DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL: the case against C4 privatisation
Reasons Revisited
Geoff Lloyd
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Hello! This week we’re looking at the government's proposal to sell off broadcaster Channel 4. Started in the 80s with a remit to commission unique and original programming from independent production companies, Channel 4 has been informing and entertaining us for decades. To find out why the government would want to privatise Channel 4 now, and how it will impact both audiences and production companies, we’re joined by Guardian Media Editor, Jim Waterson, Former Head of News and Current Affairs at Channel 4 and now President of Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, Dorothy Byrne, and founder of True Vision production company, Brian Woods.
Plus, Geoff is home alone ...
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by the Perception Census, a new groundbreaking study exploring |
| 0:05.6 | the fascinating potential of the mind from the creators of Dream Machine. |
| 0:09.7 | Here's a question. |
| 0:10.8 | Which is heavier? |
| 0:12.2 | Red? |
| 0:13.2 | Or yellow? |
| 0:14.7 | Now, did an answer come to mind instantly? |
| 0:17.9 | Most people say red, but why is that? |
| 0:21.8 | That's at the heart of what the Perception Census is aiming to discover. |
| 0:25.7 | To what extent are we all experiencing the world around us differently? |
| 0:29.8 | And why? |
| 0:30.8 | It's led by world-leading academics, professor of neuroscience, Annal Seth from the University |
| 0:36.0 | of Sussex. |
| 0:37.0 | You may have heard of. |
| 0:38.0 | He crops up on TV and radio. |
| 0:39.4 | He's always brilliant. |
| 0:40.4 | He wrote a fantastic book called Being You, which came out last year, and professor of |
| 0:45.0 | philosophy, Fiona McPherson from the University of Glasgow. |
| 0:49.2 | And the team has designed this brilliantly. |
| 0:52.0 | Basically, the more you complete, the more valuable the research becomes. |
| 0:56.7 | So just taking part is really engrossing. |
| 0:59.6 | They're all kinds of games, illusions, tests, brain teasers, as well as a little bit about |
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