UK News

UK TV: ANDI PETERS TO HOST ITV GAME SHOW

February 6, 2014

Television presenter, producer, journalist, voice-over artist and voice actor Andi Peters will return to our television screens this year. Peters  has signed up to host new ITV daytime quiz show Ejector Seat. Via Digital Spy The game sees six players sitting on “imposing” seats, each at the top of a track that leads towards “the edge”. If they answer questions incorrectly, their seat starts to move back towards the edge – and if they fail to stop themselves, they’re ejected from their seat […]

UK TV: FORMER EASTENDERS: E20 STAR MODUPE ADEYEYE JOINS HOLLYOAKS CAST

February 6, 2014

Well.. well… well… what has brought this on Hollyoaks casting team and producers? To my knowledge the last time Hollyoaks cast a black actress was back in 1995 when the drama first aired. Anyway…. Former Eastenders: E20 star Modupe Adeyeye will play Blessing Chambers,  a glass collector in the strip club she lives above and we will quickly learn that Blessing has not had the easiest ride up to now. I look forward to seeing what story lines the script writers have in […]

UK TV: MONEY SUPER MARKET COMMERCIAL FEATURING SNOOP DOGG

February 6, 2014

Our main man Phil feels truly epic after saving £304* on his car insurance at MoneySuperMarket. Armed with swaggery confidence, Phil cruises down the streets of LA, basking in the glory of his money savviness. Everyone in the neighbourhood admires him as he passes by. Phil amazes onlookers with his slicker-than-average moves, driving donuts and bouncing to the hydraulics of his sick ride. He’s the life and soul of his very own money-saving party! Rapping legend, Snoop Dogg, and his hip-hop honeys […]

UK DEBATE (WATCH): BEING A MAN 2014 – ‘GANGING UP’ (FEATURING AKALA)

February 5, 2014

David Cohen, Campaigns Editor at the London Evening Standard leads a discussion with Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of Kids Company, former gang members Feras Al-Bakri and Karl Lokko and hip-hop artist Akala to investigate the impact of gang culture on young people, rites of passage and the sense of ‘family’ that attracts young men to gang membership. The session is introduced by Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director Jude Kelly. [Thanks Lorraine] This was brilliant. Well done to everyone on the panel.

UK RADIO NEWS: BBC UK BLACK FACING JOB CUTS

February 1, 2014

At the end of March 2014 it is proposed that the two specialist broadcast journalists who currently provide national and international material for BBC English Regions African Caribbean and Asian programmes (BBC UK Black and Desi Download) will be cut to just one role serving African Caribbean, Asian and also Chinese programmes. The single role will also be based in Birmingham. BBC UK Black teams now fear that the proposed cuts will have a serious impact on their programming in the following […]

BROADCAST JOURNALIST JENNI STEELE APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UK

January 31, 2014

Domestic Violence UK has announced that broadcast journalist Jenni Steele has been appointed an ambassador for the organisation. In 2011 Jenni created a workshop for teenagers based around unhealthy relationships and domestic violence, something she suffered as a teenager. She says: “I have always spoken out about the violence I suffered as a teenager I have come a long way and truly believe with the right support,determination and belief we can turn our lives around for the better turning negatives into positives. There was […]

VIDEO: SECOND PROTEST RALLY OVER CHOICE FM REBRANDING (WATCH)

January 31, 2014

Demonstrators outside the headquarters of Global Radio in Leicester Square demanded the return of airtime for specialist black music after Choice FM was replaced with Capital Xtra. Artists from the Reggae, Soca and Gospel music industry voiced their protests with performances of their songs. The demonstration was organised by The Voice, the black community’s weekly newspaper and the media and entertainment union BECTU. Choice FM had won its licence on the basis of offering broadcast time to black music for at least […]