[cma-l] Fwd: BBC Arts announcement

Tue Mar 25 11:46:36 GMT 2014

 Tony Hall has today announced a brand-new vision for BBC Arts, putting the
public in the front row of British culture.

Speaking this morning, Tony Hall said that Arts will take centre-stage
across the BBC with a new topical strand taking audiences to music and arts
events across the UK; a new digital offering; closer engagement with
artists and institutions; more distinctive arts content across all BBC
outlets; and stronger leadership for the arts.

Tony said: "This is the strongest commitment to the arts we've made in a
generation.  We're the biggest arts broadcaster anywhere in the world - but
our ambition is to be even better.

"I want BBC Arts - and BBC Music - to sit proudly alongside BBC News. The
arts are for everyone - and, from now on, BBC Arts will be at the very
heart of what we do.  We'll be joining up arts on the BBC like never before
- across television, radio and digital. And, we'll be working more closely
with our country's great artists, performers and cultural institutions."

The announcement includes:

   - Strong, clear leadership for arts across the BBC as well as a number
   of external advisory roles to allow leaders of the arts world to share
   their knowledge and insight with the BBC
   - A new strand, BBC Arts at... giving viewers a front row seat at
   Britain's best arts and music events, including collaborations and
   partnerships with Shakespeare's Globe, Glyndebourne and the Hay Festival.
   BBC Arts at Hay will have unprecedented coverage of the festival on TV,
   radio and online under one single banner, making the festival more
   accessible than ever before.  The One Show will be live from Hay for the
   first time; Martha Kearney will be broadcasting from the site; and Razia
   Iqbal will be interviewing major literary figures for three programmes,
   Talking Books on BBC World News. On Radio there will be more coverage than
   ever before with Chris Evans broadcasting  BBC Radio 2's literary
   competition 500 Words from Hay; BBC Radio 3's Free Thinking, In Tune and
   The Verb will also be live on-site alongside BBC Radio 4's Front Row, The
   Write Stuff and Four Thought. For the first time ever, BBC Radio 6 Music
   presenters will be on site, BBC Wales will also host live coverage and
   highlights, and BBC Arts Online will capture a range of festival events
   - Three big initiatives which will be part of a new digital push - arts
   on BBC iPlayer, more on offer at BBC Arts Online and - in partnership with
   Arts Council England - The Space. As well as ambitious archive plans
   - Working closely with some of the nation's finest writers, artists and
   performers including Zaha Hadid, Simon Russell Beale, Gemma Arterton, Akram
   Khan, Tom Hollander, Sir Antonio Pappano, Michael Craig-Martin, Darcey
   Bussell, Antony Gormley, Max Richter, Sir Simon Rattle and many more
   - New landmark series commissioned in collaboration with a number of
   Britain's leading cultural institutions including Tate, National Portrait
   Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, Sadler's Wells and The British
   Library
   - Major drama and arts collaborations including a further three filmed
   adaptations of Shakespeare's History plays for BBC Two from the team behind
   The Hollow Crown; and Dialogues, an exciting new initiative to showcase
   British writing talent on BBC Four
   - New commissions for young people and children including an animated
   music film for TV by Michael Morpurgo; a new collaboration with the
   Northern Ballet on a production of the Three Little Pigs for CBeebies; and
   an exciting observational documentary that lifts the lid on what it's like
   to be a member of a working orchestra for BBC Three

Jonty Claypole has been appointed Director of Arts, and Bob Shennan becomes
Director of Music. They will work across the BBC - joining up television,
radio, iPlayer and online. A number of leaders in the arts world have been
appointed to share their knowledge and insights across the BBC:

   - Alex Poots and Manchester International Festival will become a
   creative partner with BBC Arts - encouraging and supporting new
   commissions, and new collaborations
   - Nicholas Serota, from Tate, has been appointed to lead a group of
   creative leaders who will act as a sounding board across the BBC
   - Vicky Featherstone, from the Royal Court, will join the group of
   creative leaders. She will continue to work closely with Kate Rowland and
   the BBC Writersroom, nurturing and championing new writers across radio, TV
   and online
   - Nicholas Hytner, formerly of the National Theatre, has been appointed
   to the BBC Executive Board

Please click here<http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/speeches/2014/dg-bbc-arts.html>
to
read Tony's speech and
here<http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bbc-arts-release.html>to
find out more about the announcements. You can also read a blog from
Jonty introducing BBC Arts
here<http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/aboutthebbc/posts/Introducing-BBC-Arts>
.

Do please get in touch if you'd like any additional information.

Best wishes

Laura

*Laura Gosling*

*Corporate Affairs Manager*

BBC Public Affairs & Communications

Broadcast Centre, Area BC3 C1, 201 Wood Lane, London, W12 7TP

M: 07734 862979

E: laura.gosling at bbc.co.uk

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