All Comment articles – Page 96
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CriticsTV Critics: Simply Nigella; Is This Rape? Sex On Trial; Hugh's War on Waste
“Oh, Nigella, you can do so many things – except stop yourself from being so infinitely spoofable.”
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CommentAlex Graham: madness to strip BBC of formats
The former Wall to Wall boss responds to ITV’s call for a ban on formats on the BBC.
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CriticsTV Critics: Cuffs; The Affair
“This is wham-bam, oi, you’re nicked, bright and breezy, just like its location”
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CommentUK must remain a world leader in format creation
The boom started here and can continue if policymakers tread carefully, says Jean Chalaby
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CommentGive and take of global markets
British TV exports are growing, but imports are important too
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CriticsTV Critics: Catastrophe; Professor Green: Suicide and Me; Imagine: Shylock's Ghost
“Fearless comedy, full of black farce and unflinching observation”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Last Dukes; Scream Queens; Doc Martin
“A human zoo, basically, but you don’t have to feel too guilty about laughing.”
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CommentWe need to talk about PSBs
Charter Review debate must not distract us from tackling the bigger challenges faced by all broadcasters, says Des Freedman
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CriticsTV Critics: Jekyll & Hyde; The Sex Change Spitfire Ace; Great Canal Journeys
“Like Jekyll’s lawyer I never use an exclamation unless absolutely necessary but…damn fine bogey tale!”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Last Kingdom; My Son the Jihadi; Escape To The Wild
“It’s not just an attempt at a Game of British Thrones, on a smaller scale, with a little less sex.”
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CommentYentob case must not compromise BBC editorial values
The BBC has a duty to investigate its links with Kids Company but must be careful not to open the door to soft censorship, says Rebecca Scully
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CriticsTV Critics: Bull; The Apprentice; The Face of Britain by Simon Schama
“The trouble is that it’s uneven, feels forced and will be far too cartoony for many palates. Especially too cartoony for a 10pm weeknight slot.”
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CommentBBC gives a voice to British Asians
Corporation has been serving the needs of the community for 50 years
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CommentA week of changing personalities
Sky looks to the future as Stuart Murphy era comes to a close
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CriticsTV Critics: 24 Hours in A&E; The River; How Gay is Pakistan?
“There’s no silly hysterical wailing, it’s stoical, particularly (posh) British, but somehow also very tender and very moving.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Fargo; The Muppets; The Walking Dead
“It’s bloody, bloody funny, and I can’t bloody wait for more.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Apprentice; Land of the Midnight Sun; Restoring Britain's Landmarks
“As fresh as a box of poor-quality calamari that has been left in the sun all day.”
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CommentPSBs pin hopes on period epics
Having been involved in the early stages of producing HBO’s Game Of Thrones, the BBC must surely be rueing the day it passed on that show.
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