Green Party of England and Wales elections in England and Wales, the Green Party in Brighton and Hove took minority control of the City Council by winning 23 seats, 5 short of an overall majority. At the 2012 local government elections the Green Party gained 5 seats, and retained both AMs at the 2012 London Assembly election. At the London Mayoral Election the party's candidate Jenny Jones finished third, and lost her deposit. In May 2012, Lucas announced that she would not seek re-election to the post of party leader. In September, Natalie Bennett was elected party leader and Will Duckworth deputy leader in the leadership
Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town met in New York to discuss ideas for what the series would be like. The resulting programme would be called "Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town" in the United Kingdom and other areas of the world where Thames Television owned it, while it would be called "This Is Music" in the United States and in parts of the world where Bennett's company owned it. Bennett had control over the format and other details of the show and felt he was on a mission of "bringing good music back to television." Television shows in the variety format and hosted