort’ which pro- papers questioned whether a networks general meeting in September, direc- which took place in Kinross- vided 111 hours of tv program- 324-strong BBC team was tors would be appointed from within shire over the weekend and at- ming and 20 hours of radio con- required at the festival, in ech- the membership and a company could tracted around 85,000 people. tent for 10 television and radio oes of the numbers debate A successful meet-the-commis- be up and running by Christmas. In a note to staff Donalda channels, plus the website. around Glastonbury coverage. sioners scheme for indies that helped green light two docu- mentaries for BBC One is to be re-run this year. Green champs Chat online Controversy over Alesha XM25 is an initiative for out-of-London independents pool best ideas at jobs fair that puts 15 indies in direct As widely predicted, Arlene Phillips is mak- contact with BBC network The BBC’s environment champions HR Direct will mount a virtual ing way for Alesha Dixon (right) on the commissioners in a series of gathered at Broadcasting House on careers fair on July 29, offering judging panel for Strictly Come Dancing. Bal- workshops. Monday to review progress, share and live interactive seminars and a lerina Darcey Bussell will appear as guest The current XM25 ends in generate new ideas at the first BBC chance to chat online to recruit- judge towards the end of the run. September. Among its suc- ­environment day. ers and managers, via the BBC Phillips is to join The One Show which cesses is a one-off science Successes to date include a 31 per- jobs website. The full range of has a long association with Strictly.­ documentary called Around cent reduction in flights between Lon- divisions and job families will Even so, her departure from the Sat- the World in 90 Minutes, a first don and Manchester and a 16 percent be represented, including BBC urday night flagship show after six commission for Burning Blue drop in waste going to landfill sites. Worldwide and BBC North. years has generated controversy, ­Media in Bath which follows Caroline Thomson, chief operat- The 12-hour event has with some critics and fans accus- a Nasa satellite navigating the ing officer and chair of the BBC envi- recruited hiring managers from ing the BBC of ‘ageism’ and ask- earth. Another is Truevision ronment committee, outlined plans across the BBC but more volun- ing why Len Goodman hasn’t been North’s first BBC commission for the year, including increasing the teers are welcome. Contact HR replaced. A Year of Change, a single doc number of environmental champi- Direct’s Paula Castillo or call It’s a charge that has been on the recession. More ideas ons from 250 to 300. Guests invited to ext 02 27033. strongly rejected by BBC One con- are in development. contribute their experiences included Internal and external partic- troller Jay Hunt, who says the new Applications from indies Jonathan Porritt, founding director of ipants can register to take part line-up of judges is part of a revised are open until July 24. Visit Forum for the Future. via https://jobs.bbc.co.uk format, which will involve further bbc.co.uk/commissioning/ changes, to be announced later. xm25.co.uk a 14·07·09 Features 5

BBC Two’s drama Desperate A RICH Romantics paints an irreverent Rossetti’s muse: portrait of the Amy Manson as model Pre-Raphaelite MAN’S Lizzie Siddal brotherhood – a band of 19th WORLD century artists who have been Billed as the fi rst recession compared with the drama, Freefall explores more recent punk the human cost of greed movement. Ariel got the THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE LET-UP in the onslaught of dire economic news of late. But something has been absent from lowdown from the rehearsed delivery of facts, and this is the human cost executive producer of the downturn. It’s why BBC has taken the step of commis- sioning the country’s fi rst recession drama, a grittier, more Ben Evans emotional look at the fallout from the credit crisis. The result is Freefall, an unfl inching account of an ordi- nary family trapped by a crippling mortgage sold to them ARTISTS in 2007, before the banking system’s meltdown. It’s the fi rst production from Origin Pictures, the company set up by former head of BBC Films David Thompson, and directed and written by Dominic Savage, director of Born Equal and Love + Hate. Savage’s premise is that we were all victims of the credit crunch and to varying degrees, to blame for the events that led to it. ‘The psychology is what interests me – what moti- ANDApparently, you’ve had other scripts MODELS17 layers of thermal gear and snow about the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, boots... but none had stood out like this. The project was inspired by Franny How did you get the pre-Raphaelite Moyle’s rather wonderful, revelatory ‘look’? book on the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood We had a make-up team who created andMAKING their private PROGRAMMES lives. 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COULD THIS BE ME? JOHN SIMPSON FINDS AN Our man on UNCOMFORTABLE LIKENESS IN TAKING THE FLAK

