All Comment articles – Page 85
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CommentPSBs must be free to provoke
The Brexit vote has shown public service broadcasters’ folly in chasing the centre ground, says Des Freedman
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CriticsTV Critics: The Living and the Dead; Life Inside Jail: Hell On Earth; Inside Porton Down; Taskmaster
“This is genuinely creepy, genuinely clever, without trying to rewrite the rules”
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CriticsTV Critics: Superfoods: The Real Story; Wentworth Prison; Handmade: By Royal Appointment; Great British Sewing Bee
“The programme never offered up a working definition of the term ‘superfood’”
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CriticsTV Critics: Oscar Pistorius: The Interview; Messages Home: Lost Films of the British Army; Sacrifice
“I expected more from the man who exposed Jimmy Savile”
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CommentSound advice: setting the record straight on ADR
There’s more to capturing great ADR than technology, says Tristan Rose
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CommentWhich drama has the might to take Downton’s crown?
Broadcasters have backed series they think will equal drama’s success, says Stephen Arnell
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CommentAutism is not just what you see on your television screen
Channel 4 gave me the chance to highlight the spectrum of the condition, says Olivia Hale
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CommentAdvertising’s millennial problem
In a world of ad-blocking, new models are emerging, says Kate Bulkley
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CommentBrexit: there is too much to lose
Leaving the EU would mean job losses, restricted access to talent and a tougher export market, argues David Johnson
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CriticsTV Critics: Gogglesprogs; Penelope Keith: at Her Majesty's Service; City In The Sky; The Challenge
“They’re not just funny; they’re fearless, wise, honest and untainted by prejudice. Excellent critics sometimes, too.”
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CommentWhy Let It Shine fails to light my fire
Broadcast news editor Jake Kanter turns the spotlight on BBC1’s search for the stars of a Take That stage musical.
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CriticsTV Critics: Marx: Genius of the Modern World; This World: The New Gypsy Kings
“This film was stymied by too restrictive a focus on giving a blow-by-blow account of a life, rather than on the intellectual achievement for which it is celebrated.”
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CommentTV isn’t lacking ballsy women
Is confidence the issue, or old-fashioned sexism? asks Steven D Wright
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CommentPublic service content fund should not be limited to TV
White paper should allow us to cater for children on all platforms, says Matt Deegan
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CommentLongevity doesn’t stop a show being ‘distinctive’
BBC leads the way in daytime schedules that offer quality viewing, says Dan McGolpin
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CommentThe production talent conundrum
BBC Studios and mega-indies share challenge of energising staff
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FeaturesIndia In A Day: review
Following in the wake of Life In A Day (2011), Japan In A Day (2012), Christmas In A Day (2013), Italy In A Day (2014) et al, India In A Day emphatically proves there is still mileage in creating a snapshot of a country through videos contributed by its citizens.
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FeaturesSerena: review
“Pressure is a privilege,” is the mantra that tennis champion Billie Jean King has bequeathed to Serena Williams, and the world’s number one tennis star never felt that pressure as keenly as she did during the 2015 season.
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FeaturesThe Confession: review
History is in the eye of the beholder in The Confession, a detailed, wide-ranging interview with Moazzam Begg, a former British detainee at Guantanamo Bay.