All News articles – Page 4020
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Daisy Daisy (C4) - Fiona Sturges, Independent
'Will someone please explain to me the point of Daisy Donovan?'...
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Daisy, Daisy (C4) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'Daisy Daisy taps every inch of her [Daisy Donovan] boundless enthusiasm and fondness for filthy double entendres.'...
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Horizon (BBC2) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Horizon is meant to be a science programme, so why they devoted 50-minutes to the deluded fantasies of those who b...
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Holiday Showdown (ITV1) - Simon Edge, Daily Star
'Why do people go on reality TV? In Holiday Showdown the Harrison-Wolffs wanted to see their jolly japes through ot...
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NewsSRH swings back into profit
Scottish Radio Holdings, which owns Clyde 1 and Today FM, has swung back into the black after a boost in national advertising revenue.
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NewsC4 plumps for Mandela gig
Channel 4 has picked up the terrestrial rights to the gala Aids and HIV awareness pop concert supported by Nelson Mandela.
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NewsNUJ and MPs slam Meridian cuts
The National Union of Journalists has teamed up with politicians across the south-east of England to condemn up to 175 job cuts and studio closures announced at Meridian.
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NewsTV violence alarms viewers
Violence on screen is the area that most concerns viewers, according to new research from Broadcasting Standards Commission, the Independent Television Commission and the Radio Authority.
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Reversals (ITV1) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'It could have been hot, but, in the end, it was only for those who like it tepid.'...
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Reversals (ITV1) - Gareth McLean, Guardian
'Reversals seemed like an attempt at 40s screwball comedy filtered through 70s sitcom.'...
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Reversals (ITV1) - Simon Edge, Daily Star
'You could say it was Tootsie meets the Crying Game meets ER, with a touch of Changing Rooms as rival teams of surg...
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Reversals (ITV1) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'There are some marvellous dramas to be milked from cross-dressing romantic comedies. Unfortunately Reversals isn't...
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Imagine - A Funny Business (BBC1) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Imagine provided a most entertaining and informative history of the fate of British sitcoms in America.'...
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Imagine - A Funny Business (BBC1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'His conclusion after all this was not very stratling - that what makes Britons laugh doesn't necessarily have the ...
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Sanctuary recruits
Sanctuary Post has hired four staff members this week. Simon O'Connor and Simon Kotowicz both join as senior Avid DS and Flame operators, with backgrounds in all genres of TV. In the graphics department, Peter Dunphy will be doing 2D and 3D DVD design. His credits include menus for ...
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Ricochet scores with Super Nanny
Indie Ricochet has been commissioned to make a formatted documentary series looking at parents and their struggle to balance work and childcare as part of a slate of new commissions, writes Glen Mutel.
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Liquid news Staff to be redeployed
BBC News has said it aims to redeploy all the 40 staff who currently work on BBC3's flagship entertainment news programme Liquid Newsafter it was axed last week by controller Stuart Murphy. The four-year-old show will end in the spring after Murphy said it had ...
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Sony picks judges
Five members have been added to the committee that will decide the 2004 Sony Radio Academy Awards. These include BBC Radio 4 controller Helen Boaden, R1 head of mainstream programming Ben Cooper and BBC Northern Ireland controller Anna Carragher as well as BBC World Service commissioning editor of programmes Harriet ...
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RTL to produce German My Hero
BBC comedy My Herois set to be made for viewers in Germany after the corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, tied up a deal with RTL, writes Michael Rosser.
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Radio groups show healthy forecasts
Three of Britain's biggest radio groups have unveiled healthy financial predictions, bucking a recent trend of poor performances in the sector.