Question Time election leaders special 2015: When is it, how can I watch, what’s the format, is the BBC audience biased? April 30, 2015 Tonight is the last set-piece TV event of the General Election for the three main party leaders. In a Question Time special David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg will face the public in a final push to change minds before polling day. The last TV leaders' debate failed to shift the polls significantly [...]
Russell Brand and BBC lift Audioboom’s podcast audience April 20, 2015 Online podcast provider Audioboom has been living up to its name lately, reporting explosive growth in content and registered users in yesterday’s performance update. Audioboom, home of The Russell Brand Podcast, signed on over 150 new content partners in March, acquiring programs like BBC Radio’s Six O’Clock News and the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. The additions [...]
Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon, Leanne Wood to appear in BBC election specials after Ed Miliband, David Cameron, and Nick Clegg get Question Time slots April 18, 2015 Nigel Farage is to be served up to a regional audiences as part of a several BBC specials ahead of the General Election. Farage will appear in a programme in England on 30 April, the same day Nicola Sturgeon, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Plaid Cymru’s Leanne Wood will appear in [...]
General Election 2015: More people watched last night’s Emmerdale than the BBC debate April 17, 2015 Was it the lack of star quality in the form of Prime Minister David Cameron or the lure of the Dingles? We're not sure but either way last night's leaders' debate got a pummelling in the ratings. BBC1's Election Debate – billed as the challengers' contest with no Cameron and no Nick Clegg – was [...]
BBC debate: The leaders’ debate had a surpise winner… according to social media April 17, 2015 Twitter exploded during the BBC challengers’ debate (Source: Twitter) The five party leaders battled it out yesterday evening in a hotly contested debate designed to rouse support ahead of the General Election – now just 19 days away. Labour leader Ed Miliband emerged triumphant from the debate according to the polling data immediately after, with SNP [...]
General Election 2015: Ed Miliband comes out smiling in opposition leaders’ big BBC TV debate April 16, 2015 It was a big night for Ed Miliband. Going into a debate of the opposition party leaders, he had to prove that he was the Prime Minister in waiting at the same time as taking friendly fire from other left-wing parties, and anti-Westminster shots from Nigel Farage. Agreeing to debate was definitely a risk for [...]
BBC TV debate: The good, the bad and the soundbites from the opposition leaders April 16, 2015 ED MILIBAND: LABOUR The best: “I’ve fought Tories all my life Nicola” he told Sturgeon, before referencing 1979, when the SNP brought down a Labour government to bring in Margaret Thatcher. It stopped Sturgeon pitching herself as the anti-Conservative leader. The worst: Miliband failed to give a straight answer on what would happen [...]
Ed Miliband wins BBC challengers’ debate and Nicola Sturgeon comes second April 16, 2015 After an hour and half of intense debate between the General Election 'challengers' on the BBC, Ed Miliband has been declared the winner. A Survation poll for the Daily Mirror found 35 per cent thought the Labour leader had come out on top, with Nicola Sturgeon taking second place on 31 per cent and Nigel Farage [...]
BBC debate: Here’s what Twitter commentators made of Nigel Farage’s attack on left-wing audience April 16, 2015 The BBC leaders' debate had clashes on all sides, but Nigel Farage was very much everyone's favourite target. After Farage argued immigration was a driving factor in the rise of house prices, the other leaders piled in on him. However, Farage also turned to an interesting tactic of attacking the audience. The Ukip leader said [...]
BBC debate: Nicola Sturgeon throws her support behind Labour’s opponents to make Miliband bolder April 16, 2015 The BBC leaders' debate had hardly got underway and the fighting had already begun. Ed Miliband's biggest threat north of the border, Nicola Sturgeon, threw down the gauntlet to the Labour leader saying English voters should back other parties to make Miliband "bolder." The contest began with opening statements from each of the five leaders [...]