IS THE BBC’S APPALLING chief foreign editor David Bradburn, as played by Martin Jarvis in the the moon excellent new BBC Two comedy series Taking The Flak, me? Of course he is; though fortunately for those who have to live and work with me, he’s also half a dozen other people. In fact, the originator and co-writer of the series, Tira Shubart, with whom I lived and trav- elled for ten years in the 1980s and 90s, dis- cussed various models for Bradburn, and all the terrible correspondent behaviour she and I had seen on our wanderings. (In the fi rst episode, one of our standing jokes, the way news correspondents use Wales as a unit of measurement, found a way in. The ghastly local BBC stringer in East Africa says on camera that the country where he’s based is ‘38 times the size of Wales’.) Sadly, I recognised all sorts of things about myself in David Bradburn. For the record, though, I don’t go round hoovering up receipts, since I gave up submit- ting expenses to the BBC years ago. And I certainly don’t carry copies of my books around with me, if only because I like good literature. But the pomposity? The self-importance? The irritability? All true, alas, though getting older helps. So does having a three-year-old son. David Bradburn and I have something else in common: we’re almost the last sur- The locals vivors of a breed of GREAT THINGS HAPPEN tor: ‘I knew what sections Buzz Aldrin, to present the monster which once when we work together, so of the archive would work Radio producer programme. are usually roamed the world, the BBC mantra goes. But well for Mark’s programme ‘We had to go to his home dominating its when Mark Rickards, a sen- and the things that might got a shock in Beverley Hills,’ says Rick- cleverer than environment through ior radio producer at BBC take it in a new direction. I ards. ‘His agent suggested sheer will power and Scotland, needed an ex- thought the landing would when he went recording in a reception the twits from aggression. Now, pert on space for his Radio be a good thing to focus room near a swimming pool. though, most of the 4 documentary marking on, because the moon walk looking for a We blocked the doors off, London old-school television the 40th anniversary of the gets most attention.’ but there is probably the dis- news correspondents have retired or headed for fi rst moon landing, he got Rickards’s pitch to get lunar specialist tant sound of people splash- the safety and better pay of the studio. in touch with Nasa. Imag- his documentary, Walk- ing about in the pool.’ Tira Shubart was one of the best news produc- ine his surprise when their ing on the Moon, commis- Radio 4 website that would The tension between the ers I’ve worked with. Understandably, her counter- recommended expert was a sioned included use of new allow people to send in ex-astronaut and mission part in Taking The Flak, gets off much more lightly BBC Scotland colleague.y. audio archive that hadn’t their memories of 1969. control was still evident. ‘He than the appalling Bradburn and the dreadful but Glasgow-based post pro- been heard on British His trump card was to get was the one who was thou- equally well-drawn correspondent of the BBC duction editor David Woods radio and a section on the second man on the moon, sands of miles from earth, World Service, Margaret. was his man: ‘It was very but they were the ones call- So does the thoughtful, philosophical camera- lucky,’ says Rickards. ‘Having ing the shots. As he read man, Jack. (The real-life cameraman who fi lmed someone I could talk to face Home grown through the records from the series is the famous Darren Conway, who usu- to face made life an awful lot expert: Nasa he was querying some ally works for BBC News, and his quality shines easier.’ David Woods of the points they’d made.’ through.) Woods has a passion for and Mark Now his specialism has The locals, too, are usually cleverer than the all things lunar going back Rickards been rumbled, Woods is bumbling twits from London. Satire is always better to childhood: ‘The thing happy to be called upon when everyone is ludicrous or a swine. The people that cemented the fasci- again: ‘I’m aware I’ve built who deserve it most get royally shafted in Taking The nation for me was when up a good knowledge and Flak, and very satisfying it is. I look forward to the the BBC showed a fi lm I feel that’s a resource that rest of the series. I’ll be wincing as I laugh, though. on the fi fth anniversa- producers could tap into.’ ry of Apollo 11. I was 14 Peggy Walker Taking the Flak, BBC Two, Wednesdays years old and recorded the soundtrack. For the next Walking on the Moon is few years I played it over available on iPlayer and is part Foreign reporting: and over again.’ of the BBC’s Moon Season. John Simpson He now has the Nasa James May will be On The Moon archive on a hard disk at and at the Edge of Space for BBC home. ‘I have the complete Two and BBC Four; Radios 2, 3, Apollo 11 mission in sound, 4 and 5 Live will each mark the with all the transcripts and anniversary of the moon land- I know the sequence of what ings on July 20 with themed they were trying to do.’ programming and the BBC Bringing tv and lunar Archive has released a new expertise to the docu- online collection telling mentary made Woods the story of the Apollo the perfect collabora- moon missions a 14·07·09 Features 7 PHOTOGRAPH: ANNA GORDON ANNA PHOTOGRAPH: As west London landmark gets listed status, the latest media complex reaches a milestone

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THE GRADE II listing for Television 2012, when many people will have and winning features include the Centre’s iconic ring – popularly moved to Salford and into the rede- entrance hall, with its John Piper Pass the spanner, mate known as the ‘doughnut’ – and Stu- veloped BH in central London. mosaic; the central drum with dio 1 has raised questions about The grade II status for the dough- its mosaic tiles; the Huxley-Jones A TOPPING OUT ceremony took North, will be completed in 2011. the future of the building, which is nut and Studio 1, with its well- gilded sculpture of Helios and the place last week to mark the con- So far, 6.5m workman due to be sold. known atomic dots and the build- full-height glazing of the stair and struction of the highest point of hours have been spent on the The heritage listing will restrict ing’s name, was granted last week original clock. MediaCityUK in Salford. build and more than 85,000 the changes that can be made by the department of culture in TV Centre was designed by Gra- A crowd gathered in the open cubic metres of concrete, and but the BBC says it is too early to recognition of ’architectural and ham Dawbarn, whose inspiration air 19 fl oors up on top of the stu- nearly 9000 tonnes of struc- know whether this will affect the historical special interest’. came from doodling a question dio block’s south tower as Kevin tural steel used. eventual sale price. Other parts of the west London mark on the back of an envelope. Gosney, assistant construction As a result of the project, While the property downturn site, including the other seven stu- The BBC has been working with manager, turned a golden span- Peel and Bovis have awarded has put original plans to dispose dios, the scenery block and the English Heritage for some time to ner on the fi nal nut and bolt of more than £188m worth of con- of the site on hold, the intention famous canteen, do not qualify. establish which parts of the build- the steelwork. tracts to companies in Salford is still to vacate and sell TVC after The BBC HQ opened in 1960, ing are historically important. The site, the new home of BBC and Greater Manchester.

Traditional tv channel? Won’t be long before it’s history THE HOTTEST TICKET at the BBC been broadcast.’ In a witty and passionate talk, very short-sighted,’ he observed. Internet last week was Tim Berners-Lee, Berners-Lee was at the corpo- Berners-Lee presented a succinct Users should not be ‘constantly creator of the worldwide web and ration for the launch of a new BBC tour d’horizon of the web, from its living in fear, worrying about people one the most influential men of the project, provisionally entitled Digital earliest incarnation in his 1989 paper, looking at what questions you are creator Tim 21st century, Revolution, which will examine the Information Management: A Proposal asking online’, he added. In front of a packed audience at web’s impact on all our lives. – described as ‘vague, but exciting’ Admitting that snooping by gov- Berners-Lee the White City Media Centre, he Digital Revolution will provide an by a colleague – to the global net- ernments was ‘fairly frightening’, he gave a speech marking the 20th online forum for discussion about work we see today, with a trillion web was bullish about the power and per- looked into the anniversary of his idea. the web, with contributors’ ideas addresses and 100 million websites. sistence of the web. ‘The trend has It was when he looked into the feeding into a BBC Two series on the He stressed the importance of been that the internet gets around future and this future that he caused a stir by stat- internet to be broadcast next year. open standards and royalty-free controls in the end.’ ing: ‘The concept of a [tv] channel George Entwistle, controller of content, and railing against those Find out more about the Digital is what he saw will soon be history…the future of knowledge commissioning, said the who wanted to censor or control the Revolution project at bbc.co.uk/digital- video on the web will allow random series would be ‘open source’, with internet. revolution access to everything that has ever the rushes available to everyone. ‘Any attempt to constrain it will be Andy Walker 8 BBC IN ACTION week@work WHAT TO WEAR CHANGING PLACES

◆MICHELLE ACKERLEY, RESEARCHER, MANCHESTER

Where did you buy the outfi t you’re wearing in the photo? My jacket is from Kookai, dress from See by Chloe, leggings from M&S, and the pumps are from the White Company.

