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This is an archive of news about Olive. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Jamie Oliver: school series cost me £350,000
From Media Guardian. Posted August 22 2008, 4.21pm
Edinburgh TV Festival: Jamie Oliver has admitted that the difficulty of making 'social television' meant that Jamie's School Dinners left him out of pocket to the tune of £350,000. By Mark Sweney in Edinburgh (more)

Oliver Luft leaves Journalism.co.uk
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 10 2008, 11.00pm
News editor to take up reporting post with MediaGuardian (more)

Jamie Oliver plans Ministry of Food show
From Digital Spy. Posted March 28 2008, 3.26pm
Jamie Oliver will set out to improve the quality of British cooking in a Channel 4 series this autumn. (more)

Oliver Wright hired as Independent's news editor
From Media Guardian. Posted March 28 2008, 2.49pm
The Independent's editor-in-chief, Simon Kelner, has poached Oliver Wright from the Times to be the news editor at the daily title. By Stephen Brook (more)

Jamie Oliver takes on British cuisine for Channel 4 series
From Media Guardian. Posted March 28 2008, 1.57pm
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is to tackle the state of British cooking for his next crusading Channel 4 project. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Media Diary: Oliver Duff
From The Independent. Posted March 17 2008, 12.00am
Having dumped her vestments outside the charity clothes shop and renounced plans to sit a theology degree, Julie Burchill is returning to journalism. She is also working on her own television films, following 2005's lesbian teen drama Sugar Rush. Burchill says she has completed a TV script, Scars and Stripes, to be made by BBC2. "She seems to know much more about this than we do," claims a BBC drama publicist. "It's not anything we've heard of. Nothing has been commissioned and no one in commissioning has heard of it." It's obviously at an early, pre-publicity stage. So I leave a polite voicemail on Friday morning for the queen of spleen, asking for more details, if appropriate, and wishing her a pleasant weekend. Ten minutes later the mobile rings: "I'm Sara Lawrence. I've just had a cross phone call from my writing partner Julie Burchill. She sounded very angry. What are you leaving her a message for? Why are you asking? Don't you believe her? Why do you want to know? It's part of a massive project called "Decades", alright, 30 films covering 1970 to 2005, each one covers a year. Catherine Tate's doing one, Hanif Kureishi, Ian Hislop. Ours is a love story. Maybe you should do a bit of research. Perhaps you should email Julie to apologise." Two hours on, and I am given an exclusive extract of Ms Lawrence's writing, in the shape of an unprompted email. The missive informs me I am "an absolute prick" and "an asshole" for enquiring about the Scars and Stripes project. She continues: "Why don't you fuck off and get an ACTUAL story. Moron." Dear Sara! Slow down, don't gabble. (more)

Oliver boys won't face the public vote in BBC's I'd Do Anything
From The Stage. Posted March 13 2008, 4.50pm
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Jamie Oliver show rapped for plugging chef's own utensils
From Media Guardian. Posted February 11 2008, 3.57pm
Ofcom has criticised Jamie Oliver's Channel 4 show, Jamie at Home, after it was found to have given undue prominence to one of the chef's own-branded utensils. By Leigh Holmwood (more)

Oliver's company plans kids' food show
From Digital Spy. Posted February 8 2008, 10.53am
Jamie Oliver is executive producing a children's show pilot about cooking "with a touch of magic". (more)

Organic chickens fly after Jamie Oliver's fowl deed
From Daily Telegraph. Posted January 21 2008, 12.01am
Sales of organic and free range chickens have soared following a controversial Jamie Oliver television programme which showed disturbing scenes of chickens being slaughtered using battery-farming methods. (more)

Jamie Oliver charity chief quits
From Media Guardian. Posted January 18 2008, 5.24pm
Liam Black, the charismatic social entrepreneur and director of TV chef Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Foundation, has quit to develop a new business project (more)

Oliver feathers Channel 4's nest
From Media Guardian. Posted January 14 2008, 12.13pm
Jamie Oliver's campaign to raise awareness about the horrors of poultry production pulled in 3.8m viewers. By Maria Esposito (more)

Oliver says sorry to Sainsbury's for chicken outburst
From Media Guardian. Posted January 10 2008, 11.43pm
· Chef attacked grocer for missing TV farming debate· Apology follows phone talk with chief executive (more)

