- Born
- Birth namePeter Lytton Bazalgette
- Peter Bazalgette was born on May 22, 1953 in Romney Marsh, Kent, England, UK. He is a producer, known for Food & Drink (1982), Dishes (1999) and Food & Drink Summer Quiz (1987).
- Ranked #30 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".
- Chief creative officer for global TV company Endemol (2005-2007).
- Supports a change in the funding of the BBC from its traditional licence fee model, advocating a reduced licence fee to pay for its core news and information content and an additional, voluntary subscription to pay for drama and entertainment.
- He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 2012 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to Broadcasting. He is a Television producer.
- Notting Hill, London, England
- Product placement needs to be done transparently, with credits that make it clear it has taken place. But you have to trust the consumer. If it's overdone or tasteless viewers will switch off. And it's rife in British television anyway. There's product placement in movies that go on television and in imported American TV shows and dramas. And what about those sports events where sponsors' logos are worn on shirts? Product placement won't dramatically change the way we watch TV.
- One of the most important functions of the BBC is to invest in original content, everything from Radio 3 to Strictly Come Dancing. But as the digital world challenges the television model and the way programmes are funded, the BBC's investment in programmes becomes even more important and that's particularly true of the money it puts into drama and children's programmes. But the most important function of the BBC is to be a trusted and reliable source of news and information and that's more important today than it ever was in the past, because the Internet is the home of rumour, gossip and paranoia. There can be no more acute expression of democracy than that there is a publicly funded news organisation that can criticise the government.
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