Podcast appearances and mentions of alan yentob

It's “Wish World”, the penultimate episode Season 2 of Doctor Who, but the moment has been prepared for! What did Steven, Warren, and Chris think of this lead-up to next week's finale “The Reality War” and all the many campy bits therein? Will the Doctor regain his identity and crack the code of a 1950s inflected dystopia? Will Ruby work out the mystery of a forgotten world? Will Belinda get anything to do? Tune in and find out! Plus Barbie, Big Finish, and more!  Links: Support Radio Free Skaro on Patreon Doctor Who S2E07 “Wish World” Review Doctor Who S2E07 Unleashed Doctor Who S2E07 Behind the Scenes Varada Sethu Interviews Carole Ann Ford Dugga Doo full version Dugga Doo 24/7 Fifteenth Doctor Barbie due July Ruby Sunday Barbie due July Doctor Who Magazine 617 released Doctor Who: River Song Choose Your Own Adventure Hardcover due Feb 12, 2026 Big Finish Call Me Master: Monsters due September 2025 Big Finish Doctor Who: Alixion due September 2025 Bonnie Langford & Colin Baker answer Big Finish listener questions Big Finish: Star Cops – Conflict returns in 2026 Peter David died BBC arts broadcaster Alan Yentob dies aged 78

One of the most influential figures in British television, the former BBC executive and presenter, Alan Yentob, has died at the age of 78.

Artist Mark Wardel on David Bowie and Cracked Actor: The Fly in the Milk - a new book!Mark Wardel has been a fan of David Bowie since Ziggy Stardust. He won the Art prize at school for his1974 painting of Bowie, and in 1979 he received a Berlin Air Mail letter from the man himself thanking him for a piece of Cracked Actor inspired fan art he had made.For Mark, creating the hand-painted artworks for this book really was just a natural extension of all of that. The Fly in the Milk is the story of the making, broadcast and influence of Alan Yentob's groundbreaking 1975 BBC documentary. Including interviews with many of those involved and access to internal BBC files from the time – this book is a celebration of Bowie captured during this crucial period.The book features artwork by renowned British artist and longtime Bowie fan Mark Wardel, previously unseen live ‘74 shots of Bowie by David Stratford and words by Susan Compo and Mark Wardel.The book is printed in colour on art-quality paper and will be available on its own or in a limited-edition box including a copy of the life mask shown being taken in Cracked Actor. Bowie/Isolar purchased two of Mark's masks for inclusion in the official Bowie archive.To buy the book.https://redplanetmusicbooks.com/products/david-bowie-and-cracked-actor-the-fly-in-the-milk-1To listen to Mark's in-depth first interview:https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/mark-wardel-artist/id1571131713?i=1000610947704To watch this interview on YouTube:https://youtu.be/4T4U3MRfFF8?si=DK3XyZJZZxJIjDecPlease Subscribe to the YouTube channelSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/pop-the-history-makers-with-steve-blame/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alan Yentob joins Today to mark the 50th anniversary of the documentary 'Cracked Actor'. The film follows David Bowie during one of the most prolific and fecund periods of his career as he toured America for his 1973 Diamond Dogs tour. The result, called Cracked Actor, was part of the BBC's Omnibus strand, and described by Rolling Stone magazine as the "greatest rockumentary" ever. The film chronicled the star post-Ziggy and pre-Berlin, as Bowie was redefining both himself and popular music. On the film's 50th birthday, a book is published today, called The Fly in the Milk: David Bowie, Cracked Actor. Today's Amol Rajan is joined by the film's director, Alan Yentob, to discuss David Bowie, making documentaries, and the controversies that arise when working with the biggest stars. Photo credit: Alan Ballard, BBC

It's GCSE results day! Branwen Jeffreys is reporting on the picture across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, while headteachers Sir Anthony Seldon and Educating Yorkshire's Jonny Mitchell tell Adam how their schools got on. And documentary-maker Louis Theroux has made a speech about the future of TV in which he said the BBC has been ‘playing it safe'. Former creative director of BBC Alan Yentob and documentarian Molly Dineen discuss how documentaries are commissioned. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tom Smithard with Hayley Clarke, Madeleine Drury and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Philip Bull. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall. BBC Sounds topics: 00:00 - Newscasters let us know their GCSE results 02:31 - Headteachers Jonny Mitchell and Anthony Seldon join Branwen Jeffreys to chew over GCSE results 19:09 - Documentary makers Molly Dineen and Alan Yentob discuss whether the BBC has grown too safe in its commissions

