Opinion – Page 139
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CommentDEBATE: Fifty years of Mip TV
Share your most memorable moments as the festival prepares for its golden anniversary
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CommentCan radio outsmart the smartphones?
Radio has proved enduring, but has it met its match with the smartphone, asks Paul Robinson.
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CommentTV Critics: The Challenger; Paul Hollywood's Bread; Can Eating Insects Save the World?; Broadchurch; James Nesbitt’s Ireland
“This was thoughtful drama at its best.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentNo ordinary premiere
The launch of Alice Walker’s Beauty In Truth was the culmination of four years of funding says Pratibha Parmar
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CommentTV Critics: The Lady Vanishes; Our Queen; It's Kevin; In the Flesh; Churchill and the Fascist Plot
“Why remake Hitchcock? It is, quite simply, never a good idea. Never.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentBringing Eva Cassidy back to life
Bringing Eva back to life took more legwork than expected, explains Attracta McLaughlin
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CommentTV Critics: Prisoners' Wives; Killers Behind Bars; Horizon; Born to Be Different
“It’s popular, mainstream drama at its best.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentDEBATE: Where next for Channel 5?
What direction should Channel 5 take following its commissioning team shake-up?
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CommentTV Critics: The Mimic; A Very British Wedding; Insect Worlds; Food Glorious Food
“An absolute dog’s dinner of an idea, if ever there was one.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentAnd Finally: Alice Levine; Radio 1 DJ
The Radio 1 host on avacado, Square Eyes and Ben Affleck - but only with a beard.
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CommentC4: trust your producers and we’ll make great TV
Unless indies are left to innovate, its audience will end up migrating
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CommentThe arts still have a place on TV
There seems no rationale for the arts being elbowed to one side
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CommentTV Critics: MasterChef; Heading Out; Planet Ant; Bluestone 42; Whale Adventure
“With every new run, its menu offers enough novelty to keep us interested.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentTV Critics: A History of Syria; Panorama; Broadchurch; Food & Drink; Bomb Patrol; Shetland
“While it provided useful background information, experienced Syria-watchers were likely to be exasperated by its simplistic analysis and reliance on Syrian government sympathisers.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentThe men who looked after Superman
North One’s John Nolan on keeping Superman star Henry Cavill safe on extreme expeditions
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CommentTV Critics: Shetland; Countryfile; Toughest Place to Be A…; Call the Midwife; Secrets of Stonehenge Skeletons
“The piece has a bleak Nordic freshness but the plot feels as if it might have been dug up itself.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentCopyright is being adapted for internet age
Ruling in ITV case shows the European Union’s Court of Justice is becoming increasingly influential, writes Tony Ballard.
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CommentTV Critics: How to Get to Heaven With the Hutterites; Heritage!; Mayday; Gogglebox
“It was a beautiful, moving film but it was hard not to feel that you had seen most, if not all of it, before.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.