All Comment articles – Page 197

  • Three Men Go to Venice
    Comment

    22 June '11

    2011-06-22T10:24:00Z

    “It’s hard not to feel most of the coincidences have been carefully arranges for months.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV

  • James May
    Comment

    21 June '11

    2011-06-21T11:04:00Z

    “Equally mind-boggling was the scheduling of this patronising rubbish at 10pm.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Marriage Ref
    Comment

    20 June '11

    2011-06-20T10:06:00Z

    “Over-formatted tosh.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • The Choir that Rocks
    Comment

    17 June '11

    2011-06-17T11:29:00Z

    “English eccentricity at its most eccentric.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Wonderland – The Kids Who Played With Fire
    Comment

    16 June '11

    2011-06-16T15:40:00Z

    “It looked at three troubled children who’d found themselves referred to a Fire Service specialist unit.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Lisa Campbell
    Comment

    TVC outcry is short-sighted

    2011-06-16T08:29:00Z

    Nostalgia cannot stand in the way of what’s best for the BBC, and us.

  • Ed Forsdick
    Comment

    Ed Forsdick: a tribute

    2011-06-16T08:29:00Z

    Gallowgate TV managing director Ed Forsdick, who died last week very unexpectedly aged 45, was responsible for delivering some of the most difficult programmes, writes Charlie Parsons.

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    Comment

    Don’t underestimate the brands

    2011-06-16T08:29:00Z

    Morgan Spurlock’s new doc offers a cautionary tale, says Kate Bulkley.

  • Camelot
    Comment

    Camelot / Love Your Garden / Apples: British To The Core

    2011-06-16T08:29:00Z

    Transparent TV’s Jazz Gowans and Cineflix’s Nicola Andrews on legendary sex, gardens and apple passion.

  • Richard Hobbs
    Comment

    Off Cuts: Moody Hobbs - all is Peachey

    2011-06-16T08:29:00Z

    TV types wandering around the Portrait Awards at the National Portrait Gallery might recognise a familiar face. Isobel Peachey’s subject was her pal, Clear Cut Pictures business development manager Richard Hobbs.

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    Comment

    How to connect with viewers who don’t care about brands

    2011-06-16T08:29:00Z

    We’ve gone from predictable linear TV to complete chaos, writes Christian Schroeder.

  • Kids Behind Bars
    Comment

    Unlocking the Kids Behind Bars

    2011-06-15T12:16:00Z

    How do you tell the stories of some of the most troubled, and troublesome, kids in Britain? Emma Wakefield takes Broadcast behind the scenes of BBC3’s Kids Behind Bars.

  • Luther
    Comment

    15 June '11

    2011-06-15T11:14:00Z

    “Luther is pure, escapist TV drama. And a very superior one.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Extreme engineering
    Comment

    BFBS: extreme engineering

    2011-06-14T12:46:00Z

    Quentin Howard reveals the extreme engineering behind forces radio and TV service BFBS.

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    Comment

    Robinson on the Myers Report

    2011-06-14T11:45:00Z

    When it comes to sacred cows John Myers report into savings across the BBC’s popular music radio networks slaughters a whole field, but its findings will be popular with staff and listeners, writes Paul Robinson.

  • Terry Pratchett Choosing to Die
    Comment

    14 June '11

    2011-06-14T10:15:00Z

    “Never veered into out-and-out polemic.” Read on for what the critcis thought of last night’s TV.

  • Camelot
    Comment

    13 June '11

    2011-06-13T10:45:00Z

    “It’s a clever sponge-cake of a the epic and everyday sandwiched together.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.

  • Fisherman’s Friends
    Comment

    Television patience

    2011-06-10T11:42:00Z

    As 2,000 eager delegates gather at Sheffield Doc/Fest, award-winning  producer/director David Pearson recounts the experience of making the heart warming story of a new ‘buoy band’ with a collective age of 560, and explains why real ob docs deliver stories unlike anything else.

  • Peter Fincham
    Comment

    ITV’s got talent for factual

    2011-06-09T08:29:00Z

    Thought-provoking docs are nothing new for us, says Peter Fincham.

  • Lisa Campbell
    Comment

    Sunshine days for docs

    2011-06-09T08:29:00Z

    The genre is alive and well, as the summer Sheffield Doc/Fest shows.