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The two seasoned broadcasters offered different perspectives on the recent general election to their interviewer, Media Show presenter Steve Hewlett.
"Monumentally dull" was the verdict of the erstwhile Newsnight attack dog on the campaign in which pollsters, pundits and politicians were all convinced would lead to another hung Parliament.
Paxman opined that TV networks had devoted so much attention to opinion polls because it was a "monumentally dull" campaign.
Scholars of the Technology and Production bursaries tell us what the opportunity has meant for them. For more information about our bursaries, click here.
As part of our series of guest posts on diversity in television, Channel 4 Deputy Creative Officer, Ralph Lee, explains why the broadcaster launched its 360° Diversity Charter in Parliament last week.
Diversity isn’t a new topic for Channel 4.
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The bad news for Lisa Holdsworth, en route to addressing a Bristol Centre meeting, was that her train had no internet access; the good news was that she could spend the time writing an extra two pages of the current script. Lisa's talk, attended by local university students as well as RTS members, was peppered with such practical insights into the modern TV writer's day. You'll have seen and heard Lisa's work on Waterloo Rd, or New Tricks, or Robin Hood, or previously on Emmerdale (of which she has written 40 episodes).
