Lens, by British Screen Forum

LENS, by British Screen Forum

A podcast which seeks to frame the debate around issues that
will affect the future of the UK screen sectors

Series 1 Public Service Broadcasting – Reconstituting the Institutional Memory

A podcast series framing the debate around public service broadcasting, featuring in depth conversations with key figures at the heart of that debate over the past 25 years. The series draws out the lessons of previous debates to inform current and future consideration of the framework that supports UK public service media. It is a debate that has never been more timely.

PSB Timeline

30th May 2023

Jon Gisby is joined by the commissioner of Jackanory, The Teletubbies and Grange Hill, Anna Home (Chair, Children’s Media Foundation) and the head of the launch team for the BBC’s first internet services for children, CBBC and CBeebies, Greg Childs (Director, Children’s Media Foundation)

Produced by: Craig Connell, Jon Gisby & Pete Johnson

16th March 2023

Professor Stewart Purvis former Editor-in-Chief and Chief Executive of ITN, President of EuroNews and Ofcom Partner for Content and Standards and the first Professor of Television Journalism at City University, London.

03rd February 2023

Professor Jean Seaton, Official Historian of the BBC & Media History Professor, University of Westminster

Interactive Timeline: key people, reports and events in the PSB debate 1997-2022

May 1992

BBC DG: John Birt

July 1994

Government White Paper: The Future of the BBC

May 1996

Chair BBC Governors: Christopher Bland

May 1997

Secretary of State: Chris Smith MP

June 1997

Channel 4 Chief Executive: Michael Jackson

June 1998

Channel 4 Chair: Vanni Treves

July 1999

Report of the Independent Review Panel: The Future Funding of the BBC

November 1999

Launch of Digital Radio in the UK

June 2000

BBC DG: Greg Dyke

June 2001