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Nick Clarke Award
The Nick Clarke Award is a journalism prize created by the BBC in honour of Nick Clarke, former presenter of BBC Radio 4's ''The World At One'', who died in November 2006. Its aim is to "celebrate and recognise the best broadcast interview of the year". Background The Nick Clarke Award was launched by then Radio 4 Controller Mark Damazer at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in October 2007. It is presented at the festival each year, the inaugural prize being awarded in October 2008. The Panellists and judges of the Nick Clarke Award come from the BBC and other media and broadcast organisations. As part of the award, the winner receives a case of claret, a favourite tipple of Clarke's. Award winners * 2008: Carrie Gracie (BBC World Service) – for her interview with Alan Johnston * 2009: Victoria Derbyshire (BBC Radio 5 Live) – for her interview of Peter Bacon * 2010: P.D. James (BBC Radio 4) – for her interview with BBC Director Mark Thompson * 2011: Steve Hewlett (BBC R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheltenham Literature Festival
''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' Cheltenham Literature Festival, a large-scale international festival of literature held every year in October in the English spa town of Cheltenham, and part of Cheltenham Festivals: also responsible for the Jazz, Music, and Science Festivals that run every year. Introduction and history Formed in 1949, the Cheltenham Literature Festival is the longest-running festival of its kind in the world. The Festival was founded by the Spa Manager George Wilkinson, in conjunction with the Tewkesbury-based author John Moore, who served as its first director. Actor Ralph Richardson, who was born in Cheltenham, launched the festival, and poet Cecil Day-Lewis, who taught at Cheltenham College, read a selection of contemporary verse. The Festival currently has the national newspapers ''The Times'' and ''Sunday Times'' as its 'title' sponsors: therefore making the full name of the festival ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' Cheltenham Literature Festi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe
Peta Jane Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe (née O'Flynn, born 12 March 1954) is an English barrister, regulator and politician. She is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Lady Buscombe was Chief Executive of the Advertising Association from 2007 to 2009. She served as Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission from April 2009 until 16 October 2011. Early life and career She was educated at Rosebery Grammar School, Epsom, and the Inns of Court School of Law. She was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1977 and worked as a Legal Advisor for the Dairy Trade Federation from 1979 to 1980. She then worked as Legal Counsel for Barclays Bank International and Barclays Bank plc until 1984, after which she was Assistant Secretary for the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising until 1987. She was joint managing partner of Buscombe and Fiala, an international art business, from 1991 to 1995. She was a District Councillor for Nettlebed, Oxfordshire 1995 to 1999. Political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Awards
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public broadcasting, public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927. The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,200 are in public-sector broadcasting. The BBC was established under a Royal charter#United Kingdom, royal charter, and operates under an agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. Its work is funded principally by an annual Television licensing in the United Kingdom, television licence fee which is charged to all British households, companies, and organisations using any type of equipment to receive or record live television broadcasts or to use the BBC's streaming service, BBC iPlayer, iPla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Journalism Awards
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. * British national identity, the characteristics of British people and culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** British Isles, an island group ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** British Empire, a historical global colonial empire ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) * British Raj, colonial India under the British Empire * British Hong Kong, colonial H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Bowen
Jeremy Francis John Bowen (born 6 February 1960) is a Welsh journalist and television presenter. Bowen was the BBC's Middle East correspondent based in Jerusalem between 1995 and 2000 and the BBC Middle East editor from 2005 to 2022, before being appointed the International Editor of BBC News in August 2022. Background Jeremy Francis John Bowen was born on 6 February 1960 in Cardiff. He was educated at De La Salle School, Rumney, Cardiff High School, University College London ( BA History) and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. His father Gareth reported on the 1966 Aberfan coal slurry disaster for the BBC, and became editor of news at BBC Radio Wales.''The Independent'', 11 December 2006''Jeremy Bowen: The man in the middle''. Career Bowen joined the BBC in 1984 and has been a war correspondent for much of his career, starting with El Salvador in 1989. He has reported from more than 70 countries, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Northern Ireland
BBC Northern Ireland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcasting, public broadcaster in Northern Ireland. It is widely available across both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. BBC Northern Ireland is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Scotland and BBC Cymru Wales. Based in Broadcasting House (Belfast), Broadcasting House, Belfast, it provides television, radio, online and interactive television content. BBC Northern Ireland currently employs 700 people, largely in Belfast. BBC Northern Ireland has two TV channels – BBC One Northern Ireland, and BBC Two Northern Ireland; and two radio stations – BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle. Television BBC Northern Ireland operates two television stations: BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC Two Northern Ireland. BBC Northern Ireland funds an opt-out service with the majority of this output being made in the independent sector. Some output that originates in Lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nolan Show
