All Comment articles – Page 262
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CommentA new era for Channel 4?
As the broadcaster prepares to wind down Big Brother, summer 2011 can’t come fast enough for Robin Parker.
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CommentHow times have changed since Big Brother 1
Phil Edgar Jones, creative director at Big Brother producer Brighter Pictures, looks back to the first series of the Channel 4 reality format and considers how times have changed for the genre.
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Comment26 August, '09
“Heavy with embellished cliché.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentChildren are "TV gold" - but at what cost?
What are the effects of putting children under the spotlight on national TV and how is the government moving to protect them? Daisy Goodwin considers the issue of how to deal with this “TV gold”.
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Comment25 August, '09
“It told us nothing of the boys’ background and thus zoomed out too quickly.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentThe pictures are better on radio
This year’s radio ad awards show that personal, emotional and simple ideas can cut through - something zoo format presenters should learn from, writes Paul Robinson.
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Comment24 August, '09
“A bad move on an otherwise good programme.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentBroadcast on... The X Factor
As the new series of The X Factor prepares to launch, ITV has provided a first look to a select gathering. Broadcast’s Kate McMahon was there to see the good, the bad and the downright awful.
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CommentRisk to PSB funding as switchover looms
As the digital switchover approaches, the funding for ambitious PSB programming is ever more at risk, writes Roger Graef.
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Comment21 August, '09
“A comic masterpiece, darkly lit.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentAnother dimension for TV
Power of 3D provides a path to produce programmes that pack a punch.
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CommentFun Kids Live / Meeting Myself Coming Back / Dog Dazed Afternoon
Radio for kids, one-on-ones and dogs.
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Comment20 August, '09
“Wonderfully, compulsively bad.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentWhy it’s vital to get a child’s viewpoint
Emily Bell’s article (‘Data shouldn’t be child’s play’, Broadcast, 17.07.09) reflected the views of many by seeming to dismiss the validity of the opinions of young people: “Teenage boys don’t like paying for stuff, they have a low threshold for long bits of text and find advertising ‘annoying and pointless’.”
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CommentCredit worries mean it is a bumper year for television
Despite the current gloom, TV advertising is still an effective medium, says Elaine Bedell.
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CommentFour Weddings / Peter Andre
Kate McMahon and Robin Parker give their verdict on two of the weeks shows.
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CommentPresenter's 4 green fingers
Channel 4 News presenter Alex Thomson has revealed a hidden talent: courgette growing.