Where have you taken inspiration from? I tend to get inspiration from lots of different places. It really depends what kind of mood I’m in. I like things that don’t look like they have come straight off the shop fl oor. I like colour – especially burnt oranges/beiges/reds. When I shop I tend to home in on colours fi rst and then look at the item. I do tend to wear a lot of black as well though. Animals and exotic plants can give you great inspiration for colour.

Are you experimental in your style? MARTIN MONTAGUE (pictured), senior I do like to try new things. My favourite piece at the producer in Radio 7 presentation, moment is a pair of braces that I got from a local charity takes a 12 month career break to shop. I love dresses but I’m not really a girly girl. I try and move to Northern Ireland... SHIRLEY make things look more funky than pretty. OWENS becomes BBC Oxford’s fi nance administrator. She replaces Have you had any fashion nightmares? YANI SAMPURNO who is on maternity I think my early teens were one big fashion nightmare. leave... TRACEY HIGGINS, a bj at Radio Shropshire, begins a year attachment Whose wardrobe would you most like to rummage as sbj... BBC London reporter, ANJANA through? GADGIL, begins a three month I actually love rummaging through my mum and gran’s attachment at BBC East in Norwich... wardrobes. I’ve found some great things that they’ve 5 News’s weekend presenter NICK kept for years that have come back in fashion. I fi nd that WALLIS moves to BBC Surrey as far more fun than just going out and buying something. the new breakfast show presenter... JULIA HALPIN, ba at Radio Berkshire, What’s the worst outfi t you were made to wear as a child? becomes marketing and fundraising A multicoloured duffel coat. I looked like a female offi cer at Children in Need based in LEARNING CURVE version of Joseph and his techni-coloured dream coat. White City... SAMEENA MISABAHUDDIN, It was very embarrassing but I never got lost in a crowd. currently on the production trainee ◆ WANT TO IMPROVE your communication scheme, begins a 12 week placement on skills or sound out your creative ideas? The One Show in Manchester. Because of high demand for workplace coaching sessions during Training and Devel- opment’s Never Stop Learning Week, T&D will be offering more one-to-one sessions on July 30 at BBC sites around the country. The coaches are all BBC staff who have been trained by the BBC Academy. It is anticipated that places will go quickly. KNOW THE SCORE To book a session visit learn.gateway/never- Nicky Bignell, music rights manager, explains the seven things you should know about using music stoplearningevents

The BBC uses more than by the fi lm clearing word changes. Our favour- COMING UP 200,000 music items in its pro- companies. As a ite clearance is ‘sprouts, sprouts, 1 gramming each week. Blanket result they tend lay them all out, this is a plate of ◆ Peter Salmon, director BBC North, agreements with the Performing to be costly. We Brussels Sprouts’ sung to Tears for announced two new Manchester-based Rights Society (PRS), for music/ lyric were quoted Fears’ Shout. commissions for CBBC last week. Both copyright, and Phonographic Per- US$25,000 for were commissioned by channel controller formance Limited (PPL), for sound just one minute It’s not true that you can’t Anne Gilchrist. The fi rst, THIS KID COULD recording copyright, cover our use of the Orlando use recordings by the CHANGE THE WORLD, will be made by of them. These agreements cover all soundtrack. 6Beatles. UK public service Shine North. The 9x30 minute series will BBC public service rights (Worldwide There are com- uses are permitted but there are involve children having their big ideas put has separate blanket agreements cov- panies clearable likely to be clearance problems if to the test. Due to tx in 2010 it will be exec ering commercial exploitation). for use though you require rights for other exploi- produced by Bridget Banton. who specialise in tation, for example dvds and audio There’s a lot of clearable music re-records of fi lm books. ◆ The second series of JINX, based on the to choose from, so you should soundtracks. books by Fiona Dunbar about a girl and her 2avoid using tracks outside If you’re including any kind magic cookbook, will be made by Kindle the agreement which can result in Use of a of dramatic representation of Entertainment. The 13x30 minute series additional costs. To obtain imme- commer- 7a stage show, musical, ballet will be exec produced by Sue Nott. Tx is yet diate clearances for commercial 4cial record- or opera in your programme then to be confi rmed. recordings use the automated Fast- ing or existing this requires special clearance and Clear system: tinyurl.com/fastclear. song as title music for your pro- If you want to change the also payment of what can some- ◆ Charlotte Moore, acting commissioning Independent productions can access gramme requires special clearance words of a song, consent is times be quite costly fees. Please editor for documentaries, has this at tinyurl.com/externalfastclear. and will involve a fee. Contact the 5required from the music pub- speak to us as soon as possible. commissioned THE WORLD’S OLDEST music copyright team immediately lisher as musical works are protect- MUMS for BBC One. Exploring the Original fi lm soundtracks as these are sometimes denied. We ed by copyright law. This is often Visit tinyurl.com/bbcmusiccopyright implications of giving birth late in life are one of the few things recently cleared Totally Saturday’s diffi cult as composers want to pro- for more information. The team is also the 60 minute documentary will be exec 3excluded from our agree- use of Elton John’s Saturday Night’s tect the integrity of their songs, available to give presentations/master- produced by Maxine Watson. It is expected ments as rights are usually owned Alright For Fighting. but we have lots of experience in classes. Contact Nicky Bignell to tx later this year.