Adam talks with best selling Irish author and podcaster Marian Keyes about being profiled by Alan Yentob, depression, the fun of working in restaurants in 1980s London, sex and the challenges of having a good relationship with an ex partner.This conversation was recorded face to face in London on March 11th, 2022.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSNOW YOU'RE ASKING PODCAST (WITH TARA FLYNN) - 2022 (BBC SOUNDS)IMAGINE - MARIAN KEYES: MY (NOT SO) PERFECT LIFE - 2022 (BBC IPLAYER)MARIAN KEYES ON DESERT ISLAND DISCS - 2017 (BBC WEBSITE)BEST STOP PODCASTING YOURSELF EPISODES (PODYSSEY.FM)PEEL ACRES (BBC SOUNDS)JOHN PEEL AND JFK (JOHN PEEL WIKI) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Rob sits down and talks to Paul Hayes, author of the forthcoming book, The Long Game - 1996-2003: The Inside Story of How the BBC Brought Back Doctor Who. Drawing on more than thirty new interviews and extensive research, The Long Game is the story of the conflicts and setbacks in bringing back the series, during a transformative time for the BBC. It's a story told by those who were there, including BBC One Controllers Lorraine Heggessey and Alan Yentob, drama bosses Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter and Mal Young, BBC Worldwide executives Rupert Gavin and Mike Phillips, and BBC Films head David Thompson – many speaking in depth for the first time about the part they played in the attempts to bring back Doctor Who. Pre-order your copy now at tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com for its launch on November 1, 2021.

Talking Bottom's interview with TV titan Paul Jackson continues as he discusses making Filthy, Rich and Catflap, seeing Rik and Ade in Waiting for Godot, slapstick, working with writers, special effects in sitcoms, producing TV in the US and Australia, working with Ant and Dec, chairing Comic Relief, the American remake of The Young Ones, Heil Honey I'm Home!, pathos in comedy, the current lack of political satire and being thanked by Rik on stage at Exeter Uni, Plus of course lots about Bottom including its genesis, Alan Yentob wanting the title changed, how the Bottom pilot episode came about, seeing it recorded, the live shows and Guest House Paradiso. The book "Talking Bottom: A guide to the cult sitcom" can be found to order at: https://unbound.com/books/bottom/

We reach the end of the first season of Pieces of Eighth, and we present the opening half of our exclusive chat with the man whose persistence led to the creation of the Eighth Doctor. Executive producer Philip Segal is our special guest, and chats about his love of Doctor Who, working in television, meeting Alan Yentob, casting Paul McGann, and bringing the team together to create the TV Movie. Plus we share your memories of the TV Movie, as your listeners join in the fun!

In this episode, Michael Eisner, former chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company is in conversation with Alan Yentob, BBC TV executive, producer and presenter. They discuss the importance of technology and the impact it has had, and will continue to have, on our ability to communicate, Michael shares the advice he would give to a young person trying to make it in the entertainment industry. They also talk about why “persistence is the key”, and explore whether cable television is coming to an end as streaming continues to prevail. 

Ever wandered what the creative process is behind the films, tv shows and theatre productions you watch? Well, crew chats is a podcast going behind the scenes and chatting to the crew that help make these productions. Lucy Hopkins is a Production Coordinator in television. After completing secretarial college, she began temping in house at the BBC which included working for Alan Yentob, then controller of BBC2. This led to becoming secretary to Executive producer George Faber on the strand Screenplay, showcasing young, up and coming writers, directors and actors. Lucy worked for George for 5 years before taking a year out, after which she returned to the BBC as a producers assistant and started to assist coordinators on productions within the Drama department. After a further 6 years at the BBC, Lucy became a coordinator and left the BBC to work as a freelancer starting on Dramas such as Inspector Lynley and Elizabeth the Virgin Queen to working on comedies like Bad Education and Intelligence. Lucy's Reccomendations: -Senna -Walking and Talking -Chernobyl

