TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville discuss Sir Tom Jones’s shock exit from The Voice UK, Channel 4’s plan to cut around 300 jobs, allegations that some LG smart TVs can capture audio in standby mode, the end of Seven Up, and ITV’s new I’m a Celebrity…The Wild Frontier spin-off.
In this episode:
•\tWhy Sir Tom Jones says ITV removed him from The Voice UK
•\tChannel 4’s proposed 300+ job cuts and the financial pressures facing the broadcaster
•\tHow YouTube is competing with traditional television for audiences, advertising and attention
•\tThe remarkable legacy of Seven Up and why the Up series is ending with 70 Up
•\tWhy Asif Kapadia is directing the final instalments of the landmark ITV documentary
•\tWhat researchers allege about microphone capture, network scanning and standby audio on some LG smart TVs
•\tITV’s expansion of the I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! universe
•\tWhether spin-offs make successful formats stronger or less special
•\tPLUS: Celebrity Traitors, Strictly Come Dancing, and more!
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:51 Sir Tom Jones leaves The Voice UK
04:49 Channel 4’s Major Job Cuts & YouTube vs TV
12:01 The End of Seven Up
19:35 Can LG TVs Listen in Standby Mode?
25:39 ITV announces I’m a Celebrity: The Wild Frontier
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Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News for You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US, Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway? in 1997; it ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.
Peter Fincham ran Talkback, where he executive produced many of its biggest shows, including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson’s Farm and Alma’s Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.
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