Opinion – Page 210

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    Comment

    List will not affect BBC Online commissioning

    2010-11-11T07:59:00Z

    Your story, ‘Indies worried by cull of multiplatform list’ (Broadcast 28.10.11), is based on a misunderstanding.

  • Some Dogs Bite
    Comment

    Some Dogs Bite / Royle Family: Behind the Sofa / The Zoo

    2010-11-11T07:59:00Z

    David Johnson and Matt Crook on bleak Britain, a sofa and horny gorillas.

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    Comment

    Save our poultry pensions!

    2010-11-11T07:59:00Z

    The NUJ dutifully produced a photo gallery of angry BBC staff up and down the country manning the placards.

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    Comment

    Andy Rogers, Enteraction

    2010-11-11T07:59:00Z

    Enteraction managing director Andy Rogers on what keeps him awake at night, his fantasy schedule and his hidden talent.

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    Comment

    10 Nov '10

    2010-11-10T12:51:00Z

    “It was really about the passion of the upright apes.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • ChatNav
    Comment

    Shouting at the telly 2.0

    2010-11-10T12:18:00Z

    As Channel 4 docu-soap Seven Days draws to a close, James Kirkham writes about ChatNav - “ultimate way of shouting at the telly”.

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    Comment

    Taking Edwardian Farm to the next level

    2010-11-10T11:58:00Z

    Exec producer David Upshal explains about how new BBC2 series Edwardian Farm went beyond its Victorian predecessor.

  • Billy Macqueen
    Comment

    How to get investment outside Europe

    2010-11-09T12:12:00Z

    Billy Macqueen shares his experience of securing production investment from outside of Europe and explains why he is optimistic about the future of UK kids TV.

  • Giles and Sue Live the Good Life
    Comment

    9 Nov '10

    2010-11-09T12:02:00Z

    “A genteel confection designed to amuse first and inform second.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Edwardian Farm
    Comment

    Walking with bankruptcy

    2010-11-09T09:11:00Z

    EDWARDIAN FARM: In the grand scheme of things that could go wrong, having your location declared bankrupt a week before filming is due to begin ranks pretty high, writes David Upshal.

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    Comment

    Diversity’s retail therapy

    2010-11-08T12:05:00Z

    Forget the endless handwringing, PhoneShop is TV diversity in action.

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    Comment

    Mixed signals on digital radio

    2010-11-08T12:05:00Z

    How serious is the government and the BBC’s commitment to DAB?

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    Comment

    Why Seven Days matters

    2010-11-08T12:04:00Z

    It may have failed to blaze a trail with audiences, but Seven Days dominated discussion at the Sheffield Doc/Fest, writes Jake Kanter.

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    Comment

    8 Nov '10

    2010-11-08T11:13:00Z

    “The whole thing is deeply uncomfortable.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

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    Comment

    It's farming, but not as we know it

    2010-11-08T09:01:00Z

    EDWARDIAN FARM: I don’t think anyone was quite prepared for the magnitude of success achieved by Victorian Farm when it aired on BBC2 last year, writes David Upshal. By far the biggest challenge after having a hit is to how to follow it up.

  • Animal Madhouse
    Comment

    Animal Madhouse / Walking Dead / Wallace & Gromit's World of Invention

    2010-11-05T12:56:00Z

    Talkback Thames’ Tom O’Brien and Keo Films’ Katie Buchanan on sick pets, zomvies and wacky inventions.

  • Spooks
    Comment

    BBC WoCC review: next steps

    2010-11-05T12:41:00Z

    The BBC’s “window of creative competition” is understandably not something which audiences are familiar with, even though much of what it produces is, writes BBC Trustee Rotha Johnston.

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    Comment

    5 Nov '10

    2010-11-05T12:10:00Z

    “There’s almost nothing so delicious on the small screen as a hippy eating humble pie.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.

  • Fiona Napier-Bell
    Comment

    Fiona Napier-Bell, head of new business, Square Zero

    2010-11-05T11:04:00Z

    Casting director Fiona Napier-Bell on her pin-up, top three films and the one thing she couldn’t live without.

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    Comment

    4 Nov '10

    2010-11-04T11:10:00Z

    “There are probably other shows that could be improved by ditching the presenter and replacing them with an animation.” Read on for the verdict on last night’s TV.