Summer isn't over yet! There's still a wealth of summer blockbuster exhibitions to feast your eyes on: Keith Haring at Tate Liverpool, Tal R at the new Hastings Contemporary, and Faith Ringgold at the Serpentine - which brings us to the controversy around the Serpentine Pavilion this year, including art's recurring problem of unpaid interns.And over in Hollywood, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio have been making ceramics together late into the night at Pitt's studio. And we feel unsettled.But meanwhile our August artist focus has us chilled out and happy once again. Thank you Richard Long for introducing us to Land Art and your serene, poetic works. Take a listen to how we try and describe Land Art and Walk Art, be patient with us. Don't go yet summer, we love looking around galleries all sweaty and flustered… SHOW NOTES:Keith Haring at Tate Liverpool, until 10 November 2019: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-liverpool/exhibition/keith-haring Three exhibitions at the brand new Hastings Contemporary: https://www.hastingscontemporary.org/ The Art Gorgeous: https://theartgorgeous.com/ and on Instagram: @the_art_gorgeousThe Abstract Duke: @abstractdukeStill Life With Toddler: @stilllifewithtoddler_The Rebel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rebel_(1961_film) Faith Ringgold at the Serpentine, until 8 September 2019: https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/exhibitions-events/faith-ringgold Alan Yentob interviews Faith Ringgold, on BBC iplayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0006wh6/imagine-2019-5-faith-ringgold-tell-it-like-it-is Junya Ishigami's Serpentine Pavilion: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/jun/23/serpentine-pavilion-antepavilion-colour-palace-dulwich Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio Have Been Making Ceramics Together Late Into the Night at Pitt's Studio: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/brad-pitt-and-leo-dicaprio-making-art-1608823 Richard Long: http://www.richardlong.org/ Videos of Richard Long at work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPHL4JjKXyg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JD2Ai_BECbg https://www.houghtonhall.com/art-and-exhibitions/past-exhibitions/richard-long-at-houghton-hall/

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It's been a few weeks since we brought you a show, in fact many of you got in touch to ask if we'd stopped making the show! But don't worry, we're back with a bang. We talk about our own Blah Wars World Cup which went down well on Instagram, find out how it all went on this week's jam-packed show! Also on the show this week... Alan Yentob, Doc Martin, Football, a round up of Star Wars news, Jude's rude awakening, production company ident and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves toys! 

It's Dolly's birthday today! And as if in celebration, The High Low has hit half a million downloads. Listen to Pandora sing happy birthday to Dolly and the two discuss Hilary Mantel's epic piece on Princess Diana and 'the princess myth' for The Guardian and Alan Yentob's BBC interview with Margaret Atwood. Also today, some deep-dive discussion into Taylor Swift's record-breaking new tune (43.2million YouTube downloads in 24 hours) and whether it's self-aware and brave, or gauche and obvious. One thing's for sure: Taylor ain't pretending to play nice anymore. Playing nice, at least with make-up, is French President Emmanuel Macron, whose make-up regime have been revealed as costing €8,000 and then a further €10,000. Is he wearing bespoke presidential foundation? Or lasering his ball sack with the finest lasers in the land? The High Low discusses if this is a gendered issue (yes) and whether Theresa May would get away with spending £18,000 of public funding on her fizzy. Fun facts from today's Top Line: in a brand alignment like no others, Julien McDonald is making diamante burger boxes for McDonald's; and soft cheese could be making your head smaller. Oh, and do you have Prosecco gums? Dolly might do. Don't forget to rate review and subscribe on iTunes and do tweet us @thehighlowshow and e-mail us thehighlowshow@gmail.com. RECOMMENDED: Here's The Thing With Alec Baldwin interviews Lawrence Wright: http://www.wnyc.org/story/lawrence-wright/ Alan Yentob interviews Margaret Atwood: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b093tw95/imagine-summer-2017-2-margaret-atwood-you-have-been-warned Hilary Mantel's piece on Princess Diana: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/26/the-princess-myth-hilary-mantel-on-diana Heart podcast mini-series on sexual consent: http://www.theheartradio.org/no-episodes/ Score by Jilly Cooper https://www.amazon.co.uk/Score-Jilly-Cooper-OBE/dp/0552156361 Tiny Ladies in Shiny Pants by Jill Soloway: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tiny-Ladies-Shiny-Pants-Soloway/dp/1785032860/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504119762&sr=1-1&keywords=tiny+ladies+in+shiny+pants Ariel Levy's interview on Fresh Air: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/01/540822381/i-was-somebodys-mother-reflections-on-the-guilt-and-grief-of-miscarriage Laura Snapes for Elle.com on Taylor Swift http://www.elle.com/culture/music/news/a47694/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-video-analysis/ Decoding the disses of Taylor Swift in the Guardian, by Jake Nevins https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/aug/28/taylor-swift-look-what-you-made-me-do-music-video Who Killed Taylor Swift in The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/08/who-killed-taylor-swift/537990/ The Women's Hour discussion of Taylor Swift and celebrity female rivalry: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b092956j See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Multi award winning BBC broadcaster and former television executive, Alan Yentob, talks in depth about his life and work, and why as yet he hasn't been tempted by a commercial rival. Fully illustrated. Includes the Soundtrack of Your Life. Alan celebrates a special birthday this month, plus almost five decades of service at the BBC. Free download. SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet). Shows currently in preparation... Color Theory - musician Jeremy Swift - actor The Beautiful Secret - band Mark Elliott - author 'Ministry of Pop' Hank Marvin - lead guitarist/The Shadows The Winachi Tribe - band Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

