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International Insider: Olympics; Venice Line-Up; Trouble At The BBC
The Olympics in Paris, Venice Film Festival & Strictly Come Dancing scandal feature in this week's International Insider.
Almost immediately after the end of the last games, which were delayed to 2021 due to Covid-19, the International Olympic Committee set the wheels in motion for Paris 2024, and the next three weeks will see some of the globe’s ultimate superstars compete in France, paired with one of the biggest broadcasting and media operations you could witness. Director General Tim Davie could not escape the Strictly scandal around the dance professionals’ treatment of their celebrity partners and he used the press briefing to formally apologize to those effected, adding “with the benefit of hindsight we should have done more.” In what felt a slightly odd turn of phrase, he said this year’s contestants are “itching to get going” when the new season commences as planned in September. But the press are just as itchy to keep reporting the story and noises reached fever pitch Thursday when Amanda Abbington, whose complaint against ex-dancer Giovanni Pernice is currently being investigated, took part in a bombshell interview with Channel 4 News’ Krishnan Guru-Murthy, who was a Strictly contestant the same year she appeared on the show.
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