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our chair was interviewed on
@SkyNews
today commenting on
@BBC
's Annual Report & Accounts 2023/4. From initial analysis of the accounts, VLV estimates that public funding for BBC services for UK audiences has declined by 40% in real terms since 2010.
We are delighted to announce
@BBCHughPym
has won the
#VLVAWARDS2020
for Best Individual TV Contributor. Your calm delivery and human insight throughout 2020 were so appreciated. Congratulations to all your team. Find all winners and nominees at
@BBCNews
Many congrats to
@DavidOlusoga
@Franwelch1
@KatFeavers
@W2W_media
@BBCTwo
& team on winning the VLV Award for Best TV News & Factual programme for Union following David as he traces the events, people & forces that transformed four separate nations into a single United Kingdom.
The amazing
@CliveMyrieBBC
@BBCNews
@BBCWorld
speaking truth to power on receiving his award for Best TV Individual Contributor "We have to be on our guard in this country to prevent this society ever becoming afraid of the truth." VLV Awards supported by
@arqiva
We are delighted to announce The Great Post Office Trial on
@bbcradio4
has won the
#vlvawards2020
for Best News and Factual Radio Programme. Congratulations to
@nickwallis
+
@WhistledownProd
for this important series. Find all the winners and nominees at .
Huge congratulations to
@MishalHusain
on receiving the VLV Award for Best Contribution to Audio 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌 🙌
@BBCr4today
has changed dramatically during her time. Before she started, it was rare for the agenda-setting 8.10am interview to be done by a woman.
Huge congratulations to
@PetrocTrelawny
@hannahcfrench
@KateMolleson
@bbcradio3
on winning the VLV Award for Best Audio Music & Arts programme for Breakfast with Petroc Trelawny, who wake up the UK every weekday with classical music to match the mood of the morning across the UK.
Huge congratulations to
@BBCkatyaadler
for winning the VLV Award for Best TV Individual Contributor 2019. Nominated many times and this year the winner: very much appreciated by VLV members.
@BBCNews
Congratulations to the amazing
@BBCSteveR
on winning the VLV Award for Best TV Individual Contributor. With over 25 years working for the
@BBC
in Russia, his colleague
@bbclysedoucet
says “You never pull your punches … that’s truly courageous”.
#broadcast2040plus
#PSMISOURS
We are delighted to announce Beethoven Unleashed: Composer of the Week on
@BBCRadio3
has won
#vlvawards2020
for Best Music and Arts Radio Programme. Congratulations
@DonaldMacleod01
and the team behind this ambitious series. Find winners and nominees at
The Secretary of State
#NadineDorries
may be too frightened of
@Channel4News
and
@Krishgm
to go into the studio and face him but that, surely, shows why we need the programme. Would it survive privatisation? There are no guarantees that it would.
We wholeheartedly agree with
@jonsnowC4
on
@BBCr4today
this morning “You just pray that the BBC remains what it is…beholden to nobody…owned by us all & regulated very well… & I’ve never worked for the BBC, so I’m not grinding an axe” 🙌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿
@Channel4
is a critical piece of the UK
#publicservicebroadcasting
landscape that consistently delivers on its remit to serve audiences. Write to your MP to oppose privatisation.
Congratulations to
@EvanHD
@BBCPM
and
@BBCRadio4
for winning the VLV Award for Best Radio News and Factual Programme 2019. News and current affairs feature strongly in the
@vlvuk
Awards. Public service broadcasting at its best.
Channel 4 Chief Executive Alex Mahon (
@mahonalex
) not mincing words about what the broadcaster would be like if it was privatised, telling
@TimesRadio
:
“Derry Girls wouldn't be on air, It's A Sin wouldn't have been on air. The Paralympics wouldn't have been on air…”
@channel4
ain’t broke. It’s a critical piece of the UK
#publicservicebroadcasting
landscape, part of our national conversation and provider of accurate news.
