It will be ‘fingers on buzzers’ at the University of Exeter on Wednesday 30th January as students and lecturers prepare for the arrival of BBC Radio 4’s lively quiz show, The 3rd Degree .
The show, which is hosted by comedian Steve Punt, pits a team of three academics – world-leading specialists in their field of Psychology, Bioscience and Philosophy, against a team of three undergraduates, who study the subjects of the lecturers.
The rounds vary between specialist and general knowledge, quickfire bell-and-buzzer rounds, and the show’s signature round, ‘Highbrow, Lowbrow’,...
Few seem to be enjoying the management meltdown at the venerable BBC more than Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp. chief whose rival British newspapers have been caught up in their own lengthy, embarrassing and expensive phone-hacking scandal.
But the troubles for both media organizations highlight that the news industry in Britain is at rock-bottom in public esteem, and could face increased restrictions from the government of Prime Minister David Cameron, which appears convinced it has been unable to police itself.
The British Broadcasting Corp. has moved into full-bore damage...
Exeter MP Ben Bradshaw has defended the former BBC director general George Entwistle who resigned amid growing criticism over a Newsnight report which wrongly implicated the former Conservative treasurer Lord McAlpine in allegations of child abuse.
Mr Bradshaw said Mr Entwistle, who will be paid a £450,000 pay off, was badly let down. In a BBC News interview Mr Bradshaw said he was also not confident anyone else would have done a better job. Mr Bradshaw said: "I think this is a terrible mistake and I think George Entwistle has been done a real injustice. He's only been in the job...
The head of the BBC's governing body says the broadcaster needs a radical overhaul following the resignation of its chief executive in wake of a scandal over a botched report on child sex-abuse allegations.
Chris Patten vowed to restore confidence and trust in the BBC, which is reeling from the resignation of George Entwistle and the scandals prompting his ouster.
Entwistle resigned Saturday night amid a storm of controversy after a news program wrongly implicated a British politician in a child sex-abuse scandal, deepening a crisis sparked by revelations it decided not to...
LONDON (AP) — Since accusations surfaced last month that a renowned British TV host sexually abused young victims for decades without being exposed, scores of adults have come forward to claim that their own allegations of sex assault in the past were ignored.
Worries that Britain's institutions — and its media — have for years been too conservative in handling claims of child abuse have jolted the nation's public debate, prompting an abrupt turn that culminated in the prime minister being handed, on live television, a list of high-profile figures named in Internet rumors as...
Exeter's MP Ben Bradshaw today took part in the questioning of the new BBC Director General, George Entwistle, about the BBC's handling of the Savile revelations. Mr Bradshaw, a former BBC reporter, has recently joined the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee of the House of Commons and today's session was very high profile.
Ben Bradshaw asked the DG whether in the light of the Panorama special shown last night he agreed that the decision to drop the 2011 Newsnight documentary about Savile's activities was 'a catastrophic mistake' and why it had taken him three weeks to...
The final episode of series three of Great British Bake Off last night had an average of 6.5 million viewers, 25.3% share, with a peak of 7.2 million viewers seeing law student John Whaite crowned as the Bake Off winner.
Janice Hadlow, Controller of BBC Two, says: “I’m absolutely thrilled by the phenomenal success of Great British Bake Off – all the ingredients of record ratings, a worthy winner, the expertise of Mary and Paul, wonderful presenters Mel and Sue and a brilliant series put together by Love productions plus of course all those irresistible cakes have come together to...
