Thursday, September 29, 2016
By an odd coincidence, news that Channel 4 had pinched the Great British Bake Off was delivered to me in a series
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It was 7am on a sparkling morning and I was off to the BBC for a jolly interview about why young people
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One of the most enjoyable television shows of my summer has to be Versailles, with its delicious mix of fabulous costumes, gardens
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Feeling dazed by the ongoing crisis and the evidence that so many millions feel excluded from metropolitan London I picked up a
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With Versailles romping away on BBC2, it seems timely to alert costume drama fans – and make-up and costume artists in particular
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While the BBC waits anxiously for the Whittingdale lash of the charter renewal white paper, and its senior levels seethe with dissent,
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How many ways are there to celebrate Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary? My inbox brims with initiatives, from a device offering his best quotes
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My best outing in recent weeks was to Bristol Old Vic Theatre School’s highly original production of The Tempest at the Redgrave
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Actors are well versed in the regular changes of regimes that take place across Theatreland, as directors move on and new artistic
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While praise is heaped on great performances in War and Peace, spare a thought for actor Kieran Bew. He’s the burly warrior lead in Beowulf:
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While writing the obituary of Radio 4 announcer Peter Donaldson, whose voice had been part of so many people’s morning routines, it
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The other day I watched Peter Bazalgette, sporting a virtual reality headset, learning the secret behind a TV magic trick, making a
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When George Osborne was forcing the BBC to take the £750 million hit from free licence fees for the over-75s two months
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In August 2002, I attended a perplexing event. It was the recording of what would turn out to be the final series
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What is the best way for creatives to respond to the BBC Charter renewal? Or to put it another way, was the
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You could call it the Poldark moment. ITV has recently ramped up purchases of independent producers, to buttress its studios division and
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At this time of year, huge black stag beetles fly out of the greenery surrounding my garden. And this sight popped into
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I am not a member of that endangered species called critics. But on election night I was anchored to my sofa till
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We’ve been seeing a lot of farewells across the arts, from Nicolas Hytner’s smooth handover and Kevin Spacey’s magnificent sing song at
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While the Jeremy Clarkson drama played out, I was obsessively reading the new official BBC history, Pinkoes and Traitors, dealing with the
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After the Brit Awards, the DJ and BAME commentator Edward Adoo, whose views I value, wrote that presenters Ant and Dec were
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Tessa Ross, the incoming chief executive of the National Theatre, has said that she sees her new role as an opportunity to “bring in young people” to the venue. Speaking at this year’s…
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Live screenings of theatre productions in cinemas across the UK pioneered by the National Theatre generated £7.2 million at the box office last year, from just 14 shows, a new report has fo…
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The success of BBC1’s Happy Valley and Peaky Blinders on BBC2 in the past year has demonstrated that the channels “offer some of the best of British drama”, the BBC Trust said today. T…
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The BBC has announced plans to open up access to the world of musical entertainment within the UK, with two new partnerships designed to train new entrants and increase the technical skills…
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Channel 4’s audience share dropped to 6.1 per cent in 2013 – the lowest in its recent history – as it was hit by stiff competition, including the decision by BBC1 to scrap chil…
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The BBC’s director general Tony Hall has confirmed that BBC3 will close in the autumn of 2015, though the controversial decision, stoking a storm of protest, will have to be ratified by th…
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David Suchet has ruled out appearing in a West End stage production featuring Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, a role he has played on television since 1989. Suchet revealed in 2010 th…
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Hilary Mantel's Booker prize-winning novels will see Rylance, as Cromwell, reunited with director of The Government InspectorThe actor Mark Rylance is to be reunited with the director of the…
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BBC2 is aiming to serve up intelligent drama that doesn’t rely on a backdrop of war exotic locations or upper class life. ‘Different’ can be risky, writes Maggie Brown, but the ability…
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Kevin Spacey has said that despite his Oscar winning career in film, and his current commitment to making and starring in the second 13-part series of House of Cards for Netflix, he still fi…
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