And while we’re talking about The Sun, take a look at this picture. It’s the front page of The Sun from Tuesday of this week. The man in the picture is John Tulloch. He was one of the survivors of the 7th July London bombings. The front page is obviously composed in order to make… Continue reading The Sun Tells Lies
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“Traitors”
The Sun is at it’s most vitriolic this morning, labelling the MPs who defeated the government as “traitors” on its front page. It goes on to claim that they ignored the wishes of the vast majority of Britons and humiliated Tony Blair. In a bizarre piece of reporting, it also says the “the limit was… Continue reading “Traitors”
Recording TV
At home we still record TV the old-fashioned way – using video recorders. It’s all very 20th century and we should really think about updating our methods. Here are the things we’re considering. Buying a hard disk based system, Something like a Tivo. You can’t buy a new Tivo in the UK any more, but… Continue reading Recording TV
Ask And You Shall Receive
A few days ago I mentioned in passing that I really wanted to see the series Dark Skies again. At the time I really had no reason to believe that I’d see it any time soon. Now I see that ITV 4 are showing it starting from this coming Monday. That’s what I call service!
EuroOSCON on the BBC
This week’s edition of the BBC programme Click Online contains a report about EuroOSCON. The transcript is here and the Real Audio stream is here. The programme is repeated a number of times on various BBC channels (mainly News 24) over the next couple of days. It’s the first report in the programme, but its… Continue reading EuroOSCON on the BBC
A Brief History of Disbelief
Most TV documentaries have been dumbed down to such an extent that they are often unwatchable. Programme makers seem to think that it’s impossible to explain concepts to the viewer without flashy graphics or re-enactment of key scenes. And a lot of time is wasted telling us what we are about see or what we… Continue reading A Brief History of Disbelief
BBC Programme Catalogue
When I saw him in Amsterdam, Matt was talking about a secret project he was doing for the BBC. And now he has revealed what it is. He’s putting a web front end on the BBC Programme Catalogue. That’s a database that contains details of almost a million programmes that the BBC have broadcast over… Continue reading BBC Programme Catalogue
MirrorMask vs The Corpse Bride
Last weekend I saw The Corpse Bride. Yesterday I saw MirrorMask. Two new films from past masters of fantasy. How do they compare? Actually there’s no comparison. MirrorMask is streets ahead. Whilst I’m a big fan of a lot of Tim Burton’s work, I find that some of his gothic fantasy stuff is a bit… Continue reading MirrorMask vs The Corpse Bride
mightyv.com
A couple of my friends have won the first BBC Backstage competition with their web site mightyv.com (that’s a pun on “mighty tv” and “my tv”). It’s a great site and you should all take a look at it (assuming that the server can cope with the strain of all the publicity it’s currently getting).… Continue reading mightyv.com
Doctor Who Wins National TV Awards
The revived Doctor Who won three awards at last night’s National TV Awards ceremony. The programme won “most popular drama” and Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper won “most popular actor” and “most popular actress” respectively. I first found out about this by reading The Sun‘s version of the story over someone’s shoulder on the tube… Continue reading Doctor Who Wins National TV Awards