Comment – Page 249

  • The Fairy Jobmother
    Comment

    14 July '10

    2010-07-14T10:40:00Z

    “Think Supernanny crossed with Harriet Harman.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • The Silence
    Comment

    13 July '10

    2010-07-13T10:39:00Z

    “This opener made me want to write a romantically worded letter to whoever is in charge of the licence fee debate.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Jake Kanter
    Comment

    ITV's World Cup ratings defeat points to wider issues

    2010-07-12T13:22:00Z

    As World Cup finalists Spain and Holland battled it out in a dry affair last night, a similar showdown took place on screen as the BBC and ITV squared-up for the first time during the football tournament, writes Jake Kanter.

  • PETE AND DUD: THE LOST SKETCHES
    Comment

    12 July '10

    2010-07-12T12:00:00Z

    “You can perform Pete and Dud but you cannot recreate their relationship.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Tom Harvey
    Comment

    View from the North

    2010-07-09T12:16:00Z

    The investment climate in the North is looking healthy, but there is work to be done to link together expertise, ideas and talent, writes Tom Harvey.

  • Dive
    Comment

    8 July '10

    2010-07-09T10:25:00Z

    “Thoughtful, touching, funny, sad and true.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • watching tv
    Comment

    Should Ofcom launch a full review of the TV ad market?

    2010-07-08T07:00:00Z

    93% said Yes / 7% said No

  • The Silence
    Comment

    The Silence / Britain's Next Top Model / My Flat Pack Home

    2010-07-08T07:00:00Z

    Tiger Aspect’s Ricky Kelehar and Landmark Films’ Nick O’Dwyer on the deaf, the dumb and the DIY house.

  • Adam Buxton
    Comment

    Adam & Joe (& Snow) show

    2010-07-08T07:00:00Z

    BBC 6 Music DJ and comedian Adam Buxton clearly made an impression on Jon Snow when he challenged Mark Thompson to a fight back in March.

  • Diana Carter
    Comment

    Diana Carter, MTV

    2010-07-08T07:00:00Z

    MTV Networks’ Diana Carter on the best advice she’s ever been given, her best faux pas and how she gets her own way.

  • Paul Robinson
    Comment

    6 Music victory signals need for BBC radio review

    2010-07-07T12:08:00Z

    The BBC Trust’s decision to save 6 Music from the axe is a victory for listeners, digital radio, commercial radio and common sense, writes PaulRobinson.

  • TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD AT 50
    Comment

    6 July '10

    2010-07-07T10:49:00Z

    “He caught that potent mixture of eccentricity, gentility and brutality.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Liam Keelan
    Comment

    The changing face of BBC Daytime

    2010-07-07T09:17:00Z

    BBC Daytime was criticised by the BBC Trust this week for falling short of audience expectations and needing more “quality and ambition”. BBC Daytime controller Liam Keelan responds.

  • identity1.jpg
    Comment

    5 July '10

    2010-07-06T10:45:00Z

    “Slightly brainless but nevertheless entertaining.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • England football
    Comment

    4 July '10

    2010-07-05T09:27:00Z

    “[It] was probably meant to be going out a couple of days before another heroic England semi-final.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Southland
    Comment

    01 July '10

    2010-07-02T10:42:00Z

    “A screenplay overstuffed with bon mots.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • David Abraham
    Comment

    Should David Abraham have cut C4 commissioners as well as managers?

    2010-07-01T07:00:00Z

    95% said Yes / 5% said No

  • Rev
    Comment

    Rev / Jess: My New Face / Private Life of Cows

    2010-07-01T07:00:00Z

    Raw Cut TV’s Bill Rudgard and Tern TV’s Sandy Whyte on a vicar, a beauty hunter and bovine life.

  • Ed Richards
    Comment

    For love, not money

    2010-07-01T07:00:00Z

    For Ofcom chief executive Ed Richards, transparency is all. “If we haven’t learnt from the MPs’ expenses debacle, I don’t know what we have learnt,” he told The Future of Broadcasting conference this week.

  • Hans Eriksson
    Comment

    Hans Eriksson, Bambuser

    2010-07-01T07:00:00Z

    Bambuser chief executive Hans Eriksson on his worst rejection and where he’d put a webcam.