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Strictly Spineless
"Therefore the BBC has decided to offer refunds to any callers, who wish to claim one, who voted for John Sergeant and Kristina Rihanoff following the show transmitted on 15 November 2008" So, it's come to this. If you spent...
I'm fed up of the news.
Over the last couple of years I have steadily watched the quality of the BBC's news offerings decline with worrying speed. Gone are the days when the winner of last night's Talent Show might find its way into an "and...
Who's the golden girl now?
For all those of us wondering (with only passing interest, I might add) who was to take over from Natasha Kaplinsky as the golden girl of BBC News - apparently it's Kate Silverton. So along with presenting the high profile...
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Television
Selling off the BBC
Outsourcing is not privatisation
Blame it on the weathermap
Scotland is too far away
From Newsreel to News 24
50 years of BBC Television News
Square Dancing
A negative view of the new look BBC One
Government by spin
Kirk Northrop reports on Michael Brunson's views of spin
Then and now
Kirk Northrop on changes in branding policy
Radio
Radio Two: A personal memoir
Kirk Northrop surprises himself
