Red Dwarf and Scrapheap Challenge star Robert Llewellyn embarks on a new quest next Tuesday to understand the extraordinary engines, machines and structures that form the backbone of 21st-century living in How Do They Do It? - a new factual series that lifts the lid on the incredible engineering behind everyday life.The opening episode sees the team visit Volvo�s factory in Korea … [Read more...]
BBC ‘Brings Clarity’ to Phone Votes
December 30, 2007 By
The BBC has announced it will introduce a new policy this week to improve the clarity and understanding of audiences in the way programmes which use premium rate phone calls are priced.From this week, premium rate calls to BBC programmes, excluding charity appeals such as Comic Relief, Children in Need or Restoration, are to be capped at 15 pence.The corporation says the new policy … [Read more...]
Five Offers Rough Guides To Holidays
December 30, 2007 By
Five launches a new 15-part travel series next week promising to bring "opinionated, authoritative and inspirational consumer travel back to terrestrial UK television".Presented by Julia Bradbury and independent film-maker and journalist Toby Amies, Rough Guide To... is aimed at� viewers who really want to know the locations� of the very best beaches, luxury destinations and … [Read more...]
Christmas TV Thoughts
December 28, 2007 By
Another TV Christmas is behind us and once again the BBC trounced the opposition, notching up nine of the top ten most watched shows. The predictable EastEnders Max/Stacey/Bradley plot finally came to a head with the inevitable Christmas Day revelation of Stacey and Max's fling. Once again the show's writers invited the audience to care for the characters and eagerly anticipate … [Read more...]
