Kate Dixon

Founder, Good Egg Productions | Creator of Roger Bolton's Beeb Watch Podcast (@BeebRoger) | views my own

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

“The BBC, to my knowledge, hasn’t been on GB News, & it’s certainly something that it should do, & I tried to make it happen on a couple of occasions, but I’ll file that under things that were not successful during my tenure.” Great convo John Shield
🎧 https://t.co/Rvp1SSFHwb

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

“If you’re only making the case in places that you feel are friendly and supportive, you’re by your very nature just talking to a certain audience." Ex BBC Dir of Communications John Shield picked up from my Beeb Watch podcast this week.
https://t.co/x1MF3PPxsx

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

"There were things like crew and participants telling us about the use of alcohol, for instance, which was something we had assumed since 2019 had been pretty much banned, if not really strictly controlled...That was a real surprise to us".
🎧 https://t.co/Rvp1SSFHwb

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

“About a third were experiencing what we thought were serious harms"

Prof Helen Wood (@AstonUniversity ) explains what her 3‑year ReCARE TV study reveals about casting, consent, working conditions and duty of care in reality TV.

Listen here 👉 https://t.co/BGTXW6NreL

[Good Egg Productions @GoodEgg000]

Two Good Egg guests. One weekend. Two big stories. Great conversations
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@ggatehouse on the Observer's cover: did the CIA poison Gordon Banks in 1970? 🎙️ https://t.co/6G0gcK1VuS

@RobBurl's BBC/trans investigation in UnHerd more coverage in the Times. 🎙️ https://t.co/IgwtOtUGU0

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

"This QAnon-ish idea that Democrats and 'mainstream Republicans', - RINOs: Republicans in name only - , are in hock to sex traffickers and running sex trafficking rings. It's now Republican Party orthodoxy." @ggatehouse Gabriel Gatehouse

🎧 Listen: https://t.co/xC89loSYcY

[Good Egg Productions @GoodEgg000]

Great convo on @PeterPeteryork Culture Wars House Party with @ggatehouse Gabriel Gatehouse (ex‑BBC, The Coming Storm).

They discuss QAnon, Epstein, UFOs/UAPs, & what supposedly “weird” stories reveal about how power works in US and UK politics.

🎧 https://t.co/6G0gcK1VuS

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

“If you cut lots of jobs & lose lots of journalists with experience, there's a price to be paid... Fran Unsworth was the author of this policy .. & she says it's contributed to the problem ... she herself says that, & she devised it.” Great iv: @RobBurl
🎧https://t.co/Rvp1SSFHwb

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

Was the BBC captured? Has impartiality been killed?

Great conversation with @RobBurl – writer & ex BBC Editor of Live Political Programmes & Deputy Editor of Newsnight – about his UnHerd piece on the BBC, trans coverage, culture & due impartiality.

🎧 https://t.co/BGTXW6NreL

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

The brilliant @Bonn1eGreer - you hang on every word.

Playwright, critic, public intellectual – and one of the clearest voices on what’s happening to America and what it means for Britain.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation: https://t.co/xC89loSYcY

[Good Egg Productions @GoodEgg000]

“Post‑America”: @Bonn1eGreer argues the American republic as we knew it is finished – with huge consequences for Britain and Europe. Great interview with @PeterPeteryork
Full conversation here 👇
🎧 https://t.co/6G0gcK1VuS

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

Great pick up from my interview with @adamboultonTABB interview this week.
https://t.co/a4qxMx2Eyt

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

"I certainly think that the whole question of elected politicians presenting current affairs and news programmes, the so called 'presen-tician', is something which it could fairly easily be outlawed."
"And you would like it outlawed?"
"Yes. I think it should be outlawed. Yes."

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

This week I'm joined by ex Sky News Political Editor @adamboultonTABB Adam Boulton, we talk Keir Starmer’s position, multi‑party politics, the future of political journalism – and, in this clip, Ofcom’s handling of GB News. 👇

🎧 Full episode: https://t.co/BGTXW6NreL

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

"Ofcom has let it go so far, the elastic band has stretched so far that I would say perhaps it's snapped." Chris Banatvala on GB News and due impartiality.

🎧 https://t.co/Rvp1SSFHwb

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

"Freedom of expression is absolutely essential. What I don't want is a pretence of regulating for due impartiality when it's not actually happening." Former Ofcom Director of Standards Chris Banatvala on Ofcom, GB News and due impartiality.
🎧Full episode: https://t.co/BGTXW6NreL

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

“It's also true that the Nazis modelled the Nuremberg Laws after the Jim Crow laws in the South – not just metaphorically, but explicitly.”

