Remember Ben “left of centre” Stephenson, the BBC’s Controller of Drama? Last week he was a panellist at a BFI discussion on “the theatre’s relationship to television drama.” Here’s one guy, writing on his production company’s blog, who wasn’t impressed with Stephenson’s attitude to the classics (emphasis added) : ‘I just worry that they are not going to be that stimulating on screen,’ he said.With which words the central creative … Continue reading
Re this earlier post – Hawksley says buy the book, already! That’s fair enough, and a fine capitalist response. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
Or how the lefty media clique perpetuates its dominance of the BBC. A candid little insight into the workings of the BBC from its new Chief Creative Officer of Vision Pat Younge, in avuncular mood at a diversity forum: “What I didn’t know, and a lot of people don’t know, is the subtle stuff about the BBC that you only learn when you’ve been around. So it’s quite normal … … Continue reading
Have you read this post from the new Justin Webb, Mark Mardell? He ponders on the “special relationship” between the UK and the US in the light of Obama snubbing McDoom at the UN meeting. (No mention of the Megrahi issue, of course) I think Mark provides an interesting insight into BBC elite thinking, Naturally there is denial that any such “special relationship” exists. It only did exist because of … Continue reading
I received this from a B-BBC reader and thought to share it… “This morning at 5.30 I had the opportunity to compare the difference between Sky and BBC World’s coverage of this story. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iGmuQwdsTmw7x3L1h1KcR-CmdilQ Whilst Sky’s strap line and bulletin headlines platform the role of BRITISH diplomats who walked out during Ahmadinejad’s speech because of ‘alleged anti-semitic” ‘ comments (quote marks theirs), the BBC said merely that SOME diplomats had … Continue reading
BBC lead story @ 6am concerns Obama rebuffing Brown’s desperate attempts for a formal meeting. One hour later, lead story changes and instead we get the good news about a putative breakthrough in the AIDS vaccine. BBC new running this as THE big story. Meanwhile Sky News does not appear to have received the memo and runs with the Obama snub as lead. BBC – just doing what it can … Continue reading
It was a magical moment and, of course, the BBC captured it. A 13-year-old Indian school girl has addressed world leaders during the inaugural session at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York. During her speech, Yugratna Srivastava from Lucknow appealed to the world’s leaders to do more to combat the effects of climate change, asking “is this what we are going to give to our future generations?” But … Continue reading
The Today Programme and the Guardian. It just had to be …. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
The BBC reports here that the report on the events of Bloody Sunday has been delayed again. (Let’s hope the lawyers are not out of pocket!) Tribunal chairman Lord Saville has confirmed he hopes to hand the report to the Northern Ireland Secretary at the end of March 2010. Now, if you follow the sidelinks the BBC helpfully provides, you will see a profile on Martin McGuinness here and it … Continue reading
Tomorrow night, why not relax, pour yourself a glass of something pleasing, and JOIN IN the first of a new series of Question Time liveblogs. We go live at 10.30pm or so! My sincere thanks to G.O.T. for the smart new logo, much appreciated!! See you all LIVE tomorrow evening.. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
