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Greg Dyke has recently celebrated his third anniversary as director general at BBC. The article evaluates his performance and predicts future challenges.

Channel 4's strength lies it its ab ility to develop its own hits using creative talent discovered through its own initiatives. Channel 4's investments in talent development pays off in breakthrough hits and and benefits the channel by refreshing its gene pool.

The chairman of the new General Teaching Council for England believes that employes in the UK have not been successful in coordinating and integrating continuous professional development for employees through their careers, and he feels that the government needs to take control. The UK's current skills famine was predictable and avoidable, but training validation has been neglected.

Argues that Hollywood and the entertainment industry has simplified contemporary film-making with regard to it's portrayal of history. Suggestion that filmmakers have failed to successfully reflect the emotions of periods such as the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; Impact of a reduction of real events through cinema; Role of filmmakers to explain the ambiguities and complexities of life; Link between the cultural and commercial power of cinema.

The article presents the text of a keynote speech delivered by Lord David Puttnam of the British House of Lords to the Film Distributors' Association (FDA) in 2016. Puttnam addressed a series of opportunities and challenges facing the British film industry. He also discussed the effects of cinema on the millennial generation and the need to make film distribution more flexible.

Shares an author's opinion concerning the plan of the Higher Education Funding Council for England to downgrade all media courses to the lowest classroom funding category. Industries that will be directly affected by the plan; Reason why it will affect these industries; Initiative of the Film Council and Skillset to promote Great Britain's film set.