Enjoy our brand new extended trailer, featuring guests past, present and even future (well, two, at least!). With bitesized anecdotes and general contributions from Katy Manning, Jeremy Swift, Alan Yentob, Derek Fowlds, Andrew Edward Cullip, Gail Renard, Ann Mitchell, Oliver James Kelly, Carol Decker, Cherylee Houston, Toby Hadoke, Louise Jameson, Sandy Walsh, Michael Brown, Peter Tatchell, Stewart Willy, Terence Frisby, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Emma Stace Darling and Mark Elliott. All individual shows are available to be downloaded for free from the SNS Online Soundcloud page. Cover art by Andy Lambert (from an original logo by Vaishali Bhatt). SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet). Shows currently in preparation... Hank Marvin - lead guitarist/The Shadows Alan Yentob - BBC executive/broadcaster. Color Theory - musician Jeremy Swift - actor The Beautiful Secret - band Mark Elliott - pop journalist The Winachi Tribe - band Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

In our last show of 2015, Faraz Osman (MD, Lemonade Money) and broadcast consultant Paul Robinson discuss how privatisation might change Channel 4's public service mission. Lord Grade thinks it will be for the better - and with record breaking tv advertising revenues predicted this year, could he be right? Also on the programme, the panel wave farewell to Alan Yentob, rate ITV chief exec Adam Crozier's performance in front of MPs and hail the Radio Academy's new entrants to the Hall of Fame. Plus, in the increasingly tenuous Media Quiz, it's an APOLOGY SPECIAL. What corrections and clarifications have the UK's media made this week? The Media Podcast is a PPM Production produced by Matt Hill. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/themediapodcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kate Copstick talks to John Fleming about the Jewish Comedian of the Year, a man with plastic testicles, the best Holocaust joke, trans-gender comic Will/Sarah Franken, Lewis Schaffer, The World of Pain, British TV censorship, how BBC TV executive Alan Yentob re-cut controversial comic Jerry Sadowitz, the power of TV advertisers and Noel Gay TV. www.grouchyclub.co.uk You can also download this audio podcast from iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/grouchy-clubs-mostly-about/id977279883 John Fleming’s daily blog is at: http://blog.thejohnfleming.com

Steve Hewlett hears from BBC creative director Alan Yentob on why star Jeremy Clarkson has been sacked and from Guido Fawkes, the blogger behind the million-name petition to reinstate the Top Gear star. He also discusses the political implications of the Clarkson sacking for the corporation with former political editors Michael White of the Guardian and Trevor Kavanagh of the Sun newspaper. Also on the programme - it's the turn of the Pete Wishart MP of Scottish National Party to talk about this party's media policy.

