All Comment articles – Page 83
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TV Critics: Horizon; The Search for the Lost Manuscript; Imagine
“Dumbed down, sexed up, a tad dishonest and, at times, plain daft.”
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Time to join the global VoD revolution
Broadcasters have been sleeping on the job when it comes to video on demand. A global iPlayer could change this, says Sam Barcroft
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TV Critics: Swim the Channel; The Somme 1916 – From Both Sides of the Wire; Forces of Nature with Brian Cox
“It was like the 40 Minutes docs of old (remember those?), the slightly offbeat feel somehow adding up to a deeper understanding of a very British subculture.”
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TV Critics: The Secret Agent; One Night in 2012: An Imagine Special
“The television of 1996 was evoked as much as the London of a 100 years earlier.”
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Podcast
Talking TV: the highlights part 2
In the second of two special editions of Talking TV, host Jake Kanter returns to interviews with First Dates executive Nicola Lloyd, writer Tony Jordan on Dickensian and unlocks the secrets of Storage Hunters UK with Sean Kelly.
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TV Critics: Ross Kemp: The Fight Against Isis; The Investigator: A British Crime Story; The Question Jury; Love Child
“Kemp’s occasional Partridgisms aside, this was actually a pretty solid documentary, blunt and informative, with impressive access to people and places.”
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Culture and practice need to change
Blame doesn’t lie with individual TV execs, says Alex Addo
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Improving diversity will help us make better TV
Attracting brilliant, diverse creative talent is vital if we are to stay on top of our game, says Mark Linsey
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Don’t fret over TV’s future
The young may not be tuning in, but who cares? says Steven D Wright
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Fast forward to the future at BBC
After bumps of charter renewal, corporation prepares for new phase
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Brexit: separating fact from fiction
Leaving the EU presents huge challenges for TV, but it is important to distinguish reality from hyseria, says lawyer Jeremy Roberts
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Podcast
Talking TV: the highlights part 1
In the first of two special highlights episodes, Talking TV revisits interviews with former Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman, No Offence exec Martin Carr and Murdered By My Father’s Aysha Raphael.
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Cannes Lions shows that TV shouldn’t fear the rise of VR
New technology is creating exciting opportunities for indies, says Jack Simcock
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Impartiality rules failed democratic EU debate
Journalists must be free to help public make informed decisions, says David Graham
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Digital threat intensifies for TV
Social media giants are gaining the upper hand, says Kate Bulkley
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TV Critics: Ramsay's Hotel Hell; Freud: Genius of the Modern World
“The episode had the sort of in-the-bones gloom you normally only find in Russian novels”
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Adding value to IP is key to success
A clear strategy needs to be in place at every stage to reap rewards, says Andrew Cole-Bulgin
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Testing times for children’s TV
The CMC can help the sector if we work together, says Greg Childs
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TV Critics: The Women Who Kill Lions; Britain's Favourite Dogs; All The Way
“The film ended abruptly and provided few answers. It would have been fascinating to see what Louis Theroux would have done with the subject”
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What did the referendum reveal?
Industry must address how it connects with all parts of the UK