Coventry University Podcasts

Commissioning TV Drama, Comedy and Films - Jane Tranter

Jane is responsible for leading the group which covers Drama Commissioning, Comedy Commissioning, Programme Acquisitions and BBC Films. From 2000 to 2006, she was Controller, Drama Commissioning and responsible for drama commissioning on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four. Commissions during this time included Shakespeare, Rome, Jane Eyre, Life on Mars, Bleak House, Hotel Babylon, Robin Hood, Doctor Who, Bodies, Torchwood, Blackpool, Casanova and Spooks. Commissions to be transmitted in 2007 include Jekyll, Sense and Sensibility, Lilies, Stuart, A Life Backwards and Party Animals. Before taking up her current position in 2000, Jane was the Head of Drama Serials. Her credits there include Care, Warriors, The Way We Live Now, Wives & Daughters, The Sins, The Lost World, Babyfather and Crime & Punishment. Hear her in conversation with John Mair

From 1997, when she joined the BBC, Jane worked as an executive producer in films and single drama.

At Carlton Television from 1995 to 1997 – following its merger with Central – Jane was the executive producer on Wilderness and Bramwell and Carlton’s first ever soap, London Bridge.

Prior to this, Jane was commissioning editor for drama at Carlton, responsible for the initial development of its franchise commitments such as Frank Stubbs and Body & Soul.

Before leaving for Carlton, Jane was in the BBC’s films and singles department with David Thompson and worked on a number of projects including Alive & Kicking and The Hour of the Pig.

From 1986 to 1989 she worked as an assistant floor manager on EastEnders and Bergerac and then as a script editor on the fourth series of Casualty.

Jane joined the BBC in 1985; her first job was working as a secretary in the radio drama department.

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Legal Controversy on the Telly - Glen Del Medico

Glen Del Medico, who is now retired, was the BBC’s chief programme legal adviser and worked for the corporation for nearly 40 years. In his time he’s dealt with almost every legal controversy the BBC has been faced with and says on the Hutton Inquiry, that he would have cleared Andrew Gilligan’s story about the dossier on Iraqi weapons for broadcast if he had been consulted on it.

Hear him speaking to students on matters of media law.

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The Future of e-Learning - Professor David Morris

This lecture was given by David Morris to Final Year undergraduate engineering students on March 12 2007.

It explores the potential impacts of shifts in digital technologies on the future of higher education.

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Brand Design in Television - Martin Lambie-Nairn

Lambie-Nairn began his career in 1976. In the 80’s his company quickly built a reputation for broadcast design with the launch of Channel 4 in the UK. Arguably this identity changed the face of television branding, as it was the first time a TV company had used its on-air identity to say something about itself as a brand as well as being the first to be designed to work on and off screen.

This led to many years of working with the BBC during which he was part of re-defining the BBC brand.

Hear him in conversation with John Mair.

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