Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Welcome and long overdue news that the BBC has resolved to feature northern locations in its programmes. The announcement coincides with the imminent relocation of many of its staff to Salford and will showcase our gorgeous landmarks to the wider world.
The BBC has long been obsessed with portraying ethnic ...
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Expenses. If it’s not the Government at the brunt end of criticism, it’s the BBC. More revelations about the use of public money have come to light today in the form of taxi fares - and it doesn’t sit well with the BBC’s already tarnished reputation.
It appears that the big ...
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
As the BBC announces it’s to hack away at its multi-service broadcast offering, I’m left wondering whether the Beeb is hoping to drum-up protest from sympathetic fans in a bid to secure its future.
6 Music is probably the most controversial station to be axed. Although it has a relatively small ...
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
As a predominately female team, the Peppermints were horrified to see headlines in one national paper suggesting that Denise Van Outen had been stripped of her presenting role on ‘Over the Rainbow’, simply for being pregnant. A stream of angry comments ensued, but our frustrations were redirected as we continued ...
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Thank goodness the BBC is ditching its misguided attempt to ‘funk up’ its long-standing institution, Gardeners’ World. The Beeb has pulled off the unenviable double-whammy of alienating its core Gardeners’ World audience whilst simultaneously failing to excite a younger demographic.
OK, so I can’t claim to be amongst the programme’s most ...
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