Last Sunday’s The Reunion programme on Radio 4 was a special on Withnail & I. In the 45 minute show, recorded before a live audience at the BFI, Sue MacGregor chats to Bruce Robinson, Ralph Brown, Richard E Grant and Paul McGann about the film, with a short contribution from Richard Griffiths. You can currently [...]
The BBC Trust has released its provisional conclusions on the BBC Executive’s proposal for on-demand catch-up and simulcast Internet services. Now they want our feedback.
It’s not looking good for Apple or Linux users; from the BBC on-demand proposals:
provisional conclusions (PDF):
The Microsoft-based DRM strategy for seven-day TV catch-up over the internet
The BBC Executive proposes a digital [...]
I’m still wondering quite why the BBC broadcast The Path to 9/11, given how controversial it has proved to be (see Washington Post article). Defective Yeti has compiled a list of a few minor errors and inconsistencies in the docu-drama, including:
The finale, in which Bush crashes Airforce One into a remote Afghan stronghold, emerges unscathed [...]
Every so often I feel moved to send in comments on BBC programmes; sadly I have yet to have one selected for their site, and my comment on Monday’s The New Al-Qaeda was no exception (Update: my comment subsequently appeared on the site). The first part of Peter Taylor’s series was BBC documentary at its [...]
In a long article entitled Propaganda And The BBC, Alex Doherty writes about the findings of studies showing the Beeb’s pro-government bias, and looks at the possible causes using Herman and Chomsky’s “propaganda model”.
Seems like a good time to remind people to watch the final part of The Power of Nightmares on BBC2 at 9pm tonight.
The first part examined the origins of the Islamic fundamentalists and American neo-conservatives, and the second part looked at how they joined forces in Afghanistan. Tonight’s should be particularly interesting/depressing in the light [...]
Got a bit bored yesterday, so knocked these together…
Smartline: Kent’s War on Saddam
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