Barbara Nice: From stand-up to radio sitcom
BBC Academy director Joe Godwin spoke to comedian Janice Connolly and BBC Comedy executive Rebecca Papworth about taking unconventional Birmingham housewife Barbara Nice from a stand-up act to a round...
9 Mar 201714min
Desert Island Discs: Working with the stars
Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs has earned its 75 years on the air by consistently producing revealing interviews with well-known guests like US actor Tom Hanks above.We asked series producer Cathy Drys...
2 Mar 201723min
How to make it in TV drama scriptwriting
The way UK television script-writing teams work is changing fast. While today's fragmented digital industry offers less in-house stability, there are more opportunities with international and online b...
23 Feb 201724min
Digital sport - Closer to the action
Advanced tech, behind-the-scenes experiences, full games on social media - how do the latest digital innovations affect the traditional broadcast industry?And what do they mean for you if you're tryin...
16 Feb 201723min
Talking to the internet: Digital assistants and the media
New internet devices that use voice are starting to appear in our homes: you speak and they answer back. So what is the likely impact of these so-called digital assistants?The BBC is looking into the ...
9 Feb 201720min
The truth about fake news
The BBC’s media editor Amol Rajan asks James Ball, special correspondent at BuzzFeed News, and Mark Frankel, social media editor at BBC News, about the different meanings of 'fake news' and how journa...
2 Feb 201724min
From community radio to the BBC: How to be a presenter
The prospect of presenting your first ever live show on national radio can be both daunting and exciting in equal measure but how do you get to that position in the first place?Roxy Ebrahim-Khan talks...
26 Jan 201718min
BBC Academy Podcast: Highlights of 2016
2016 is nearly at an end, so you know what that means - it's highlights time!Kris Bramwell, Roxy Ebrahim-Khan, Zayna Shaikh and Charles Miller, aka the BBC Academy Podcast team (left to right above), ...
15 Des 201619min