Fascinating (and chilling) insight from @marci_shore on Peter York’s Culture Wars House Party this week.

🎧 https://t.co/xC89loSYcY

[Good Egg Productions @GoodEgg000]

“Do. Not. Trust. Us. This is the end of the affair.”

Historian @marci_shore joins @PeterPeteryork to talk fear, history and the US moral abyss – from fascism and shameless politics to Trump, Putin, Ukraine and Europe’s dangerous denial.

🎧 Listen: https://t.co/6G0gcK1VuS

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

On Beeb Watch this week, Prof Richard Tait CBE – former BBC governor, trustee & ITN Editor-in-Chief – argues for more spending on BBC News, not less, and a clear change of direction amid fake news, political pressure & shrinking resources.
🎧https://t.co/BGTXW6NreL

[The Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV) @vlvuk]

On @BeebRoger, @liambyrnemp stated that @Ofcom’s negligence is one of the biggest threats to the integrity of British democracy right now. Our panel @StewartPurvis @leemoya & #ChrisBanatvala will consider the priorities the new chair faces. To join us https://t.co/MGAeac1V43

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

My advice to Matt Brittin in the Guardian today. Time to prioritise in favour of public service, and spell out what that is.

https://t.co/URmivIgna6

[Liam Byrne MP @liambyrnemp]

Great conversation with @BeebRoger about Why Populists Are Winning - money, media and the regulation gap that's letting British democracy be quietly reshaped. Ofcom needs to wake up.

Have a listen 👇
https://t.co/gJYt9ITq7d

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

“Ofcom’s negligence is one of the biggest threats to the integrity of British democracy right now” @liambyrnemp Liam Byrne MP calls out Ofcom.

🎧 This is a must listen: https://t.co/Rvp1SSFHwb

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

“Let’s call it what it is. Ofcom’s negligence is one of the biggest threats to the integrity of British democracy right now.”
@liambyrnemp on Ofcom, GB News and why politicians need to send a “pretty clear message” to the regulator.

▶️ Listen in full: https://t.co/BGTXW6NreL

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

One of the best single explainer I’ve heard on how the far‑right culture‑war tide was built – and why it might finally be turning.

🎧Great listen: https://t.co/xC89loSYcY

[Good Egg Productions @GoodEgg000]

Has the tide turned?
On @PeterPeteryork Peter York’s Culture Wars House Party, @DAaronovitch discusses conspiracy thinking, the international culture‑war right, the BBC’s future – and why, it’s so hard to stay reasonable.
🎧 https://t.co/6G0gcK1VuS

[Samira Ahmed @SamiraAhmedUK]

Latest @newswatchbbc: Why didn't BBC News point out Lord Robertson's connections to the defence industry till late in the day? Plus @BeebRoger on BBC cuts. From midnight/Sat 745am BBC1 @BBCBreakfast or iplayer link: https://t.co/4e2Z8ZHwup

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

Did the media stigmatise the Brexit vote? A fascinating listen with @dannydorling and @PeterPeteryork on Peter York's Culture Wars House Party podcast.

🎧 Full episode: https://t.co/xC89loSYcY

[Good Egg Productions @GoodEgg000]

Revelation after revelation with Prof @dannydorling @UniofOxford social geographer on @PeterPeteryork Culture Wars House party podcast this week – on Brexit myths, Britain’s place at the top of Europe’s inequality league, & how to fight the good fight
🎧 https://t.co/6G0gcK1VuS

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

With Lisa Nandy announcing a permanent Royal Charter for the BBC, is the charter review a real consultation – or a done deal?
Prof Lee Edwards @mediareformUK @LSEnews discusses the speech, the charter “consultation” & public accountability.
🎧 Listen: https://t.co/BGTXW6NreL

[Kate Dixon @Katefdixon]

"I think if impartiality matters.... then you need to think really hard about the values that you want in the journalism from whatever source it is. And I think Ofcom, looking at that and being tough-minded about it, would be a good thing." Tony Hall, BBC former director general.

[RogerBoltonsBeebWatch @BeebRoger]

Former DG Lord Tony Hall discuss Matt Brittin’s appointment as director general, who should be in his top team, the BBC’s direction in a digital world, Ofcom and impartiality, collaboration with other PSBs, the World Service and future funding.

🎧 Listen: https://t.co/BGTXW6NreL