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| Mac Returns to the BBC |
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The Guardian reports that Donal MacIntyre is to return to the BBC, presenting a series of investigative programmes on Radio Five Live. The station will air two 10-part series of his show, with the second run of 10 likely to air this autumn. It will air on Sunday evenings between 7pm and 8pm from April 6. The show will fill the slot occupied by current affairs strand Five Live Report, which will come off air once MacIntyre's show starts. MacIntyre's show will also update previous investigations from across the BBC, and follow up on leads from Five Live listeners. The station's incoming controller Adrian Van Klaveren, who will move from his post as BBC deputy director in April, oversaw the final stages of the deal to recruit MacIntyre, according to a BBC spokesman. This included infiltrating a gang of Chelsea football hooligans for his BBC1 series MacIntyre Undercover in 1999 - which led to two leaders being sentenced to six and seven years in prison. In 2003 he began working for Chanel Five on undercover investigations, including the series MacIntyre's Millions and MacIntyre UK Undercover. A Radio Five Live spokesman confirmed that MacIntyre was "likely" to continue his work for Five and that he was not under any exclusive contracts with either broadcaster. MacIntyre, who also recently released his first feature film, A Very British Gangster, about Manchester mobster Dominic Noonan, said: "I've always been a Five Live listener so I'm really excited about the new programme. I can't wait to start." |