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Brexitcast
''Brexitcast'' is a British political talkshow and television programme produced by BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC News. It was launched on 5 June 2017 following the success of ''Electioncast'', a podcast that had covered that year's general election. Originally aired on radio, it was announced on 3 June 2019 that ''Brexitcast'' had been commissioned as a television programme for BBC One. It was the first BBC podcast to be commissioned for television. The first televised edition of ''Brexitcast'' aired on BBC One and the BBC News channel on 12 September 2019, and was later briefly accompanied by the daily ''Electioncast'' which returned as a daily podcast for the duration of the 2019 general election. On 5 January 2020 it was announced that ''Brexitcast'' would be renamed ''Newscast'' after the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union on 31 January. The final regular edition of ''Brexitcast'' was released on 30 January 2020. An edition was later aired in November 2020. The fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Fleming (journalist)
Robert Adam Fleming (born 2 April 1980) is a Scottish journalist and chief political correspondent for BBC News. He was formerly its Brussels correspondent, and has previously worked for ''Daily Politics'' and '' Newsround''. He co-presented the podcast and television programme '' Brexitcast'', before becoming co-presenter of its successor, ''Newscast''. Early life Fleming was born in 1980 in Glasgow and educated there at Hutchesons' Grammar School, an independent school, from 1989 to 1998. He went on to Hertford College at Oxford University where he studied geography, graduating in 2001 with a first class degree. Whilst at Oxford, Fleming edited ''The Oxford Student'' newspaper and worked in local radio. Career Fleming has worked in journalism for the ''Herald'' newspaper in Glasgow, the '' Daily Record'' and STV. Fleming began working for the BBC, and was sponsored by them to study broadcast journalism on a postgraduate diploma course at City University, London. Fleming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newscast (podcast)
''Newscast'' is a British podcast and television programme produced by BBC News. It takes a look at the day’s main news, political events and talking points. It is the most listened to podcast on BBC Sounds and consistently ranks as the most popular news podcast in the United Kingdom. It is presented by BBC chief political correspondent Adam Fleming with political editor Chris Mason. Originally launched as an audio podcast in 2017 to cover that year's general election and titled ''Electioncast'', it was subsequently renamed ''Brexitcast''. Its first televised edition was transmitted in September 2019, and it was relaunched in its current format in February 2020. The decision to relaunch the podcast came in January 2020, when it was announced that ''Brexitcast'' would be renamed Newscast after the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union on 31 January. The final edition of ''Brexitcast'' was released on 1 February 2020, with the first edition of ''Newscast'' airing on 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Mason (journalist)
Christopher Richard Mason (born 21 April 1980) is a British journalist, who has been the political editor of BBC News since 2022. He is also a presenter of the podcast and television programme ''Newscast'' (formerly ''Brexitcast''). He was formerly the BBC's political correspondent. Early life and career Christopher Richard Mason was born on 21 April 1980 in Airedale Hospital in Steeton with Eastburn, Bradford, West Yorkshire. His parents were primary school teachers. He grew up in Grassington, North Yorkshire, and attended Ermysted's Grammar School in Skipton. He listened to radio, in particular BBC Radio Lancashire, from an early age and his childhood ambition was to present his own programme. He was an undergraduate at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he studied Geography, and participated in student newspapers, student radio and student television. Mason started his career as a trainee in broadcast journalism at ITN in autumn 2001. He gained a postgraduate diploma from C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Kuenssberg
Laura Juliet Kuenssberg (born 8 August 1976) is a British journalist who currently presents the BBC's flagship Sunday morning politics show. She succeeded Nick Robinson as political editor of BBC News in July 2015, and was the first woman to hold the position. Kuenssberg stepped down as political editor on 6 May 2022, after reporting on the 2022 United Kingdom local elections. She went on to replace Andrew Marr as the host of the BBC's weekend political interview programme, which started transmission in September 2022 under the name ''Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg''. Kuenssberg had previously served as the BBC's chief political correspondent and was the first business editor of ITV News. She was also the chief correspondent for ''Newsnight'' between February 2014 and July 2015. Early life and education Kuenssberg was born in Rome, Italy in 1976 to Nick and Sally Kuenssberg. She grew up in Glasgow, with her brother and sister, and attended Laurel Bank School before going on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katya Adler
Michal Katya Adler (born 3 May 1972) is a British journalist. She has been the BBC's Europe editor since 2014. Early life Adler was born on 3 May 1972 in Hampstead, north London, to German parents. She attended the independent, fee-paying South Hampstead High School. She studied German and Italian at the University of Bristol. During her course, in her year abroad, she undertook a number of work placements including at Blue Danube Radio, Reuters, NBC in Turkey, and at the Rome offices of ''The Times''. While at university, Adler was the president of the political society and started its magazine. She graduated in 1995. One of her dissertation topics was denazification. Career After graduating, Adler initially briefly worked for ''The Times'' before moving to Vienna in August 1995 to work for Mondial Congress, an organiser of International Congresses. She began working as a correspondent for Austrian national public broadcaster ORF in late 1995, reporting locally and then int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Podcast Awards
