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A is for Alzheimers, F is for Fake
Paul Watson first brought Britain docu-soap in 1974 with a twelve part series, The Family. He also made Aussie-based titillater Sylvania Waters. His latest film, Malcolm & Barbara: Love’s farewell, is an altogether more sober affair about a marriage ending as husband Malcolm dies of complications arising from Alzheimers. ITV will air it on August…
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RDF – at least Channel 4 still loves them…
Whilst RDF do about a fifth of their business with ITV and BBC, their main client is the reassuringly silent Channel 4. One of the reality shows RDF produces for them is Property Ladder, and it so happened that friends of ours wangled a slot on it (against my advice). The programme has an agreeable…
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How young people destroy trust in the media
Michael Grade is a hugely entertaining chap, but he’s also an inveterate peddler of BS*. The man who wants to restore trust occupies a role as a PLC executive chairman that flies in the face of accepted rules of corporate governance. Never mind – have a cigar – we trust you! And the blame for…
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The future of UK TV news – a regulator writes
Here are Ofcom‘s discussion points from its Future of News paper (available in full here). Television news cannot be taken for granted on any commercial channel after digital switch-over, because revenues generated from advertising around news programmes do not appear to cover costs of production… …there are good reasons for existing commercial PSB channels to…