Where stands Lord Hall on popular culture? Will BBC1 strategy shape the interviews for Director of Television - or is there a real discussion about the bigger picture ?
Internal candidates Danny Cohen and Peter Salmon both have an interest in the The Voice. This year Danny expends the second instalment of an (estimated) £22m total just to have the show on his channel. And Peter's baby, MediaCityUK plays host to the recorded blind auditions - now "enhanced" with a series of "moving" back stories of struggle. Thus lingering shots of our contestants shuffling across the piazza; and the arrival of unlikely Salford country & western singer, Mike Ward, unemployed joiner, and cousin of Shayne Ward. Despite MediaCityUk boasting Europe's largest HD tv studio, The Voice moves back to London for the battle rounds.
The first of the series was beaten in the ratings by Ant and Dec on ITV, despite The Voice being given a decent inheritance by Dr Who.
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Bill - It's going to be Director of Television, not Vision, in Tony Hall's brave new world.
ReplyDeleteI've never been very brave, so have corrected !
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