Talking TV #19: BBC quotas & John Kaye Cooper

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Broadcast’s Talking TV podcast returns with a John Kaye Cooper interview and more on BBC commissioning quotas. Host Jake Kanter is joined by Laura Mansfield, the managing director of Outline Productions, and Broadcast editor Chris Curtis to discuss the BBC Trust’s major review of production guarantees. Also on the agenda is former culture secretary Maria Miller’s broadcasting legacy and there is more on Xbox’s big entry into the content market with Channel 4 for Kudos drama Humans. Talking TV’s regular producer interview welcomes former ITV entertainment controller Kaye Cooper who has been work on the other side of the fence on new gameshow Amazing Greys. Kaye Cooper also reveals how he’s preparing to adapt Israeli format Rising Star for UK audiences. Finally, there are previews of BBC1’s Rob Brydon-fronted gameshow The Guess List and ITV’s Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis. Talking TV is available on SoundCloud below and can also be downloaded on iTunes here. The podcast is recorded at Maple Street Studios and the producer is Matt Hill.

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