In a special edition of Front Row live from the BBC Radio Theatre, John Wilson and guests celebrate the short story. He'll be joined on stage by Hilary Mantel and Laura Dockrill. And chair of the judges Alan Yentob will be announcing the winner of the BBC National Short Story Award 2014 from the all female shortlist of Tessa Hadley, Rose Tremain, Francesca Rhydderch, Zadie Smith and Lionel Shriver.

With John Wilson. The singing legend with the bell-like voice, Joan Baez, about to perform at the Royal Festival Hall, talks about her extraordinary life and musical career. Alan Yentob announces the shortlist for the BBC National Short Story Award 2014, and James Schamus - the writer and producer whose films include Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Brokeback Mountain and Lost in Translation - talks about the future of Hollywood, ahead of his opening talk for the BAFTA Screenwriting Lectures Series. Plus, Susannah Clapp reviews Maxine Peake as Hamlet at Manchester's Royal Exchange theatre. Presenter : John Wilson Producer : Dymphna Flynn Image Credit: Marina Chavez.

Radio 5 Live has announced that three of their main presenters - Richard Bacon, Victoria Derbyshire and Shelagh Fogarty - are to leave the station in the autumn. Adrian Chiles and Tony Livesey are to get expanded roles. Although there will be no shortage of female co-presenters on the station, Eleanor Oldroyd's one-hour Friday afternoon show will be the only programme fronted solely by a woman. Steve hears from Jonathan Wall, Controller 5 Live about the changes.Act For Change, a project designed to address the lack of diversity in British television was launched this week with both ITV and the BBC in attendance. It comes after the BBC Director General announced plans to increase representation of Black, Asian or ethnic minority groups (BAME) on and off screen. Proposals include a new top level leadership programme, a £2.1 million Diversity Creative Talent Fund and, for around one in six people on air to be from BAME backgrounds within three years - an increase of nearly five percent. Steve hears from Simon Albury, Chair of the Campaign for Broadcasting Equality, who is concerned about the amount of money invested in the Talent Fund and Avril Russell, a black writer who says Tony Hall's plans won't help her. They are joined by Alan Yentob, the BBC's Creative Director.Facebook has revealed that it manipulated the news feeds of nearly 700,000 unknowing, randomly selected users in a psychological study, to determine how positive and negative emotions can spread on social media. The study, which has just come to light, has sparked outrage from some people and the Information Commissioner's Office is looking into it. Steve Hewlett is joined by the web psychologist Nathalie Nahai.Producer: Dianne McGregor.

The playwright Dennis Potter died twenty years ago. Matthew Sweet reassesses the legacy of the author of 'The Singing Detective' and 'Pennies from Heaven' and hears from his friends and colleagues, including Michael Grade, Alan Yentob, Melvyn Bragg, Janet Suzman, Kika Markham, Kenith Trodd, Jon Amiel and Tony Garnett.

The BBC's director general has said he would like to see more women hosting or co-hosting breakfast shows on the corporation's English local radio stations. He has set a new target of 50 per cent by the end of 2014; currently, just 2 breakfast programmes out of 41 have sole female presenters. Steve Hewlett speaks to the BBC's creative director Alan Yentob about the decision and asks former managing editor of BBC local radio John Ryan about the practicalities of getting more women on air. Also joining him in the discussion is media and communications consultant Lisa Kerr who considers whether quotas are the best way to achieve this. Also on today's programme; as the Co-op supermarket prepares to pull a number of lads' mags from its shelves, we ask the launch editor of Front magazine what this might mean for an already struggling magazine sector. And Stewart Purvis will be in the studio discussing his new book, which examines the lengths reporters on the front line of war and famine go to in order to get a story. Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

Simon Schama joins Anne McElvoy to discuss his foray into literature, and the controversy it caused amongst historians. As a new series starts on BBC 2 looking at American Primetime TV, Simon Schama, Alan Yentob and American TV Executive Caryn Mandabach discuss how popular American TV series have reflected American social history. Kamila Shamsie, reflects on Intizar Husain and his masterpiece, Basti, a vivid fictional account of Pakistan from partition to the present that has made its author one of the frontrunners for this year's Man Booker International Prize. David Darcy reviews a musical about the life of Imelda Marcos written by the musician and artist David Byrne.

