All Comment articles – Page 77
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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.
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CommentMove News At Ten? It didn’t work last time ITV tried it
Kevin Lygo needs the right shows if things are to turn out differently, says Stephen Arnell
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CommentThe battle for Generation Y
Traditional news broadcasters are pushing back, says Kate Bulkley
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CommentYou’ve got to commission sitcoms to have a hit one
Broadcasters should take more chances because audiences love them, says James Cary
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CommentTim Sparke: a personal tribute
Former Broadcast news editor Jake Kanter shares his memories of the Mercury Media boss
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CommentNetflix rides to the rescue
Horse mystery drama is a sign of fresh opportunities for kids’ indies, says Peter White
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CommentGoing mobile is a good call
Shooting a primetime documentary with an iPhone was a technical milestone for RTÉ, writes Jean Devlin
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CriticsTV Critics: Motherland; Hairy Bikers; One Of Us
“It’s at least four times better than anything else I’ve seen in ages.”