IF YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR WHO OR WHAT SHOULD BE IN WEEK@WORK PLEASE EMAIL LAURA SCARROTT 9 ‘DO I LOOK like a porn star?’ asks Radio Northampton’s Joe Pignatiello as he cavorts on a bed in his new bites cotton pyjamas. blog The breakfast show presenter, seen here in Monday front of a former travel Three Years in China agent’s in Kettering, And so, that’s it. My time in China is up. For broadcast from outside much of my time here, this country was busy four empty shops last preparing for the Olympics – taxi drivers in week. the capital were made to wear fresh yellow ‘We wanted to shirts and take English lessons. present a show from James Reynolds, Beijing correspondent towns in the county bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/ that have been affected jamesreynolds/ by the recession,’ he explains. ‘But we also Tuesday wanted to add a bit of a Carrot Countdown twist.’ It’s all been a bit of a blur since Glastonbury… At each location he a mad week that’s not left much room for was joined by trad- gardening. The carrots should soon be ready ers and businessmen to pull up. The kids eat loads of carrots so I’m discussing the local looking forward to letting Lola dig them up. economy while school Hopefully, we’ll have bundles of them, and I children were invited may even attempt a carrot cake. Now harvest to submit drawings to time is growing close, I’m a bit worried my brighten up the empty relaxed attitude towards watering will come shopfronts. back to bite me on the bum. The broccoli There are plans to do plants are huge, as are the holes that have it again next month in appeared in the leaves. I don’t know about fi ve new locations. ‘Lots snails munching my veg, it looks more like a of our listeners turned rogue Alsatian has been using my patch to up to say hello and con- get its five-a-day. tribute to the show – it Sara Cox, Radio 1 dj was great,’ he says. bbc.co.uk/blogs/digin/ The hunt is now on for a new bed, the one Wednesday above having been The Pope and the economists given to a charity shop. The global recession is hurting the central finances of the Catholic Church. Vatican Radio, which is run by the Jesuits and headed by the director of the Vatican press secretary, Fr Federico Lombardi, is now planning to LEARNING CURVE AI SCORES carry advertising because the church is no longer able to fully finance it. I’ve a personal SHAMELESS connection with Vatican Radio: I was vox- ◆ TORCHWOOD had four out of the fi ve vey also showed 84 percent of the audi- popped on the station while on a student trip highest AI scores for programmes on ence said they made a special effort to PLUG to Rome, and that was the first time my voice terrestrial channels last week. watch the series. And around three was heard on radio. The special series, Torch- quarters of viewers thought it ◆ SIMON WHITEHOUSE, TVC William Crawley, BBC Northern Ireland wood: Children of Earth, which was a high quality programme, TOUR GUIDE, AND CATHIE KAYE, presenter ran from Monday to and liked the characters and ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE TUTOR bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/ Friday at 9pm on BBC storyline. One, achieved its It had a loyal following Approximately 75 percent of adults Thursday highest AI of 91 on with an average audience of in the UK suffer from back pain at England’s women eye Ashes treble Thursday – six points over 6m each night. some point in their life. Last year the While the Ashes series has been getting above the drama av- To see other programmes British Medical Journal published a under way in Cardiff, England’s women have erage. Other episodes audiences love, visit report revealing that the Alexander been preparing for their own one-off Test all scored 89 or 90. audiencesportal.com and Technique can have signifi cant against Australia. Retaining the women’s The BBC Pulse sur- click on TV Pulse. long-term benefi ts for people Ashes would cap off a remarkable five with chronic back pain, RSI, neck months after Charlotte Edwards’ side were pain, breathing/vocal problems crowned world champions. The relevance of and muscle stiffness as well as Test cricket in the women’s game though has improving general wellbeing. waned in the last few years as England and SPEAK EASY As part of the BBC Club, we Australia are the only countries to play the currently hold individual lessons at four-day format. ◆ LAST WEEK President Barack Obama TVC but will be starting lessons at Alison Mitchell, sport bj and Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev Bush House and WestOne soon. bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms met in Moscow. The pronunciations of In each session we look at how both of their names can be problematic our pupils ‘use’ themselves, identify- Friday and mispronunciations or inconsistent ing bad habits that can cause pain. JLS – ‘Beat Again’ pronunciations across BBC output can For more information or to book Embarrassingly ‘90s boyband atmos? attract strong responses from audiences. an introductory lesson email Simon Squee!-worthy glimpse of torso? JLS In the case of Barack Obama, we rec- and Cathie at bbcalextech@yahoo. colours in the background? Literal dancing ommend the pronunciation he uses: co.uk or call 07989 572712/ to illustrate the lyrics? Thankfully, I’m just buh-RAAK oh-BAA-muh (stress is shown in 07932 713963. A list cringing at the new JLS video and not the capitals; -aa as in father) while for Dmitry of local teachers can song itself. Because it’s quite simply TOTALLY Medvedev, we recommend DMEET-ri also be found at www. AWESOME. I didn’t watch much of X Factor, muhd-VYED-uhf (stress is shown in capi- stat.org.uk but I knew that JLS were a boyband and tals; -uh is unstressed like ‘a’ in ago; -vy ant that attracted complaints. One broad- that Louis Walsh was their mentor. And I as in view). This pronunciation is angli- caster pronounced it lyoo-TEN-uhnt (or was pretty sure that this was a Recipe For cised for the purposes of English-language loo-TEN-uhnt; -ly as ll in million) which is Disaster. But I was wrong. This song, with its broadcasts but still refl ects the Russian the US English pronunciation, instead of slick production and sing-along chorus, is a pronunciation. the British pronunciation lef-TEN-uhnt great surprise. Somewhat unexpectedly, it was not the (although luhf-TEN-uhnt is also possible). Vicki Lutas, trainee writer pronunciation of a foreign name but the For pronunciation queries contact bbc.co.uk/blogs/chartblog/ pronunciation of the English word lieuten- 02 82277 or pron.gateway.bbc.co.uk 10 Opinion/Analysis a 14·07·09 We are print in a digital world and we hope you like it that way

