I used to think that writing a regular column was not so different from doing a one-woman show. That was when I
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMA few weeks ago, I woke up to find a host of Twitter wasps buzzing angrily about a comment I had made.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMMost mornings I wake up needing a humour fix, and turn to my favourite newspaper sketch writer to make me chuckle. By
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAfter Channel 4 had picked Leeds as its new national headquarters, earlier this month it broadcast live from the city for the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWith 2018 drawing to a close, I took myself off to California for a bit of escapist hiking in the Sierra Nevada
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAs I’m finishing off my book on Channel 4’s history, I’ve been reflecting on the elements and the stars missing from today’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMMeasuring success in theatre is pretty easy thanks to a box office tally of tickets, reaction from the audience and critics, and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI’ve been following the revamp of the Bristol Old Vic very closely, and its efforts to acknowledge its historic links to the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMOne of my favourite journalists recently observed: “I thought I saw Vince Cable at the theatre and then I remembered that everyone
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMProducer David Puttnam recently observed that it was great to see documentary films doing so well at the box office, including Three
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:15AMWhich live performances and venues do I enjoy the most? This question came up in a recent conversation with a relative, who
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe best thing about being a BAFTA member is that you can attend TV and film previews at the base in Piccadilly,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMHollyoaks has long played a valuable role in bringing new acting talent to television, thanks to its high turnover of characters and
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe interesting thing about the now-imperilled partnership of Ant and Dec is that they sprang from a BBC children’s television drama series,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhy do some TV stars strike such a deep chord with audiences, as shown by the real sense of loss at the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI’ve been keeping an eye on the Financial Times after its revelations about the sleazy, and now defunct, Presidents Club. That was
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhile the critics in London were heaping praise on Hamilton, I was looking forward to something more accessible, in rural mid Wales,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI was brought up in a strict churchgoing family that let its hair down once a year, thanks to my otherwise quiet
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWe all like a laugh from time to time, which is why one of British television’s great gifts has been the sitcom.
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMImagine Jeremy Clarkson being given a Hollywood makeover. Sparkling white, perfect teeth. Hair tamed and tinted with a hint of copper. Face
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhen BBC2 screened its adaptation of Mike Bartlett’s acclaimed stage play King Charles III in May, it made a stir in TV
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:00AMThere was a time when my daughters were small that bad-weather weekends were lived out against the background of the promise that
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMChannel 4 is making a determined attempt to cater for teenagers with an 8pm drama series starting tonight (June 8) called Ackley
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMWhen ITV screened the Olivier Awards last month it managed to attract just over a million viewers, a measly 5% of the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMThe latest trends in television drama production spending might seem a dry subject, but bear with me. The stats confirm the truism
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMNothing beats the experience of a live event. It’s the unique selling point of theatre, though easy to forget. Last week I
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:00AMAs a member of BAFTA, I have recently spent more time in its Piccadilly cinema and my local than at any time
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAs the bongs announcing the new year sounded, it seemed fitting to mutter a toast to the ending of the BBC charter,
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMAt a TV conference, a senior executive speculated about a drop of two million in the TV audience from November 4-6, which coincided with the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMI spent a fruitful hour or so the other day sipping coffee with Kenton Allen, the celebrated comedy producer, whose company, Big
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:00AMBy 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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