Michael Grade

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here: Swearing prompts complaints

Viewers have complained after presenters Ant and Dec repeatedly swore on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. The clean-cut duo said "b******s" four times within the space of around a minute when model Nicola McLean was given...

QUENTIN LETTS: Sir Michael went red in the face and spat out the words

Sir Michael Lyons is not at first glance a striking proposition. Think of some of the recent BBC chairmen - war hero Marmaduke Hussey, suave Christopher Bland with his permatanned larynx, even burly Gavyn Davies or cigar waving...

The Monitor: An acquired taste

Paper Monitor A service highlighting the riches of the daily press. Earlier this month, in the wake of "Manuelgate", ITV boss Michael Grade spoke out against the "unrestrained" use of the F-word in TV shows. The Daily Mirror in...

‘Trust and integrity in the modern media’ - Chris Cramer’s speech to Nottingham Trent University

This is the full transcript of a speech given by Chris Cramer, global head of multimedia for Reuters’ news operations, at Nottingham Trent University last night. Journalism.co.uk’s report on the address can be read at this...

Skinner defends art of swearing

Comedian Frank Skinner has defended swearing after a Yougov poll suggested almost a third of viewers wanted it completely banned from television. Skinner, who is known for his foul-mouthed routines, said "beautiful, eloquent...

Coronation Street and X Factor join BT Vision's catch-up service

One of ITV's BT Vision-bound big guns: Coronation Street. Photograph: ITV ITV is to make its programmes, including Coronation Street and the X Factor, available for catch-up viewing on BT Vision's broadband TV service. This is...

How Kangaroo lost its bounce

A joint venture by the big three TV companies to grab a slice of the on-demand market was seen as a bold move. Instead, Project Kangaroo, the online TV joint venture between ITV, BBC Worldwide and Channel 4, has lost a chief...

Andrew Newman: 'We’d get complaints if we bleeped "The Sopranos"'

Celebrity Big Brother, Jerry Springer: The Opera, The Brass Eye Paedophile Special, Spitting Image portraying God, Jonathan Ross interviewing David Cameron, Ghost Watch, Queer As Folk, a BNP party political broadcast, The Last...

For the record: 17/11/2008

“What next? Polly puts the jackboots on?” the Daily Mail’s Richard Littlejohn baits the Guardian’s Polly Toynbee for sympathising with Max Mosley over media intrusion. Coconut shy Few newspapers have emerged with much credit...

ITV, Pact sign up to product placement code

UK broadcaster ITV and indie producers' trade body Pact have signed up to a code of conduct for product placement on television should it be permitted in the country. The news comes as the UK government is consulting on the...

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