Oliver show will see chef slaughtering chicks
From Digital Spy. Posted January 5 2008, 2.46pm
Jamie Oliver will slaughter chickens on his new TV show Jamie's Fowl Dinners. (more)

Oliver urges viewers to eat organic chicken
From Digital Spy. Posted January 3 2008, 9.35am
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver wants to convert the British public to organic chicken. (more)

Lloyd Webber, Mackintosh and the BBC start their search for Oliver and Nancy
From The Stage. Posted December 21 2007, 2.45pm
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Oliver Twist adopted by 8m viewers
From Media Guardian. Posted December 19 2007, 1.50pm
BBC1's new adaptation of Oliver Twist starring Timothy Spall began with 8 million viewers. By John Plunkett (more)

'Green Wing' star unsure of 'Oliver' role
From Digital Spy. Posted December 19 2007, 10.23am
Julian Rhind-Tutt says he was unsure about starring in the new BBC adaptation of Oliver Twist. (more)

Jonathan Oliver joins Sunday Times
From Media Guardian. Posted December 6 2007, 3.26pm
The Mail on Sunday's Jonathan Oliver has been hired as political editor of the Sunday Times. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Gordon Brown's olive branch to journalists
From Press Gazette. Posted October 25 2007, 12.00am
Prime Minster Gordon Brown has today thrown an olive branch to the media by promising six concessions that will open up the government. FOI campaigners have praised newspaper editors and Press Gazette for their part in forcing the Government... (more)

Pierre White blasts 'fat chef' Oliver
From Digital Spy. Posted September 19 2007, 11.48am
Marco Pierre White blasts rival television chef Jamie Oliver for being a 'fat chef with a drum kit'. (more)

Jamie Oliver to become cartoon chef
From Digital Spy. Posted August 21 2007, 1.38pm
Jamie Oliver is to be made into a cartoon chef by the makers of Wallace and Gromit. (more)

Jamie Oliver dumps "pukka" for "delish"
From Digital Spy. Posted August 15 2007, 9.35am
Jamie Oliver picks up a new catchphrase as his spokesman confirms "pukka" is in the past. (more)

Oliver Burkeman on the switchover to digital TV
From Media Guardian. Posted August 15 2007, 1.00am
Oliver Burkeman: The papers are full of doom-laden predictions about the switchover to digital TV, just as they once were over decimalisation, and chip and pin technology. (more)

Oliver teams up with Richard and Judy
From Digital Spy. Posted August 14 2007, 4.34pm
Jamie Oliver is going to appear in a weekly slot on the Channel 4 show Richard and Judy. (more)

Oliver wants new show to change attitudes
From Digital Spy. Posted August 14 2007, 11.30am
Jamie Oliver speaks about his hopes for his new show Jamie At Home. (more)

Jamie Oliver: Grow your own veg
From Digital Spy. Posted August 8 2007, 9.04am
Jamie Oliver urges his fans to grow their own vegetables. (more)

Oliver Burkeman on the August silly season
From Media Guardian. Posted August 2 2007, 1.00am
This week the Sun has been reporting sightings of great white sharks off the English coast. Oliver Burkeman offers a sneak preview of some of the other silly season scoops. (more)

Virgin Queen director plans BBC Oliver Twist series
From The Stage. Posted April 25 2007, 2.30pm
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Oliver Fisch Appointed to Eurosport
From Merry Media. Posted February 14 2007, 5.17pm
Oliver Fisch has been appointed an Executive Director of Eurosport, reporting to Laurent-Eric Le Lay, Chairman and CEO, and Jacques Raynaud, Vice-Chairman.. (more)

Jamie Oliver awards gastropub
From Digital Spy. Posted February 7 2007, 2.18pm
Jamie Oliver awards a gastropub to the winner of his TV show Jamie's Chef. (more)

Regionals rebuff BBC's olive branch
From Press Gazette. Posted November 9 2006, 12.00am
Mark Thompson has been rebuffed by regional paper editors following his bid to ease fears about the BBC's "ultra-local" TV. (more)

