The success led to Banke being offered the job of directing a remake of the Hong Kong film Breaking News, Gorjacije novosti or Newsmakers.
He often plays pompous, vile characters like Wall-Enberg in Jönssonligan, Tillström in Newsmakers or Factory Owner Persson in Kronjuvelerna.
The site also conducts interviews with newsmakers, including Deputy Secretary of State William Joseph Burns; former Director of Policy Planning for the U.S. State Department Anne-Marie Slaughter; former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel; and Mustafa Barghouti, a one-time candidate for Palestinian Authority president who has championed non-violent resistance to Israel.
He has supported several projects in Thailand, including Camillian Hospital, Rotary Club Bangkok South, Baan Unrak, Baan Prakart, Newsmakers Clutter Sale, and Bangkok Opera Education Fund, most of which are projects in the field of education for underprivileged children.
It includes interviews with CBS News radio and TV correspondents and various newsmakers, compilations of reports through the week that have aired both on CBS-TV and CBS Radio, as well as commentary from actor and TV personality Charles Grodin.
Wittenburg has also appeared as himself and won a Celebrity Newsmakers Version of The Weakest Link.
She showed great versatility, easily moving from covering hard news stories, including the kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick at Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, in May 1966, to interviewing such notables and newsmakers as President Lyndon B. Johnson and Coretta Scott King.
The program has also featured exclusive interviews with newsmakers such as: President George W. Bush, Senator John McCain, Pete Rose, Phil Jackson (after leaving the Lakers the first time) and the Army Rangers of Pat Tillman's platoon about what really happened.
Instead of reporting or anchoring the news, Pamela Wallin Live featured Wallin interviewing newsmakers, celebrities and other figures in a format similar to CNN's Larry King Live.
Celebs, performers, and newsmakers come to Cat's stoop in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn and sit for a 15-20 minute interview covering career highlights, life story, issues of the day and current projects.
The Straight carries feature articles, ranging from social topics, such as drug use, to in-depth looks at cultural newsmakers like the writer Salman Rushdie.
WAKE TV spoke in-depth with various newsmakers and figurehead, such as Google Vice President of People Operations, Laszlo Bock, and WFU Men's Basketball Coach Dino Gaudio.
Talk of the Town - Emmy Fink, returning to WBUW, interviews and profiles local newsmakers, personalities, and upcoming events
Programming heard on WLEA includes Brian and the Judge, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Roger Hedgecock, a replay of Bill Nojay's show from WYSL, commentaries from Hedgecock and Mike Huckabee, a local interview show called "Newsmakers," local news updates, ABC News Radio at the top of each hour, and Fox News Radio at the bottom.