Episode 168 - Evan Shapiro

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My guest this week is Persian Comedy Powerhouse, writer and actor and now independent TV production boss Omid Djalili.

Omid’s illustrious career includes The Omid Djalili Show on BBC One, countless TV appearances on shows including How I got News for You, We are AMost Amused and We are Most Amused and Amazed - two shows on ITV1 celebrating the then-Prince of Wales’s 60th and 70th birthdays and film appearances in some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters including Gladiator, The Mummy, The World Is Not Enough, Notting Hill and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.

We get the inside track on his previous experiences in TV production, why he’s setting up an indie now and what makes Tiny Speck Productions different.

Plus we’ll hear Omid’s Story of the Week, Hero of the Week and who or what he’s telling to Get in the Bin. Don't miss it!

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What are the world’s top TV markets and how much are they worth?

On this week’s show we answer that question and I’m delighted to be joined by Richard Middleton, editor of Television Business International as we count down through the global TV industry top 10. 

Stats courtesy of Omdia. Total revenue figures derived from TV advertising, pay TV, online subscription and public revenue.

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Social media superstars The Sidemen have launched an amazing array of new products in the past few years from chicken restaurants to trading cards and from hotels to vodka brands. And now they have their own Netflix documentary.

Our guest this week is Luke Hyams, former YouTube Originals EMEA boss and now co-founder of indie Pangaea who have just produced the Netflix documentary The Sidemen Story - which is out now in the UK 

Luke tells us about how he got into TV, his experience making 'The Sidemen Story' and his new production company Pangaea.

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Welcome to TellyCast Talks - the first in a new strand of interviews on TellyCast - featuring the media business leaders shaping tomorrow's content industry

On TellyCast Talks, we’ll delve into the minds of only the most senior C- suite executives. These conversations are less focused on the corporate strategy of their organisations and more about the person behind the big decisions. We’ll ask why they took the decisions they have over the course of their career, the experiences that have shaped them and aim to reveal the qualities of a successful leader.

Kicking off the series is Cathy Payne, CEO of Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of the global production juggernaut. 

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This week we’re taking another look at the top 10 best AI tools on the market for TV and content producers and we’re delighted to welcome back Jason Mitchell, boss of UK indie the Connected Set to run us through an updated list of tools and their benefits.

You can check them out on screen on our YouTube edition of this episode

10. Topaz Labs for help with noise reduction and sharpening

9. OpusPro for social clip generation

8. Supernormal for taking minutes and allocating actions

7. Spellbook AI legal assistant 

6. FilmUStage for drama script analysis

5. Looka AI for basic logo creation

4. Papercup for dubbing 

3. Descript for eyeline correction

2. Custom GPTs for creating your own chatbot

1. Adobe Firefly – the superapp of creativity

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‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ producer Patrick Spence, MD of AC Chapter One gives us an in depth, behind the scenes overview of the making of one of the biggest UK drama hits of recent years.
We discuss the detailed pre production, how it nearly never got made, the reaction and outcomes since its release just 4 weeks ago.
Patrick also gives us his Story of the Week, Hero of the Week and Get in the Bin.

Patrick's Story of the Week 

In conversation with Justin Crosby.

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Former BBC Two controller, President of the Discovery Channel and now Nutopia boss Jane Root is our guest on this week’s show.

We’re talking about her time at the networks and how that informed the shows Nutopia creates, her latest Netflix production, the ‘posh true crime’ series ‘Bad Surgeon: Love Under the Knife’ and who she’s telling to ‘Get in the Bin’.
 
In conversation with Justin Crosby.

Bad Surgeon - Love Under the Knife trailer

American Fiction trailer

Jane's Story of the Week

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We kick off 2024 with a fascinating discussion with Leo Pearlman, managing partner of The Kardashians, The Late Late Show and Sunderland ’til I Die indie Fulwell 73.

We covered the growth story of one of the UK's leading content production companies, the latest on Leo's ambition to make Sunderland the Hollywood of the North of England, the depressing rise of anti-semitism and his approach to an already turbulent 2024 in the content industry.
 
In conversation with Justin Crosby.

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We round off the year with media commentator and cartologist Evan Shapiro as we look back at the major developments in the media industry in 2023 and look ahead to 2024 with some predictions for the year ahead.  

In conversation with Justin Crosby.

Until next year - I hope you have a very peaceful Xmas and here’s to a prosperous new year to you all. We’ll see you in '24!

Media War & Peace

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Our guest this week is Michael Boccacino, Senior Director of Content Partnerships at award winning TheSoul Publishing, one of the world’s most prolific and popular online media companies with huge audiences across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, Pinterest, and TikTok.

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Michael's Story of the Week

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