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Liberal Democrat Councillor Karen Chilvers on ITV’s The Chase

By Caron Lindsay | Tue 14th May 2013 - 4:40 pm

Brentwood Liberal Democrat Councillor Karen Chilvers appeared on ITV quiz show The Chase last night.

She took on The Barrister, Sean Wallace in a showdown that was much more tense than I had expected. I had never watched the show before and I found it quite compelling.

The idea of the game is that each contestant answers as many questions as possible in a minute to earn £1000 per correct answer. At the end of the minute, they gamble that amount of money in a play off against The Chaser, any one …

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Entwistle quits BBC: what next?

By Stephen Tall | Sun 11th November 2012 - 12:20 pm

Another week, another day’s news headlines dominated by the media talking about itself… though this time with some legitimacy, as it’s not every day the Director-General of the BBC resigns within two months of being appointed to the post.

George Entwistle and the BBC’s Catch-22 problem

The BBC Director-General is editor-in-chief of the organisation, ultimately responsible for all content. The DG must also lead an organisation with 23,000 employees, a £4.8bn budget and multiple TV, radio and online outlets. I think it’s fair to say those are two …

Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged adam crozier, archie norman, bbc, chris patten, christopher jefferies, featured, george entwistle and philip schofield | 9 Comments

Are ITV the unluckiest commissioner of opinion polls?

By Mark Pack | Thu 22nd April 2010 - 9:50 am

In the run-up to the 2005 general election, there was some excitement as a rolling poll commissioned by ITV from Populus showed the Conservatives slipping to a result even worse than 1997. However, there was a sharp (5 point) recovery in the final pre-election day poll from Populus, which was a normal non-rolling poll.

Picking over the polling after the election, the explanation looked to be one aberrant sample on one day but which, due to the workings of a rolling poll, ‘infected’ the poll results over a longer period of time. It was only with the final pre-election poll, based …

Posted in Polls | Also tagged anthony wells, comres and populus | 2 Comments

Rules agreed for leaders’ TV debates – and Clegg to open the batting

By Helen Duffett | Tue 2nd March 2010 - 5:39 pm

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is to speak first in the first debate, hosted by ITV, while Gordon Brown and David Cameron will do so in the subsequent debates, on Sky and the BBC.

From the BBC:

Three major broadcasters – the BBC, ITV and Sky – have agreed on the rules for hosting party leaders’ debates in the run-up to the general election.

The three 90-minute sessions will begin by focusing on domestic policies, international affairs and the economy.

Posted in General Election and News | Also tagged bbc, david cameron, gordon brown, leaders tv debate, nick clegg and sky news | 6 Comments

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Tag Archives: itv

Liberal Democrat Councillor Karen Chilvers on ITV’s The Chase

Entwistle quits BBC: what next?

George Entwistle and the BBC’s Catch-22 problem

Are ITV the unluckiest commissioner of opinion polls?

Rules agreed for leaders’ TV debates – and Clegg to open the batting

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Tag Archives: itv

Liberal Democrat Councillor Karen Chilvers on ITV’s The Chase

Entwistle quits BBC: what next?

George Entwistle and the BBC’s Catch-22 problem

Are ITV the unluckiest commissioner of opinion polls?

Rules agreed for leaders’ TV debates – and Clegg to open the batting

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