Articles tagged bbc:
In Praise of Michael Cockerell & Watch His (Almost) Entire Back Catalogue
- 19 Jan 2019
I am a massive fan of Michael Cockerell. He's been on my TV screens reporting on political events and making superb documentaries for more than forty years. If I had to choose a list of people whose jobs I would like to have had, he would be very high on it. His style of docum...
David Dimbleby: Master of Question Time
- 13 Dec 2018
Tonight marks the end of an era. One of the greatest broadcasters of our age, David Dimbleby, hosts his last Question Time, after 25 years in the job. I am a typical TV viewer. I hate change. I hated it whe Robin Day left the programme. I thought Peter Sissons was treat...
'Politics Live' - The New Kid on the Political Media Block
- 14 Sep 2018
News junkies are conservative beasts. Whether it’s radio presenters moving to a different slot (!) or political TV shows being axed and then reincarnated, listeners and viewers tend to be very suspicious of change. They jump to conclusions before the first show has even been t...
So What's It Like To Be On Question Time?
- 21 Apr 2018
So, what was it like? That’s the question I’ve been asked a lot over the last 36 hours. Everyone wants to know what it was like to be a guest on BBC’s Question Time. Well, on Thursday I appeared on it for the first time. I’d done ANY QUESTIONS on Radio 4 quite a few times, but...
The BBC Cuts: Hit The Weakest Where It Hurts
- 8 Oct 2011
Anyone would think someone had died. No, it was just the screams emanating from the BBC once reality had set in and the BBC management announced how it was implementing its 20 per cent cuts. In typical BBC fashion they have gone for the soft targets and put off the difficult d...
Hanging up on BBC London
- 22 Mar 2010
I don't normally go on BBC Radio London, and my experience just now reminds me why. I've always been taught that as a radio presenter, if a guest hangs up on you, it reflects very badly on you. You've clearly failed to control the interview. I was invited on to Eddy Nest...
Iain 1 Yasmin 1
- 17 Jan 2010
I know how you all love it when I mention Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, so here goes. On the BBC News Channel paper review last night she talked about Jenni Russell's article in the Sunday Times on class. Here's how the exchange went... YAB: "We had a funny kind of statement fro...
Programmes You'll Never See on the BBC
- 27 Nov 2009
From now on, BBC1 is to be rebranded DAVE. And here's the programme schedule for Day One*... 6am The Big Breakfast with Eric Pickles 10.00am Bargain Jeremy Hunt 10.30am This Morning with Ann & Nick Winterton 11.30am Grumpy Old Tories with Sir Peter & Sir Patrick ...
The Any Questions Experience (1)
- 16 Aug 2008
I must admit I don't normally get nervous before appearing on radio or TV, but yesterday was different. There's enormous potential to make a complete dick of yourself on ANY QUESTIONS, and the thought of the four hour drive home afterwards thinking I had done really badly nagg...
Is the BBC Saying Sorry to Alastair Campbell
- 11 Jul 2007
I have just come back from doing an piece for 5 Live with Edwina Currie on Alastair Campbell's diaries. It was ostensibly to preview the 3 part BBC2 series which starts tonight. I had, in my naivety assumed that it was a three part documentary on Campbell and his reign of terr...