Tag Archives: ITV
A brief history of the News At Ten: one of the biggest mistakes in the British TV News business
The Culture Secretary’s speech to the Royal Television Society conference in Cambridge last night included an observation about whether the BBC should be presenting its flagship evening bulletin at 10 pm – the same time as its main commercial rival … Continue reading
Posted in Business/Economics, journalism, Media, TV, Uncategorized
Tagged BBC, greg dyke, hanson trust, itn, ITV, john whittingdale, journalism, News at Ten
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The only thing I hate more than politicians is puppets: Spitting Image extras
This post has the fun extras from my interviews with some of the core Spitting Image team and one of their targets, for a British Film Institute feature, Spitting Image: Still biting after all these years, about the 30th … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Politics, TV, Uncategorized
Tagged 80s, Birmingham, Central television, culture, David Owen, David Steel, ITV, John Lloyd, Kenneth Baker, Liberal SDP Alliance, Margaret Thatcher, media, Murdoch, Norman Tebbit, Peter Fluck, politics, Roger Law, Roy Hattersley, satire, SDP, Steve Nallon, Swift, Thatcher, tv
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