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BBC showing ânegativity verging on hostilityâ to classical documentaries
Exclusive: classical music film-makers Sir Humphrey Burton, Tony Palmer and Barrie Gavin say output lacks volume and quality
A 1976 edition of Omnibus in which Andre Previn discussed William Waltonâs First Symphony with Humphrey Burton. Photograph: Keystone Press/Alamy
A 1976 edition of Omnibus in which Andre Previn discussed William Waltonâs First Symphony with Humphrey Burton. Photograph: Keystone Press/Alamy
Thu 13 May 2021 19.01 EDT
The BBC is failing audiences by offering classical music documentaries that lack revelation and risk, if they are made at all, according to three of the industryâs foremost film-makers.
March 15, 2021 at 3:59 pm
BBC Radio 3 has announced a change to its presenting line-up, with Georgia Mann taking over from Ian Skelly on the station’s mid-morning weekday programme Essential Classics. She will join Suzy Klein from 5 April, with Ian Skelly moving to the Afternoon Concert slot a week later.
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Georgia Mann is currently a presenter on Radio 3’s Breakfast programme with Petroc Trelawny, and also presents a variety of concerts and programmes such as Words and Music. She is a former producer of Radio 4’s Front Row programme.
Ian Skelly has presented on Radio 3 for the past 20 years across various programmes on the station.