Talking TV #56: Mipcom & Close To The Edge

Broadcast: Talking TV

Television industry news, including headlines from Mipcom and an interview with Karl Warner, the executive producer of BBC4’s OAP structured reality show Close To The Edge. Host Jake Kanter is joined by entertainment producer Steven D Wright and Koulla Anastasi, director of programming at Lifetime and the Crime and Investigation Network. Together, they discuss formats making a splash in Cannes, Robert Peston’s move to ITV, Channel 4’s investment in Sacha Baron Cohen’s new indie and the terms of trade review. Warner then stops by to talk Close To The Edge, while finally there are previews of Gold comedy Bull and BBC2’s Earth’s Wildest Waters - The Big Fish. Talking TV is available on SoundCloud below and can also be downloaded on iTunes here. The podcast is recorded at Maple Street Studios and the producer is Matt Hill.