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Three days in the life of the Poo Lady

February 12th, 2007 · No Comments · Consumer, Food/Drink, TV/Radio

Last week ended triumphantly for “Dr” Gillian McKeith “PhD”, but worryingly for those of us with the capacity for rational thought. The latest PLR statistics for public library borrowing in the UK show the Poo Lady’s books in first and third position in the non-fiction chart. But what a difference a weekend makes! Ben Goldacre’s [...]

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Your own private picture palace

February 10th, 2007 · No Comments · Art/Culture, TV/Radio

Matthew Sweet mourns the decline of challenging film presentations on terrestrial TV in yesterday’s Guardian… Where did all the great movies go? I don’t think it’s *quite* as bad as he suggests… there’s a trickle of decent films on BBC4, ITV3 and 4, More4 and five, just as long as you have access to Freeview. [...]

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And now, the news…

January 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Drivel, TV/Radio

Y’know, I spend a lot of time backing the BBC. I’m happy to pay the license fee and I’m comfortable with the concept of a patriarchal state media corporation that dares to tell us what it thinks we ought to watch, rather than letting the “Great British Public” drag programming content down to the lowest [...]

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FilmFour on Freeview

July 31st, 2006 · 3 Comments · Art/Culture, TV/Radio

Now that’s what I call good news! In this household’s occasional ruminations upon whether we could justify paying for a subscription-based cable or satellite TV service, FilmFour represented the main motivation for doing so (along with the Italian football, since its departure from Channel Four). However, the obstacle was always my fundamental opposition to subscription [...]

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B(u)erk

August 16th, 2005 · No Comments · Politics, TV/Radio

Bob Geldof’s favourite heart-tugging BBC correspondent Michael Buerk reckons the balance of power in broadcasting has shifted too far. According to the former newsreader, “almost all the big jobs in broadcasting are held by women”. Really? BBC Director General – Mark ThompsonBBC Chairman – Michael GradeITV Chairman – Sir Peter BurtITV Chief Executive – Charles [...]

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Televisual anticipation

January 30th, 2005 · No Comments · TV/Radio

http://www.trashbat.co.ck There’s a decent feature about Chris Morris (and ‘Nathan Barley’, the new comedy series he’s co-written with Charlie Brooker) in today’s Observer. One little factual error therein… Chris never “announced the death of Michael Heseltine” on Radio 1. His words were “if we hear about the death of Michael Heseltine, we’ll let you know”… [...]

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John Peel R.I.P.

October 26th, 2004 · No Comments · Music, TV/Radio

Celebrity deaths often seem distant and impersonal to me, more like the cancellation of a popular product than the sad end to a person’s life. John Peel, though, was different. It wasn’t just that he came across as “a normal bloke” or that his influence in the music industry guaranteed the survival of so many [...]

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A-HAAAAAAA!

August 20th, 2004 · No Comments · Drivel, Sport, TV/Radio

Jonathan Edwards seems like a nice bloke, but he’s probably not quite ready for top TV sports punditry just yet. Commentating on the men’s high jump in the Olympics, he produced this piece of classic Alan Partridge… “And here is… er, I don’t know who that is… er… it’s a… Hungarian man” I must say, [...]

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Fox News in “ignorant bilge” shocker

February 7th, 2004 · No Comments · TV/Radio

It’s easy for fans of the BBC, such as myself, to be smug at times like these. Especially when you see what Rupert Murdoch’s money is being used for. Watch this little piece of ignorance from Fox News… ‘My Word’ clip

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Another fine cross-media plug from the Dirty Digger

April 9th, 2003 · No Comments · Art/Culture, TV/Radio

I wish I hadn’t dug out that URL from the Sun in the last entry. Before I knew what I was doing, I was browsing their website, and happened upon the story that the BBC is to be banned from the Ark Royal. A fairly inconsequential little non-story… until, of course, you get to the [...]

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