Opinion – Page 129
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You the Jury: The Wright Way
BBC1’s new Ben Elton comedy The Wright Way falls under the spotlight.
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TV Critics: Ben Fogle: New Lives in the Wild; Panorama; Broadchurch; Game of Thrones; Fit to Rule
“A muddled affair, fudged and unclear about the difference between a voluntary arbitration system and an institution with legally binding powers.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Online video news blackout looms
ITN’s Mark Browning on how a lack of rights management threatens online news.
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TV Critics: Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero; Endeavour; America in Primetime; Ice Cream Girls; The Village; Da Vinci's Demons; Perspectives
“Not just a mid-life-crisis comedian searching for a new purpose in life.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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It's time to break up BBC iPlayer
Nigel Walley says the BBC must bet on its channel brands if it is to see off competition from emerging rivals.
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TV Critics: If Memory Serves Me Right; Could We Survive a Mega-Tsunami?; Brushing Up On...; Hemlock Grove; Hey Diddly Dee
“It steered a middle course between sounding like CBeebies and making our brains hurt.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Entertainment reaches parts other genres can’t
Clothilde Redfern on tackling current affairs in different ways
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Who says drama must be grim
Lighter shows are just as valid as more ‘serious’ work, says John Yorke
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TV Critics: Vicious; The Job Lot; Greggs: More than Meats the Pie
“The programme that’s been trumpeted as the saviour of ITV sitcom is not a comedy at all. It’s a horror.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Syria: Across the Lines; Israel: Facing the Future; Britain's Youngest Head Chef
“If only Olly Lambert had taken some students with him it might have got the publicity it deserved.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV can still be a force for good
Penny Woolcock’s C4 doc is television at its campaigning best says Broadcast editor Lisa Campbell
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TV Critics: Royal Paintbox; The Mindy Project; Secret Life of the Rockpools
“This tender and illuminating film gave us a sense of the inner and outer worlds of centuries of royals.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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TV Critics: Panorama; The Prisoners; Nature Shock; Plebs; Hoarder Next Door; Fit to Rule; Bread; James Nesbitt’s Ireland
“How much does Sweeney discover that isn’t already known?” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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Betting big on Specstacular
Social media agency Liberty842 on tactics for doubling Twitter traffic around the Grand National.
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You the Jury: The Security Men
Broadcast’s industry review section You the Jury casts a watchful eye over ITV’s Caroline Aherne comedy The Security Men.
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North Korea must sound alarm bells for BBC
BBC must learn greater humility and self-criticism says LSE’s Charlie Beckett
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50 shows that changed TV: the 00s
The final part of The Wit’s rundown most seminal shows includes Homeland and The Killing.
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DEBATE: Is the BBC right to play its North Korea doc?
Should it drop Panorama doc after claims LSE students were misled?
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TV Critics: Endeavour; Britain's Got Talent
“This felt like much-needed escapism after the depressingly long winter.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.
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50 shows that changed TV: the 90s
The shows that changed the face of TV during the ’90s, according to The Wit.