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It does because, i love the media show and i was listening to amol rajan and talking to ben frow on channel 5, it was a whole half—hour dedicated to him. i sat there thinking, "this is a man who "runs on instinct and spontaneity." and i hadn't come across that sort of spark for quite a long time. i recognised it because when i first took challenge 30 years ago to the bbc michael grade had that spark, because ijust went with a whole new format and he just went, "i trust you, go and make it." and you know, that is rare. and so i recognised something. so someone put ben and i together and the r...

But before we get to that, we are also going to speak to anneka rice because the very famous format challenge, anneka is coming back, it's been off our screen for 30 years but that period of time is now over. and anneka rice is with us. hi, anneka. great to see you. and it's very exciting for us because i understand the media show has a small part in the come back. it does because, i love the media show and i was listening to amol rajan and talking to ben frow channel five, it was a whole half—hour dedicated to him. i sat there thinking, "this is a man who "runs on instinct and spontaneity."...

Ahead of the publication of his memoir, the broadcaster discusses his health, marriage, and why he’s incensed by Ofcom - and Nadine Dorries

We've announced this year that we'll spend more than we've ever done. so all of our spending, the vast majority of our spending goes into that sector. so if it's one billion once or 700 million a year, it doesn't take a mathematical genius to work out that it takes about, what, 1.3 years for those to even out? so i completely see how that could go to the benefit of the sector. but it's more than just spend, right? the point is about the right structure that we have agreed with the independent sector. because we give the ip rights to those companies, the profitability of those shows sits on the...

Than we've ever done. so all of our spending, the vast majority of our spending goes into that sector. so if it's one billion once or 700 million a year, it doesn't take a mathematical genius to work out that it takes about, what, 1.3 years for those to even out? so i completely see how that could go to the benefit of the sector. but it's more than just spend, right? the point is about the right structure that we have agreed with the independent sector. because we give the ip rights to those companies, the profitability of those shows sits on the balance sheets of lots of small and medium comp...