As he prepares to leave the editor’s chair, Andrew Harvey reviews the role of the the programmes and projects that paper people are making happen. As a paper we aim to explain more and give more THIS IS MY LAST ISSUE as context, so that Ari- editor of Ariel. After eight el is worth reading years in a hugely stimulat- each week and will Big moments, big through the summer holiday ing job I am heading, some- tell you something issues: Ariel campaigns period and they will welcome what unfashionably, towards you didn’t know, on bureaucracy and the as much help with story sug- retirement from the BBC. even amid so much environment both led gestions and feedback as you You can’t buck the progress other information to management action can give them. of the calendar and this is – because with- probably no bad moment for out the support of our read- other parts of the BBC don’t tion management decisions, newspapers looking to cause WHATEVER HAPPENS to a change. ers there would inevitably be receive Ariel until Wednes- whether in programming or trouble. These are relatively Ariel, it has been a privilege One of the aspects of a question of ‘why does the day but the cost of mount- in internal policy. I think all infrequent and I hope they to edit the paper that fi rst Ariel that I am most pleased BBC need a weekly paper’. ing our own delivery to every the senior leaders of the BBC are a small price to pay for appeared in 1936 and to keep about is change. The paper Believe me, that ques- offi ce would be too high. acknowledge this. Ariel is the greater benefi t of having it alive and lively in the 21st has evolved through two tion gets asked. Fortunately, One aspect of Ariel that their paper too. an internal newspaper that is century. I want to thank all redesigns and a fairly con- one of the most convincing has been central to the past open and free. our readers for their engage- stant process of adjustment answers came recently from eight years has been its edito- TO THOSE MANAGERS who In my eight years there ment with the paper either into the issue you have in you, our readers. In a sur- rial independence. Greg Dyke have struggled to accept or has hardly been an occasion as friends, critics or both and your hands today. During the vey by Mori commissioned was director general when I understand Ariel’s role, I when I have been put un- for giving us encouragement same time, the Ariel website by internal communications was appointed and he made would say that our natural der strong pressure either to when on occasion we have has developed and strength- 86 percent of the people who it clear that he expected the position is to be supportive hold a story out or to put one wondered about the editorial ened to the point where it responded gave Ariel their paper to speak its mind. ‘Be of the BBC and its aims. We in and that says much for the line we should take. can now support audio and approval. There is still work feel it is important that we spirit of communication at I am reminded of an video content as part of its to do to win the support of do that our way; that we’re the BBC. I have worked with approach I made to one senior daily news service. the remaining 14 percent Ariel needs not automatically ‘on mes- some of the mighty editors of correspondent with a sensi- and to continue improving sage’ but that we interpret Fleet Street over the last 40 tive inquiry. I began by saying THE STEADY IMPROVEMENT the content, but I took that the many initiatives and pri- years and some would envy ‘I don’t intend to be mischie- of Ariel online and the in- as a broad vote of confi dence to speak orities in a way we hope will the freedom the BBC extends vous, but…’ Before I could go stant availability of news in the printed page and the resonate most effectively both to its own paper and any further he bellowed ‘Mis- from many sources have had team that produce the paper with its with you, our readers. You more particularly to its own chievous! – that’s your job, a signifi cant impact on the each week. It’s a small team are individuals with a range journalists when reporting you’re a newspaper.’ paper. Long gone are the days in which nearly half work own voice of skills and opinions and I the dramas that have assailed Well, I’m pleased to say when we might have decided part time and they deserve suspect you would not thank the corporation. that by some measures we to hold a story for the projec- credit for a paper that must irreverent’ he urged us. Mark us, let alone pick up a copy, if I would have liked to be have succeeded as Private Eye tion we could give it in print. justify its place in the com- Thompson has been equally we were seen as simply a cog able to introduce you to my no longer refers to us deri- This means that news in its plex modern media opera- supportive and has told me in the publicity machine. successor but no one has sively as Pravda. most straightforward sense tion that is the BBC. that Ariel is only worth hav- We are conscious that yet been appointed or the But perhaps the best part- plays a smaller role in today’s ing if it is seen to be independ- the external media follow Ari- job even advertised. This is ing shot is a comment that Ariel, although I believe big JUST A WORD ON COST. Our ent and does more than recy- el and this adds to the sense because internal commu- arrived in my inbox this Mon- and complex topics can be income pays for printing cle management agendas. sometimes of walking a tight- nications is conducting a day morning from another presented more effectively and distribution that itself is It is good to know that rope. We do our best to avoid review to work out how best journalist who is retiring. He across newspaper pages than quite an operation. 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the next ice age. Then in the 80s it Cover blown was all about acid rain. It will be Is just me, or is the decision to aim some other nonsense next week. towards an FM radio switch off in We might be killing the spirit of radio How about applying some com- 2015 crazy? mon sense and wondering if the I’m not a fuddy duddy. I may drive a Morris a single station on my drive to Bush House. I live in Preston and work in Man- sun’s natural tendency to warm chester, both supposedly good DAB Minor and think that the music really died Why must we sacrifice analogue for DAB? I and cool might possibly have a con- coverage areas, but despite this I with John Lennon, but I am not behind the don’t want a radio to decide for me what I can nection with the earth’s natural find the signal to be weak and times. My house is full of computers and I and can’t listen to – I want to slide along the tendency to warm and cool? At the inconsistent and the sound quality wouldn’t be able to live without my WiFi dial and pick up those random French sta- very least report the possibility. terrible. I’m comparing the two now If the sun were to go out instantly in the BBC Radio Manchester studio radio or my iPlayer. And yet when it comes to tions, or the odd (dare I say it), pirate. I imagine it would become quite – FM is crisp, full and rich, DAB is DAB, I’m hesitant to jump on the bandwagon. It’s what makes radio so special – that feeling chilly on earth. I further imagine, flat and dull with a delay. DAB sets Despite living only ten miles from London that it belongs only to you and whatever you however, BBC news would report are expensive and power hungry, FM (and within the M25), I can still only pick up hear was intended for your ears only. I don’t this as a manmade phenomenon. is cheap and widely available. Don’t we flatter ourselves. 