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CommentCut-back Dispatches is cause for concern
As a director who has recently made a Dispatches about Afghanistan, and as a board member of Directors UK representing TV and film directors, I was concerned to read in Broadcast that Channel 4 is reducing the number of Dispatches to be made in the coming year (‘C4 to cut ...
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CommentThe Bible: A History / Mrs Mandela / Bellamy's People
Nat Geo’s Lee Parker and Canis Media’s Kate Levy on God, Winnie and (half of) The Fast Show.
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CommentIPTV: making the most of the ‘unknown unknowns’?
How does a marketer realise the potential of a product, when that potential isn’t even understood? If it’s to be the success marketers expect, IPTV probably has to learn and teach us all some new rules, writes Sharon Wheeler.
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Comment20 Jan '10
“He unearthed the holy grail of BBC TV…” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment19 Jan '10
“This section of Paul’s journey felt more personal.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment15 Jan '10
“Funny then not funny; sharp, then suddenly, lamentably pedestrian.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentWill the Beeb rue Ross’ exit?
Questions abound as the star leaves gaping hole in chatshow format.
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CommentBBC must start to help itself
Corporation has to fight criticism by improving public perception, writes Emily Bell.
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Comment14 Jan '10
“Creaking, lame, unfunny, arcane and stuffed with cardboard characters.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentNurse Jackie / Englishman in New York / White Boy, Black Nanny
Samantha Bakhurst and Paul Robinson review new shows featuring a nurse, an icon and the apartheid legacy.
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CommentC4 News / Male-heavy panel shows
Emily Booth shares her love of Channel 4 News and her loathing of the lack of women on panel shows.
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CommentJames O'Hara, ITFC
ITFC managing editor James O’Hara on his top three sex symbols, who he’d put in the Big Brother house and the best advice he’s ever been given.
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CommentSnowed in, stocked up
Ice Age conditions played havoc with TV’s year-round productions over the past fortnight, but the Blitz spirit lives on.
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CommentChris Evans: the verdict
If Chris Evans first day on the breakfast show was a job interview then he wore the suit and tie, didn’t say anything outlandish, and did enough to get a call back for the second interview. But while he didn’t show the flashes of brilliance at which he excels, Paul ...
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Comment12 Jan '10
“It wasn’t shy of expressing its opinions.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV
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Comment11 Jan '10
“Too heavy on the ecstasy and too light on the agony.” Read on for the verdict on the weekend’s TV.
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CommentCrisis at R2 when Ross departs? Absolutely not
Jonathan Ross has done a good job for Radio 2, but the party is over, writes Paul Robinson.