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  • Sir David Frost’s new deal with BBC News

    Sir David Frost’s new deal with BBC News

    MUMBAI: The BBC has commissioned legendary television host Sir David Frost to host a new high-profile series of interviews.

    These will be done for the programme band The Frost Interview and will air on the UK channel BBC News.

    Frost has spent four decades in the broadcast business. He is the only person to have interviewed the last six UK prime ministers and the last seven US presidents. In India several years ago, Frost could be seen hosting The Guinness Book Of World Records on DD.

    The new series will be pegged to key UK and global news stories and will focus on the people at the heart of the news.

    The series came about as a result of a new three-year deal between Frost and the BBC. It will be launched after the next UK general elections in approximately one year’s time. At that point, Frost will step down from his regular Sunday programme Breakfast with Frost in order to start work on The Frost Interview.

    Frost added, “I am enormously excited about the new series of interviews. The 12 years of Breakfast with Frost have been some of the most fulfilling years of my career. However, once we are through with the next elections, I feel that the time will be right to ring in the changes.”

  • TVS Tyres expedition to be listed in the Guinness Book

    MUMBAI: TVs Tyres recently sponsored an expedition for ‘Out There Adventurers’ based in Delhi. The team of adventurers successfully accomplished a feat on 2 August which included traversing the four highest passes in the world – Khardung La (till recently the world’s highest motorable road), Chang La (fourth highest pass), Wari La (fifth highest Road) and Tanglang La, in the span of 24 hours. This expedition is expected to be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and the Limca Book of Records.
     
     
    The achievement has been authenticated by the Indian Army. TVs Tyres designed special tyres for the expedition to enable the adventurers to undertake the tough and rugged roads. This event reinforced TVs Tyres slogan ‘Tested for Life’ and has facilitated the company to test the quality of its tyres in a real life environment at one of the most inhospitable and grueling terrains in the world.
     
     

    TVs Tyres Limited VP marketing S Balasubramanian said, “TVs Tyres is proud to be associated with this historic effort as it celebrates fully the spirit of challenge and achievement that we stand for. Our R&D team worked against the clock to perfect a special compound that enabled our tyres to take on some of the toughest terrain and conditions in the world. As two wheeler specialists, we ensure that our tyres are truly ‘Tested for life’ and are the choice for the young and intelligent, achiever everywhere.”