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  • Still seeking a distinctive voice

    LEADING ARTICLE THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS S even months ago, the Liberal Democrats chose Nick Clegg to lead them because he is the sort of personable, sensible man you would not mind meeting in a pub. The elder statesman's gravitas of his predecessor, Sir...

    Articles 2008-07-17

  • Mission: impossible?

    A new BBC2 thriller wants to charm us into taking notice of climate change. James Rampton reports from the set The makers of Burn Up knew from the outset that their drama would be a tough sell. The two-part BBC2 thriller by Simon Beaufoy, the writer of...

    Articles 2008-07-17

  • Portraits of a lady who lost focus

    Last Night's TV THE THIRTIES IN COLOUR BBC4 THE BILL ITV1 Strictly speaking, The Thirties in Colour should be called "Toffs on Their Hols", Far Eastern sweatshops not yet having placed this particular means of production into the hands of ordinary joes such...

    Articles 2008-07-17

  • BRYAN COWGILL

    Combative television executive who launched 'Match of the Day' Bryan Cowgill, who launched Match of the Day in August 1964, was a television executive who was good at making headlines - often as a result of his combative style. As the BBC's Head of...

    Articles 2008-07-17

  • There's no need to go overboard

    Last Night's TV OLYMPIC DREAMS BBC1 TRUE STORIES MORE4 Having hope yourself is one thing. Being "a hope" for someone else is quite another, and Olympic Dreams effectively caught the queasy ambiguity of that condition, in its profile of three young hopes for...

    Articles 2008-07-16

  • Former Telegraph literary editor wins non fiction award

    M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Kate Summerscale, a former literary editor of The Daily Telegraph, has won the GBP30,000 BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize with a non-fiction story entitled The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. The award winning title, for which Summerscale received the prize in...

    Articles 2008-07-16

  • Nigerian conmen targeting budding African footballers: BBC

    LONDON AFP — Young African footballers hoping to make their fortunes in top English clubs are being conned out of thousands of dollars by Nigerian fraudsters, according to a BBC investigation broadcast on Tuesday. The undercover probe included a "sting" operation on a man claiming to be an...

    Articles 2008-07-15

  • BBC taxi bill has risen to Pounds 13.8m

    Home News IN BRIEF *The BBC's taxi bill for taking guests to and from programmes rose by 2m last year. The Corporation spent 5.3m on driving contributors and guests in the last financial year, up from 3.3m. In total, the taxi bill for the BBC rose to...

    Articles 2008-07-15

  • Winner of BBC National Short Story Award announced

    M2 BEST BOOKS-C2000-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A short story entitled The Numbers, by Clare Wigfall, has won the 2008 BBC National Short Story Award. Wigfall will reportedly receive GBP15,000 for her 5,600 word story, which was picked from 635 entries. According to the Daily...

    Articles 2008-07-15

  • Man on a mission restores some faith

    Last Night's TV THE QUR'AN CHANNEL 4 BANGED UP FIVE Whatever is the opposite of turning in one's grave, Lord Reith must be doing it. The old boy, who gave the BBC the mission to educate, inform and entertain, would have heartily approved...

    Articles 2008-07-15

  • Sony Computer Entertainment and Sky announce launch of Go!View PSP video-on-demand service

    TELECOMWORLDWIRE-15 July 2008-Sony Computer Entertainment and Sky announce launch of Go!View PSP video-on-demand serviceC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Sony Computer Entertainment Europe SCEE, the company responsible for the sales, marketing, distribution and software development for the PlayStation, and UK entertainment company Sky have announced the launch of Go!View,...

    Articles 2008-07-15

  • SCOTT MILLS ON PHILLIP SCHOFIELD

    MY MENTOR I remember watching Phillip Schofield on Children's BBC and thinking he was everything I wanted to be. I have met and worked with him since, but back then I would watch him every Saturday morning on Going Live. He was extremely professional and engaged with...

    Articles 2008-07-14

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