All Comment articles – Page 74
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CommentPSBs must open up their platforms
If TV is to thrive in the digital era, broadcasters need to take bold steps, says Nick Walters
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CriticsThe Great Pottery Throw Down; Escape To The Wild; Parenting For Idiots
“This is a good show. Maybe Channel 4 should snap it up.”
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FeaturesA remarkable survivor
It’s been 25 years since Jools Holland ambled into shot and introduced the first artists to appear on Later – a quartercentury of steadfastness in a world of music that never stands still.
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CriticsTV Critics: The British Empire; The Great Literary Scandal; Hospital
“It is a bit too diplomatic for such deeply divided and egregious times.”
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CommentWe are all to blame for Trump
Reality TV spawned this dystopian nightmare, says Steven D Wright
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CriticsSicily; Tales from the Coast; The Modern British Slave Trade; Further Back in Time for Dinner
“Really it was a posh travelogue, aimed at people who love to boast of the dear little taverna they know in Palermo.”
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CriticsGeorge III; Art of France; French Adventure
“Here was another frustratingly GCSE-level slice of history from the BBC, determined to patronise viewers with bland pedagogic instruction.”
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CriticsFrancis Bacon; Apple Tree Yard; Special Forces; The Brit Who Tried To Kill Trump
“This was a barnstorming arts documentary that paid no lip service to the notion that we need to know about an artist’s technique to understand his work.”
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CriticsThe Cult Next Door; Fortitude; British History’s Biggest Fibs
“Confirmation that Vanessa Engle is the most important and original documentary maker working in British television today.”
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CriticsWomen Who Kill; Who Do You Think You Are?; Witless
“Director Matt Pelly probed a little behind the lurid headlines but not deep enough.”
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CommentPossibilities are endless for VR wildlife documentaries
Immersive technology will transform how we make natural history, says Erfan Saadati
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CommentMedia has a responsibility to illuminate the darkness
Television must resist the urge to ride the wave of populism, says Dan Whitehead
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CommentThere’s a new game in town
It’s all about green-lighting projects at speed, says Kate Bulkley
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CommentNew era on the horizon for OTT
Are Amazon and Netflix moving closer to traditional broadcasters?
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CriticsFurther Back in Time for Dinner; Case
“The series is always lovely to watch, whichever period it is set in.”
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CriticsHorizon; Royal Recipes; Reggie Yates; Great American Railroad Journeys
“Your interest in all this was probably correlated to how long you spend faffing in the mirror each day.”
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CriticsApple Tree Yard; Homeland; Call the Midwife
“Apple Tree Yard is adult drama in the best sense – subtle, unsettling and richly rewarding.”
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CriticsMidsomer Murders; Hospital
“It’s not going to break any taboos, win any awards, or strike any real fear into the hearts of viewers, but it’s good, old-fashioned fluffy telly.”
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Comment‘Alexa’ was the word on everyone’s lips at CES
Voice-controlled intelligent assistants were all the rage this year, says Mark Harrison
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CommentThe small indie survival guide
Staying in business for 30 years isn’t easy, say Alan Marke and Jim Reid