Talking TV #19: BBC quotas & John Kaye Cooper

Published: April 11, 2014, 10:20 a.m.

b'Broadcast\\u2019s Talking TV podcast returns with a John Kaye Cooper interview and more on BBC commissioning quotas.\\n\\nHost Jake Kanter is joined by Laura Mansfield, the managing director of Outline Productions, and Broadcast editor Chris Curtis to discuss the BBC Trust\\u2019s major review of production guarantees.\\n\\nAlso on the agenda is former culture secretary Maria Miller\\u2019s broadcasting legacy and there is more on Xbox\\u2019s big entry into the content market with Channel 4 for Kudos drama Humans.\\n\\nTalking TV\\u2019s regular producer interview welcomes former ITV entertainment controller Kaye Cooper who has been work on the other side of the fence on new gameshow Amazing Greys. Kaye Cooper also reveals how he\\u2019s preparing to adapt Israeli format Rising Star for UK audiences.\\n\\nFinally, there are previews of BBC1\\u2019s Rob Brydon-fronted gameshow The Guess List and ITV\\u2019s Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis.\\n\\nTalking TV is available on SoundCloud below and can also be downloaded on iTunes here. The podcast is recorded at Maple Street Studios and the producer is Matt Hill.'