Martin Green: Last News

K.J. Yossman The BBC has set its executive team overseeing the broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, which is set to take place in Liverpool next year. Although the U.K. is hosting, the BBC have promised that the show will “celebrate Ukraine’s victory as well as U.K. creativity.” Ukraine were unable to host the contest due to security issues stemming from the ongoing Russian invasion. Martin Green has been appointed managing director for the operation, which will see the BBC broadcasting in partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Green was recently the chief creative officer of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and was head of ceremonies for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. He will report to Kate Phillips, BBC’s director of unscripted.

2022 Commonwealth Games is coming to a close tonight and the closing ceremony will mark the end of 11 days of sporting action that has seen 4,500 Commonwealth athletes compete across 27 sports.Like the rest of this year's games, the Ceremony is being held in Birmingham and will take place in the same venue as the opening ceremony – the Alexander stadium.The highly-anticipated line-up has finally been revealed and is set to include some spectacular performances from Black Country musicians, as well as a nod to the hit TV show Peaky Blinders.Martin Green, chief creative officer of the Birmingham Games, said: "With this closing ceremony, we wanted to create a spectacular line-up of global artists from the West Midlands for an exhilarating musical production to conclude an unforgettable 11 days of sport and culture."The medley of high-octane performances will celebrate the vibrant energy and cultural heritage of this incredible city, as we bring these spectacular home Games to a fitting end."Here's everything you need to know about tonight's closing ceremony line-up.Birmingham band UB40, West Midlands star Jorja Smith and Wolverhampton legend Beverley Knight are all among the musician's performing at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games closing ceremony tonight.The line-up will celebrate the musical heritage of the West Midlands and puts the spotlight on some of the regions best performers, featuring an array of musicians from Birmingham and the rest of the Black Country.The full line-up for the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony includes:The closing ceremony will also feature a sequence from the musicalPeaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, which has its world premiere in Birmingham next month.

Naman Ramachandran A sequence from an upcoming “Peaky Blinders” stage show and a performance from legendary local band UB40 are amongst the highlights of closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.The sequence from U.K.-wide theater show “Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby,” will be staged at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on Aug. 8, with a special performance of a newly-commissioned track from Laura Mvula, inspired by Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand,” which is used as the TV show’s theme song.

A West Lothian brass band is celebrating after winning the Fife Brass Band Festival contest held at Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall recently.

The Mirror reports that the funding will come from a previously announced budget of £120 million, it comes as the government face criticism for a pay freeze for almost 4million workers in the latest spending review.Under the working title of ‘Festival UK*2022’, organisers are seeking applications for teams who are seeking commissions for the event.As The BBC previously reported, the event’s chief creative officer, Martin Green, is looking for “big ideas” that can showcase British innovation to the globe, as well as healing nationwide divides as a result of the UK’s departure from the EU.Green, who was previously the head of ceremonies at the London 2012 Olympics, said: “This project was conceived to happen after our exit from the EU and

to the BBC, the event’s chief creative officer Martin Green is looking for “big ideas” that can showcase British innovation to the globe, as well as healing nationwide divides as a result of the UK’s departure from the EU.Green, who was previously the head of ceremonies at the London 2012 Olympics, said: “This project was conceived to happen after our exit from the EU and acknowledges that we have been going through, and are going through, a divisive time.“Creativity has always proven itself brilliant at finding more of what we have in common than what we don’t.

The peak of coronavirus-related deaths in care homes could potentially be 'months away', the chief executive of Care England has said.

Around 1,500 independent care homes are feared to be on the brink of going bust due to the financial blow from coronavirus.

Ministers have been blasted for their “shambolic” efforts to protect those most vulnerable to Covid-19 as more than 1,000 people were confirmed to have died in care homes.

The Covid-19 death toll in Britain's care homes could be as high as 7,500, a charity boss has warned.

At least 1,000 care home residents who died of coronavirus have been skipped from official government statistics, industry chiefs claim.