Talking TV #51: BBC green paper & The Javone Prince Show

The latest edition of Talking TV runs the rule over the government’s green paper on the future of the BBC and features an interview with PhoneShop creator Phil Bowker. Host Jake Kanter is joined by Broadcast editor Chris Curtis and entertainment producer Steven D Wright. Together they discuss the prospect of “much diminished, less popular” BBC and assess Sky’s acquisition of Blast! Films. Bowker then drops by Maple Street Studios to discuss his new comedy, The Javone Prince Show, which launched on BBC2 this week. Finally, there are previews of BBC1 drama Partners In Crime and BBC3’s The Unbreakables: Life and Love on Disability Campus.