BBC director behind the ‘creative’ decision to censor Rule Britannia at Last Night of the Proms said he didn’t want to turn music festival into a ‘political platform’ David Pickard said he didn’t want to make Proms a ‘political platform’ in 2019 Comment came after remainers hijacked 2018 Proms by handing out EU flags This … Read more
An Executive Producer for the BBC‘s Songs of Praise has compared singing Rule Britannia to Nazis singing about gas chambers. Cat Lewis, who is also CEO of television production company Nine Lives Media, weighed in on the controversy surrounding the BBC’s decision to drop the singing of patriotic anthems from the Last Night of the Proms. … Read more
Vera Lynn’s rendition of Land of Hope and Glory reaches 13 in the charts as Laurence Fox urges Britons to download it in defiance of BBC’s decision to censor its lyrics Actor said it would be ‘great’ to push the chart to top of the UK singles chart Post was shared thousands of times and … Read more
Boris Johnson today condemned ‘wetness’ as both Conservative and Labour politicians united to attack the BBC over its decision to drop the singing of Rule Britannia and Land of Hope and Glory at the Last Night of the Proms after critics claimed the patriotic anthems were ‘racist’. Speaking on a visit to a Devon shipyard, the … Read more
Laurence Fox today led calls to strip the BBC of its licence fee funding over the bungled decision to play Land of Hope and Glory and Rule Britannia at the last Night of the Proms but not sing the ‘racist’ words to avoid offending the woke. Critics accused the BBC of ‘erasing history’ and caving in … Read more
TV historian David Olusoga said racism in broadcasting left him clinically depressed. The Civilisations presenter said it is ‘lonely’ as a black person in the television industry and he has often been left feeling ‘patronised and marginalised’ throughout his career. Speaking in the wake of the global Black Lives Matter movement, the historian said the industry … Read more
‘Devastated’ Alex Jones fights back tears as she pays emotional tribute to The One Show colleague following his sudden death over the weekend The star, 43, paid tribute to Charlie Mott as the show drew to a close on Monday Emotional Alex told viewers, ‘Everybody on the team is absolutely devastated. He was hugely talented … Read more
BBC drama boss Piers Wenger slammed the film and TV industry as ‘racist’. Wenger – who was appointed Controller of BBC Drama in 2016 – said the industry is ‘not diverse’ and ‘something has gone wrong’ but vowed the corporation is ‘working on putting that right’. Speaking to a virtual audience at the online Edinburgh … Read more
‘Devastated’ Alex Jones fights back tears as she pays emotional tribute to The One Show colleague following his sudden death over the weekend By Ryan Smith for MailOnline Published: 21:16 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 21:17 BST, 24 August 2020 Alex Jones emotionally paid tribute to one of her late colleagues on The One … Read more
Lost video tapes of Top of the Pops come to light 50 years after they were binned by the BBC including performances from Elvis Presley and Status Quo A man from Wales used a Sony CV-2000 to record performances between 1971 and 1976 Omega Auctions in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, are selling the collection Auction will take … Read more