The British Podcast Awards is an annual awards ceremony intended to celebrate outstanding content within the British podcast scene. The British Podcast Awards is owned and operated by Haymarket Media Group, which also owns several media businesses, including Campaign, PRWeek, and PodPod. History The British Podcast Awards was cofounded in 2017 by Matt Hill, managing director of production company Rethink Audio, and Matt Deegan, creative director of audio content firm Folder Media. Deegan and Hill took on the Australian Podcast Awards in 2019 and thIrish Podcasts Awardsin 2022. In 2022 Podcast Awards Ltd, the company that runs the British Podcast Awards was acquired by Haymarket Media Group. The British Podcast Awards will initially sit within Haymarket Business Media’s marketing communications portfolio, with plans to launch more podcast events internationally in 2023. PodPod, a new publication about the craft and business of podcasting, was announced as the new partner of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Week (2003 TV Programme)
''This Week'' is a BBC One current affairs and politics TV programme, and was screened late on Thursday evenings. It was hosted by former ''Sunday Times'' editor Andrew Neil, with a panel of two commentators, one each from the right and left of the political spectrum. The show was introduced on 16 January 2003, as was the ''Daily Politics'', after a major review of BBC political programmes. It replaced the nightly ''Despatch Box'' (1998–2002), for which Neil had been the sole presenter in its later years. In February 2019, following Neil's decision to step down as host, the BBC announced that ''This Week'' would end in July 2019. The final episode aired on 18 July 2019, a live broadcast from Westminster Central Hall with an invited audience of political dignitaries and celebrities. Mick Hucknall of pop group Simply Red sang " Nobody Does it Better" to Andrew Neil and the 'Final Show' was closed by 'Quiet Man' covering " Make Luv" (sic). After September 2019, Neil went on to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Burley
Rob Burley (born 1969) is an English television producer, formerly the BBC's editor of live political programmes. He was the editor of ''The Andrew Marr Show'', ''Politics Live'', ''Newscast'' on television, '' Newswatch'' and ''The Westminster Hour''. Early and personal life Burley grew up in the 1970s and 1980s and was interested in politics from a young age. He obtained a degree in American studies from the University of Nottingham. Burley lives in Brighton. He is a supporter of Liverpool F.C. Burley contracted COVID-19 in March 2022. Career He began his career as a researcher for the Labour Party member of Parliament Paul Flynn. He joined ITV in 1996 and rose to become editor of its political shows ''The Sunday Edition'' and ''Jonathan Dimbleby''. He also worked on ''Tonight'', hosted by Trevor McDonald. He joined the BBC in 2008 and became executive editor of ''Question Time'', deputy editor of ''Newsnight'' and assistant editor of ''BBC Breakfast''. In 2018, he became t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodri Marsden
Rhodri Marsden (born 1 October 1971) is a London-based writer and musician. Journalism Prior to the demise of the print edition of ''The Independent'', Marsden wrote a technology column for nearly ten years, along with other columns on a range of subjects for the daily paper and the Saturday magazine. He previously wrote ''The Observer Music Monthly's'' "Guitarist Wanted" column, which required him to go undercover to audition for bands that he had no intention of joining. Apart from music and technology writing, Marsden is well known for his humorous, offbeat features written in an understated, self-deprecating style. Other publications he has written for include ''The Guardian'', ''Time Out'', ''New Statesman'', ''Daily Telegraph'', and ''Olive'' magazine. His first book, ''FWD This Link'', was published by Rough Guides in 2008 and his next, ''The Next Big Thing'' followed a year later. A third, ''Crap Dates: Disastrous Encounters From Single Life'', was published in February ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Votes On Brexit
Parliamentary votes on Brexit, sometimes referred to as "meaningful votes", were the parliamentary votes under the terms of Section 13 of the United Kingdom's European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, which requires the government of the United Kingdom to bring forward an amendable parliamentary motion at the end of the Article 50 negotiations between the government and the European Union in order to ratify the Brexit withdrawal agreement.Summary The wording of the clause was strongly contested by both the and the |
The Ricky Gervais Show
''The Ricky Gervais Show'' is a comedy radio show in the UK starring Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, and Karl Pilkington, later adapted into a podcast and a television series. Despite being named after the more famous Gervais, it mostly revolves around the life and ideas of Karl Pilkington. The show started in August 2001 on Xfm, and aired in weekly periods for months at a time throughout 2002, 2003, 2004, and mid-2005. In November 2005, ''Guardian Unlimited'' offered the show as a podcast series of 12 shows. Throughout January and February 2006, the podcast was consistently ranked the number one podcast in the world; it appeared in the 2007 Guinness World Record for the world's most downloaded podcast, having gained an average of 261,670 downloads per episode during its first month. According to the BBC, by September 2006, the podcasts of the series had been downloaded nearly 18 million times. , the podcast has been downloaded over 300 million times. An animated series based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
