EXCLUSIVE: Veteran BBC producer Esther Springer has left after two decades to join fledgling creative indie Creators Inc.’s TV and film division.
25.05.2022 - 15:23 / deadline.com
British indies will soon have the opportunity to compete in a tender process to produce three of the BBC’s biggest shows: Antiques Roadshow, Songs of Praise and Young Musician of the Year.
Antiques Roadshow and Young Musician of the Year are being tendered for the first time while Songs of Praise was issued in 2016, with BBC Studios losing out to independent producers Avanti and Nine Lives Media.
After five years, those producers have brought their partnership to an end, according to the BBC, which will now have the opportunity to win the show back.
The tendering process began several years ago when the BBC’s in-house producer BBC Studios was commercialized. The process is a trade-off for the outfit being allowed to produce shows for third parties for the first time.
All BBC Studios-produced shows have to be put to tender by 2027, although none have been tendered since 2019.
More information will be released soon regarding the three announced today and, during the tender process, competing producers and BBC Studios have to prove how they would refresh the programs.
Songs of Praise first aired in 1961 and is the BBC’s flagship religious program while Antiques Roadshow has been on TV screens for more than 40 years, as contestants bring in items that are then valued by experts and sold. Young Musician of the Year is a competition format to seek the next great classical musician.
BBC stalwart such as A Question of Sport, Holby City and Bargain Hunt have been tendered and retained by BBC Studios, while the likes of Mastermind and The Proms have been lost to independent producers.
BBC Content Chief Operating Officer David Pembrey said: “These programmes are important brands for the BBC and valued by audiences. The three tenders form
EXCLUSIVE: Veteran BBC producer Esther Springer has left after two decades to join fledgling creative indie Creators Inc.’s TV and film division.
Gatekeep queen. Queen Elizabeth banned Lilibet photos from being taken. The British monarch met with her great-granddaughter during her Platinum Jubilee. However, she forbid photos of her and her namesake together.
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Queen’s Jubilee celebrations on Thursday. The couple — who notoriously quit royal life back in January 2020 — have returned to the UK for their first joint public appearance since they spectacularly trashed the royal family in an infamous televised interview with Oprah Winfrey 14 months ago.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been spotted for the first time since arriving in the UK for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, which are taking place up and down the country this weekend. The Duchess of Sussex, 40, was seen entertaining some of the youngest members of the Royal family, including Savannah Phillips and Mia Tindall, ahead of Thursday afternoon's flypast. Meghan could be seen through one of the windows of the Major General's Office, as she animatedly greeted the children, making faces and beaming at them.
With the Platinum Jubilee celebrations upon us, there has been an interest in what the Royal Family might wear over the course of the Bank Holiday weekend. Fashion expert and stylist to the stars, Miranda Holder, gave OK! an insight into the outfit choices of the famous family, while also sharing a rather surprising etiquette rule that women in the Royal Family have to abide by.
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Evanescence have announced that they’ve parted ways with guitarist Jen Majura, who has been with the band since 2015.“It has been a very special chapter in the band with our dear friend Jen Majura, but we have decided it’s time to go our separate ways,” the band wrote on social media yesterday (May 21).“We will always love her and support her, and can’t wait to see what she does next! We are so grateful for the good times and great music we made all around the world together.”A replacement for Majura has not yet been announced but the band assured fans that they “are hard at work rehearsing for our upcoming tour and will have some exciting news about the new lineup coming in the next few days, so stay tuned.”A post shared by Evanescence (@evanescenceofficial)Following the band’s announcement, Majura took to social media to respond to her exit, stating “that none of this was my decision”.“I feel the need to address that none of this was my decision!” she wrote on Twitter. “I have no hard feelings against anybody and I wish Evanescence all the best.
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EXCLUSIVE: BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU), the UK production powerhouse behind Planet Earth and The Green Planet, has hired BAFTA-winning Mike Davis to lead a major push into CGI.