The diverse judging panel includes TV presenters Ruby Wax and Dermot O'Leary, comedian and actress Nina Wadia, advertising boss Matthew Freud and former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade.

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NMEC's board, packed with experienced businessmen such as Michael Grade, a former chief executive of Channel 4, and Sir Brian Jenkins, chairman of Woolwich, a bank, believed the original visitor forecasts.

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And he was emphatic in stating that Channel 4 would not introduce regional news bulletins, in response to comments by ITV chairman Michael Grade that his network's regional coverage may be outsourced in future.

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