Who's in and who's out?
Our annual magazine chronicles London's power-brokers and agenda-setters. However, influence can shift quickly. Gideon Spanier looks at who's in and who's out.
MAKING MOVES
TV & RADIO
JAMES MURDOCH, 36
BSkyB Chairman
Rupert's son has just paid around £1.6 billion to expand Sky's Premiership football coverage, is managing to add new subscribers and has cut prices for a new high-definition TV service. While the Murdochs' empire is tightening its belt, Sky is well-placed in the recession.
UNDER PRESSURE
TV & RADIO
JAY HUNT, 41
BBC1 controller
Her mettle has been tested by a series of rows, most recently over Carol Thatcher's "golliwog" and Jeremy Clarkson's "one-eyed idiot" remarks. Hunt holds great sway as she runs Britain's most popular TV channel.
MAKING MOVES
SPORT
ANDREW FLINTOFF, 31
England cricketer
Dubbed the most expensive cricketer in the world after he and team-mate Kevin Pietersen each sold for £1.05 million in the Indian Premier League auction. Flintoff could make millions more from marketing opportunities.
WIElDING THE GAVEL
ART & DESIGN
HENRY WYNDHAM, 55
Sotheby's Europe, Chairman
Well-connected Old Etonian proved the art market is not yet dead as he presided over a £32.5 million Impressionist sale, including a Degas bronze dancer which went for a record £13 million.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
FILM
AMANDA BERRY, 46
Bafta, chief executive
One of the most powerful women in British film, this has been her big weekend presiding over the Bafta awards which she has helped turn into a real curtainraiser for the Oscars. Berry, chief executive since 2000, is a former TV producer and agent.
UP AND COMING
THEATRE
HAYLEY ATWELL, 26
actor
Winning plaudits for her turn in A View From the Bridge At The Duke of York's, Atwell is blossoming on both stage and screen. She is also in the TV remake of The Prisoner, following well-received cinema roles in Brideshead Revisited and The Duchess in the autumn.
