Emily Booth
The Broadcast InterviewCharlotte Moore, BBC1 docs
The documentary commissioning editor for BBC1, BBC2, BBC3 and BBC4 is looking for series and one-offs with “purpose” and “proposition” that can really make an impact.
CommentMongrels / Home Movie Roadshow
Emily Booth and Robin Parker share their love and loathing of two of the week’s shows.
CommentBigger isn’t always better
Size is key for the super-indies, but there’s still a place for the minnow.
FeaturesTackling the TV industry’s gender gap
How can issues highlighted by the results of Broadcast’s Women in TV survey be addressed? Emily Booth and Lisa Campbell find out at our roundtable.
CommentTime for TV’s own coalition
Working together produces the best results for broadcasters and indies.
CommentDon’t mention the 'R' word
MIPTV: Mip is about doing business. But many of the exhibitors I’ve talked to have stressed how particularly business-focused, and forward-looking, this market is, writes Emily Booth.
CommentMIPTV: casting a wide net
It’s nice to be at a market which feels buoyant again, writes Emily Booth from MIPTV in Cannes.
CommentMipTV: Bring on the big brands
As producers and distributors head for MipTV, the message from channel buyers is that they want big brands that lift their schedules, writes Emily Booth.
CommentNo substitute for star power
Top talent is the ultimate draw as the Queen and Louie Spence prove.
NewsWebsite comes to the aid of TV’s freelancer parents
A jobs and social networking website called Media Parents is being set up to help TV freelancers who are struggling to balance the demands of working in television and childcare.
CommentAll change as TV gets serious
The cancellation of The South Bank Show was one of the sadder programming decisions to have been made recently (and its prompt, if short-term, reincarnation as The South Bank Show: Revisited one of the odder ones).
FeaturesBrands on the box: what will it mean for UK?
As the debate over product placement continues, what do leading industry figures think? Emily Booth and Kate McMahon find out at our roundtable.
CommentEastEnders Live / Britain's Really Disgusting Food
Emily Booth and Alex Farber share their love and loathing of two new shows.
CommentDinner With Portillo / Great Office of State
Chris Curtis and Emily Booth cast their eye over two of the week’s shows.
CommentTV’s women in recession
Industry is losing its female voice and it’s hitting the creative process.
NewsBirt: TV has nothing to fear from Tories
Former BBC director general Lord Birt has said that the television industry has nothing to fear from a potential Conservative government.
CommentKevin McCloud: Slumming It / The Persuasionists
Emily Booth and Michael Rosser share their thoughts on two new shows.
CommentC4 News / Male-heavy panel shows
Emily Booth shares her love of Channel 4 News and her loathing of the lack of women on panel shows.
CommentThe format for excellence
Popular factual programming will drive Channel 4’s creative renewal.