{"id":190,"date":"2008-09-21T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theblankscreen.co.uk\/selfdistract\/2008\/09\/21\/place-your-bets\/"},"modified":"2008-09-21T21:19:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-21T21:19:00","slug":"place-your-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/williamgallagher.com\/selfdistract\/2008\/09\/21\/place-your-bets\/","title":{"rendered":"Place your bets"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guardian says Jane Tranter is leaving<\/a>. There doesn’t seem to have been a confirmation yet so this may just be yet another in the long chain of rumours about her going that we’ve seen this year. Yet the Guardian is confident enough that it talks about who’s likely to replace her as Controller, BBC Fiction.<\/p>\n

I interviewed her once for something at BBC News, haven’t the faintest idea what it was about now, but I came out of her office very impressed. And as a drama nut, really quite happy. So she’s going to be tough to replace and the Guardian’s list is interesting: all very strong candidates, most of them women as it happens. I feel that’s a good thing but I do notice that I noticed: if the majority had been men, would I have thought to mention it?<\/p>\n

But, anyway, I am so certain about this. So certain. Nobody’s even hinted at it, and I have asked some of the people involved but they all deny it, yet I will bet you money that Jane Tranter will be replaced by Julie Gardner.<\/p>\n

I think this will be good news too, though I also think it’s great that there are so many genuinely strong candidates. Isn’t British TV drama in good shape?<\/p>\n

But it will be Julie Gardner. <\/p>\n

Please place your bets and come back when I am made a fool of or I start typing very smugly.<\/p>\n

William<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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