On the latest The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, Marina Hyde says she's heard some 'unscrupulous agents' are misleading actors with self-tape auditions. Yes! And here are the receipts: deadline.com/2024/03/intern…

'I will do my bit to help in the campaign,' Nigel Farage says of Reform. Handy then, that all the way through the election period, he will have an unfettered daily primetime platform on a news channel watched by more than 3 million people a month.

Election, some thoughts:
-Media Bill? TV top brass praying it doesn't die
-Jockeying for debates begins. A top TV exec told me last week that BBC (and maybe ITV) confident of getting Sunak and Starmer
-The BBC will have to anoint Huw Edwards' successor. Smart money on Clive Myrie

'It's started raining and your glasses are rather wet,' Reeta Chakrabarti tells Chris Mason live on BBC. A thousand times yes. This is how Brits should do election curtain raisers. Full marks, no notes.

'The rules say they [MPs] can present current affairs,' Ofcom's Cristina Nicolotti Squires tells Lords Communications and Digital Committee.

Except the rules say no such thing. The current affairs caveat was invented in a blog and later codified as guidance. All without industry consultation. Messy.

The Traitors news: producer Stephen Lambert telling me here that he wants Liz Truss for the celebrity version of the show. Plus, Season 3 is filming right now.

An independent review of BBC migration coverage finds 'no consistent bias' in any direction, but doffs cap to Emily Maitlis by arguing that 'both side-ism' is alive and well. It highlights example of BBC offering false 'balance' on a blatant Tory untruth. bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…

'Conspiracy theories fester when there's an absence of information' - @jake_kanter on Sangita Myska's LBC departure from The Media Podcast
🎧 Listen: pod.fo/e/2381b7
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Exclusive: Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd has faced questions from producers about his professional conduct after dating a transgender actress who auditioned for the smash hit Netflix show. deadline.com/2024/05/baby-r…