Insiders: The TV Podcast

The Traitors almost went to Costa Rica with bikinis and hot tubs with BBC editorial policy suggested avoiding the words “murder” and “kill”.

Now the show’s commissioner, Syeda Irtizaali joins TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville to reveal the decisions, disagreements and casting choices behind the hit show…

In this episode:

• How the Dutch format became The Traitors on the BBC
• Why Syeda pushed for a Scottish castle instead of Costa Rica
• The BBC’s concerns about “murder” and “kill” and why she rejected the advice
• The A-list star who was almost in Celebrity Traitors Series 2
• Claudia Winkleman’s worries about the first big twist
• Why the original series launched with ordinary people, not celebrities
• The fan test used to cast Celebrity Traitors
• Can Netflix create its own nation-gripping reality hit?
• “Prestige reality”, Netflix: Will You Marry Me? and the future of unscripted TV
• PLUS: The Big Breakfast, a beer-stained job application and secretly training Denise Van Outen

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CHAPTERS

00:00 Welcome and meet Syeda Irtizaali

01:20 Celebrity Traitors and the unnamed A-list star

03:30 How The Traitors came to the BBC

07:50 Costa Rica, hot tubs and the Scottish castle

09:10 Why the BBC questioned “murder” and “kill”

11:20 Claudia Winkleman and the first big twist

13:50 Why The Traitors started without celebrities

16:50 Celebrity Traitors and the casting fan test

18:10 Can Netflix create the next big reality hit?

19:30 Netflix: Will You Marry Me?

20:50 What is “prestige reality”?

22:20 Moving from the BBC to Netflix

24:00 The future of the BBC and Channel 4

27:10 Getting into television and The Big Breakfast

30:30 Secretly training Denise Van Outen

31:20 Something for the Weekend’s outrageous dating segment

32:20 Becoming a Channel 4 commissioner

34:35 Final thoughts and goodbye

New episodes every Friday.

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#TheTraitors #CelebrityTraitors #ClaudiaWinkleman #Netflix #BBC #SyedaIrtizaali #DeniseVanOuten #TheBigBreakfast #RealityTV #TVPodcast #InsidersTVPodcast

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TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville discuss proposed cuts to BBC Three and BBC Scotland, the extraordinary success of The Traitors, Channel 4’s new programming structure and the possible impact on British comedy. They also remember Esther Rantzen and the unforgettable television moment involving Nicholas Winton.

In this episode:

• Why The Traitors is still able to dominate television viewing
• Richard E. Grant, James Acaster and Amol Rajan’s early exit
• Early exits of Robert Kilroy Silk, Noel Edmonds and Susannah Constantine from I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here
• Why BBC Three’s online-only future is so complicated
• The debate over BBC acquisitions including Suits, Schitt’s Creek and Scooby-Doo
• Whether the BBC should charge audiences overseas
• What longer iPlayer availability could mean for producers and programme rights
• Could BBC iPlayer become a home for Channel 4 and other public-service content?
• Why the BBC should consider advertising around some of its archive programming
• Whether YouTube should give UK public-service broadcasters greater prominence
• The BBC World Service and Britain’s soft power
• BBC MediaTech cuts and staff’s emojis reaction to the announcement
• David Brindley’s appointment at Channel 4
• Why merging Channel 4’s comedy and drama teams could be bad news for comedy
• Esther Rantzen, That’s Life! and the television legacy of Nicholas Winton

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:40 Why The Traitors is still a television phenomenon

06:40 BBC cuts and the future of BBC Three

11:00 Proposals to reform the BBC licence fee

22:40 BBC MediaTech cuts and the emoji backlash

24:40 Why merging comedy and drama could hurt Channel 4

27:20 Remembering Esther Rantzen

#BBC #BBCThree #BBCScotland #TheTraitors #Channel4 #BBCiPlayer #Television #BritishTV #TVIndustry #TVNews #TVProduction #Comedy #Broadcasting #EstherRantzen #ThatsLife #NicholasWinton #YouTube #Streaming #PublicServiceBroadcasting #Podcast

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of their biggest shows including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then he was Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as the co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson's Farm and Alma's Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.