Sainsbury's ad gives Oliver a festive twist
From Media Guardian. Posted November 7 2006, 12.00am
1.15pm: Sainsbury's Christmas television campaign features Jamie Oliver wandering through a Dickensian-themed world. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Thompson extends olive branch to regional editors on ultra local TV
From Press Gazette. Posted November 6 2006, 12.25pm
SoE conference 12.15pm: The BBC may purchase content from regional newspapers as part of its plans for “ultra-local” TV news. (more)

Jamie Oliver's New Reality Style Show
From Merry Media. Posted November 2 2006, 4.55pm
A new reality style show for Channel 4 will see one of the chefs which Jamie Oliver taught to be chefs given the chance to run a restaurant.. (more)

Online Oliver delayed by satellite hitch
From Digital Spy. Posted October 16 2006, 9.18am
Jamie Oliver's online cookery show is delayed by 15 minutes after problems with technology. (more)

Oliver launches first online cookery show
From Digital Spy. Posted October 13 2006, 9.21am
Jamie Oliver launches the internet's first interactive cookery show as part of National Home Cooking Day. (more)

Oliver trashes packed lunches
From Media Guardian. Posted September 7 2006, 1.00am
Jamie Oliver will turn his fire on parents' packed lunches in his new Channel 4 show. By John Plunkett. (more)

Jamie Oliver trashes packed lunches
From Media Guardian. Posted September 7 2006, 1.00am
Jamie Oliver will turn his fire on parents' packed lunches in his new Channel 4 show. By John Plunkett. (more)

Future's .Net Magazine appoints Oliver as editor and unveils redesign
From Brand Republic. Posted July 4 2006, 11.07am
LONDON - Future Publishing has named Dan Oliver as the new editor of online title .net magazine, as it unveils redesigned web and print editions. (more)

Craig Oliver
From Press Gazette. Posted May 11 2006, 12.01am
Editor, BBC Ten O’Clock News (more)

Jamie Oliver unveils podcast service for culinary tips
From Brand Republic. Posted April 21 2006, 2.04pm
LONDON – If you have a problem with your souffle, TV chef Jamie Oliver will be able to help as he becomes the latest celebrity to jump on the podcasting bandwagon with his own service, which will help solve cooking dilemmas. (more)

Emap’s £12m launch inspired by Jamie Oliver and Supernanny
From Press Gazette. Posted March 9 2006, 12.00am
Title codenamed ‘Project Jackie’ set to appear in summer (more)

BBC poaches ITV’s Oliver to be editor of flagship news
From Press Gazette. Posted February 23 2006, 12.00am
Appointment of ITV News’s head of network programmes disappoints BBC candidates for Ten O’clock role (more)

Craig Oliver to be new editor of Ten O'Clock News
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 22 2006, 3.45pm
Editor quits ITV for new role on flagship BBC bulletin (more)

BBC poaches Oliver from ITV to edit Ten O’clock News
From Press Gazette. Posted February 20 2006, 10.13am
The BBC have announced that Craig Oliver will be the new editor of BBC ONE’s Ten o’clock News. Currently head of network programmes at ITV News, Craig Oliver succeeds Kevin Bakhurst as editor of the flagship bulletin. (more)

ITV's Oliver jumps ship
From Media Guardian. Posted February 20 2006, 7.39am
BBC1 has poached Craig Oliver from ITV News to be new editor of the 10 O'Clock News. By Steve Busfield. (more)

Jamie Oliver: On having bigger fish to fry
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
Jamie Oliver is anxiously looking out across an icy racetrack outside Guildford in Surrey, and his prospects of breaking all records in the celebrity version of BBC2's Top Gear are not looking good. "It's bloody been snowin', innit," he says. "Not that I'm competitive but, like, my personal goal was to beat Gordon Ramsay because obviously we are in the same business and he's got a good time and is quite a handy little driver. I'm stitched really." (more)

Oliver Duff's Media Diary
From The Independent. Posted January 1 1970, 12.59am
New balls for Rebekah, please. With the Rugby World Cup rushing towards us like a Jason Robinson spear tackle, what happened to the balls used in the 2003 final ? particularly the one thwocked through the posts by Jonny Wilkinson to win the Webb Ellis trophy? The answer is that they were triumphantly saved for the nation by The Sun's editrice Wade. (more)