Fellow’s Profile
Antonia M J Charlton
Fellow’s Profile
Antonia M J Charlton
Satellite news gathering and televising Parliament
Biography
Although retired, I am still actively involved with campaigning for the UK to retain its unique public service broadcasting structure and culture as a trustee of the Voice of the Listener & Viewer (VLV).
The legacy from my Fellowship is the television coverage of debates within the House of Commons Chamber as well as sessions in committee rooms in the Palace of Westminster and Portcullis House, which we have become accustomed to seeing on our television screens.
During 1987 I travelled to the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, where I had the opportunity to explore the facilities which these countries had installed in order to cover their respective legislatures, as well as studying the operational management of satellite news-gathering and sharing outside broadcast resources. Six weeks after I returned, our own MPs voted for the introduction of cameras. I was appointed as the BBC's Project Manager – a job which also involved finding and setting up the BBC's Westminster base.
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All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.