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Morse, Vera or Prime Suspect — who is Britain’s greatest TV detective? TV Insiders Jimmy Mulville and Peter Fincham rank the best British detectives, from Inspector Morse and Prime Suspect to Poirot, Sherlock, Midsomer Murders, The Sweeney and more…

In this episode:

• Whether Ludwig could eventually join the great British detective pantheon
• Why Helen Mirren’s Jane Tennison remains one of television’s strongest detectives
• Brenda Blethyn’s defining performance as Vera Stanhope
• David Suchet’s iconic Hercule Poirot
• Benedict Cumberbatch and Steven Moffat’s modern Sherlock
• Why A Touch of Frost doesn’t compare with the rest of the list
• The Sweeney, John Thaw and the difference between action-led policing and puzzle-solving
• How Midsomer Murders replaced John Nettles with Neil Dudgeon
• Why Bergerac gives John Nettles two iconic TV detectives
• The strange appeal of Van der Valk’s canals and Dutch names
• Why a great detective does not need to be likeable
• The “eureka” moment that makes detective dramas so reassuring
• Why the best mysteries were often 90 minutes long
• How ITV is the home of the great detectives

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Chapters

00:00 Intro and rules

01:21 Could Ludwig become a classic detective?

03:37 Ranking begins with Hercule Poirot

06:38 Sherlock Holmes and Benedict Cumberbatch

07:52 A Touch of Frost

11:14 The Sweeney

13:10 Miss Marple

13:39 Midsomer Murders and the Barnaby succession

17:37 Van der Valk

18:39 Vera and Brenda Blethyn

22:40 Inspector Morse

25:47 Prime Suspect and Helen Mirren

27:43 Bergerac

#BritishTV #BritishDetectives #DetectiveShows #InspectorMorse #Morse #Vera #PrimeSuspect #HelenMirren #BrendaBlethyn #JohnThaw #Sherlock #BenedictCumberbatch #Poirot #DavidSuchet #MidsomerMurders #Ludwig #DavidMitchell #TheSweeney #Bergerac #VanDerValk #CrimeDrama #ITV #BBC #BritishTelevision #TVPodcast #InsidersTV

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News for You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered and Episodes. In the US, Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway? in 1997, which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of their biggest shows, including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson’s Farm and Alma’s Not Normal.

New episodes every Friday.

YouTube: @insiderstvpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

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TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville debate the BBC’s decision to remove potentially offensive sketches from That Mitchell and Webb Look, asking whether modern comedy can still break taboos without being censored. They also discuss Trump TV & press freedom, Strictly Come Dancing and why some television formats survive their stars.

In this episode:

• Why the BBC is reviewing That Mitchell and Webb Look before its iPlayer return
• The controversy around the The Civil War sketch, blackface and the limits of contextual comedy
• Why some sketches involving Gary Rhodes, Bill Oddie and Jimmy Savile may have been removed
• How Brass Eye used irony to challenge media attitudes
• The Real Housewives of ISIS sketch and Jimmy’s police warning
• Peter time at Talkback and the alleged threat connected to the Krays
• Donald Trump’s new 24/7 Trump TV channel and its production values… or lack thereof
• Whether YouTube could become the future home of political satire
• Does changing presenters can make or break a television format?
• What Strictly Come Dancing, The Great British Bake Off, The Grand Tour and Top Gear reveal about presenter changes
• The Apprentice’s decision to keep Alan Sugar as its central figure
• The TV-am “Famous Five” and the dangers of putting too many stars together
• The Generation Game, Bruce Forsyth, Larry Grayson and the importance of a strong format
• Nigella Lawson and Peter’s most unexpected television regret

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:40 Why BBC cut 11 sketches from That Mitchell and Webb Look

16:17 Trump bans news outlets and launches Trump TV

24:36 Will Strictly Come Dancing survive new presenters?

#ThatMitchellAndWebbLook #MitchellAndWebb #BBC #BBCiPlayer #Comedy #BritishComedy #ComedyCensorship #PoliticalSatire #BrassEye #TrumpTV #Television #TVProduction #TVFormats #StrictlyComeDancing #TheApprentice #TopGear #TheGreatBritishBakeOff #PeterFincham #JimmyMulville #InsidersTVPod

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered and Episodes. In the US, Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway? in 1997, which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced major shows including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson’s Farm and Alma’s Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.

YouTube: @insiderstvpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

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Is the Harry Potter series arriving too soon? TV insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville examine why HBO is returning to Hogwarts, whether the original films are still impossible to replace, and what other big issues face the Harry Potter TV show.

They also debate BBC Director-General Matt Brittin’s vision for an iPlayer shaped by a “public service algorithm”, examine new research on women working behind the camera in US television, and ask why Netflix is betting so heavily on dating and reality formats.

