<p>Jimmy kicks us off with his tales from the Writers Guild Awards in New York and the feeling on the ground around David Ellison’s takeover of Paramount and the future of CNN. Then, Peter outlines the BBC’s latest ideas as to how it will fund itself in the streaming age where licence fee evasion costs the BBC more than £1 billion a year.</p><p>Later, they discuss what we can learn from the end of Meghan Markle’s partnership with Netflix as her lifestyle brand ‘As Ever’ heads out into the world selling jam and “flower sprinkles”.</p><br><p>Plus, Barry White running CBS News, George Osborne getting booed at the Paralympics and why a traumatic memory from Peter’s childhood inspired him to commission Robin Hood years later…</p><br><p>Jimmy Mulville is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Hat Trick Productions. His list of hit shows includes Have I Got News For You, Father Ted, Derry Girls, Outnumbered, and Episodes. In the US Hat Trick launched Whose Line Is It Anyway in 1997 which ran on ABC for seven years and was the first British series to be recreated for American network television by a British producer.</p><br><p>Peter Fincham ran TalkBack, where he executive produced many of their biggest shows including I’m Alan Partridge, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, and Da Ali G Show. He went on to be Controller of BBC1, then he was Director of Television at ITV, before returning to the independent sector as the co-CEO of Expectation, the company behind Clarkson's Farm and Alma's Not Normal. New episodes every Friday.</p><br><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1adbR91YQIX4Aa3gXMGdug" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">&nbsp;&nbsp;<img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAB4AAAAUCAYAAACaq43EAAAAo0lEQVR4AWNABv8ZjBWAuACIG4B4PRDvx4LvA/F/NHwem1qoGQ1QMxUYsAGo5H8a4wJ0Sx1AEnTCDsgWz6ejxfORLd5PR4v3wy0mSaOCL6UWvyfP4v1n/v9fv58iB5BtMRi8//T/f8PM//8FHOhqMQLcf/b/f0AxnS1GAIi4QeRwtxgR1MM6cVGenQa6AKF/kTnQlQT9q8UBbQhQq+lzn9SmDwBt39YrPgtlogAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==">&nbsp;/&nbsp;@insiderstvpodcast&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></p><p>Email: <a href="mailto:[email protected]" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></p><p>Instagram: @InsidersTVPod</p><p>The producer is Owen Braben</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>