All Comment articles – Page 74
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CommentOfcom needs to take diversity lead
Regulator should publish annual report on the industry’s efforts to become more inclusive, says Simon Albury
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CriticsTV Critics: Transparent; Walking Through Time; Fleabag; Strictly; When Magic Goes Horribly Wrong
“Forget Clarkson and co, this is the reason Amazon needs to be taken seriously as more than just people who send you stuff in oversized packaging.”
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CommentBBC move could herald a golden age for UK radio
Increasing the number of shows made by indies will benefit everyone, says Jez Nelson
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CommentProducers could find silver lining to the Brexit cloud
Government may offer generous tax breaks following Brexit, says Alistair Bambridge
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CommentShort form is the next big thing
Broadcasters are realising the format’s potential, says Kate Bulkley
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CriticsTV Critics: National Treasure; Fertility And Me; Bricks
“From the first moment of the first scene, I was utterly absorbed.”
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CommentTendering could make TV stronger
We will be scrupulously fair in weighing up tenders from indies - big or small, says BBC commercial director Bal Samra
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CriticsTV Critics: Who’s Afraid of Conceptual Art?; Cold Feet; The Bob Parks Story
“By the end of an interesting and enlightening film, the kind of academic veneration so much conceptual art seeks to thumb its nose at was so firmly back in place.”
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CommentCharter plans stifle BBC's independence
Government influence and market pressures have neutered the BBC’s draft charter, argue David Puttnam and Des Freedman
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CriticsTV Critics: Celebrity Island; Scotland and the Battle for Britain; The White Helmets; Hooten and the Lady
“It was the same old manipulative and over-familiar formula. My endurance levels were exhausted before the first ad break.”
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CriticsTV Critics: The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs; Absolutely Fashion; Inside Scotland Yard
“A blend of science documentary and social experiment which was both eye-opening and surprisingly entertaining.”
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CommentYoung viewers don’t come cheap
Time and again at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, the BBC highlighted the appeal of The Great British Bake Off to young audiences.
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CommentLet C4 have a slice of the cake
Indies will keep trying to get more value from IP, says Maurice Gran
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CriticsTV Critics: Natural World; Steptoe and Son; Bake Off; Ross Kemp
“The best wildlife footage you’re likely to see this week, or any other for a long while.”
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CommentIBC in review: kit, collaborations and the need for quality VR
IBC 2016: The rate of change in so many aspects of our industry is mind-boggling, says Duncan Payne
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CriticsTV Critics: 9/11: Truth, Lies and Conspiracies; One of Us; The Hairy Bikers’ Chicken & Egg
“This was a dull, pointless programme which revealed nothing we could care about.”
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CriticsTV Critics: British Sitcom; Cold Feet; Panorama
“The programme distinguished itself by not taking a simplistic view of the past.”
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CriticsTV Critics: Jimmy Carr and the Science of Laughter; First Day At Big School; Victoria; Poldark
“Getting experts together to talk to one another may be discredited as a television format, but, as a means of progressing and challenging arguments, it still works very well.”
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PodcastTalking TV: UKTV Live and National Treasure
This week, Talking TV is at UKTV Live, the broadcaster’s annual event showcasing its latest shows and talent, before previewing Channel 4 drama National Treasure.