4.5 a handful of stations. I now only use DAB to want my list of stations to read out like a fast Why are we intent on pursuing billion years of evolution and cli- this flawed technology and making listen to BBC 7. food menu. Save analogue and you save the mate change just happens to have millions of analogue radios useless? And don’t get me started on In Car DAB – I spirit of radio. occurred in the last hundred or so Steve Saul have one of those too, and could not pick up Victoria Forbes, trainee studio manager, WS industrial years. Radio Manchester Nick Young BBC Look East to watch it on the workers (June 30). I am part of ior persons just Digital limits HD Channel. But ‘The A Team’, a group of voluntary don’t seem to In all the statements about DAB by I was appalled retired people working with BBC ‘get it’, whatever Reporting back 2015 there is no mention of DAB’s by the inappro- Radio Merseyside, helping support it might be (it In response to Faarea Masud’s letter present lack of geographical cover- priate running the listeners in our area. certainly isn’t about engaging teenagers with news age. Nine million DAB radios may commentary by As volunteers we obviously don’t cash, they get (June 16), BBC News School Report have been sold but this will not have Trevor Nelson get paid, but the BBC doesn’t even plenty of that). has been doing just that for three been ‘nationwide’ as large areas of and Paul Gamb- offer any form of expenses, travel Instead I’m years. I spent three months with the the country can’t receive DAB. For accini. or food remuneration. Makes our moved to con- project this spring, and I couldn’t instance, in the southwest (ie Devon I could not believe that during blood boil to see the highly paid gratulate the Top Gear team on a have been more impressed with the and Cornwall, Isles of Scilly and the the Rev Al Sharpton’s speech they mickey and expense takers. programme that’s quite simply a interest and knowledge young peo- Channel Isles) there are large areas thought it appropriate to comment Russell Felton joy; from the effortless presenta- ple have in both news and politics. of no coverage at all because there during a momentary pause and BBC Action Desk, Radio Merseyside tion to the stunning photography, Students in David Cameron’s are no transmitters for DAB. then crash his return. that just keeps getting better. constituency arranged their own Until we have near 100 percent In the end I had to turn over to Those of us in this business interview with the opposition coverage there will be no point in CNN who didn’t have a running Count every bean know just how much work it takes leader, and many other teenag- having DAB in cars (by 2013) nor commentary and who showed the Much as it hurts me to say it, Mark to make something look this easy, ers took on political topics. Some switching off FM in our homes. My event the respect it deserved. Thompson is right when he says it’s and this good. Keep it up. schools even set up their own mini DAB radio has lived in its box in the I think that the BBC has let as justifiable to claim for a Star- Matt Seymour tv or radio stations. Reports from the loft for five years. down a huge part of its audience. bucks coffee as it is for a £50 meal bj, Radio York students ended up on all the major Bernie Steed We took an excellent and moving (Ariel, June 30). And he’s equally network outlets, local radio stations former chair SW Audience Council event and made it less than it was. right to say ‘It’s a matter for indi- and regional tv opts. Mike Shaft viduals if they want to claim every- Our place in the sun Hundreds of people across the BBC Manchester thing or not’. The environmental coverage at the BBC lent their expertise as mentors. No option I think we should take note of G8 summit in Italy on the BBC last And the enthusiasm and respect the If the future is digital, how come what he says and do as he does. week has been somewhat partisan. young people give you is infectious. viewers in England are being told to Brick lane So all those people who were Both sides of the anthropogenic We can always do more to en- switch to analogue for their Nicky Campbell’s right; let’s not get just a little embarrassed to claim climate change argument should gage young people – but there is regional news? And how about an a downer on Salford. He says, ‘It’s for cups of tea and coffee for pre- be reported by the BBC but seldom good work going on to do so. apology to viewers in regions like not Helmand Province’ (June 30). senters or for the additional cost of are. In the 70s the end of the world Andrea Davidson former English Exeter (July 7), which have already Carl Johnston (July 7) replies that, a travel card extension – don’t worry was just around the corner with regions producer, School Report had analogue turned off, or to ‘Clearly he has never been to Ord- – just CLAIM! CLAIM! CLAIM! those in regions such as Cambridge sall’ (which neighbours the Quays). So long as they’re a legitimate and Oxford which can’t opt out at Let’s have some balance, please. expense and you’ve got the receipt all on BBC Two? As a former resident of Salford fill in those e-expenses and send to from the vault I’m a tennis fan who was gripped Quays, I drove through Ordsall your authoriser. by the Murray/Roddick match. But many, many times and only had a Gillian Darlington July, 1967 like all other viewers, I also have the brick thrown at my car once. It’s broadcast assistant, R4 documentaries We’re delighted at the improvements in the BBC Pension Schemes. ability to turn my telly to BBC Two a much improved area of late and We should, however, like to know why there is apparently one law for and would have been happy to do so very safe, except on bonfire night. married women and quite another for married women on the BBC staff? to continue watching the match. Steve Blears Stuck in the Forest As we can no longer properly opt sbj, Radio 5 Live planning So we’re told that the old style Eric- Whereas it is clearly stated that the half pension will now go auto- out English regional programmes sson phones are being switched off matically to the widows of all married pensioners who die before their on BBC Two, what is the reason for and that we all need a new style wives, the husbands of women pensioners must be approved as being a alienating a large proportion of Bag lady VoIP phone. dependant – that is, ‘an invalid and dependent husband’. England’s viewers outside London Hot new series for the autumn sea- Such a shame that such phones We’d like to know why this discrimination is made against married in this way? Is it so we can boast son? ‘Imagine That Pension!’ pre- don’t allow staff here at BBC Radio women who have paid in for their pensions on equal terms with men. about the high viewing figures on sented by Alan Yentob, ‘The History Nottingham to call our big local We would further express the opinion that this is an outdated and BBC One the following day? That’s of the Handbag’ with Jana Bennett team, Nottingham Forest Football Victorian attitude which should be changed forthwith. hardly what public service broad- and, introduced by Mark Byford, Club. (The number’s 0115 982 4444 These days, husbands and professionally employed wives are in part- casting is about. ‘The all new Thunderbirds’ (filmed – see if it’ll work on your phone). nership. They plan their way of retirement together just as they share Gordon Findlay in Superannuation). Can’t wait! Progress? work-a-day lives and household expenses. We have the right, the same tv news director Jonathan Bridger Steve Beech as any married man, to leave our share of our pension to our partners. picture editor, BBC Southampton sbj, BBC Nottingham Whether they be ‘invalid and dependent’ is quite beside the point. Or should be. Just beat it Anna Instone, head of gramophone programmes, I was delighted with the BBC’s brave Nothing compares 2U Easy does it Joyce Rowe, radio publicity officer decision to cover the Michael Jack- With reference to Chris Arundel’s I was going to write bemoaning son memorial concert and sat down mail about the BBC’s lesser paid expenses and how the BBC’s sen-

