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BNP attacks fellow 'Question Time' panellists
Sunday, 18 October 2009
As the far-right party prepares for its first programme appearance, it accuses the BBC of 'stirring up trouble' with its choice of guests
Sport on TV: It's Alliss in wonderland with the king of clubs – and hearts
Sunday, 18 October 2009
If you don't particularly like golf, there are few players you would be prepared to watch a TV programme about. Perhaps only one: Severiano Ballesteros. OK, so he had some dodgy pairs of flares in his time but it was his flair on the course that transcended his staid pastime; he had a sunny disposition mixed with Mediterranean emotion; and, for those who only really get interested in the game when the Ryder Cup is on, "he was without a doubt the reason why Europe started winning", according to Jack Nicklaus on Inside Sport Special (BBC1, Wednesday). If you were to watch a programme about Nick Faldo or Bernhard Langer, you would be likely to reflect upon a good three-quarters of an hour spoiled.
BBC unveils drama about 'first modern lesbian'
Friday, 16 October 2009
Jonathan Brown: Anne Lister was known as Gentleman Jack to her 19th century Yorkshire neighbours.
'Reborn' Kershaw returns to the airwaves
Friday, 16 October 2009
Ian Burrell: After breakdown and family disintegration, award-winning presenter is to make BBC comeback.
Blue Peter winner is BBC chief's daughter
Friday, 16 October 2009
The nine-year-old girl who won a Blue Peter competition to design a coin for the London 2012 Olympics is the daughter of a senior BBC executive, it was revealed today.
Israel vents fury at ally Turkey over 'barbaric' TV drama
Friday, 16 October 2009
Israel's increasingly troubled relations with its main ally in the Muslim world took a turn yesterday when it formally protested to Turkey over the "incitement" generated by a television series featuring fictional scenes of barbaric acts by Israeli soldiers.
Shock jock Limbaugh fumbles chance at $750m sports franchise
Friday, 16 October 2009
He is the heavyweight champ of talk radio, who earns $30m (£18.4m) a year preaching robust conservatism to middle America. But Rush Limbaugh's attempt to add a storied sports franchise to his high-profile media empire has ended in failure.
Channel 4 signs deal with YouTube
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Channel 4 has signed a pioneering deal with video-sharing site YouTube to make hundreds of its homegrown shows available on demand.
Baroness Warsi to face BNP leader on 'Question Time'
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Sayeeda Warsi, the shadow minister for community cohesion, is to take on the leader of the British National Party (BNP) on the BBC's Question Time next week.
Vexed questions raised by Griffin's TV appearance
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Row erupts over who will pay to police demonstrations
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