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The UK Radio Aid Question
The earthquake that the people of Haiti experienced nearly a week ago now was horrific, and it’s wonderful that at time of writing the appeal launched by the Disasters Emergency Committee has reached over £23 million. Following the Asian tsunami on Boxing Day 2004, UK Radio Aid was a telethon of sorts that took place…
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Sky One After Harry Hill… Again
I don’t blame a presenter trying to maximise their value, but if reports are true, then Harry Hill is shortly going to be signing a deal with Sky One and leaving ITV. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. In March last year they were after Harry again, as well as Gavin and Stacey.…
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Radio Times 10 January 2010
A little different this time around. I’ve just removed anything not worth bothering with. That does tend to leave some channels a little bereft… So Lark Rise doesn’t make the cut. And that’s even though it was directed by Sue (Suzanne Ross/Michelle Fowler) Tully. And isn’t The Choir an odd choice for Sign Zone –…
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Ross Quits
The big news today is that Jonathan Ross has quit his job at the BBC. Although he’ll be staying on for specials and on presentational duty at things like the BAFTAs and Comic Relief, he’ll be leaving his Friday Night Show, Film 2010 and Saturday morning Radio 2 show. Leaving aside the whys and wherefores…
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Timelapses
When it became clear that it was going to snow fairly heavily near my flat last night, I thought it might be fun to put some timelapse videos together. Indeed, that might be a good idea, but I’m not convinced that I managed the best implementation ever. This first video is the worst. It’s the…
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Snow Law
If you’re like me, when someone tells you something that sounds like an urban myth, you’re desperate to do your bit to put the other person right. So you do a quick Google search and end up somewhere where the question has been previously asked. Of course it’s an urban myth. Don’t be so stupid.…
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Radio This Week
There’s a few interesting things on TV just at the moment, but I’m going to concentrate on radio. All this week, Melvyn Bragg is celebrating the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary with four episodes of In Our Time. The first is already available to listen to as I type (and they’ll stay available, which is fabulous).…
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Stripping
Is stripping a good idea? I mean the television scheduling practice of course. Tonight on ITV1, the first episode of a new series of Above Suspicion is starting. It’s a three-parter really, with episodes each night from Monday to Wednesday. Over on BBC2, they’re beginning a run of Nurse Jackie, the dark comedy from US…
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The Year of the Kindle/ebook Reader?
Sometimes, a piece of information just doesn’t smell right. On Boxing Day this year, Amazon announced a couple of pieces of information in a release that got lots of coverage, in large part – I’d suggest – because over the holiday period, and there’s not a great deal of real news kicking around. We were…
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Happy New Year Boo
I tend to loathe New Year. Forced jolity really isn’t my thing. Nonetheless – if only to force myself to use the nice H2 Zoom audiorecorder I bought a while back – here’s a Boo I made earlier: Listen!
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A Night With ITV(1)
Here’s a strange thing: I just spent this evening watching ITV. At least, I spent 9pm to 11.45pm watching the channel. And it’s not even a Champions’ League Night. Now you do need to understand that I don’t watch any of the soaps – especially not Coronation Street. I gave up on The Bill when…
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Radio Times 25 December 2009
Happy Christmas everyone! My Christmas gift to you (Spotify) is some top hints on what to watch on the TV today: As ever, it’s best viewed large (otherwise you simply won’t be able to read it). And if you want my radio recommendations, they’re here.
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Yellowface/All The Lovers In The Night
Yellowface by R F Kuang I first came across R F Kuang with last year’s very enjoyable Babel, an alternate history of the British Empire told in a world where magic exists and is controlled by an elite group of individuals. Yellowface is very different, but no less enjoyable. It’s a book about books, and…
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