Roger Wright moves to Aldeburgh Music

[DracoM]

Agree - some well-briefed BBC management-speak!!
'WIA' again, live on the Steve Hewlett Show! Was expecting Hugh Bonneville to appear any minute.
Do those guys EVER listen to themselves? Or is that REALLY how they think and speak?? Thickets of impenetrable and tortured English all spoken with wide-eyed 'I have seen the vision' voice.

And they wonder why we of little faith sit and deride?

[MrGongGong]

And they wonder why we of little faith sit and deride?

They don't call you drogomalcontent for nothing I see

(that's intended as A JOKE )

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

(that's intended as A JOKE )

It's just the way you tell them.

[french frank]

* There's nothing to say that in the future it couldn't be a single post - 'Controller of Radio 3 and the BBC Promenade Concerts'.

Indeed. I nominate Bob Shennan.

[MrGongGong]

Indeed. I nominate Bob Shennan.

Don't be daft
it's already in the Trunk

[Russ]

I didn't hear the word 'drama' mentioned once in the Media Show. (Pleased to hear Dame Gillian tearing a strip off Jonty Claypole, though.)

Russ

[french frank]

I didn't hear the word 'drama' mentioned once in the Media Show.

GR mentioned the Hamlet by instalments, though. Trouble is, for the BBC 'drama' includes every soap opera, The Archers &c. They didn't mention it, but there sounds as if a lot is planned. (But what is an 'adaptation' of Shakespeare? Just 'adapted for film?)

[Barbirollians]

Jonty Claypole ? That surely is a name made up by the writers of W1A ?

[MrGongGong]

Jonty Claypole ? That surely is a name made up by the writers of W1A ?

Is he the brother of the great Les ? (with an extra o)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHjpWo4edfw

[Russ]

But what is an 'adaptation' of Shakespeare? Just 'adapted for film?)

Just delete the word Sherlock and insert the word Shakespeare:



Russ

[eighthobstruction]

Just delete the word Sherlock and insert the word Shakespeare:



Russ

....

....the Media Show staff must have been 'breaking down the walls' to 'join up' with someone sensible....

[Barbirollians]

Is Martin Freeman playing Horatio then ? Perhaps with Mark Gatiss as Polonius and Una Stubbs as Gertrude ?

[french frank]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dv9hq

Worth listening to today's The Media Show maybe? First item.
Feisty exchanges on the announcements. Seems not everyone is 100% convinced, whatever the fine words may have been!

There seemed to be general protests when someone was quoted as contrasting the new arts projects (for the grey hairs) with the 'closure' of BBC Three. If 'the arts are for everyone' means anything at all it does presuppose a younger generation can drag itself away from its smartphones, tablets and mp3 players for long enough to take an interest in something outside the special provision for 'younger audiences'.

But hearing what Claypole had to say about his post as Director of Arts reinforced my view that Shennan won't be the all-powerful music supremo, merely a coordinator tasked with ensuring that audiences find the various kinds of BBC 'offer' that will interest them. It seems completely absurd to think of someone with no expertise in the kind of intricate concert planning needed for the Proms would be breathing down the neck of the Proms Director.

Of course, as Shennan already runs Radio 2, Radio 6 Music and the Asian Network, he might well take on Radio 1, 1Xtra and Radio 3 on alternate Thursdays.

[Honoured Guest]

Yes. Jonty Claypole did specifically say that he won't be commissioning any programmes, and that he will be coordinating, as you describe.

Gillian Reynolds was out of order, in my opinion, with her fatuous complaint that a media release detailing all the Arts innovations didn't also feature paeans of praise for all the arts, drama and music continuing as before on Radio.

[Honoured Guest]

There seemed to be general protests when someone was quoted as contrasting the new arts projects (for the grey hairs) with the 'closure' of BBC Three. If 'the arts are for everyone' means anything at all it does presuppose a younger generation can drag itself away from its smartphones, tablets and mp3 players for long enough to take an interest in something outside the special provision for 'younger audiences'.

Just like you take an interest in the lively arts? Stella Duffy's Guardian Comment is very clear on the danger that what Tony Hall calls "the arts" are just a narrow, establishment subset, or what others here have called "upmarket" or "elitist". In which case, this Arts push will fall flat on its face and drive audiences away in droves.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/26/arts-for-everyone-bbc-tony-hall-london-establishment