Published 27 March 2007
Moira Stuart loses BBC News slot It’s bad enough that BBC Television News has become a round-up of the day’s press-releases from think-tanks, pressure groups, charities and universities interspersed with…
Published 12 March 2007
In PC Pro this month (May 2007 edition), editor Tim Danton writes: In the 1960s, people were happy with black-and-white, grainy images with jittery sound quality. They weren’t. 405-line television…
Published 10 February 2007
What seems like an age ago, I designed some Flash files for the BBCi Cult website. However, I was reminded of them the other day when I noticed that the…
Published 18 December 2005
Bleak House Finale Tops Ratings I wasn’t suprised by the success of Bleak House. The fact that Brazilian style soap would be successful in the UK is something I’ve been…
Published 9 December 2005
Now on BBC Radio Four, we present The Antidote to Flannel Pains.
Published 11 October 2005
Chefs urge safeguards for ads on children’s TV The Guardian today carries a story about television chefs who have signed a letter to Tony Blair urging the banning of junk…
Published 8 August 2005
A selection of bull Every morning the ?Today? programme provides a platform to people who wish to make wild unfounded claims, exhibit a smug sense of superiority, tell us how…
Published 10 December 2004
Thomson buys ITV’s special effects unit TWW History
Published 22 November 2004
Sharp rise for on-demand Before I got married, I was an avid Radio 4 listener. I picked up the Radio 4 bug at university during the Gulf War, and I…
Published 21 October 2004
Best Of British Light Music (5 CD set) One of the best things about growing up in Somerset in the 70s was being able to watch the incredible Westward Television…
Published 5 September 2004
I’m rather bemused with the habit the BBC, ITV and others have developed of “loading” phone or internet poll questions. Instead of asking for straight yes or no reponses to…
Published 1 December 2002
How two Transdiffusion contributors made LWT’s last day