In this episode:

• Why is Harry Potter being adapted for television so soon after the original films?
• Christopher Columbus’ reaction to the new Harry Potter series
• Whether the reboot is a creative opportunity or a commercial franchise play
• The continuing debate around J.K. Rowling’s views on gender and the new cast
• The Harry Potter series cast like Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, John Lithgow as Dumbledore and Nick Frost as Hagrid
• Behind the Scenes on the Harry Potter production as leaked reports say props have to be tracked for security
• Matt Brittin’s vision for a BBC iPlayer 2.0
• Could the BBC really host YouTube-style user generated content?
• Why a “public service algorithm” might be useful or “schoolmasterish”
• The decline in women creators and directors on US streaming programmes
• How age and gender affect the roles available on television
• Why Netflix is commissioning more dating and reality formats
• What streamers can learn from broadcasters about genre mix, live television and audience habits

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:40 HBO's Harry Potter Problems

10:53 Matt Brittin’s ideal iPlayer 2.0

18:26 Why fewer women are creating TV shows

23:44 Netflix’s Reality-TV revolution

#HarryPotter #HarryPotterSeries #HarryPotterTrailer #HBO #JkRowling #PaapaEssiedu #JohnLithgow #NickFrost #WarwickDavis #BBC #iPlayer #Netflix #RealityTV #DatingShows #Television #TVIndustry #TVProduction #Streaming #BritishTelevision #InsidersTVPod #JimmyMulville #PeterFincham

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of their biggest shows including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then he was Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as the co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson's Farm and Alma's Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.

YouTube:    / @insiderstvpodcast  

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

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TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville discuss Sir Tom Jones’s shock exit from The Voice UK, Channel 4’s plan to cut around 300 jobs, allegations that some LG smart TVs can capture audio in standby mode, the end of Seven Up, and ITV’s new I’m a Celebrity…The Wild Frontier spin-off.

In this episode:

•Why Sir Tom Jones says ITV removed him from The Voice UK 

•Channel 4’s proposed 300+ job cuts and the financial pressures facing the broadcaster

•How YouTube is competing with traditional television for audiences, advertising and attention

•The remarkable legacy of Seven Up and why the Up series is ending with 70 Up

•Why Asif Kapadia is directing the final instalments of the landmark ITV documentary

•What researchers allege about microphone capture, network scanning and standby audio on some LG smart TVs

•ITV’s expansion of the I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! universe

•Whether spin-offs make successful formats stronger or less special

•PLUS: Celebrity Traitors, Strictly Come Dancing, and more!

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Chapters

00:00 Intro

00:51 Sir Tom Jones leaves The Voice UK

04:49 Channel 4’s Major Job Cuts & YouTube vs TV

12:01 The End of Seven Up

19:35 Can LG TVs Listen in Standby Mode?

25:39 ITV announces I’m a Celebrity: The Wild Frontier

#TomJones #TheVoiceUK #Channel4 #7Up #70Up #AsifKapadia #LGTV #SmartTV #TVPrivacy #YouTube #ImACelebrity #WildFrontier #CelebrityTraitors #StrictlyComeDancing #ITV #Television #TVIndustry #Broadcasting #TVPodcast #InsidersTVPod

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News for You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US, Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway? in 1997; it ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran Talkback, where he executive produced many of its biggest shows, including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson’s Farm and Alma’s Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.

YouTube: /@insiderstvpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

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Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville rank the 10 best British sitcoms ever, debating Fawlty Towers, The Office, Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Dad’s Army, Peep Show, Absolutely Fabulous and more.

In this episode:

• Peter and Jimmy discuss Ann Droid and what makes a great sitcom
• How each episode of Fawlty Towers is constructed so well
• Why Dad’s Army has survived across generations
• How The Office became a timeless British comedy
• The cultural importance of Derry Girls
• Why Blackadder works despite its unlikeable central character
• Whether Only Fools and Horses deserves a higher place
• The enduring appeal of Victor Meldrew in One Foot in the Grave
• The difference between British and American comedy
• Whether shorter series create a stronger television legacy
• Whether controversial sitcoms such as Till Death Us Do Part can still be watched today
• And the worst comedy note Jimmy ever received…
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Chapters

