Survival show faces 'fake' claim "Here's one I made earlier!" Actually, no you didn't, some little runner did. I thought all this, along with the "Gordon Ramsay can't fish" and "Survival person stays in hotel" controversies used to be...

In the dock Few could have predicted that what appeared to be a straightforward scandal involving Channel 4 and premium rate phone lines (Richard and Judy's You Say We Pay competition) would ultimately lead to this outpouring of both confessions...

RDF gets vote of confidence The fallout from the BBC's 'Crowngate' affair continues, with ITV following the BBC's example by suspending commissions from RDF, plus Channel 4 and Five unsurprisingly not following suit because RDF means too much to them....

DELETE---It's all very well all this wailing and gnashing of teeth going on at the BBC and aired in public. We know that the phone-in quiz business was industry wide, but it's only the BBC that, so far, is...

BBC halts phone-in contests A scandal erupts in relation to the use of premium-rate phone quizzes in conjunction with various forms of broadcast media. In response to this. The BBC suspends its premium rate interactive services whilst an "internal audit"...

Queen gaffe firm's wall of silence Despite RDF's admission of guilt in relation to the ongoing "Crowngate" saga of the "sexed-up" Queen documentary, you can't help but feel a twinge of sympathy for RDF in this situation. Let's face it:...

Treasury makes complaint to BBC about Gordon Brown film Hot on the heels of the Queen/RDF storm in a teacup, Newsnight is apparently in trouble with the Treasury over a piece made by independent film-maker Jamie Campbell in which a...

Well, it's one angle that hasn't been explored a great deal by the rest of the UK media (another writer has suggested it briefly here). As has been pointed out, we don't (yet?) know where in the chain the clips...

Fincham's fate in Thompson's hands The Queen famously once had an "annus horribilis", and it now seems that 2007 is turning into much the same for the BBC. Just a few days after Ofcom fined the BBC for the very...

BBC error 'no reason to resign' Oh no, not again. It's not been a good few years for the BBC. WMD; "sexing up" claims; David Kelly; Hutton; resignations at the highest levels; Butler. Then the Blue Peter phone-in incident; publication...

Ofcom defends Blue Peter fine The subject of regulating the BBC - or to be more precise, what method of external regulation is required (if any) - has always been a contentious issue, especially in relation to maintaining the impartiality...

Trial area gives thumbs-up to digital switchover "Research reveals that all 25,000 households in the lead area of Whitehaven are intending to convert to digital TV" proclaims the Media Guardian. Which isn't exactly a big surprise... Whilst there have been...

BBC Editors Blog: Taking Sides Audience fragmentation raises questions for TV news, says Ofcom How do you get people who don't watch the news, to engage in it? Well Ofcom have had an interesting idea. Maybe abandoning the requirement for...

Channel 4 pleads ignorance Finding out exactly how much Channel 4 knew about the dubious practices going on at Eckoh concerning the running of the "You Say We Pay" quiz would be rather difficult, but it's likely that Channel 4...

http://www.rsf.org Following on from the very welcome news that the BBC reporter Alan Johnston has been released, I think this would be a good time to reflect on the dangerous profession that proper journalism can be. In particular, let us...

I had the occasion recently to go into hospital for an operation. In fact, it was the second attempt to remove a lump on my vocal cords which had grown back after previous laser removal in March. So here I...