Articles tagged Reaction.Life Column:
Reaction Life Media Review 14: The Rise of the Murdochs & The Last Ship
- 29 Jul 2020
This article was originally published on Reaction.Life. I wrote a new column each Friday on the site. The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, BBC2 As you will know, if you are a regular reader of this column, I’m a sucker for a person based biographical documentary. So whe...
Reaction Life Media Review 12: Test Match Cricket & Radio Moments Podcast
- 14 Jul 2020
This article first appeared on Reaction.Life Test Match Cricket, Sky Sports Test Match Special, 5 Live Sports Extra On Wednesday cricket fans around the world finally got what they were almost panting for – some live test match action. It didn’t last long, given ...
Reaction.Life Media Review 11: 'Eurovision' & Westmonster News Podcast
- 7 Jul 2020
This column first appeared on Reaction.Life. Eurovision – The Story of Fire Saga, Netflix I’ve never quite understood the appeal of Will Ferrell, so it was with some degree of trepidation that I decided to take the advice of several friends who had seen “Eurovision” with...
Reaction Life Media Review 10: The Return of Football & Mahyer Tousi
- 30 Jun 2020
Last week's review on Reaction.Life. The Return of Premier League Football, Sky Sports, BT Sport, BBC1 Back in early March I remember saying to a colleague that I wouldn’t be going to the London Stadium to see West Ham v Wolves on 17 March because of Coronavirus. This wa...
Reaction Life Media Review 7: Naked Attraction, Nigel Farage on LBC & Desert Island Dicks
- 10 Jun 2020
Last week's review on Reaction.Life. Naked Attraction, Channel 4/E4 If you ask someone if they have ever seen Naked Attraction the usual answer is ‘no, but I did catch sight of it while channel hopping’. Yeah, right. The show has a strange addictive quality. It’s th...
Reaction Life Media Column 6: Emily Maitlis, Newsnight and why newsrooms need more plurality
- 2 Jun 2020
This is the fifth of a new weekly column I am writing for Reaction.Life Back in the day it was clear what Newsnight’s role was. Put simply it was there to cover the day’s news stories in more depth than is possible on a news bulletin, to explain more complicated storie...
Reaction Life Media Column 3: The Killing Season, Radio Norfolk & The Politics of Sound Podcast
- 12 May 2020
This is the third of a new weekly column I am writing for the Reaction.Life website. It's published each Friday on Reaction. The Killing Season, ABC News It’s rare that you could describe a political documentary as ‘gripping’ but given this documentary is all about ...
Reaction.Life Media Review Column 2: The Test, Sunderland Till I Die, Angie Greaves & Women with Balls Podcast
- 5 May 2020
This is the second of a new weekly column I am writing for the Reaction.Life website. It's published each Friday on Reaction. The Test, Amazon Prime Sunderland Til I Die, Amazon Prime Fly on the wall sporting documentaries have become a bit of ‘a thing’ with the ...
Reaction.Life Media Review Column 1: K-Drama, Feedback & Triggernometry Podcast
- 1 May 2020
This is the first of a new weekly column I am writing for the Reaction.Life website. It's published each Friday on Reaction. K-Drama Designated Survivor 60 Days - Netflix Crash Landing on You, Netflix If, a year ago, you’d have told me I’d have spent the ...