More Edinburgh TV Festival News – Page 4015
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NewsSky News anchor retires
Veteran news broadcaster Bob Friend is to retire from his role as a Sky News anchor on Thursday (23 October) after 50 years in journalism, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Pompeii - The Last Day (BBC1) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'Pompeii - The Last Day had a doggedly informative but leaden commentary, lively special effects and some serious a...
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Pompeii - The Last Day (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Pompeii - The Last Day pulled off something undeniably impressive : it managed to make the destruction of Pompeii ...
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Pompeii - The Last Day (BBC1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'Like last week's Colosseum - Romes Arena of Death, this film offered soap-opera personification as the lubricant f...
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Pompeii - The Last Day (BBC1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'Mixing drama with cold blooded fact? this was documentary making of the highest order.'...
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Pompeii - The Last Day (BBC1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'The whole thing was certainly entertaining, and informative, and watchable enough.'...
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Behind the Laughter (BBC1) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Star
'The thin line between comic genius and madness has never been more thoughtfully and poignantly explained.'...
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Behind the Laughter (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'Whatever you think of Bob Monkhouse as a comedian - too smarmy would be my judgement - he is first rate as a histo...
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NewsBaish joins Classic Gold Digital
Former Jazz FM programme director John Baish has re-emerged as the new operations director at Classic Gold Digital, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsGreen facing calls to quit
Disgruntled Carlton shareholders are to seek backing from further investors in their attempts to force through the resignation of the soon to be merged ITV designate chairman Michael Green.
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NewsBlunkett attacks BBC police investigation
Home secretary David Blunkett has attacked the BBC's decision to go ahead with a documentary in which police racism is exposed.
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Fact or Fiction: Robin Hood (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'For quite a while, (Tony) Robinson gamely tried to turn this confused heap of stuff into a coherent narrative. In ...
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Rolf on Art (BBC1) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'It is his very game-for-anything ingenuousness that gives the series its charm.'...
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Alchemists of Sound (BBC4) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'An odd, affectionate and leisurely (occasionally too leisurely) film about the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop.' ...
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The South Bank Show (ITV1) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'In The Boy, she wandered about Europe like one of Harry Enfield's old ladies barely containing her explosions of '...
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Concorde: A Love Story (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'This is the week that Concorde is retired from service, and it was given a splendid send-off last night by Timewat...
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Concorde: A Love Story (BBC2) - Robert Gore-Langton, Daily Star
'The documentary oozed nostalgia and sadness that it should have ended in a crash.'...
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NewsUp to 40 jobs to go at LNN
Up to 40 jobs are to be lost after ITN today (Friday) confirmed it was to take over London's ITV regional news service from the Carlton and Granada-owned London News Network (LNN), writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsButfield to head Wildscreen
The Wildscreen festival - the Bristol-based biennial event for wildlife programme makers - has appointed a new director following Jane Krish's decision to step down after 14 years in charge.
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NewsThompson gets md role at Tyne Tees
Tyne Tees Television controller of programmes Graeme Thompson has been promoted to managing director of the North East broadcaster following the retirement of Margaret Fay.