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Antony Root came on to Here Comes Pod this week to talk about a storied career at the BBC, ITV, Working Title, Sony Pictures and HBO. In the week that Dr Who hit global screens we talked about script development on this iconic show, the role the BBC plays in curating British writers, breaking into the US TV market and the evolution of HBO as it brings Max to the global market. Enjoy!Here Comes Pod's media partner is C21, the go-to outlet for news an insights into the international TV industry. You can find them at c21media.netYou can find Here Comes Pod on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon or ...

In this episode of Here Comes Pod, Will Harrison shares insights from a stellar career that has included senior roles at media giants including Warner Brothers, Disney, HBO Europe and Britbox UK. All of these media companies have strong brands and there is no one better placed to discuss the importance of media brands and the power of franchises than Will, and so this was a big topic in this episode, We'll also find out if Berger, Bamford, Baxter, Blair is the name of the new law firm in the Suits reboot or a TV executive dream team. Enjoy!Here Comes Pod's media partner is C21, the go-to ...

Here Comes Pod has attempted to provide answers to some of the important questions in the media business, and this week's query is: who advertises TV to the advertisers? In the UK the answer is Thinkbox, and CEO Lindsey Clay joined me to explain how the the company, established by the UK's commercial broadcasters and recently joined by the streamers, advocates for TV as a key marketing communication channel for brands big and small. We covered a lot of ground, from Slough to Hong Kong, account management to the media department, and the big screen in the corner to the small ones in all our ...

When Netflix launched Formula One: Drive To Survive it heralded the golden age of sports access documentaries. This week's guest on Here Comes Pod, Box To Box Films co-founder James Gay-Rees, is very much in pole position to talk about this golden age. Having started his film career at Miramax, James then segued into producing award-winning documentary features like Senna, Amy and Maradona. Pivoting to producing TV series, James co-founded Box To Box which has built on the success of Drive To Survive to go behind the scenes of the world's leading sports with shows like Break Point (tennis)...

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This week's guest on Here Comes Pod, Marc Lorber, has a truly global perspective on the TV business. In a career that has included stints at some of the world's leading studios - Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, Disney and WBD - Marc has produced both scripted and non-scripted TV series on every continent on the planet. Whether it was spotting the potential of original series like Motherland in the UK, producing formats like The Nanny and Ugly Betty in Russia, or kickstarting original production for HBO in Central and Eastern Europe, Marc has insights that very few TV execs can match and he kindly ...

Bobby Charlton was a legend on the pitch for Manchester United and England, a World Cup winner, European Cup Winner and England's leading goalscorer for decades. When his playing career ended he was a trusted advisor to the Manchester United board and a TV pundit. But one of his other lasting legacies was the Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools, which provided coaching and holiday breaks to generations of players, from David Beckham to kids who only ever played for fun. When my dad, Ken Goldman, interviewed Charlton in the 1980s the Soccer Schools were the main topic of discussion, and Bobby's love ...

TV and football are passions for many, although few people have careers in both industries. But this week's guest on Here Comes Pod, Bernd Reichart, has been a senior executive in both TV and football. Bernd talks about his TV experience within the RTL Group, initially at Spain's Atresmedia Television before he returned to Germany to head up Vox and then become Group CEO of RTL Germany. Bernd now runs A22, a sports management group that hopes to bring changes to the way midweek club football operates and is governed in Europe. Bernd shares his thinking on the current state of European ...

On this episode of Here Comes Pod I was joined by one of the titans of the global media industry, Hans-Holger Albrecht. We talked about his first TV job at CLT, forerunner of German TV powerhouse RTL; his role as President and CEO of Modern Times Group overseeing the Nordic satellite broadcaster Viasat and launching Viaplay; his experience transforming telco Millicom into a lifestyle operation; moving into pure-play digital distribution as CEO of music streaming service Deezer; and his current portfolio including being chairman of the board of streaming audiobook service Storytel. Enjoy! ...

This week's episode of Here Comes Pod tells the Legend of Lisa Opie, (un)charting her TV career that started at BSB and Sky and went through the levels at Flextech, Channel 5, Two Four and BBC Studios. Now MD of two of Ubisoft's UK studios Leamington and Reflections, Lisa shares her thoughts on her working life in TV and how her move across to the video games industry was a call of duty to her gaming son. Enjoy! Here Comes Pod's media partner is C21, the go-to outlet for news an insights into the international TV industry. You can find them at c21media.netYou can find Here Comes Pod on ...

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This week's guest on Here Comes Pod is a star of the big screen and the small screen. Billy Campbell's leading role in Cardinal reminded audiences of a talent seen in movies like The Rocketeer and Bram Stoker's Dracula as well as standout TV series like Dynasty, The 4400 and The Killing. His next role is in Canadian thriller Something Undone, once again portraying a character with a dark past. We talked about working with Coppola, lessons learned from Sir Anthony Hopkins and how he almost missed out on Cardinal. Enjoy! Here Comes Pod's media partner is C21, the go-to outlet for news an ...

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With a CV that includes overseeing massive hits like Dancing With The Stars, The Voice, The Apprentice and America's Got Talent, Paul Telegdy can rightly be called the King of entertainment programming. Paul joined me on Here Comes Pod to talk about life at the BBC, dealing with extraordinary people including a future President in his time as Chairman of Entertainment at NBC, his new venture The Whole Spiel and how an Elvis show left him and me crying in the chapel. Enjoy! Here Comes Pod's media partner is C21, the go-to outlet for news an insights into the international TV industry. You ...

Kevin MacLellan joined me on Here Comes Pod this week to talk about a career that spanned the titans of the television industry - MTV Networks, HBO, Sony Pictures, Comcast and NBC Universal, where he oversaw annual income of $5bn and 2,500 employees. That was a massive job and Kevin shares the inside track on how to steer a business of that size, the dynamics of Comcast's acquisition of Sky, the impact of digital disruption on global legacy media companies, and why boys will be boys. Enjoy!Here Comes Pod's media partner is C21, the go-to outlet for news an insights into the international TV ...

There is no better person to explain the current turmoil gripping Hollywood than Puck News co-founder and former Hollywood Reporter editorial director Matt Belloni. Matt's newsletter What I'm Hearing is the definitive insider's guide to the latest buzz in Tinseltown and his podcast The Town is a must-listen for anyone interested in the entertainment business. We discussed the place of reporters in the Hollywood ecosystem, the latest updates on the strikes that have paralysed the entertainment business and whether The Nanny represents the past or the AI-generated future for Hollywood. Enjoy!...

The Premier League is back this weekend, and Tottenham Hotspur have been dominating the headlines in the run up to kick off. Whether it is the battle to keep their talismanic striker Harry Kane or the federal charges levelled at the "owner" Joe Lewis, the Spurs hierarchy, led by chairman Daniel Levy, have their hands full. So it's an interesting moment to look back at a previous era to see how leading a top flight football team has changed and to assess what has stayed the same. In November 1984 my dad, Ken Goldman, sat down with newly installed Spurs chairman Irving Scholar to discuss his ...

This week's guest on Here Comes Pod is Sky entertainment supremo Zai Bennett. In a career that has spanned ITV, C5, the BBC and Sky, Zai has been involved in some of the most important moments in British broadcasting in the last quarter of a century. So we had a lot of ground to cover, from the birth of reality TV with TOWIE, navigating the creative and organisational juggernaut of the BBC, and marrying creativity, commerce and the customer at Sky with a slate of programming as diverse as Chernobyl, Gangs of London and A League Of Their Own that sit alongside the powerhouse shows of HBO. Enjoy...