All Comment articles – Page 102
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CommentBBC right to consider its options
Plenty of people have been het up (Broadcast included) about both the manner in which the recent licence fee deal was conducted and the level at which it was set.
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CommentBBC North: how we made the dream a reality
As BBC England boss Peter Salmon prepares for his new role as the first BBC Studios director, he reflects on the corporation’s achievements in Salford.
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CommentContestable funding offers a lifeline for childrens' TV
The government’s proposals for contestable funding is a welcome move, says Oli Hyatt.
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CommentTime to challenge the government’s BBC agenda
The charter renewal green paper makes insidious reading for the BBC, but Jake Kanter argues that there is plenty of hope for Auntie yet.
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CriticsTV Critics: Dispatches: Escape from Isis; Veep; People Just Do Nothing; Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners; Girls with Autism
“It’s a gut-punching snapshot of a complicated world that leaves you reeling.”
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CommentSustainability has to remain on the broadcasting agenda
Corrie’s eco win shows industry is heading in the right direction, says Aaron Matthews
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CommentOfcom must get tougher with PSBs over kids’ content
Children’s programming can’t be allowed to disappear from TV, says Tony Collingwood
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CommentDigital strategy key for BBCW
Smart manoeuvring can help Davie meet targets, says Kate Bulkley
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NewsAre you backing the BBC?
A raft of controversial proposals, such as the BBC stepping away from popular programming, are set to be floated in a government green paper this week – which will also give the industry the chance to share its views.
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CriticsTV Critics: Married At First Sight; Coast; Grand Designs; Playhouse Presents: King for a Term
“It’s certainly entertaining television – Don’t Tell the Bride meets Take Me Out with the ante upped. And then upped again, seriously upped.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Autistic Gardener; Children Of The Gaza War; From Russia With Cash
“Thanks to Alan’s charisma and good humour, the programme was fun, entertaining and never patronising”
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CommentLearn from advertising to attract younger audiences
The advertising world is focused on one thing: capitalising on change, says Jack Simcock
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CommentFactual works best when comedy is part of the mix
Audiences want a dose of humour rather than an ‘expert lecture’, says Lucinda Axelsson
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CommentFallout from a funding bombshell
BBC deal is not a disaster, but it is hardly a cause for celebration, says Chris Curtis
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CriticsTV Critics: Virgin Atlantic: Up In The Air; Benefits By The Sea; Imagine: Beware Of Mr Baker; unReal
“Offers, as far as I can tell, nothing fresh to the body of knowledge. I’ve been more entertained waiting at a baggage carousel.”
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CriticsTV Critics: How To Get A Council House; A Deadly Warning: Srebrenica Revisited; Idris Elba: No Limits
“No one could call this an enjoyable documentary, but it caught the spirit of the times.”
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CriticsTV Critics: A Song For Jenny; Fake Or Fortune; Black Work
“An extraordinary performance by Emily Watson, portraying not only Julie Nicholson but also grief itself.”
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CommentBBC must challenge all agendas
The corporation needs to escape its ‘for us or against us’ mindset, argues Roger Mosey
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CommentTV needs more creative mavericks
If the idea of branching out on your own appeals, then do it, says Lorraine Heggessey