Small MPU – Page 562
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Production - Crews in demand for a year of sport.
While 2004 promises a plethora of sporting festivals for global audiences, Kevin Hilton asks how so many simultaneous events can be covered adequately.
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Production - Making art come to life.
Putting Beryl Cook's fat ladies on screen took Tiger Aspect five years, 200 people, seven writers and half a million drawings - all for two 30-minute animations - but it couldn't have been any other way, writes Sam Espensen.
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Ratings - The ghastly ghosts of Christmas TV presents.
.87 1.21 10.22 BBC2 20 17 Grumpy Old Men Thu
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OFF THE RECORD - APING BIG BROTHER.
OTR can exclusively reveal that Alan Partridge's dire suggestion of monkey tennis looks less ludicrous than
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OFF THE RECORD - HIRSUTES YOU, SIR!
In what OTR can only assume is a bid to ingratiate himself with the boss, new
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OFF THE RECORD - HARSH BUT FAIR?
OTR was rather disturbed to find that a young gentleman by the name of James O'Malley
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OFF THE RECORD - AND FINALLY.
Andrew O'Connor, joint managing director, Objective Productions, wants a channel dedicated to his favourite comedy showsWhat
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NewsBBC Kelly Panorama to air before Hutton
A BBC Panorama special on the Hutton inquiry will not feature Lord Hutton's conclusions on the affair as the corporation has decided to screen the programme a week before he publishes his report.
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NewsEmap buys stake in SRH
Emap has kicked off the highly anticipated consolidation of the radio sector by acquiring SMG's 28% stake in Scottish Radio Holdings for£90.5m.
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NewsJK and Joel join Radio 1
Radio 1 has poached Manchester DJ double-act JK and Joel to host a new weekend show.
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Midsomer Murders (ITV1) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
?The plot could have been satisfactorily grasped simply by watching the first and last 15 minutes of a two-hour str...
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Midsomer Murders (ITV1) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'Midsomer Murders looks exhausted. It feels half an hour too long.'...
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Britain's Best Sitcom (BBC2) - Robert Gore-Langton, Daily Star
?Britain's Best Sitcom is about as lazy as TV gets - seriously lazy plus some. You recycle all the old clips, get t...
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Britain's Best Sitcom (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
?Once again, I blame the public. In Britain's best sitcom, we've got a top 10 that doesn't include Steptoe and Son,...
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Football and Freedom (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Football and Freedom has been years in the making, so it may not prove much about This World's new approach, but i...
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Football and Freedom (BBC2) - Jim Shelley, Daily Mirror
'It was a bleak, largely damning piece of symbolism.'...
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NewsBBC scraps pre-recorded Kilroy
The BBC is to dump 25 episodes of its Kilroy programme that have already been recorded following the deal to terminate Robert Kilroy-Silk's contract to front the show.
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NewsTWG to buy Forever
The Wireless Group (TWG) has tabled an offer worth£8.1m to buy radio group Forever Broadcasting.
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RatingsBBC1's Robin Hood steals viewers
BBC1 dominated the ratings on Saturday night (17 January) with the Hollywood blockbuster Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves charming 6.3 million (31.1%) at 17.30.