For the primary episode of the yr, host Aggie Chambre goes inside right-wing TV channel GB Information and investigates the position it would play in shaping the way forward for the U.Ok. Conservative Celebration. And he or she appears to be like on the scandals, controversy and tradition that has surrounded the channel to this point.
With the assistance of the channel’s chief govt Angelos Frangopoulos, and former presenters together with Simon McCoy and Guto Harri, Aggie tells the story of how the group went from a chaotic launch to discovering its place within the media panorama.
GB Information host, and founding father of the Reform UK get together, Nigel Farage, boasts of the “extraordinary” freedom he enjoys on the group, whereas his colleague Lee Anderson, a Tory MP, says GB Information has given unrepresented viewers a “protected house” to go.
Former Labour MP and present GB Information presenter Gloria De Piero and Conservative House’s Henry Hill sit up for the election, and focus on the influence the channel might have within the upcoming yr.
And former BBC Westminster boss Katy Searle, and former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, examine the channel to America’s Fox Information, and ponder whether or not regulator Ofcom ought to be doing extra to intervene.