Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover of culture, media and sport.
Football Blackout May go, Gregg Wallace Saga is BBC News at its Worst
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Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. In the The Times, Martyn Ziegler reported that the rules that prevent football being shown live in the UK between 2:45pm and 5:15pm on a Saturday might finally dropped. Thanks goodness for that - it has been a bug bear of mine for a while. We're probably going to have to wait until 2028 to get there though. As Ziegler noted, the basis of the rules was to encourage people to both go to games and play the sport. However, in a world of streaming and VPNs they are totally arcane. Read the full story for FREE BBC's Gregg Wallace Coverage is OvercompensatingThe BBC is, once again, talking about itself. This time, Masterchef host Gregg Wallace (pictured on right) is in the spotlight. It follows a string of allegations about inappropriate conduct against him. Furthemore, the TV chef posted an unpleasant video, dismissively describing his accusers as "middle-class women of a certain age". Now, the Beeb has pulled the show’s Christmas specials. MasterChef: The Professionals remains on air at the time of writing. In a statement, A BBC spokesperson said: As we have said, MasterChef is an amazing competition which is life-changing for the chefs taking part and the current series of MasterChef: The Professionals is continuing as planned.
The celebrity Christmas specials are obviously a different type of show and in the current circumstances we have decided not to broadcast them.
I confess Masterchef is not a show I regularly settle down to. The only time I generally see any version of it is when it’s playing in the nail bar I go to. I enjoy it and, quite understandably, the show is pretty popular. However, it is no more than a well-formatted cooking series, not a centre of political power. Read the full article, including thoughts from a BBC insider, with a paid subscription.
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Charlotte Henry is a journalist and broadcaster who creates and runs The Addition newsletter and podcast; an award-winning publication looking at the crossover of culture, media and sport.
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you for reading. If you know somebody else who would find this interesting, forward it on! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition. Subscribe for Free From my Notebook This morning, we got the terrible news that media legend Danny Kelly had died, following illness. Amongst other things, Kelly edited NME and Q magazines. He later moved into footballing and presented...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover of culture, media and sport. Thank you for reading. If you know somebody else who would find this interesting, forward it on! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition. Subscribe for Free There is so much going out on The Addition that I thought I'd bring back the weekend round-up, to make sure none of you miss anything. Let me know your thoughts. Enjoy the rest of your weekend! Beat Luke Littler Misses...
Welcome to The Addition, where I cover the crossover between culture, media and sport. Thank you for reading. If you know somebody else who would find this interesting, forward it on! [Some links may help generate a commission that also supports The Addition. Subscribe for Free From my Notebook I headed to the British Library yesterday for the Spectator [a publication I sometimes contribute to] wealth tax debate. For was Novara Media founder and author Aaron Bastani. Against was Dr Arthur...