"a programme that combines theatre & journalism on a Friday night at a different point in the UK in front of a live audience is a wonderful privilege" congratulations
@ChrisMasonBBC
describing Any Questions - a hugely deserved win
#publicservicebroadcasting
As I begin my prep for my 127th&final Any Questions, what a way to start-collecting this
@vlvuk
. Thank you so much. Thanks to
@BBCRadio4
for hiring me&the brilliant team I work with. Shetland here I come, via Edinburgh (
#BBCNewscast
) & Glasgow (
@BBCr4today
&
@BBCBreakfast
)
#bbcaq
Enjoyed watching
@wmarybeard
on
@BBCFrontRow
discussing how film & fiction shape our understanding of history? You’ll enjoy Mary talk about TV & history at our annual lecture on 23rd Oct. More info:
@wmarybeard
is giving the Jocelyn Hay Lecture on Tues 23 Oct 2018 at The Geographical Society, London. Tickets cost £15. Sign up to our email list & we’ll tell you when they're on sale
Congratulations to the team behind
#TheAmericas
with Simon Reeve for winning the
@vlvuk
and
@_ibt
Award for International Content 2019. A hugely ambitious journey from Alaska to Argentina. Enlightening and inspirational.
@simon_reeve
@nigelsleftboot
.
Lord Grade Chair of
@Ofcom
commenting on questions from the floor on recent investigations into breaches of impartiality
@GBNEWS
“We’re not in the business of stifling innovation. We licence over 2000 broadcasters. We’re not here to tell them who should present their programmes”
Congratulations to
@Sarah_Montague
for winning the
@vlvuk
Award for Best Individual Contributor to Radio 2019. Inform, educate and entertain: public service broadcasting in the UK.
@wato
@BBCRadio4
Congratulations to the team behind FYI for winning the
@vlvuk
Award for Best Children's Programme 2019. Really good to have more high quality children's news available to inform, educate and entertain the next generation.
@FYI_SkyTV
@freshstartTV
@SkyNewsHead
The brief glimmer of hope that a new gov would drop the proposal to privatise
@Channel4
was extinguished as both Sunak & Truss have indicated they will go ahead with the plan despite polling showing the move is not popular among Tory voters. VLV opposes it because...
Congratulations to the Test Match Special team for their
@vlvuk
award for best sports programme. Nice debate 5hrs 18mins into your live coverage on Saturday into what to do with the vase. Any more suggestions?
@tmsproducer
"There is an opportunity in the bill to improve impartiality regulation, which isn't being taken up. Ofcom is overwhelmed with inquiries that it's running into GB News. We think there is a real opportunity to define more closely what ‘news’ is."
@vlvulk
Huge congratulations to the team behind
@CollersB
@classicjacko
@BBCRadio3
longest running outside broadcast, Choral Evensong, heard every Wednesday at 4pm, since it was first broadcast from Westminster Abbey in October 1926 on the VLV Award for Best Audio Music & Arts Programme.
Today's Twitter Poll: If your TV got stuck on one channel and was unfixable, so you'd need watch only that for a year till your new telly arrived... which of these four public service broadcasters, would you be happiest if it was stuck on?
Apologies C5, I only have four options
“The finest cultural institution in this country is the BBC.”
Melvyn Bragg said that the BBC promotes "music of all genres", memorable drama, important discussions and UK culture around the world – yet it is "under constant attack".
We need to continue to fight for young people across the UK to be able to see engaging, entertaining & informative content which helps them understand the world around them & their place in it. Team
@BFI
Young Audiences Content Fund
@Childmediafound
@intofilm_edu
#SOB
@heshams
We are delighted to announce Mimi on a Mission – Lockdown Party
@CBBC
has won the
#vlvawards2020
for Best Children’s Programme. Congratulations to the team at
@peggypicturesuk
for lifting children's spirits during lockdown. All the winners and nominees at
@wmarybeard
is giving the VLV Jocelyn Hay Lecture on Tues 23 Oct 2018 at The Geographical Society, London. Tickets cost £15. Sign up to our email list & we’ll tell you when they are on sale
Many congratulations to
@BBCRadio3
@thekatiederham
@PeanutCrumb
Sean Rafferty "We are very very lucky because we have the most fantastic musicians coming in live every day, I don't think there's another classical radio programme in the world that does what the BBC does".