00:00 Introduction and rules

03:39 Dad’s Army

06:15 Peep Show

08:10 Blackadder

10:43 Miranda

12:22 Fawlty Towers

16:03 One Foot in the Grave

18:14 Till Death Us Do Part

20:52 The Office

24:04 Only Fools and Horses

28:26 Absolutely Fabulous versus Not Going Out

#BritishSitcoms #BestBritishSitcoms #FawltyTowers #TheOffice #OnlyFoolsAndHorses #Blackadder #DadsArmy #PeepShow #AbsolutelyFabulous #Miranda #OneFootInTheGrave #TillDeathUsDoPart #DerryGirls #AlanPatridge #FatherTed #AnnDroid #BritishComedy #TVComedy #Comedy #Television #TVPodcast #InsidersTVPod

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered and Episodes. In the US, Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway? in 1997, which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of its biggest shows, including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, Director of Television at ITV and co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson’s Farm and Alma’s Not Normal.

New episodes every Friday.

YouTube: /@insiderstvpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

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TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville are joined by the brilliant Steph McGovern to talk about her career, the television industry, and slime!

In this episode:

The Rest Is Money Podcast

Steph's Career

BBC News

The TV Industry

Steph's Packed Lunch

Steph's Novels

Have I Got News For You

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CHAPTERS

01:26 Robert Peston / The Rest Is Money

03:01 Steph's engineering roots

03:56 Steph's first steps into TV

05:25 Steph's background

09:30 Steph's first job at the BBC

11:40 The Big Deal

13:27 Working full time at the BBC

15:49 Is TV harder now?

17:40 Steph's Packed Lunch

24:08 Post Packed Lunch life

28:16 Steph's businesses

30:09 Steph's novels

33:50 Steph's first time on HIGNFY

35:48 Steph's first TV appearance

#StephMcGovern #RobertPeston #TheRestIsMoneyPodcast #BlackAndDecker #BBC #Middlesbrough #TheBigDeal #StephsPackedLunch #Gootopia #Deadline

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of their biggest shows including I'm Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then he was Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as the co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson's Farm and Alma's Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.

YouTube: @insiderstvpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

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TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville discuss Ofcom vs Satire, Eurovision's voting rule changes, the "Sub v Dub" debate, and Roku's new A.I channel.

In this episode:

The TV Festival

Ofcom vs Satire

Eurovision's voting rule changes

Subtitles vs Dubbing

Roku's A.I channel

Have a question, opinion or suggestion? Leave a comment on Spotify or YouTube, find us on socials @InsidersTVPod, or email us at [email protected].

If you enjoyed the episode, please like, subscribe, and share the podcast with a friend — it really helps us grow.

CHAPTERS

00:27 - Intro

01:24 - The TV Festival

03:16 - Ofcom vs Satire

19:44 - Eurovision's voting rules change

26:48 - Subtitles vs Dubbing

34:27 - Roku's A.I. channel

43:24 - Outro

#EdinburghFringeFestival #EdinburghTVFestival #BBC #StewartLee #Radio4 #ArmandoIanucci #JamesPrice #LBC #HaveIGotNewsForYou #DonaldTrump #Ofcom #BorisJonhson #Channel4 #EurovisionSongContest #Subtitles #Dubbing #Roku #FairgroundTV

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of their biggest shows including I'm Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then he was Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as the co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson's Farm and Alma's Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.

YouTube: @insiderstvpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

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TV Insiders Peter Fincham and Jimmy Mulville discuss the viability of self-funded programming, the increasing lack of stand up on British TV now that Live At The Apollo has been axed, and whether Channel 4 should reinstate their "Red Triangle" programme warning.

In this episode:

- Self funded to TV model

- Shane Gillis + Tires road to Netflix

- BBC cancels Live At The Apollo

- Do comedians need to be on television?

- Should C4 reinstate their "Red Triangle" programme warning?

Have a question, opinion or suggestion? Leave a comment on Spotify or YouTube, find us on socials @InsidersTVPod, or email us at [email protected].

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CHAPTERS

01:27 - Self-funded to TV model

07:31 - Ad-funded programming

11:45 - Shane Gillis + Tires road to Netflix

15:30 - BBC cancels Live At The Apollo

23:28 - C4 celebrates 40 years since Red Triangle debut

#ShaneGillis #Tires #Netflix #BBC #Channel4 #YouTube #LiveAtTheApollo #BlanketyBlank #CelebrityMastermind #MaryWhitehouse #NeverMindTheBuzzcocks #

Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.

Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of their biggest shows including I'm Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then he was Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as the co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson's Farm and Alma's Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.

YouTube: @insiderstvpodcast

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: @InsidersTVPod

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