Michael Grade

The Observer Good Companies Guide: The biggest risers and the biggest fallers

The biggest risers: Up 15 places or moreEasyjet, Kazakhmys, Euromoney, CompassThe biggest fallers: Down 15 places or moreInvestec, Severn Trent, ITV, Thomson ReutersWhat A difference a year makes. As we revisit the Good...

David Toube: Free speech does not extend to terrorists

How odd it was to glance at the latest contribution in Comment is free's series on Free Speech and the Internet to discover that the Muslim Council of Britain's Inayat Bunglawala has used his piece to defend the banned jihadist...

Julian Bellamy: Channel 4 must keep taking risks

has warned that "occasional errors of judgment" such as the Sachsgate row must not be allowed to turn into a "new era of cultural conservatism and censorship". Bellamy, speaking at Channel 4's winter launch today, said the...

No C4 curbs on Oliver's language

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver will not be asked to cut down his swearing in his new series, Channel 4 has said. Oliver's latest show will be called Jamie Saves Our Bacon The declaration comes amid calls from MPs and Michael...

Furious MP Denis MacShane criticises Jamie Oliver over TV swearing

An angry MP blasted TV chiefs yesterday for turning our airwaves into a "sewer" of bad language. Speaking in the Commons, Denis MacShane said the 9pm watershed was no excuse for gratuitous swearing - and criticised Jamie...

BBC Video Remix Spin-Off Masher Launches After Securing Finance

A new video remix service that was spun out of BBC Worldwide launches today after securing funding from Ibis Capital and the founder of fashion retailer New Look. Masher was conceived as a prototype by BBC Motion Gallery, the...

Did BBC News fluff its lines on a night of American history?

It is the morning after election night and a tired looking Peter Horrocks, the head of the BBC newsroom, sits back in the chair in his office to review his team’s performance. Already an exchange between David Dimbleby, the...

Alan Rusbridger: Local papers are vital - and must be saved

When Michael Grade addressed a Royal Television Society breakfast just over three weeks ago he trailed a heavy hint that ITV's commitment to regional news was not long for this world. Some people think ITV could well throw in...

ITV boss says Kangaroo critics are living in dream world

Having previously called Google a parasite, Michael Grade, the executive chairman of British broadcaster ITV, has again called on critics of the proposed Kangaroo online video service to contribute to the cost of programme...

Majority think fword should not be broadcast

Most people in Britain think the f-word should never be used on air, an opinion poll has found. By Roya Nikkhah, Arts Correspondent Television chef Gordon Ramsay is famous for his bad language - one of his most popular...