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Because the position I applied 8D/Ref: 14760609 Media Relations Bush House E C 26-Jul-09 A 06 months Broadcast Journalist, for was in the strategy team and had little to do with my Manager ——————————————— BBC Lincolnshire 7D/Ref: 14748101 job as a services co-ordinator, I made sure I sounded very London E C 22-Jul-09 A 09 months Radio Producer, Irish Lincoln enthusiastic on the application form. TV Centre ——————————————— My placement was the best two weeks in the BBC for Language Unit 5/7D/Ref: 14288809 8D/Ref: 14743909 Assistant Content me. The strategy team deals mainly with developing the Belfast - Broadcasting E C 20-Jul-09 A 12 months C 20-Jul-09 A 09 months Producer Development BBC’s international news services, analysing perform- House ——————————————— ——————————————— London ances and producing the monthly International Market 7D/Ref: 14542309 Researcher (BJ) - Inside Learning Project Media Centre Report. They also look after the global news annual per- E C 22-Jul-09 A 12 months Out - London ——————————————— Manager - West 6D/Ref: 11243609 formance and objectives review and competitor research London Midlands E C 16-Jul-09 A 06 months and spending review. Production Coordinator Marylebone High Street Birmingham ——————————————— While I was there I prepared a number of articles Aberdeen 5/7D/Ref: 12320909 8D/Ref: 11739709 Web Producer for the International Market Report. The fi rst was about 5H/Ref: 14298109 C 23-Jul-09 A 05 months C 20-Jul-09 (Broadcast Journalist) the media landscape of Turkey, which was published in E C 19-Jul-09 A 12 months ——————————————— Leicester June’s edition. The other was to research radio in Iran ——————————————— Senior Research 5/7D/Ref: 14668109 and Afghanistan. I thoroughly enjoyed the research and BUSINESS SUPPORT C A Researcher/Ymchwilydd, ANDZ MANAGEMENT Executive, FM&T 24-Jul-09 08 months also the ambience of Bush House, which is very different X-ray and The ONE London ——————————————— Show Broadcast Centre Media Editorial Assistant - APS Controller Comedy Cardiff Village London Commissioning 5D/Ref: 13533909 7D/Ref: 14725609 Media Centre E C 04-Aug-09 A 05 months London C 20-Jul-09 A 10 months 4D/Ref: 13997609 ——————————————— TV Centre ——————————————— C 16-Jul-09 A 09 months Section Principal SM1/Ref: 14389509 Business Manager, ——————————————— E C 20-Jul-09 Trombone Finance & Commercial Editorial Assistant - ——————————————— Manchester Strategy Tagging Under Review/Ref: Head of Internal Audit London London 14624309 London White City Media Centre E C 10-Aug-09 White City 7D/Ref: 14289809 4D/Ref: 13997409 C 16-Jul-09 A 09 months SM2/Ref: 14731409 E C 21-Jul-09 A 11 months JOURNALISM E C 26-Jul-09 ——————————————— ——————————————— Public Affairs TECHNOLOGY IFRS Project Accountant Co-ordinator Reporter (SBJ), Regional Project Manager Talent Political Unit London London Media Centre White City Pool, FM&T London London Millbank SENEX/Ref: 15280409 5D/Ref: 14724909 E C A E C 23-Jul-09 8D/Ref: 14412209 19-Jul-09 12 months from my usual workplace. 8D/Ref: 14649609 ——————————————— ——————————————— E C 23-Jul-09 Various C 21-Jul-09 A 09 months I’m normally based at Beaumont House, the BBC resi- Decision Support Assistant, HR Shared ——————————————— ——————————————— Developer, FM&T dential unit in London, where we put up new recruits Manager, BBC Services, BBC People Assistant Producer, London to the World Service. As a services co-ordinator, I provide Workplace London guidance and support to joiners to the language services, World Service Sport White City 7D/Ref: 14412509 London E C 23-Jul-09 Various as well as hospitality, administration and conference London White City 4D/Ref: 14695109 ——————————————— organisation. TV Centre C 19-Jul-09 11D/Ref: 14528409 Tester, FM&T The range of shifts and roles makes for varied work, 7D/Ref: 14664309 E C 27-Jul-09 ——————————————— London which was very different from Bush House, where I C 24-Jul-09 A 06 months ——————————————— Grant Application worked 9am to 5pm in an offi ce occupied mostly by sen- ——————————————— Assessor - Freelance 7D/Ref: 14412409 Head of Marketing, E C 23-Jul-09 Various ior managers and their PAs. I felt intimidated at fi rst, BJ/Facilitator, Political Radio 2 and 6 Music Register ——————————————— but after a few days I felt more at ease there than in any Newsgathering Multi Location London Software Engineer, workplace I’ve ever been in. London N/A/Ref: 14720909 Henry Wood House FM&T My team was extremely encouraging and arranged Millbank E C 06-Aug-09 Freelance meetings and tours, enabling me to learn about the vari- 10D/Ref: 14624609 London 7D/Ref: 14649509 Various ous departments and output of Bush House. E C 23-Jul-09 7D/Ref: 14412309 C 30-Jul-09 A 12 months ——————————————— ——————————————— E C 23-Jul-09 Various During my placement, Global News Live took place ——————————————— Committee Chair, ——————————————— in the Media Village. This was an opportunity for every- Researcher Radio Media Planning Group Vice-Chair & Committee ITACU Operations one in the BBC to fi nd out more about the work of global Current Affairs, Head Members Coordinator news. In the run-up I helped the event co-ordinators. Manchester London Multi Location - South London Although it involved a lot of minor jobs like tea runs and Manchester White City East TV Centre putting up posters, I got to meet broadcast assistants, 5D/Ref: 14373309 10D/Ref: 14555609 N/A/Ref: 14661709 4D/Ref: 14766209 journalists, voice engineers, studio managers. I attended E C 16-Jul-09 A 08 months C 23-Jul-09 A 06 months E C 06-Aug-09 A 3 years C 23-Jul-09 the HARDtalk and World Have Your Say sessions, but the ——————————————— ——————————————— ——————————————— ——————————————— icing on the cake was the World Service Trust concert. Before my placement, I was a bit confused as to what the next step in my career should be, but it has helped shape my aims and ambitions. With my inter- cultural communication academic background, I now FULL DETAILS AND HOW TO APPLY EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS know that there is a lot I can offer to the BBC. Full details and how to apply are on Gateway at: Vacancies published on this page are open to BBC Staff. 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EMMA SIMPSON SUPER JON PLANNING ASSISTANT foreign BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA bureau

