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BBC Gender-pay-gap Controversy
The BBC gender pay gap controversy refers to a series of incidents in 2017 and 2018. Initial revelations In July 2017, in response to a demand from the UK government as a condition of its new royal charter, the BBC published a list of all employees who earned more than £150,000.BBC pay: Male stars earn more than female talent BBC News (19 July 2017). Of the 96 BBC employees making over this threshold, 62 were men and 34 were women, and of the seven highest earners, all were men.Amanda Proença Santos BBC's List of Top-Paid St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Charter
The Royal Charter for the continuance of the British Broadcasting Corporation, short: BBC Charter, is a royal charter setting out the arrangements for the governance of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It, and an accompanying agreement recognise its editorial independence and set out its public obligations. The initial BBC Charter established the BBC on 1 January 1927 as a replacement for the British Broadcasting Company, which had provided the broadcasting service until that point. As the royal charter created an entirely new body, separate arrangements were made to transfer the assets of the British Broadcasting Company to the new British Broadcasting Corporation via the Postmaster General. It was felt that establishing a body under a royal charter to replace the private company would allow the creation of a body that acted "as a trustee for the national interest" and would "endow the BCwith a prestige and influence which will be of special value to it." Upon the exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracey Crouch
Dame Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch (born 24 July 1975) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham and Aylesford from 2010 to 2024. Crouch was appointed as Minister for Sport, Civil Society and Loneliness in 2017, but resigned in 2018 due to a delay over the introduction of reduced limits on the stakes of fixed odds betting terminals. Early life and career Tracey Crouch was born on 24 July 1975 in Ashford, Kent. She was educated at Folkestone School for Girls and graduated from the University of Hull with a bachelor's degree in law and politics in 1996.‘CROUCH, Tracey Elizabeth Anne’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 201accessed 1 Jan 2013/ref> Crouch was a parliamentary researcher from 1996 to 1998 before working in PR for Harcourt Public Affairs from 1999 to 2000. She returned to Westminster and held posts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In British Television
This is a list of events that took place in 2017 relating to Television in the United Kingdom. Events January February March April May June July August September October November December Debuts BBC ITV Channel 4 Channel 5 Other channels Channels and streaming services New channels Defunct channels Television shows Changes of network affiliation Returning this year after a break of one year or longer Continuing television shows 1920s 1930s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s Ending this year Deaths See also * 2017 in British music * 2017 in British radio * 2017 in the United Kingdom References External links List of 2017 British television series at IMDb {{Years in TV by country, 2017 2017 in British television, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Controversies
Eighteen or 18 may refer to: * 18 (number) * One of the years 18 BC, AD 18, 1918, 2018 Film, television and entertainment * ''18'' (film), a 1993 Taiwanese experimental film based on the short story ''God's Dice'' * ''Eighteen'' (film), a 2005 Canadian dramatic feature film * 18 (British Board of Film Classification), a film rating in the United Kingdom, also used in Ireland by the Irish Film Classification Office * 18 (''Dragon Ball''), a character in the ''Dragon Ball'' franchise * "Eighteen", a 2006 episode of the animated television series ''12 oz. Mouse'' Science * Argon, a noble gas in the periodic table * 18 Melpomene, an asteroid in the asteroid belt Music Albums * ''18'' (Moby album), 2002 * ''18'' (Nana Kitade album), 2005 * '' 18...'', 2009 debut album by G.E.M. * ''18'' (Jeff Beck and Johnny Depp album), 2022 Songs * "18" (5 Seconds of Summer song), from their 2014 eponymous debut album * "18" (One Direction song), from their 2014 studio album ''Four'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Controversies
Seventeen or 17 may refer to: *17 (number) * One of the years 17 BC, AD 17, 1917, 2017, 2117 Science * Chlorine, a halogen in the periodic table * 17 Thetis, an asteroid in the asteroid belt Literature Magazines * ''Seventeen'' (American magazine), an American magazine * ''Seventeen'' (Japanese magazine), a Japanese magazine Novels * ''Seventeen'' (Tarkington novel), a 1916 novel by Booth Tarkington *''Seventeen'' (''Sebuntiin''), a 1961 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe *'' Seventeen'' (''Kuraimāzu hai''), a 2003 novel by Hideo Yokoyama * ''Seventeen'' (Serafin novel), a 2004 novel by Shan Serafin Stage and screen Film * ''Seventeen'' (1916 film), an American silent comedy film *''Number Seventeen'', a 1932 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock * ''Seventeen'' (1940 film), an American comedy film *''Stalag 17'', an American war film *''Eric Soya's '17''' (Danish: ''Sytten''), a 1965 Danish comedy film * ''Seventeen'' (1985 film), a documentary film * ''17 Again'', a 2009 film whose wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicky Campbell
Nicholas Andrew Argyll Campbell OBE (born Nicholas Lackey; 10 April 1961) is a Scottish broadcaster and journalist. He has worked in television and radio since 1981 and as a network presenter with BBC Radio since 1987. Early life Campbell was born in Portobello, Edinburgh, on 10 April 1961, and was taken for adoption at just a few days old. His biological parents were both Irish. His unmarried mother, Stella Lackey, originally from Longford, was an Irish Protestant matron at a Dublin hospital. She was single when Campbell was conceived during a secretive affair. She travelled from Ireland to Edinburgh, where she gave birth to her son. His biological father, Eugene Hughes, was a Catholic policeman, 14 years Stella's junior, and was an Irish Republican from Belfast. Eighteen months before Nicky was born, Stella gave birth to his half-sister, Esther, also taken for adoption. His adoptive mother, Sheila, was a psychiatric social worker, and his adoptive father, Frank, a publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Vine
Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May 1965) is an English television and radio presenter and journalist. He is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests, consumer issues and popular music. Vine is also the host of the 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5 (formerly BBC Two) quiz programme ''Eggheads (game show), Eggheads'', taking over from former host Dermot Murnaghan full-time in 2014. In 2015, he was a contestant on the Strictly Come Dancing series 13, 13th series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. Since September 2018, he has presented a 5 (British TV channel), Channel 5 weekday current-affairs show, ''Jeremy Vine (TV programme), Jeremy Vine''. Early life and education Vine was born at Epsom Hospital in Epsom, Surrey. He grew up in Cheam, and is the elder son of Guy Vine (1937–2018), lecturer in civil engineering at North East Surrey College of Technology, and Diana (née Tillett), who was a housewife and later a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Robinson (journalist)
Nicholas Anthony Robinson (born 5 October 1963) is a British journalist who has been a presenter on BBC Radio 4's ''Today (BBC Radio 4), Today'' programme since 2015. Before this, he spent ten years as political editor for BBC News and has had many other roles with the broadcaster. Robinson was interested in politics from an early age. He studied philosophy, politics and economics at the University of Oxford, where he was also president of the Oxford University Conservative Association. Starting out in broadcasting at Greatest Hits Radio Greater Manchester, Piccadilly Radio, after a year as president of the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party youth group, he worked his way up as a producer, eventually becoming deputy editor of ''Panorama (British TV programme), Panorama'' before becoming a political correspondent in 1996. Robinson became the BBC's chief political correspondent in 1999. Between 2002 and 2005, he worked for ITV News as political editor but then returned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huw Edwards (journalist)
Huw Edwards ( , ; born 18 August 1961) is a Welsh news presenter. He was the lead presenter of ''BBC News at Ten'', the late evening news programme of BBC Television, from 2003 to 2023. He resigned from the BBC in 2024, during a police investigation into child pornography offences to which he pleaded guilty. At the BBC, Edwards anchored coverage of state and international events, and occasionally presented on ''BBC News at Six'', ''BBC News at One'', ''BBC Weekend News,'' ''Daily Politics'' and the international news channel BBC World News. He presented coverage of major royal events, including the death and state funeral of Elizabeth II and the coronation of Charles III and Camilla. He also presented ''BBC News at Five'', which was broadcast on BBC News (British TV channel), BBC News from 2006 until 2020. He was the lead presenter for the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election coverage. In July 2023, Edwards was suspended by the BBC following allegations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amol Rajan
Amol Rajan (, ; born 4 July 1983) is an Indian–British journalist, broadcaster and writer working in the United Kingdom. Formerly the media editor of BBC News, he has been a presenter on the '' Today'' programme on BBC Radio 4 since 2021 and ''University Challenge'' on BBC Two since 2023. Before joining the BBC, Rajan was the editor of the newspaper ''The Independent'' from 2013 to 2016. Early life and education Rajan was born in 1983 in Kolkata, India, to a mother from Pune and a Tamil father from Kumbakonam. Because of Tamil naming customs, Rajan was born V. Amol, with the V. for his father's given name of Varadarajan. This name was modified to Amol Varadarajan when he came to England and the family later adopted the surname Rajan. Rajan was three when his family moved to England, and he was raised in Tooting, South West London. The son of Hindu parents, he has said that he has been a "non-believer" in religion since the age of 15 and that he does not believe in God. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anushka Asthana
Anushka Asthana (born March 1980) is a British journalist and television presenter. She is the current Deputy Political Editor of ITV News, and is also a co-presenter of '' Peston''. Early life Asthana was born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, and raised in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester. Her parents, both doctors, moved to the United Kingdom from New Delhi, India in the 1970s. Asthana attended the private school Manchester High School for Girls and studied Economics at St John's College, Cambridge. Career Asthana joined ''The Observer'' as a general reporter in 2003 and spent several months at ''The Washington Post'' in 2006 on the Laurence Stern fellowship. Later she was a political correspondent for ''The Times'' before beginning to work for Sky News in 2013 as a political correspondent. In succession to Patrick Wintour, Asthana was appointed in December 2015 as the joint political editor of ''The Guardian'', in a job share arrangement with Heather Stewart which began ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winifred Robinson
Winifred Robinson (born 7 December 1957) is a BBC Radio presenter of the ''You and Yours'' programme. Early life Robinson was born in Liverpool, the fourth of six daughters of a docker and a housewife. She attended Notre Dame Collegiate School (now Notre Dame Catholic College), a girls' Roman Catholic grammar school in Everton Valley. In 1979, she graduated from Liverpool University''You and Yours'' BBC presenter page with a degree in English. Career Robinson began her career at the Catholic Pictorial, and then the '''' newspaper. Her first job in broadcasting was in the newsroom at the original |
