Michael Savage
Policy Editor at The Guardian
Policy Editor, @ObserverUK. Views my own. DMs open.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Savage
Liz Truss is preparing to launch her own social media platform championing free speech, as she warned the “deep state” and mainstream media were stifling freedom of expression in Britain. The former prime minister said the platform would launch this summer. It is her latest attempt to become a leading figure on the radical right in Britain, openly declaring her support for Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s mission to slash state spending in the US.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Savage
With several wars raging, powerful countries squaring up and the world seemingly tilting towards authoritarianism, it would seem a challenging time to expose television audiences to a notoriously bleak story of a British city experiencing the fallout from nuclear war. Yet a UK team of producers behind the global Netflix hit Adolescence believe it is precisely the right time to recreate Threads, a British film from the 1980s that had audiences weeping and horrified at its pitiless storyline.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Savage
Over the last 50 years, Saturday Night Live has become a cornerstone of US television and a conveyor belt for new comedy talent, attracting A-list cameos and launching careers. British TV executives are now hoping it can bring some of that lustre across the Atlantic in a deal to bring it to the UK for the first time.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Savage
Netflix, Amazon and other streaming services should pay a levy to fund the crisis-hit UK drama sector, MPs have said, following concerns that their dominance could see “distinctly British” stories disappear from the small screen.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Michael Savage
A controversial sculpture outside the BBC’s London headquarters has been put back on display behind a protective screen after being restored, with the corporation saying it in no way condoned the “abusive behaviour” of its creator. The work by Eric Gill, which depicts Prospero and Ariel from William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, had been largely out of view since it was vandalised with a hammer in 2022.
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NEW: A big move in telly world. ITV News deputy pol ed @AnushkaAsthana is off to Channel 4 News to be its US Editor. The biggest beat in the world now being covered by another top broadcaster. Good luck, AA!
NEW: A big moment in the UK telly crisis as a committee of MPs backs a levy on Netflix and other streamers, to pay for “distinctly British” content. BBC, ITV being priced out of high end drama. Won’t be popular with govt - but concerns now widespread: https://t.co/XkS7znaLtn
RT @PhilipRalph9: Terrifically accessible podcast from @michaelsavage discussing the depth and scale of the crisis in UK TV. Really worth a…
