Broadcast Newswrap

How to run a mentally healthy production

Broadcast brings you a thought-provoking podcast, supported by The Film and TV Charity in which you can find out how the team working on Glow Up use the Whole Picture Toolkit!
We begin with Broadcast Commercial Director, Talia Levine setting the scene by asking our guests to give an insight into the changes and developments they have seen over the years regarding Mental Health in production. 
Valeria Bullo, Film and TV Charity, Lead for Mentally Healthy Productions (Whole Picture Programme) speaks to Melissa Brown, Executive Producer and Kirsty Bysouth, Production Executive at Wall to Wall on Glow-Up use the Whole Picture Toolkit and helpline. 

Edinburgh 2021 recap with Georgia Brown

The Newswrap is back following summer recess and joined by Edinburgh 2021 advisory chair Georgia Brown to reflect on what will hopefully be the last virtual Edinburgh for a while.

Georgia talks preparation, diversity and the streaming presence before the team are on hand to further dissect an energising festival, which focused on Channel 4 privatisation and disability. 

All that, plus Max, John and Hannah’s “commission of the fest”, on this week’s Broadcast Newswrap.

Disabled creatives making waves

There are 14.1m disabled people in the UK and yet the nation’s largest minority is woefully underrepresented in the TV industry.

Two landmark reports are about to be unveiled urging the sector to access the “untapped potential” of this group, talented people like Deaf and Disabled People in TV (DDPTV) founder Caroline O’Neill and Tim Renkow, the creator of BBC3 hit comedy Jerk. 

Caroline spoke to Max Goldbart last week about DDPTV’s Disability by Design report, which shows the distressing levels of discrimination and ableism faced by TV’s disabled community and issues a wealth of recommendations for how this can be overcome.

And later, Tim chats exclusively to Hannah Bowler about the second season of Roughcut TV’s comedy and opportunities for disabled people both locally and across the pond.

All that, plus a regular dose of ‘What We’ve Been Watchin’’, on this week’s Broadcast Newswrap.

Kids TV special

Summer holidays are upon us and with that six weeks of kids being glued to the screen? But which one?

With a proliferation of viewing options available today to the nation’s under-16s, BBC in-house production lead Helen Bullough and Serious Lunch / Eye Present founder Genevieve Dexter are on hand to guide our hosts through the modern kids TV landscape, talking financing, competition and the impact of the Young Audiences Content Fund.

Later, it’s a Newswrap debut for Blue Peter ​legend Konnie Huq, who speaks exclusively to Hannah Bowler about her career and wider thoughts on the sector. 

All that, plus a fair bit of ’What We’ve Been Watchin’’, on this week’s Broadcast Newswrap.

Melvyn Bragg on South Bank special

The Newswrap is overjoyed to welcome Melvyn Bragg into the guest spot this week, as the current series of his long-running South Bank Show reaches a climax.

The Sky Arts magazine format has been showcasing the best up-and-coming British talent for this rather special season and Melvyn opens up about his experiences meeting this cream of the crop, along with how it speaks to TV’s wider diversity push.

Later, the Labour peer has some stern words for the government over the potential privatisation of Channel 4 and hands us a window into the Bragg household by taking part in everyone’s favourite ‘What We’ve Been Watchin’’.

 

BBC annual report plus John McVay

Savings, iPlayer, nations and regions and diversity were just some of the key takeaways to emerge from the BBC’s Annual Report this week and Broadcast chief reporter Max Goldbart and insight editor Jesse Whittock are on hand to dissect. Later, Max catches up with Pact chief executive John McVay as the trade body turns 30. John reflects on a multitude of successes and challenges while looking back at his own 20-year stewardship. And he’s got a few choice words about the government’s move to potentially privatise Channel 4. All that, plus a ‘What We’ve Been Watchin’’ that looks beyond the week’s football to nod towards a US hip hop doc and depressing BBC1 prison drama, on this week’s Broadcast Newswrap. 

The fight for Channel 4’s future

The UK government has again raised the spectre of selling off public broadcaster Channel 4 to the private sector, and a formal consultation announcement has sparked real concern that it could happen this time.

Lifting the lid on Lupin & WWBW special

It is the show that has lit up the streaming world and as the second part of Lupin returns to Netflix, creator and screenwriter George Kay joins the Newswrap to give his take on the popularity behind the Omar Sy-starring crime-revenge caper, inspired by French literary icon Arsène Lupin.

Speaking to John Elmes from Paris, Kay reveals why the show pays homage to the US network shows of the 1980s and 1990s, and is deliberately aimed at capturing a family co-viewing audience.

Elsewhere, the Criminal creator and Killing Eve alum laments the lack of pre-watershed family drama on UK channels, explains how he would never have been able to get Lupin away on a UK PSB, and discloses his love for international format distribution.

Later on, Max Goldbart welcomes Jesse Whittock, Hannah Bowler and John Elmes for a ‘What We’ve Been Watchin’’ special in which the Newswrap team detail their best shows and biggest disappointments from TV landscape over the past six months.

Being LGBTQ+ in TV

This week, the Newswrap welcomes Zinc Media’s London director of television Greg Sanderson and freelance writer-director Sophie Bernberg to talk LGBTQ+ representation in TV. 

The pair set out their personal experiences, from witnessing incidents of homophobia to being ’the only one in the room’, and reveal where they think progress has been made and where there is room for improvement. 

Speaking to Max Goldbart and Hannah Bowler, they also talk about the recent Love Island controversy, and the need to make on-screen LGBTQ+ representation more ‘organic’.

 All that, plus an LGBTQ+ special of ‘What We’ve Been Watchin’’, with nods to Pose and Feel Good, on this week’s Broadcast Newswrap.

The BBC after Bashir plus Nida Manzoor

More than a week has now passed since the explosive Lord Dyson report blew the lid on the 1995 Diana interview. 

With a review into why Martin Bashir was rehired due out next week, plus another in September, Max Goldbart and Hannah Bowler analyse what the corporation can do next to bury the hatchet, win back trust and ensure its detractors don’t go too far. 

Later, we’ve got exclusive audio from Hannah’s interview with this month’s cover star Nida Manzoor, the creator of C4 comedy We Are Lady Parts. 

All that, plus a regular dose of ‘What We’ve Been Watchin’’, on this week’s Broadcast Newswrap