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CommentDon’t mention the 'R' word
MIPTV: Mip is about doing business. But many of the exhibitors I’ve talked to have stressed how particularly business-focused, and forward-looking, this market is, writes Emily Booth.
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CommentBehind the Scenes: Welcome to Lagos
Will Anderson takes Broadcast behind the scenes on Welcome to Lagos, a new ob doc series shot in the slums of Nigeria that starts on BBC2 tomorrow (15 April).
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CommentMIPTV: casting a wide net
It’s nice to be at a market which feels buoyant again, writes Emily Booth from MIPTV in Cannes.
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Comment13 April '10
“If the voiceover isn’t the same as her off The Apprentice, they must be sisters.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment12 April ‘10
“Foyle purists may have been a bit alarmed when the opening sequence proved so action-packed”. Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment8 April '10
“The whole thing lacked the exuberance of the original.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentCracking Antiques / Heston's Feasts / South Bank Show Revisited
Jon Petrie and Susie Dark on antiques, Bragg and flavoured wallpaper.
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CommentBBC Radio: taking the p***
Does Radio 1 really need TV advertising for the chart show, asks Matt Deegan.
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Comment7 April '10
“An extraordinary cornucopia of joy and wizardry and humour.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentLords switch off digital sceptics
The BBC’s proposal to close digital radio stations 6Music and the Asian Network has put fuel on the fire of digital sceptics, but the flames have been extinguished by the House of Lords that has come out supporting radio’s “upgrade” to digital, writes Paul Robinson.
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Comment6 April '10
“As an exercise in storytelling it is severely flawed.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment1 April '10
“The two ex-couples here are dreadful.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment31 March '10
“Entirely lacking the real Christ’s gift for pith.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentMatt Bowman, JCA
JCA commercial director Matt Bowman on the cruellest thing he’s ever done, what he’d put in Room 101 and the best and worst things about working in media.
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CommentOff Cuts: Ferari takes the bus
Some unkind types have branded Nick Ferrari the voice of the ‘white van man’ in the past - but they’ll have to reassess their views now.
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Comment29 March '10
“Camper, more self-mocking and altogether sillier.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentBBC should cut exec pay and invest in content
The BBC should slash executive pay instead of making cuts to content, and invest in ideas, programmes and additional platforms for content, writes Elsa Sharp.
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Comment26 March '10
“The documentaries, like their predecessors were agnostic about the Afgan-conflict. Television’s next task must be different. We need to send a Cronkite out to tell us if this thing is winnable.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.