[peel] Re: Andy Kershaw

[Domestic Empire]

My thought run along similar lines to that of yours Paul.

You might wish to look at my post here and add your comments?

Is Mark Damazer In Control?
http://johnpeeldotnet.wordpress.com/2009/05/02/is-mark-damazer-in-control/

Gary
johnpeel.net

On 02/05/2009, Paul Webster <paul@...> wrote:
> Look to me like the final timeline was something like ...
> Thursday day - recording
> Thursday evening - lawyers clear it
> Week-end - trails on Radio 4 with edited clips ... giving first news of show
> to ex-partner and potentially the children
> Monday day - contact between BBC and ex
> Monday evening - show pulled
>
> I reported (to the Kershaw group on Yahoo) a sighting of this in the BBC
> schedules on 18th April - 10 days before the
> broadcast. Well before the recording was made. So surely there was enough
> time to have organised this better.
>
> Whether or not BBC should have initiated contact to ex-partner on Thu/Fri is
> one that BBC lawyers would presumably have
> recommended on (implication is that they did not initiate contact). But if
> the mother of the children calls up and says
> that such a show would be distressing (without having heard it - but having
> heard the trails) then it may well have been
> too close to planned transmission date to debate properly so they went for
> safety.
> However, with the subsequent public discussion, I suspect that this has
> probably compromised the chances of broadcasting
> it in the near future - if ever.
>
> Why was there such a rush to go from recording to broadcast?
>
> Is it right that trails were played before the other referred to parties
> were at least contacted (even if their approval
> was not being sought)?
>
> Did no-one on IoM discuss the upcoming show with the family about  - well
> before the recording and the first trail?
>
>
>
> Perhaps it being holiday time meant that people were away and well
> intentioned discussions could not be had.
>
>
> From the outside - to me this seems like poor management of a difficult
> situation - both before the planned broadcast
> and after it was pulled - by all of the parties involved.
>
>
> Paul Webster
>
> On Fri, 01 May 2009 23:49:28 -0000, you wrote:
>
>>There is a petition that seems to have been only recently started at
>>http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/andykershaw/index.html
>>
>>Also of interest is Andy's article in yesterday's Independent, which has
>>attracted some quite vigorous arguments in the comments. There are a few
>>commenters there (including one in particular) who have really got it in
>>for Andy and won't let anyone say anything in his support without coming
>>back with more and more vitriol. It's at
>> <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/kershaw-how-the-bbc-lef\>t-me-on-the-ropes-1677104.html>
>>
>>--- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "lorcan58" <lorcan58@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I suspect a good few of us are aleady in there :-)
>>>
>>> But there's been great support for Kershaw - at 67 comments it's
>>almost the most-commented of Mark Damazer's blogs (beaten only by people
>>complaining about the website redesign!). He must be wondering what a
>>can of worms he's opened...
>>>
>>> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "thinkingthinkingthinking" slo.coche@
>>wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Can I just quietly suggest that one or two of us contribute further
>>> > support for Andy's career prospects by adding more comments to the
>>"on
>>> > the ropes" blog post... There are already 64 comments, almost all in
>>his
>>> > support; if you find you have points to make, then I'm sure it would
>>be
>>> > a good place to put them.
>>> >
>>> > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, "lorcan58" <lorcan58@> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > Looks like he's getting a lot of support on Mark Damazer's blog:
>>> > >
>>> >
>>http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2009/04/on_the_ropes_andy_kershaw.html
>>> > >
>>> > > --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, Thomas Blatchford tabdrinkink74@
>>wrote:
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Yes i noticed this too, there's some explanation here:
>>> > > >
>>http://xrrf.blogspot.com/2009/04/kershaw-canned-by-bbc-again.html
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > ________________________________
>>> > > > From: lorcan58 lorcan58@
>>> > > > To: peel@yahoogroups.com
>>> > > > Sent: Tuesday, 28 April, 2009 21:29:52
>>> > > > Subject: [peel] Re: Andy Kershaw
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > The interview has apparently been dropped by the BBC:
>>> > > > http://www.guardian .co.uk/media/ 2009/apr/ 28/bbc-radio-
>>> > 4-andy-kershaw- interview
>>> > > >
>>> > > > --- In peel@yahoogroups. com, "lorcan58" <lorcan58@ .> wrote:
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > He's on Radio 4 this week in the "On The Ropes" series.
>>Tuesday
>>> > morning 9am repeated 9:30pm.
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > http://www.bbc. co.uk/programmes /b00jxb02
>>> > > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>>
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