Max Goldbart

Journalist. International TV editor @DEADLINE covering the UK TV industry and beyond. Former chief reporter @Broadcastnow. [email protected] for stories

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.@ZaltzCricket @bbctms
If Jacks gets selected over Bashir on Sunday then surely this will be the first ever monosyllabic bowling attack in history ... Carse, Tongue, Potts, Stokes, Jacks (and Root)

Can you confirm??

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What a day, the head of BBC content is off

Here is who could replace her

https://t.co/ZWC7XP4zYR

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Interviewing Dave Lamb AKA voice of 'Come Dine With Me' = career highlight

He had plenty of grace

https://t.co/e1FM8YIMg1

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EXC

UK actors union @EquityUK has threatened to go to the “courts if necessary” if actors' rights continue to be breached in the training of AI models

Letter sent to heads of BBC, ITV, Disney, Pact & others

https://t.co/AFviE1kjNl

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EXC with @Jake_Kanter

The woman hired to clean up the UK TV industry's endemic bullying problem has herself been the subject of multiple misconduct complaints

Not a great start for the fledgling Action for Freelancers group

https://t.co/cTydsQM29k

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EXCLUSIVE

Good timing on this one as ITV unveils a long-in-the-works phone hacking drama series starring David Tennant as top journo Nick Davies & Toby Jones as Alan Rusbridger

Comes just a week after Rupert Murdoch's apology/settlement with Harry

https://t.co/ke5drwObIJ

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EXC

The BBC and Ofcom were forced to amend the regulator’s record of how many Scottish people worked on Season 1 of The Traitors

Will fan the flames of debate kickstarted last week around use of local talent on the hit show and beyond

https://t.co/Nu5Z8MZwIK

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'The Traitors' UK Smashes Ratings Record For Opening Episode https://t.co/flKAau8h95

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EXC

@Jake_Kanter and I have written this morn about Disney's audacious bid to hire Charlotte Moore, the most powerful person in British TV commissioning

https://t.co/77UQeolHDX

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Former 'Grey's Anatomy' Showrunners Teaming On ITV Period Drama Reimagining Life Of Elizabeth I https://t.co/SQlkDS527Q

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The ‘Suits’ Effect: Why Older British Network Shows Are Doing The Business For Netflix UK

https://t.co/uqkS7iNb3u

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NEW

BBC News boss Jonathan Munro has just revealed that the World Service's govt funding will rise from £104M this year to £137M next. This will comprise about a third of overall funding

The settlement only lasts for a year

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EXC

The next 'Baby Reindeer'?...

Netflix is developing a limited series version of 'Weather Girl', the Edinburgh play from the producer of 'Baby Reindeer' & 'Fleabag' about a Californian weather woman reckoning with the end of the world

https://t.co/eVn7BAV27A

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NEW

Ofcom has fined GB News £100,000 over the Rishi Sunak live show that it says is a serious breach of impartiality

GB News is challenging at High Court level and says direct attack on free speech

Unprecedented for Ofcom to fine a UK news network

https://t.co/CzJ5lrATRg

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C4 programs boss Ian Katz has qualified why 'The Gathering' was axed earlier today despite being "quietly a massive hit" for the channel

https://t.co/DeIrnBorwe

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“I had meetings with the BBC and ITV years ago when I didn’t have the rights and when I said, ‘Would you go for something like Jilly Cooper?’ they would look at me like I’d farted,” he said. “There’s a snobbery about her" https://t.co/r019GXvRKw

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EXCLUSIVE: Disney+'s 'Rivals': The Inside Story Of How A Producer Overcame The "Snobbery" Of British TV To Bring Jilly Cooper To Screen https://t.co/F3dYyZgH3X

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@taraconlan It felt a smidgeon tongue in cheek to me. Can't see a world in which that word is actually not used

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Tim Davie has banned the word "talent"

"You’re a presenter, I’m a leader of an organization, and we’re here to serve," he told Nick Robinson on Today this morn

https://t.co/crPbxGQ8o1

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Grierson Trust Set To Withdraw Asif Kapadia's Patronage After Backlash Over Oscar-Winning Director's Israel-Gaza Social Media Posts https://t.co/VgtCm09hFj