This week, Talking TV is heading to Lock Keeper’s cottages as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Big Breakfast, which launched on 28 September 1992.
Creator Charlie Parsons and producers Duncan Gray, Lisa Clark and Paul Sandler join us in Maple Street Studios to discuss how a company that made anarchic Friday night entertainment format The Word started making ten hours of breakfast telly a week on Channel 4.
The group discuss how they pulled it off, the production process and explain the relationship with stars including Chris Evans, Gaby Roslin and Paula Yates as well as some of the craziest stories behind the show.
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This week, Talking TV is heading to Lock Keeper’s cottages as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Big Breakfast, which launched on 28 September 1992.
Creator Charlie Parsons and producers Duncan Gray, Lisa Clark and Paul Sandler join us in Maple Street Studios to discuss how a company that made anarchic Friday night entertainment format The Word started making ten hours of breakfast telly a week on Channel 4.
The group discuss how they pulled it off, the production process and explain the relationship with stars including Chris Evans, Gaby Roslin and Paula Yates as well as some of the craziest stories behind the show.
Talking TV #91: Entertainment Special & Little Big Shots
Broadcast: Talking TV
30 minutes 25 seconds
8 years ago
Talking TV #91: Entertainment Special & Little Big Shots
Talking TV heads to the shiny floor studio with an entertainment special.
We speak to Andy Rowe, executive producer of Dawn French-fronted talent format Little Big Shots, which launches on Wednesday March 1, about the US origins of the format as well as a potential OAP friendly spin-off.
In this news this week, we take a look at The Nightly Show, which also launches next week on ITV, as well as Channel 4’s Friday night entertainment push, and get reaction from top producers to the closure of The London Studios.
Finally, we also climb into a cab headed to Horseferry Road with a look at Channel 4’s forthcoming documentary The Knowledge: The World’s Toughest Taxi Test. Exec producer Amelia Hann discusses her indie Honey Productions’ first commissions as well as the challenges of launching a new production company.
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Broadcast: Talking TV
This week, Talking TV is heading to Lock Keeper’s cottages as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Big Breakfast, which launched on 28 September 1992.
Creator Charlie Parsons and producers Duncan Gray, Lisa Clark and Paul Sandler join us in Maple Street Studios to discuss how a company that made anarchic Friday night entertainment format The Word started making ten hours of breakfast telly a week on Channel 4.
The group discuss how they pulled it off, the production process and explain the relationship with stars including Chris Evans, Gaby Roslin and Paula Yates as well as some of the craziest stories behind the show.
