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Channel 4 News has unveiled BBC Newsnight Editor Esme Wren as its next Editor, replacing Ben de Pear. Wren will start in the new year, overseeing the UK network’s flagship news show, which is produced by ITN. She has led Newsnight for the past three years and has produced a raft of major exclusives and investigations…

EXCLUSIVE: A BBC insider has told us the decision to reprimand Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis on Wednesday over her comments about Dominic Cummings was “weak and embarrassing.” In a blistering attack, the well-placed BBC news source, who works on one of the corporation’s flagship shows, said: “BBC bosses couldn't…

BBC presenter Emily Maitlis has been reprimanded by the broadcaster for comments made on last night's edition of flagship news and current affairs program Newsnight about a controversial lockdown trip taken by government aide Dominic Cummings. Deadline has confirmed that Maitlis will not be hosting Wednesday’s edition…

The BBC has released the first taste of its world exclusive “no-holds-barred” interview with Prince Andrew — and it looks like the Duke of York will be dining out on a big slice of humble pie. Prince Andrew has been on the ropes over his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who killed himself in…

Prince Andrew is going to face questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein for the first time in an exclusive interview to be broadcast by BBC Newsnight on Saturday. Presenter Emily Maitlis sat down with the Prince at Buckingham Palace on Thursday after weeks of front-page headlines about his involvement…

Steven Seagal walked out of an interview on BBC’s Newsnight today when host Kirsty Wark brought up allegations of sexual misconduct. Wark asked Seagal about the #MeToo movement. “You’ve been very much caught up in all the allegations of sexual harassment, you had a rape allegation against you and I wonder how you…

Sean Spicer has admitted that working as White House Press Secretary under President Donald Trump was “exhausting” and “lonely” and that he was "embarrassed" for his inauguration "screw up". However, in his first UK interview, on BBC's Newsnight show, Spicer continued to support Trump, claiming that "he did the right…

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has appointed BBC executive Ian Katz as its programming boss following the departure of Jay Hunt to Apple last week. Katz, currently editor of BBC2 late-night political program Newsnight, has been named director of programmes at the Humans and Electric Dreams broadcaster. One Channel 4 insider…