All Comment articles – Page 235
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CommentFive’s future failing to add up
Parent RTL pledges support, but its belief in a deal seems optimistic.
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CommentTV actresses need to learn to speak clearly
I am writing to you in the expectation that your magazine is read by directors, producers, writers and possibly actors, in order to complain (no doubt joining a chorus of others) about the abysmal quality of the sound in television programmes and, in particular, that generated by television actresses.
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CommentGMTV: Are the kids alright?
Mesmerising kids with cartoons is not the right way for GMTV to entertain young viewers, says Geoff Motley.
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Comment17 Mar '10
“This was decent, populist, believe-it-or-not science, Braniacs for the almost grown-up.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment16 Mar '10
“Last night Women tore through the post-feminist home like the Spanish Inquisition and became slightly ridiculous”. Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment15 Mar ‘10
“If the definition of a good documentary is to take the viewer into unknown territory, then both this weekend’s offerings succeeded admirably.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentBBC's web future is bright despite the cuts
The press leaks haven’t helped, but don’t get the wrong idea about the BBC Online cuts, says Brij Sharma
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Comment12 Mar '10
“It was a fascinating film, full of heroes and villains.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentBBC2 looks to a bright future with £25m budget boost
Extra funds will enable the channel to put drama back at its heart, says Janice Hadlow
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Comment11 Mar '10
Like John Lewis, it was also in absolutely no danger of elevating your heart rate.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentAll change as TV gets serious
The cancellation of The South Bank Show was one of the sadder programming decisions to have been made recently (and its prompt, if short-term, reincarnation as The South Bank Show: Revisited one of the odder ones).
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CommentTropic Of Cancer / Comedy Exchange / Dom Joly And The Black Island
Wingspan Productions’ Archie Baron and the BBC’s Krishan Arora on travel, trading places and seeking Tintin
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CommentPortals struggle to gain ground in the race for VoD share
Since the dawn of television, the power of broadcasters as gatekeepers to what consumers watch, and what independent producers make, has been absolute.Over the past 25 years, this absolute power has been marginally reduced and spread around through the inception of satellite and cable. More recently, it hasbeen further reduced ...
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CommentNo place for digital rights
The media world is full of people pontificating about payment. Or procrastinating. The eternal problem of what to make and how to pay for it has become ever more important and acute in the past year. This inevitably leads to the endless discussion of yawn-stifling issues such as digital rights ...
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Comment10 March '10
“Essentially a pointless and unedifying exercise in low-grade voyeurism.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment09 March '10
“There is a seam of pure TV gold running through the story of Dinnington Colliery Band.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Comment08 March '10
“The BBC has decided that Brian Cox is the face of popular science.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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CommentFreelancers can look beyond traditional TV
Skilled staff should transfer their know-how between sectors, writes Moray Coulter.
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Comment05 March '10
“there was an uncomfortable current of laughter right the way through it.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Stuart Maconie's Freak Zone / Push The Button
LoveStuart Maconie’s Freak ZoneSundays, 5.30-8pm, BBC 6MusicBBC 6Music’s mission to capture the spirit of the late John Peel is best demonstrated by Maconie’s anything-goes show. Many a Sunday dinner has come close to ruin from the rush to turn down an unwelcome blast of free jazz, but that’s kind of ...