Comment – Page 21
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CommentJana Bennett: Strictly about the audience
Jana Bennett, director of BBC Vision, explains why the corporation scheduled Strictly against The X Factor
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CommentLooking back to the future
After rays of hope for change, the same depressing questions remain.
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CommentWounded, BBC1
Ahead of tonight’s screening of Wounded on BBC1 tonight, executive producer Jane Aldous explains the sensitivities involved in getting such a documentary made and the portrayal of injured soldiers back from Afghanistan.
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CommentEverything changes, again
Cuts looming and boardroom musical chairs - we’ve been here before.
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CommentRed Bee Media’s top recession-busting tips
Top tips from Red Bee Media on how to beat the recession.
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CommentMaking the salary sacrifice
The corporation can avoid deep and bloody cuts by seizing control.
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CommentMurdoch’s media missile
The BBC faced festival fallout after the News Corp heir’s tactical strike
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CommentMurdoch's MacTaggart hand grenade
James Murdoch’s MacTaggart certainly achieved its desired aim of throwing a giant rock into the PSB debate and dividing opinion in Edinburgh, writes Lisa Campbell.
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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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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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CommentAnother dimension for TV
Power of 3D provides a path to produce programmes that pack a punch.
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CommentBehind the scenes: Manson
Forty years after Charles Manson conducted one of the most grizzly mass murders in US history, Cineflix has made a feature length drama doc that airs on Five tonight. Director Neil Rawles recalls putting the pieces together ahead of filming and reveals how one of the main actors was hospitalised.
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CommentITV deserves diversity credit
ITV’s Bruce Robertson reveals the broadcasters’ progress on diversity and why Pat Younge’s criticism was a mistake
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CommentThe great pension problem
Pensions. Not a subject most of us warm to. Many people, if they take out a pension at all, just about manage to sign a form and the paperwork then lies buried at the back of a cupboard.
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Comment30 July '09
“It felt like a fascinating documentary in disguise.” Read on for the full verdict on last night’s television.
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CommentBBC accused of being ageist
…but long-running entertainment formats must be refreshed to stay on top
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CommentI want to be on Jay Hunt's Christmas list
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt is one of the biggest gift givers, but at least she has the good grace to be imaginative with public money, writes Katherine Rushton
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CommentAct on fewer, bigger, better
Quite by coincidence, in this week’s magazine, we have two of the industry’s most senior creatives from different disciplines arguing the same point: bureaucracy is killing creativity.
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CommentIndies stare into the abyss
Independent producers are making widespread job cuts, using fewer staff on shoots and are convinced the quality of television will suffer over the next 12 months because of the tough economic climate.