The media show. Hello. Welcome to The Media Show. In a moment, were going to talk about Channel 4. Its new headquarters in Leeds Havejust opened, and the Governments Consultation on whether to privatise it is into the final straight. Well hear the case for privatisation from a former Channel 5 ceo, and if youre wondering whether any of this has anything to do with the telly you watch, well, well unpack that, too. First, though, lets talk to Jack Thorne who is an acclaimed screenwriter whos worked on his dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. And at this years edinburgh tv festival, he gave the mctaggart lecture, which is one of the most high profile moments for the tv industry, and in that, Jack Thorne was blunt, telling the Audience Tv has failed disabled people utterly and totally. Jack, welcome to The Media Show. I wonder if you could explain to us in more detail why you came to that stark conclusion about the state of the tv industry. Primarily because its true. And
So there is a real problem in terms of disabled people being employed within the industry. The second thing, and related to that is the stories that are told about disability are few and far between. That i can only think of a handful of shows in my lifetime and it is very hard to get those disabled stories told. Ive been trying for years to tell disabled stories on conventional drama budgets, and every time ive been able to tell a disabled story on tv, its been with a reduced budget because thats the only way of doing it. And we need to be elevated and we need to be put into the mainstream, and the reason why, and this was i think the reason why this speech belonged this year, is that i think that what covid showed beyond anything else is the ableism is rife in our country and the fact that disabled people were shut out of conversations and ignored in the statistics as to how many deaths were put into different columns, how many disabled deaths, those with underlying Health Conditions
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Emma raducanu makes history at the us open, beating Leylah Fernandez to become the first british woman to win a Grand Slam singles final in 44 years. The queen is among those congratulating the teenager following her stunning victory in new york, just months after finishing her a levels. The Uks Health Secretary says the Government Wont introduce Vaccine Passports in england, ahead of plans to protect the nhs from rising covid cases this winter. The Trade Union Congress warns that up to 660,000 jobs could be at risk, if the uk fails to reach net zero Carbon Emissions as quickly as other countries. The Anti Immigration Hungarian prime minister, viktor 0rban, meets Pope Francis in budapest. Now on bbc news. It s The Media Show, with ros atkins. Hello. Welcome to The Media Show. In a moment, were going to talk about Channel 4. Its new headquarters in Leeds Havejust opened, and the Governments Consultation on whether to privatise it is into the final
Hello, welcome to the media share. In a moment we are going to talk about Channel 4, its new headquarters in leeds have just opened and the Government ConsultatIon on whether to privatIse it Is into the final straight. We will hear the case for privatIsatIon from a former Channel Five ceo and if youre wondering whether any of thIs has anything to do with the Telly Watch we will unpack that, too. First, though, lets talk to Jack Thorne who Is an acclaimed screenwriter who has worked on hIs dark materials, shameless and skins among many others. And at thIs years Edinburgh Tv Festival he gave Taggart Lecture which Is one of the most high profile moments for the Tv Industry and in that, he was blunt, telling the Audience Tv has failed dIsabled people at the and totally. Welcome to the Media Show. Can you explain to us in more detail why you came to that stark conclusIon about the state of the Tv Industry . Primarily because it Is true. And i think that the argument must be broken down into
Good afternoon. So much dry weather so far this april, still a lot of sunshine across the uk at the moment, but we do have some Rain In Ourforecast for the next moment, but we do have some rain in our forecast for the next few days. Not a lot but hopefully at least some for almost or regions of the uk. The trees are blossoming beautifully at the moment. If you suffer from a tree pollen allergy, the levels are high. Elsewhere they are a moderate, but Lowerfor Northern Scotland where the rain is washing the pollen out. This afternoon dry and sunny across england and wales. Showers in the west. The problem with the showers is you cannot bang on exactly where we will see them, so there will be dry interludes between them and not all areas will pick up on the rain. That Chance Of Rain extends its way further south across the uk as we move overnight into tuesday. More clout and a stronger breeze to the north and we lose the risk of frost. But gardeners in Southern England, particularly the s