''The Nolan Show'', hosted by Stephen Nolan, airs on weekdays on BBC Radio Ulster and BBC Radio Foyle from 9:00am – 10:30am. Nolan has also moved onto a network platform, hosting '' Question Time Extra Time'' every Thursday night and a three-hour phone-in program on BBC Radio Five Live every Friday to Sunday night. He has also been voted UK Speech Broadcaster of the Year, and has gained similar success as a television presenter, being voted the Royal Television Society’s Presenter of the Year in 2005 and 2006. Production The Tuesday to Friday editions of the Nolan Show are broadcast from studios at the BBC Northern Ireland headquarters in Broadcasting House, Belfast. The Monday edition of the Nolan Show is broadcast from MediaCityUK in Salford because of Nolan's BBC Radio 5 Live BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It broadcasts mainly news, sport, Talk show, discussion, interviews and phone-ins, and is on air 24 hours a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Nolan
Stephen Raymond Nolan (born 20 August 1973) is a Northern Irish radio and television presenter for BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Radio 5 Live. Nolan is the highest earning BBC broadcaster in Northern Ireland. In the 2023–2024 financial year he earned a salary in the range of £405,000-£409,999 for his work on BBC Radio Ulster (which is almost always broadcast on BBC Radio Foyle as well), ''Nolan Live'' on BBC One (Northern Ireland) and ''The Stephen Nolan Show'' on Radio 5 Live. Early life Born in the Shankill Road area of Belfast, Nolan was educated at Springhill Primary School, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and the Queen's University of Belfast, where he studied French and Business Studies, graduating with a BA in 1995. Career Radio In 2002, Nolan joined Belfast CityBeat, where he won a Sony Radio Academy Award. The following year, he was hired by BBC Northern Ireland, where he has worked since 2003, presenting ''The Nolan Show'' on BBC Radio Ulster. The show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bedford Hospital NHS Trust
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England. At the 2011 Census, the population was 106,940. Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire and seat of the Borough of Bedford local government district. Bedford was founded at a ford on the River Great Ouse and is thought to have been the burial place of King Offa of Mercia, who is remembered for building Offa's Dyke on the Welsh border. Bedford Castle was built by Henry I, although it was destroyed in 1224. Bedford was granted borough status in 1166 and has been represented in Parliament since 1265. It is known for its large population of Italian descent. History The name of the town is believed to derive from the name of a Saxon chief called Beda, and a ford crossing the River Great Ouse. Bedford was a market town for the surrounding agricultural region from the early Middle Ages. The Anglo-Saxon King Offa of Mercia was buried in the town in 796;Simon Keynes, "Cynethryth", in Lapidge, ''Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Three Counties Radio
BBC Three Counties Radio is the BBC's local radio station serving the counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios at Grove Park in Dunstable. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 125,000 listeners and a 5.8% share as of December 2023. History BBC Radio Bedfordshire (1985–1993) The station launched as "Radio Bedfordshire" on 24 June 1985, serving the whole of Bedfordshire plus (despite the name) North Buckinghamshire and the northern parts of Hertfordshire. Therefore Bedford, Luton, Dunstable, Milton Keynes, Knebworth, Berkhamsted, Tring, Harpenden, Leighton Buzzard, Aylesbury, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Hatfield, Welwyn Garden City, Letchworth Garden City, Stevenage and Hitchin were served by the new station. In 1992, the station became known as "BBC Radio Bedfordshire with Herts and Bucks". BBC Three Counties Radio (1993–present) The station changed to its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iain Lee
Iain Lee (born Iain Lee Rougvie; 9 June 1973) is an English former broadcaster, writer, and television presenter and stand-up comedian who hosts the phone-in talk show ''The Late Night Alternative'' on "pay to view" Patreon. Lee's career began in the 1990s as a stand-up comedian before he gained nationwide fame as co-host of ''The 11 O'Clock Show'' from 1998 to 2000 and the breakfast show ''RI:SE'' in 2003. He then embarked on a full-time radio career in 2005, hosting mainly talk-based shows on LBC, LBC 97.3, Absolute Radio, BBC Three Counties Radio, BBC Radio WM, and Talkradio, talkRADIO, which earned him numerous radio awards. In July 2020, after his contract at talkRADIO was not renewed, Lee launched his Twitch show. Early life Iain Lee Rougvie was born on 9 June 1973 in Slough, then a part of Buckinghamshire. He has Scottish roots. Lee's father worked at the props department at the BBC and his mother was a secretary until she developed multiple sclerosis which put her into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peerage Of England
The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerage of Great Britain. There are five peerages in the United Kingdom in total. English Peeresses obtained their first seats in the House of Lords under the Peerage Act 1963 from which date until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords. The ranks of the English peerage are, in descending order, duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. While most newer English peerages descend only in the male line, many of the older ones (particularly older baronies) can descend through females. Such peerages follow the old English inheritance law of moieties so all daughters (or granddaughters through the same root) stand as co-heirs, so some such titles are in such a state of abeyance between the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
