So what if EastEnders was live?

The problem with the self-congratulatory coverage the BBC has run over the past few days is that what the EastEnders team see as a great accomplishment isn’t anything of the sort – it’s not that long since many shows, even dramas, routinely went out live.

Broadcasters should consider the desirability of ‘nasty’ judges

Why on earth do broadcasters think the licensed humiliation of people seeking to do no more than entertain their rapidly declining audiences does anything good for their image?

EastEnders, where licensing laws don’t exist

In the spirit of honestly I should declare that I consider EastEnders to be the product of a lazy, untalented and unimaginative production team who over rely on cheap violence and tepid re-hashes of past ’successes’ for their storylines.

BT should shout about Vision’s selling points and stop worrying about Sky

Since September I’ve been enjoying BT’s hideously under-sold Vision TV service and the more I do so the more I wonder at failure of VT bosses to trumpet the service’s key selling points. The presence of these, especially the so-called DOGs, are major gripes on almost every TV blog and discussion board I’ve ever read yet BT fails to utter a word about their absence on the Vision service.

Emmerdale’s moment of success marred by a missed opportunity

I’ll admit to it, the casting of Maxwell Caulfield in Emmerdale tempted me to look in from time to time in recent months and the knowledge that he was leaving last week persuaded me to watch of this week’s episodes albeit from my PVR so I could fast forward the car crash which passes for much of the show.

A spectacular finale to the Tenth Doctor and an era of Doctor Who

Along with well over a hundred other fans, I watched David Tennant’s finale Doctor Who in a bar in central London whcih had been booked especially for the ocasssion. Having seen the location filming for Tennant’s first Christmas special back in 2005 it seemed appropriate to be part of a gathering marking his departure from the series.

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