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It's a scandal! Alice Levine and Matt Forde are to host a new podcast series about modern-day scandals. The pair, already known in the podcast world for My Dad Wrote A Porno and The Political Party respectively have joined forces to narrate the series which launches with the story of the poisoning of Russian dissident  Alexander Litvinenko, the  first person in the world to be killed by polonium-210. The second season explores the story of David Kelly, the weapons expert who was found dead in an Oxfordshire wood in 2003 after being named a source in the infamously ‘sexed up’ dossier whi...

U.K. Podcast Companies Want What the U.S. Has, Looking Past the BBC The public broadcaster has long dominated audio production in Britain. But new podcast companies are taking inspiration from America and finding investors to shake up the industry. When Renay Richardson started Broccoli Productions, “my main goal was not to be dependent on the BBC,” she said.Credit...Suzie Howell for The New York Times March 15, 2021 LONDON — In November 1922, the BBC sent out its first radio broadcast. Back then, the public broadcaster provided one hour of content a day, but in the century since, BBC R...

Video The Drum chats to Dipesh Mistry, associate creative director at Brave and chair of the jury for The Chip Shop Awards 2021, about the impact the past year has had on creativity. Have the events of this year stifled our creativity, or forced us to make better, more innovative ads? Dipesh Mistry, associate creative director at Brave, says he is impressed by the work of the past year. “I’ve seen so many memorable ideas, from all different kinds of agencies, that make you wish you’d thought of them yourself.” Mistry points to The Uncommon Agency’s lusty campaign for mortgage provi...

Beeston broadcaster Alice Levine to present new Channel 4 series with executive producer Louis Theroux Alice was formerly a BBC Radio 1 presenter Alice Levine attends The BRIT Awards 2020 at The O2 Arena (Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) Never miss another Nottinghamshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexp...

C4 series for My Dad Wrote A Porno podcaster She has been talking about bad sex for years as a co-creator of the comedy podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno. Now Alice Levine is to host a three-part series for Channel 4 about Britain's bedroom habits. In the programme, provisionally titled Sex Odyssey and executive produced by documentary-maker Louis Theroux, she will be asking whether there’s any such thing as ‘normal’ when it comes to sex and sexuality in the 2020s.  She said: ‘It’s a real honour to be the first presenter Louis is working with as an executive producer, especially after s...