Comment – Page 238

  • Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
    Comment

    15 Dec '10

    2010-12-16T10:59:00Z

    “The show’s great insight, the scientific imagination turned in on itself, and created a sworn enemy: science fiction.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Benidorm
    Comment

    Benidorm / The Nativity / The House That Made Me

    2010-12-16T09:33:00Z

    Cicada Bellwether’s Christian Holland and CTVC’s Peter Weil on Brits abroad, Bethlehem and Boy George.

  • TVC reception
    Comment

    Did you pack it yourself sir?

    2010-12-16T08:51:00Z

    Visitors to TVC could have been forgiven for thinking they’d taken a wrong turn when the reception was transformed into an airport check-in last week.

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    Comment

    Should BBC replace Bennett with an internal candidate?

    2010-12-16T07:59:00Z

    72% said Yes / 28% said No

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    Comment

    Snow news day

    2010-12-15T12:20:00Z

    Scotland has been paralysed by the worst snow in decades, Matt Roper describes how digital journalism has helped STV provide its viewers with vital information during the conditions.

  • Pompeii: Life and Death in a Roman Town
    Comment

    15 Dec '10

    2010-12-15T11:52:00Z

    “You can’t fail to warm to a person who gets to grips with a civilisation through its shit, piss and willy-fixation.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Savoy
    Comment

    14 Dec ‘10

    2010-12-14T09:57:00Z

    “The whole thing ended up looking about as classy as Wagner doing Cole Porter.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Tom Harvey
    Comment

    View from the North

    2010-12-13T12:36:00Z

    As regional agencies have suffered cuts in investment and governance, Tom Harvey writes that trimming the fat is one thing… but a bullet to the head is another.

  • Take Me Out
    Comment

    13 Dec '10

    2010-12-13T10:34:00Z

    “It looks pitifully old-fashioned, devoid of consequence and unconvinced by its own premise.” Read on for the verdict on of last night’s TV.

  • The House that Made Me
    Comment

    10 Dec ‘10

    2010-12-10T12:26:00Z

    “It is time travel that might be designed to send you mad and, in television terms, the more troubled the celebrity, the better the conceit is going to work.” Read on for the verdict on of last night’s TV.

  • The Apprentice
    Comment

    9 Dec ‘10

    2010-12-09T13:51:00Z

    “Cleverer than it looked, even if it made the contestants look stupider.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Broadcast Christmas Party
    Comment

    Broadcast Christmas Party

    2010-12-09T10:50:00Z

    GALLERY: Despite the snow, Broadcast’s Christmas party at the Hospital Club, Covent Garden, on 30 November enjoyed a high turnout.

  • UKFC
    Comment

    Is moving UKFC funds to the BFI good for the industry?

    2010-12-09T07:59:00Z

    50% said Yes / 50% said No

  • Come Rain Come Shine
    Comment

    Come Rain Come Shine / Macbeth / Pompeii

    2010-12-09T07:59:00Z

    Paul Crompton and Vicky Godfrey on new drama, a classic and ancient history.

  • Gavin Henson
    Comment

    Strictly about appearance

    2010-12-09T07:59:00Z

    We’re not saying that Strictly finalist Gavin Henson is vain, but he likes to make sure he’s looking good.

  • Coronation Street
    Comment

    8 Dec ‘10

    2010-12-08T10:24:00Z

    “Gave old fans a chance to revisit visual treats.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

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    Comment

    Britain's superfast broadband future

    2010-12-07T11:27:00Z

    The government’s strategy document, Britain’s Superfast Broadband Future, fails adequately to address the taxation of fibre optic infrastructure and thereby puts at risk the central plank of its strategy, which is to create a regulatory and policy environment which would allow the market to deliver, writes Tony Ballard.

  • Coronation Street
    Comment

    7 Dec ‘10

    2010-12-07T09:55:00Z

    “Vivid and terrifying… and leaving many loose ends.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV

  • Operation Mincemeat
    Comment

    Operation Mincemeat, BBC2

    2010-12-06T12:07:00Z

    Russell England, director of BBC2 World War Two doc Operation Mincemeat, offers a behind the scenes look at the film - including how he ended up face down in the Atlantic.

  • Operation Mincemeat
    Comment

    6 Dec ‘10

    2010-12-06T10:32:00Z

    “It was like tailoring a bespoke suit without taking any measurements from the client or bothering with the tedious process of sewing the bits together before delivery.” Read on for the verdicts on the weekend’s TV.