Category: BBC
Where to? What future for PSB and Society? by Elke Weissmann
Last week, I was in the incredibly privileged position of attending a panel discussion on the...
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Very Special Relationships: Spooks by Melissa Beattie
‘I read the CIA Factbook, Christine, written by you. Britain’s entry: ‘slightly smaller than...
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A Major Crisis in the BBC at a Time of a Crisis in Higher Education by Elke Weissmann
If you live, like me, in The Guardian bubble, you will be heartened by the outspoken defence of...
Read MoreScreen Two at 40 Symposium – BFI Southbank
Booking is now open for the Screen Two at 40 symposium at BFI Southbank, London, on the 12th November 2025. Launched by the BBC in 1985 as a successor to Play for Today, Screen Two featured an eclectic range of over 150 single...
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WHEN TELEVISION GOES HORRIBLY WRONG by Andrew Pixley
When it comes to television, my wife and I occasionally like to give series second chances. Just...
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“HOW DID 1970S BRITAIN ENABLE ITS DEADLIEST KILLER?” FEMINIST REVISIONIST RE-MEDIATION OF THE ‘RIPPER’ YEARS IN THE YORKSHIRE RIPPER FILES: A VERY BRITISH CRIME STORY (2019) by Hannah Hamad
17th November 2020 marked the fortieth anniversary of the death of 20-year-old University of Leeds...
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TV TECH IS KILLING TV. WHY DOES IT ALL HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED? by John Ellis
Our digital TV has just updated its interface, without asking us. This confirms my long-held...
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RETURNING THE PUBLIC: BBC TELEVISION IN LOCKDOWN by Elke Weissmann
Let me greet you in the good old Scouse fashion. Alright? Because, you know, things have been...
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HOW NOT TO PAY YOUR LICENCE FEE… OR: SHOULD THE BBC BE FUNDED BY SUBSCRIPTION? by Pat Holland
‘Of course we don’t pay a licence fee’ says Barbara vehemently as we sit round the table for...
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THE FOXTROT OF COMEDY DRAMA – SLOW, SLOW, QUICK, QUICK, SLOW – DON’T FORGET THE DRIVER by Tom Nicholls
How to write about a television programme that you love and that has even moved you to tears? Many...
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HAROLD PINTER ON BBC TV: NEW RESOURCES, by Jonathan Bignell
Earlier this year I blogged about a research project I collaborate on that documents and studies...
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A CAREER IN POPULAR FACTUAL TV: AN INTERVIEW WITH TOM EDWARDS (PART TWO) by Christopher Hogg
In the second part of this interview with television producer Tom Edwards, the focus shifts from...
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