Analysis and reaction to the Pollard Review in to the management of the Newsnight investigation into Jimmy Savile and the subsequent Editor's Blog. Steve Hewlett is joined by; JOHN LLOYD Director of Journalism at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and contributing Editor of the Financial Times. TIM SUTER Founding Managing Director at Perspective Associates provide regulatory and policy advice to some of the leading media and telecommunications clients in the UK and abroad and former Partner at Ofcom (Office of Communications), SIAN KEVILL Former Editor of Newsnight and Director of Make World LIS HOWELLS Director of Broadcasting, Department of Journalism, City University and Alan Yentob the BBC's Creative Director.Producer Beverley Purcell.

A right Royal let down? In this week's Feedback, listeners get the chance to express their views on the BBC coverage of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. We hear from many of you who got in touch with the Feedback team to comment on the BBC's handling of the event across the main radio networks. Roger Bolton looks for answers from Alan Yentob, Creative Director of the BBC, and speaks to Kevin Marsh, a former Editor of Today, about how coverage of major events like this are planned. Is Albert Square really coming to Ambridge? John Yorke, controller of BBC drama production, is acting editor of the Archers and his comments about darker storylines have sent ripples through the programme's loyal fan base. And Roger talks to Tony Phillips, the Commissioning Editor behind BBC Radio 4's landmark series The Listening Project. The idea of capturing the nation in conversation has entranced many - but raised questions about scheduling and presentation. Presenter: Roger Bolton Producer: Kate Taylor A Whistledown Production for BBC Radio 4.

At its peak the BBC attracted almost 17 million viewers for its Diamond Jubilee coverage but some have described parts of it as 'lamentable,' 'tedious' and 'inane'. Alan Yentob the BBC's Creative Director responds to those criticisms. Ian Hyland TV critic for the Mail on Sunday shares his view, and Michael Lumley an executive producer for the coverage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer's wedding, reveals some of the challenges inherent in covering such large scale events on TV.YouView is officially in launch phase. The internet television service - backed by the BBC, Channel 4, 5 and BT, amongst others - promised a new way of watching TV. But have a serious of delays left it trailing its competitors. BBC Media Correspondent Torin Douglas outlines the history and Theresa Wise of Accenture considers its future. And the battle to become the next Director General of the BBC is gathering pace. One candidate in particular - Ed Richards - is attracting attention because of his links to the Labour Party. Anne McElvoy speaks to The Guardian's Dan Sabbagh. Presenter: Anne McElvoy Producer: Joe Kent.

In this show: I am not Alan Yentob's keeper! Illnesses - Edinburgh. Sean Grundy's eyebrows. I don't want to see that man's feet! More Striped Than A Zebra. 'You've Seen Me Dance, You Don't Want To See Me Fight'. dolly shoes. Neil Strauss. Trevorifico gets given an 'anecdote' in Peru.   If anyone wants to donate even a pound to help with the costs of hosting the podcasts it would be much appreciated! Paypal is Bellybouncelinglongling@gmail.com.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Controller of BBC1, Alan Yentob. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his upbringing in Manchester and London, the Cathedral boarding school where he and his twin brother were the only two Jewish boys and his 27 years at the BBC.During that time he rose steadily through the ranks to become Head of Music and Arts, ending up as the only person to have run both BBC1 and BBC2.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Four Last Songs from Beim Schlafengehen by Richard Strauss Book: Essays by Michel de Montaigne Luxury: Video recorder

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the Controller of BBC1, Alan Yentob. He'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his upbringing in Manchester and London, the Cathedral boarding school where he and his twin brother were the only two Jewish boys and his 27 years at the BBC. During that time he rose steadily through the ranks to become Head of Music and Arts, ending up as the only person to have run both BBC1 and BBC2. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Four Last Songs from Beim Schlafengehen by Richard Strauss Book: Essays by Michel de Montaigne Luxury: Video recorder