All Comment articles – Page 236
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CommentLygo’s battle on the home front
Will Kevin Lygo win over ITV Studios’ most demanding customers – the broadcaster’s own commissioners, asks Chris Curtis.
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Comment29 April '10
“No series has ever captures so finely the meaning of that phrase about saving the best til last.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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28 April '10
“Proof that you don’t need to be nasty or aggressive or a wind-up merchant to make a good film.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentBBC2 boosts its brainpower
A £25m lift will help Janice Hadlow reassert the channel’s intelligence.
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CommentHow to Live the Simple Life / Survival... / Scream if you Know the Answer
Matchlight’s Jacqui Hayden and The Bill’s Tim Key on begging, screaming and howling like a wolf.
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CommentAction gets the British treatment
Strike Back producer Andy Harries reveals how, despite not having a tradition of making action series, UK production companies can compete with the US masters of the genre.
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CommentFive learns art of compromise
FiveFWD avoids rights squabbles and makes money for both parties, writes Kate Bulkley.
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CommentMichael Parke, Ecosse Films
Ecosse Films’s Michael Parke on hi fantasy schedule, his specialist subject on Mastermind and the best/worst things about working in TV.
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Comment27 April '10
“Unlikely to scramble any basic assumptions about how science operates.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment26 April '10
“It’s about spectacle, entertainment, theatre, circus.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentElection: TV should be braced for impact
With record figures tuning in to the televised leader debates, the outcome of the forthcoming election will undoubtedly be influenced by TV - and the outcome may have significant implications for the industry itself, writes Elsa Sharp.
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Comment23 April '10
“Pollyannaish in the face of poverty.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment23 April '10
“The last drops being squeezed from the formatted-reality genre.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentPenelope: Princess of Pets / Greatest Cities... / Great Ormond Street...
Pett Productions Lisa Clark and Toff Media’s Saskia Schuster on talking pets, great cities and sick kids.
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CommentChange is always hard, but quality will shine through
Radio 2’s popularity with the nation is down to its diverse content, writes Bob Shennan.
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CommentChiles is a key signing for ITV
Symbolic transfer demonstrates limits of talent payments at BBC, writes Emily Bell.
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CommentThe Good Wife / Vampire Diaries
Elinor Block casts her critical eye over US dramas The Good Wife and Vampire Diaries
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CommentIs TV missing a political trick?
The leaders’ debate proves audiences will engage with current issues.
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CommentWinkleman is not a female first for Film
Just a note regarding your story that Claudia Winkleman is the first female presenter of the Film review programme and only the third person to present it (Winkleman to host Film 2010, 29 March). This isn’t quite true.