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BBC Director-General and Channel 4 CEO to Be Questioned by Lords
The Committee will question Lord Hall of Birkenhead and Alex Mahon as part of an ongoing inquiry into public service broadcasting in the age of VOD. (read more)
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Does On-Demand Video Spell the End for Public Service Broadcasters?
The House of Lords Communications Committee has called for evidence for its new inquiry which will investigate whether there is a future for public service broadcasting. (read more)
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Screen Nation Announce 2nd Black Hall of Fame
The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards return in October with the UK’s only hall of fame honouring individuals of British African Caribbean heritage. (read more)
Society
Brexit: It Was Ever Thus
Prescient plotical comment from the BBC, still relevant today. (read more)
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Can You Really Use Insects to Tell if A Body’s Been Moved?
Forensic entomology is more complicated than it looks on TV (read more)
Society
Shake Your Inner Monkey: Movie Screenwriting and The Limbic Brain
Sex, Politics, Celebrity: What’s on your monkey mind? (read more)
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Can You Die From Watching TV?
Excessive daily TV watching may increase risk of death (read more)
Society
The Man in the Amazon Castle (No Spoilers)
Amazon Prime and Ridley Scott team up to bring Philip K Dick’s The Man in the High Castle to the screen. Trebuchet recommends (read more)
Features
TV at its most cynical. The Magician’s Apprentice (Doctor Who)
Audience figures for Saturday night’s mess are the lowest ever for a Who series opener. You’d think they would have got the hint. (read more)
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Too Much Telly Gets Your Toddler… Bullied?!
The toddler ‘s TV watching habits were reported by their parents and their victimization in grade 6 was self-reported by the children themselves. (read more)
Society
Forgiving Jeremy Clarkson: Forgiving Ourselves. [Top Gear]
The culture wars have become so divisive, even the organisation that tolerated Jimmy Savile is obliged now to take sides. (read more)
Society
Zombiezzzzzzzz: Putting the genre to rest
Hordes of undead roaming the streets are one thing, but stagnant and creatively bankrupt popular culture that never goes away is another. It’s time the genre got shot in the head. (read more)