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The success of Hunt’s local TV
9 August 2014
The UK’s new local TV network is shaping up well. Honest.
David Brockman 1954-2014
8 June 2014
BLOG: Details of the funeral arrangements for our friend David Brockman
What to watch: 27 January-2 February 2014
27 January 2014
BLOG: Our guide to what’s worth watching and listening to this week
Sir Christopher Chataway 1931-2014
19 January 2014
BLOG: Sir Christopher Chataway has died. Read our 2005 interview with him.
What to watch: 13-19 January 2014
13 January 2014
BLOG: Our guide to what’s worth watching and listening to this week
What to watch: 6-12 January 2014
6 January 2014
BLOG: Our pick of the best TV and radio for 6-12 January
50 Years of Top of the Pops
1 January 2014
BLOG: How the anniversary of Top of the Pops went little marked
Good night and thank you
30 December 2013
BLOG: A time to say goodbye to those we have loved and lost in 2013
The DOG and #puppyshow
4 November 2013
BLOG: I get why hashtags are showing up on our programmes – it’s instant ratings; the networks can gauge popularity without having to wait for the official numbers days later.
The Key to a Long Gone Door
1 November 2013
BLOG: A little bit of Bush House to take with me wherever I go
The Risk Business
21 October 2013
BLOG: Channel Four has seemingly come out fighting against its critics with their latest promotion for their channel with the tagline “We Were Born Risky…” and to highlight the statement they use various clips from the channel’s past illustrate this
Alan Whicker 1925-2013
12 July 2013
BLOG: Watch the late Alan Whicker meet the brutal and decidedly strange dictator of Haiti, François “Papa Doc” Duvalier.
Brian Cant turns 80
12 July 2013
BLOG: Brian Cant, the voice of the childhoods of three generations, turns 80 today.
The Fast Track to the Top Job?
24 April 2013
BLOG: This week has seen Danny Cohen appointed as new BBC Director General Tony Hall’s Director of Television, following on from the appointment of James Harding as Head of BBC News. With Cohen’s rise to a place in the senior management team of the BBC almost as meteoric as his rise to prominence among senior television executives already.
Be Nice to Each Other
19 February 2013
BLOG: There can only be a few people who can be counted as true television personalities, in front of the camera are the presenters and behind them are the production staff. Very rarely there are people who do both at the same time such as Jack Hargreaves from Southern Television and Brian Connell from Anglia, one such of these unique breed died on Sunday.
A Tale of 5 Channels: ITV’s 2013 Rebrand
18 January 2013
BLOG: All change for ITV in 2013. Is it all worth it?
Nothing on television tonight?
27 October 2012
BLOG: Other places to find Transdiffusion goodies if “Strictly” leaves you cold
A design Year Zero
30 August 2012
BLOG: I love the 1980s. If you agree, you were born between 1970 and 1978, at a guess.
Farewell, Bvsh Hovse
12 July 2012
BLOG: The BBC World Service’s main studios fall silent for the first time since 1940
Isn’t it shocking?
11 June 2012
BLOG: How posting to YouTube turned into a quagmire of uncertainty thanks to cwilliams1976
Sailing in the wrong direction?
7 June 2012
BLOG: It’s certainly not unusual for the BBC to be the subject of criticism when it comes to the coverage of any royal event apart from the most straightforward occasions. Getting the tone exactly right is an absolute nightmare and you are never going to satisfy everyone all of the time, especially when dealing with something that’s the least bit contentious.
ITV’s regional news u-turn
26 May 2012
BLOG: Remember a few years ago when ITV plc decided that 17 regional news programmes was unsustainable and that to make commercial sense they should only have nine in England and Wales? Well that was in 2009. Now it’s 2012 and it seems ITV have had a change of heart.