CHRIS BOCKMAN REPORTER, TOULOUSE

ARE YOU THE FOIE GRAS CORRESPONDENT? I really was asked that once. But I could just as easily be the oyster or even Roquefort reporter as the small cheese farmers here have found themselves at the centre of a decade long EU/Washington trade dispute. They take food very seriously here. The local Although Emma cuisine is not as highbrow or creative as, say, in Lyon but it’s at the heart of the French contradiction: duck Simpson loves fat, cheese, wine and yet the healthiest population in Europe. Life expectancy in France is highest in Tou- singing in a louse, Nice and on the island of Corsica. Yet they also choir, she prefers share the highest rate of sick leave. Of course Monday is when the illnesses peak. staying behind If you are going to be a foreign correspondent here you have to enjoy not just eating but rugby. This is the the scenes when only region of Europe (except possibly the Welsh val- it comes to work leys) where kids want to grow up to be rugby players rather than Beckham. Around 90 percent of all top French rugby players come from an area roughly tak- ing in Biarritz ,Toulouse and Clermont. Are you musical? cause the orchestra gets to re- ing after the diaries of over day the producer rang me Twice a year I get invited for drinks by the Prefect – I always did musical things at hearse in the building where 400 classical orchestral and up and asked if I’d like to go a sort of regional governor who acts as the eyes and school and I play the clarinet they do their concerts, and session artists. I talked to or- and work in Manchester on ears of Paris, making sure the provinces are not on but I never wanted to play it’s a lovely hall to work in. chestra managers, West End a six-month attachment. the point of revolution. That’s the best time to go with as my career. I enjoy being be- show fi xers and loads of musi- a wish list of diffi cult sto- hind the scenes. The exciting How did your career begin? cians. I got to know everyone. What do you think of the The rioting ries you want to cover, thing for me is being involved After university I moved Then I got a job at the BBC BBC attachment system? because one call from the in the fi nished product. back to my parents’ house Symphony Orchestra at I think they’re brilliant. I’ve stunned Prefect and all hurdles in Dorset. I sent my CV out Maida Vale. I went on attach- done three so far. They give disappear. Which is what you do now... to orchestras and festivals, ment as a broadcast assist- you the opportunity to go BBC people The media are My main role is sorting out but I was working on an or- ant with the BBC Singers and somewhere different with- considered part of the the orchestra’s schedule, ganic dairy farm to earn found my niche. They’re the out all the risks of having who spend establishment and with which is done weeks in some money. I got a job at only full-time professional to move for good. The BBC it comes a certain pres- advance. We’re based in the Brighton festival as an as- choir in the UK. Philharmonic were keen for summer here tige. You will never see City Halls in Glasgow and sistant concert manager and me to stay, and I ended up the mainstream French have to book the sessions then also with the Chester Do you sing, then? agreeing with them after a media unveil MPs’ expenses or what ‘adult’ fi lms are we want in the hall at least summer music festival. Yes, I’ve been doing it since lot of soul searching. I was being watched at taxpayer expense. nine months in advance. I was at school. I sing in the there for over three years. One thing I have learnt is that programme editors I also manage our concerts And then you worked abroad? alto section of the Glasgow don’t care if a chief executive offi cer or senior politi- all around Scotland. I make I went to Baden-Baden in Ger- Chamber Choir. I just love What's a standout memory? cian is interviewed in a capital or the provinces; they sure everyone’s on stage many to work with the Eu- it. When I was working in We brought the whole cast just want the interview, and that’s a lot easier to sort when they should be, look ropean Union Opera, which Manchester I sang with the of the opera Salome over to out in somewhere like Toulouse. after the conductor and solo- was like an apprentice com- Halle Choir and the Man- Manchester to do a perform- More often than not VIPs are here because of Air- ists, and the front-of-house pany for singers who had just chester Chamber Choir. We ance prior to its opening in bus. Toulouse has become France’s fourth biggest city and backstage staff wherev- left music college. We put on used to do the Daily Service Turin. I had to organise 15 – and prosperous thanks to the airplane maker which er we are. This helps to make amazing operas with inter- on Radio 4 occasionally. singers with visas, travel and has its headquarters here. While covering Airbus is an sure the event runs smoothly. national stars. I was looking accommodation. At the end enormous part of my job, another topic has emerged: after the singers, picking up How does Manchester fi t in? of the opera, Salome asks for the ‘banlieues’ - the rundown mainly immigrant Sounds like it can get conductors from the airport, I’d seen a ba job for the the head of John the Bap- estates on the outskirts of the cities. quite complicated running recitals. I even ended BBC Philharmonic adver- tist, so I organised for one of The three weeks of rioting in hundreds of cities and When we’re going out of up being assistant wardrobe tised a few weeks before and the singers to bring the head towns across France in 2005 stunned the country – town I book the coaches and mistress for the male chorus. asked the orchestra manag- over with them. When they and a lot of BBC staff who spend their summer holi- hotels for about 80 people: er if they’d found someone came through customs with days down here. the players in the orches- How did you get into the BBC? for the role when we were the prop, they had to show a I have probably spent more time on these rough tra and management staff. The music business doesn’t both backstage at a con- note explaining what it was. estates than most other British journalists and I am At the moment I’m sorting happen in Dorset, so I moved cert. She said no and asked not optimistic. It’s inevitable they will ignite again soon it all out for the BBC Proms. to London and got a job look- if I was interested. The next And being in Manches- - since so little has been done to resolve decades of It’s a big task because ter led to meeting your neglect and seething frustration. we’re going down husband-to-be? In my eight years in Toulouse what has changed twice. I’ve got a mas- We met on the train down most about my work for the BBC? In the past, French sive spreadsheet to CV EMMA SIMPSON to London. Last year he was way of life tv features were lapped up by programmes. work out who needs offered a job at Strathclyde Now, thanks to the FTP (fi le transfer protocol) system what for each night. Degree: Music at Liverpool University University, so I had to de- – rapidly sending standups shot outside duck farms, First job: Working on an organic dairy farm and Brighton Festival cide if I would move again. Airbus, ski resorts and so on and all video streamlined Why aren’t you in The Proms. For as long as I can remember, my Luckily, this time last year from home – it’s not even necessary to look for a feed- Pacifi c Quay? Career landmark: my current job was adver- point anymore. When the Queen Mar- family and I used to watch the last night of the proms on tv. This tised. It was perfect tim- But for the time being I refuse to buy a Blackberry. garet Drive building was year’s proms is the ninth I’ve worked on. ing. He proposed to me on If Toulousains can get away with absenteeism and live shut we moved to the Family: Fiancé Alex Dickson, research lecturer in economics. My top of a hill, with a bottle healthily then this is my own small case of French City Halls. It’s great be- sister Julia works for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. of champagne in his bag. resistance in the face of globalisation.

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