Huge congratulations to
@Bannmatt
@gnelsondavies
@GlynTansley
@BBCRadio4
for winning the VLV Award for Best Audio News and Factual Programme for Last Word, telling the fascinating life stories of those who have died recently.
VLV is very concerned that the Government is going ahead with privatisation of
#Channel4
without publishing the results of its consultation. There is significant opposition to this move. We need greater transparency here.
Huge congratulations
@carloscooperos
@mrmarksteel
- "Observant people will have noticed all of those shows (audio comedy nominees) are from
@BBCRadio4
of course, because only the BBC can make these programmes ....there's thousands of towns and we're going to go on for years"
👏👏👏👏👏
@BillNighyUK_
"I'm very fortunate to be in Charles Paris... They were looking years ago for someone to portray a man who drank too much, smoked too much & lived in his ex-wife’s spare room & was sexually incontinent & they thought about me!” 😂😆
Huge congratulations to Melvyn Bragg
@BBCInOurTime
on winning the Naomi Sargant Award for a broadcaster's contribution to education. He is credited with making the arts more accessible & less elitist & speaks passionately in the
@UKHouseofLords
on the value of the arts & PSB.
.
@janinegibson
, Editor in Chief at Buzzfeed UK, will take part in a debate at our conference on Nov 27 about who sets the news agenda when headlines are dominated by Brexit & US politics. Join us & join the debate. Tickets & info
#futureproofingPSB
@BBCRadio4
@JohntNeal
huge congratulations for this award - Libby Jukes states that this is "at the very heart of the BBC's
#publicservicebroadcasting
remit" & "at 90 years old, the longest running radio programme in the world"
More than 1 in 20 UK households have no internet - so we strongly support
@silvervoicesuk
report published today stressing the need to ensure broadcast TV & radio services remain available to users well into the future
#broadcast2040plus
#digitalinclusion
We are delighted to announce that Lord Tony Hall CBE, former Director-General of the BBC, is to become the President of VLV. Please see full press release here
We are delighted to announce
@TimHarford
of
@BBCMoreOrLess
has won the
#VLVAWARDS2020
Best Radio Contributor. Your intelligent insight has been so appreciated. Thanks and congratulations from listeners. See all winners and nominees at
@BBCRadio4
We are delighted that
@wmarybeard
is giving the Jocelyn Hay Lecture on Tues 23 Oct in London. Tickets cost £15. Sign up to our email list for the event & we’ll tell you when tickets go on sale
@BBCRadio3
@PeanutCrumb
In Tune presenters
@katiederhamitv
& Sean Rafferty receiving the VLV Award for Best Music & Arts Programme. Huge congratulations to all the team.
Huge congratulations to the wonderful Melvyn Bragg
@BBCInOurTime
on receiving the VLV Naomi Sargant Award celebrating a broadcaster's contribution to education in the UK. Speaking to us from the studio 🙌 🙌 🙌
The brilliant
@toomanydonkeys
@sandfordawards
Executive Director Anna McNamee talks about the ongoing relevance of region & ethics broadcasting to how we see ourselves & choose to live our lives today & why it’s under threat if the
#Mediabill
in its current form passes into law.
“This is legislation, made for commercial broadcasters, it has commerciality at its heart, it's about leaving loads of space so that broadcasters can respond and do whatever they want.” Anna McNamee
@toomanydonkeys
#MediaBill
#PSB
@sandfordawards
Listen:
It's a busy time for us as the
#MediaBill
goes through Parliament. Our Chair, Colin Browne will be speaking with the interests of audiences in mind as part of this online conference.