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CommentIt's farming, but not as we know it
EDWARDIAN FARM: I don’t think anyone was quite prepared for the magnitude of success achieved by Victorian Farm when it aired on BBC2 last year, writes David Upshal. By far the biggest challenge after having a hit is to how to follow it up.
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CommentAnimal Madhouse / Walking Dead / Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention
Talkback Thames’ Tom O’Brien and Keo Films’ Katie Buchanan on sick pets, zomvies and wacky inventions.
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CommentBBC WoCC review: next steps
The BBC’s “window of creative competition” is understandably not something which audiences are familiar with, even though much of what it produces is, writes BBC Trustee Rotha Johnston.
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CommentFiona Napier-Bell, head of new business, Square Zero
Casting director Fiona Napier-Bell on her pin-up, top three films and the one thing she couldn’t live without.
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CommentSkins' brush with Death
From Harry Enfield, Simon Day and Bill Bailey to Will Young, Skins viewers have been treated to an array of leftfield guest stars.
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CommentHow to connect through social gaming
After working on the new social network game based around Coronation Street, Andy Rogers highlights the opportunities for broadcasters, media owners and production companies through social gaming.
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CommentRobinson on the Rajars
While most of the latest speculation about Chris Moyles and Chris Evans is almost certainly wide of the mark, it’s impossible to complain that radio is a medium that fails to capture attention writes Paul Robinson.
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CommentMark Watson Kicks Off, ITV4
It has taken eight years to bring award-winning radio show Fighting Talk to TV in the guise of ITV4’s Mark Watson Kicks Off. Gregor Cameron reveals the blood, sweat and tears behind it.
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CommentDanny's upwardly mobile
Does the controller of BBC1 job come with a mobile phone as one of its perks? We ask as Danny Cohen has been without a corporation blower during his spell running BBC3 - and it seems he likes a chat.
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CommentBen Smith, Chillibean
Chillibean chief technology officer Ben Smith on what he would put in Room 101, who would play him in a movie and the one thing he could not live without.
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Getting On / Poirot: Halloween Party / First Men In The Moon
UKTV’s Gemma Parkinson and Maverick Television’s Rich Payne on hospital politics, crime and moon magic.
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Comment20 Oct '10
“A pleasure, albeit one inexplicably shown too late for children to catch.” Read on for more of last night’s reviews.
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CommentRadio playlist wars
Commercial radio has thrown down the gauntlet to the BBC, saying “I’ll show you mine if you show me yours”, writes Paul Robinson from the Radio Festival.
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CommentDownton spearheads ITV success
ITV drama is enjoying somewhat of a purple patch, scoring strong audiences with a hat trick of productions, writes Jake Kanter.
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Comment15 Oct '10
“This was spectacular… Puts Jaws to shame.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.