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CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW 'MR AMBASSADOR' FOR RADIO 4 July 2005 |
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London, July 2005 - Talent Television is increasing its news and current affairs slate, with a new commission for a two-part programme for BBC Radio 4, 'Mr Ambassador'.
This commission is further fruit of Talent's decision to move into this genre with the appointment last year of Alexandra Henderson who was Editor Elections and Special programmes for the BBC and has held a number of senior positions in news and current affairs, from executive producer on Panorama to deputy head of political programmes.
Devised in-house by Alexandra Henderson and documentary maker, Anne Tyerman, the programmes are Talent's first radio productions for BBC Radio 4. They will take the form of personal essays from John Bruton, who was EU ambassador to the United States and former Irish Taoiseach.
Tony Humphreys, Talent Television's Managing Director said, "We are delighted to be working with Radio 4 for the first time and this commission highlights our commitment to developing and producing more news and current affairs programmes. We will be announcing further commissions imminently."
For further information:
Janet Balmforth/Aimee Norman
Blueprint PR
+44 (0) 208 868 0511
janet@blueprintpr.co.uk
Notes to editors:
Talent Television (part of Talent Group plc) is a leading independent UK format creator and producer of innovative television, video and interactive programming. The Company's reputation for prime-time entertainment programming is unrivalled. The "Test the Nation" series for BBC1 is now well established as a scheduling event which combines the excitement of live network television with state-of-the-art interactive television and web technology. Subjects covered so far include "The Nation's IQ", "Relationships", "General Knowledge" and "The End of Year Test". Talent was also a pioneer in reality television with "The Villa", which was first produced in 1999 for Sky One. |
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