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TV and Radio
Amanda Holden is ‘euphoric’ about return to BGT panel
AMANDA Holden says she is “euphoric” about making her return to the judging panel of Britain’s Got Talent in Edinburgh just over a fortnight after she was in a critical condition in hospital.
Hollywood backs petition to save Janice Forsyth radio show
THE petition to save BBC Radio Scotland’s Janice Forsyth Show has collected more than 1,000 signatures as the campaign to keep the programme on the air gathers strength.
22 commentsFrom Hogwarts to the Tardis?
HARRY Potter star Emma Watson is fans’ top choice to be Doctor Who’s next assistant.
Ian Rankin waxes lyrical in fight to stop BBC ‘numpties’ axing Janice Forsyth show
ONE of Scotland’s foremost authors has stepped up the row over BBC Radio Scotland’s decision to axe the popular Janice Forsyth Show by writing a poem attacking the corporation.
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Ex-BBC news chief Blair Jenkins calls for regulator with ‘teeth’
THE former head of news at BBC Scotland and chair of the Scottish Broadcasting Commission has called for the creation of a new independent press regulator with substantial powers to investigate unethical behaviour.
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Don’t switch off Janice Forsyth, say Scots musicians and politicians
SCOTTISH musicians and politicians from across the political spectrum have joined in a major online campaign to save the Janice Forsyth radio show after it was revealed that BBC Scotlandis to axe it.
14 commentsRadio Listener by Jim Gilchrist
IF I MAY say this without repetition, hesitation or deviation, a radio institution celebrates an anniversary on Monday as the splendid Nicholas Parsons introduces the panel show he has chaired since its inception in just a minute.
Holden ready for show return
Amanda Holden is expected to return to Britain’s Got Talent next week when the show visits Edinburgh.
Analysis: Programme’s problem is that it is simply too popular
YOU can see the logic of it, from BBC Radio Scotland’s point of view. “We’ve got to save some money. The person whose show we’re axing and the indie production company making it will still have other work from us, so we’re clearly not being nasty.
1 commentJanice Forsyth music show forced off air to make way for sport
FOR Scottish music fans, it was the perfect accompaniment to their Saturday morning. But after almost two decades, Janice Forsyth’s weekend BBC Radio Scotland show is to be axed to make way for more news and sport.
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TV reviews: We’ll Take Manhattan | Birdsong | How the Brits Rocked America
I’VE met David Bailey a couple of times. The first time, doubtless a tactic to unnerve all his inquisitors, he left me standing in the middle of his whitewalled studio while he circled me, clicking with the camera in his head, capturing my reaction to the biggest of his photographs hanging there – an enormous black penis.
Channel 4 axes Frankie Boyle show
HIS dark brand of humour has generated acclaim and outrage in almost equal measure. But now Channel 4 has parted company with controversial Scots comic Frankie Boyle.
13 commentsComedian Skinner to be a father, aged 55
COMIC Frank Skinner has revealed he is to become a father – at the age of 55.
1 commentLady Gaga advert ‘not overtly sexual’
AN ADVERT featuring pop star Lady Gaga rubbing her bare stomach while clad in suspenders was not “overtly sexual”, the advertising watchdog has ruled.
90% of TV is watched ‘live’
NINETY per cent of television is watched when it is broadcast despite the rise of on-demand services and new technology, according to new figures.
1 commentDoctor Who writer back to children’s TV
The television writer Russell T Davies – who brought Doctor Who back to the BBC – is to return to science fiction with a new children’s series.
Jamie Oliver trainee found dead
ONE of Jamie Oliver’s original apprentices from his Fifteen restaurant has been found dead in a garden, police said yesterday.
ITV rapped for passing off computer game footage as genuine IRA attack
ITV has been strongly criticised by the TV watchdog and found in breach of broadcasting rules for mistakenly claiming that a scene from a video game was footage of an IRA attack.
How Skins lost the plot
“Just don’t change,” whimpers one vapid Skins character to another in tonight’s opening episode of season six.
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TV preview: Birdsong | We’ll Take Manhattan | Noel Fielding’s Luxury Comedy
By Paul Whitelaw
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TV Review: Mad Dogs | Suits | Jonathan Meades on France
IMAGINE if a thoughtful but easily confused auntie bought you the box-set of Mad Dogs for Christmas rather than Mad Men – you’d be pretty annoyed. This is the kind of show that Sky thinks qualifies it as a grown-up player in the drama game.
Iranian channel taken off the air
Iranian news network Press TV has had its licence revoked by communications watchdog Ofcom.
Leveson inquiry: Top TV executives set to give evidence
SENIOR television executives including, BBC director-general Mark Thompson, will give evidence to the Leveson inquiry into press standards next week.
Out-of-this-world prize for top talent
BRITAIN’S Got Talent prepared for blast-off yesterday as the first auditions for the new series began, with the winner promised an out-of-this-world prize.
TV Preview: Late ‘n’ Live Guide to Comedy
It’s the toughest comedy gig around. Now the comics who played there and lived to tell the tale reveal their harrowing stories in a four-part TV documentary. By Mark Fisher
TV presenter sets up work campaign
MIRIAM O’Reilly is leaving the BBC a year after she won an age discrimination case against the corporation.
Are games-based dramas the new TV trend?
Gamers may have been excited by an announcement last week about a new American TV show, LA Noir, which will be a stylised drama of police corruption, gangsters and hardboiled crime noir.
Top Gear denies insulting Indian people
Senior editorial staff on the Top Gear television show have rejected claims that the special programme broadcast featuring India was insulting – claiming instead it was a “warts and all” portrayal of the country.
Birdsong: ‘It’s a story about love, passion, life and death’
The stars of BBC1 drama Birdsong tell Shereen Low how filming Sebastian Faulks’s novel affected them
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Jesus Christ Superstar ‘back to its roots’ at O2
Andrew Lloyd Webber said the hunt for a new lead in Jesus Christ Superstar would take the show back to its “roots”, after moving from the BBC to ITV.
Who needs the Priory? Wrestle your demons on screen
When heavyweight silent comedy star Roscoe ‘Fatty’ Arbuckle was implicated in the death of actress Virginia Rappe at a party in 1921, his court acquittal couldn’t save his career. His films were banned and he became a Hollywood pariah.
Interview: Miranda Hart, actress and comedian
Miranda Hart has always felt like an outsider, though her ability to laugh at her own insecurities has endeared her to the nation. Now she’s playing a straight role – but can she deliver?
Camera-shy Karen Gillan tells of meeting David Bailey
DOCTOR Who star Karen Gillan says she found David Bailey as formidable as his reputation when she met the photographer after being cast as his former flame, Sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton, in a new TV drama.
Golden Globes: Downton Abbey among the winners as Ricky Gervais tones it down Picture gallery
Popular costume drama Downton Abbey was among the British winners at this year’s Golden Globes awards, scooping the award for best television mini series.
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TV review: The Mystery of Edwin Drood | The Rules of Drinking | My Daughter The Teenage Nudist
PICTURE the scene: a forward planning meeting to decide what we’re going to watch in the grim early weeks of the new year. Remembering the cold and snowbound start to 2011, a TV trendy pushes his clear-framed specs up his nose and says: “No-one will venture outside until mid-Feb. Give ’em sex, booze and Dickens!”
Dalziel and Pascoe creator dies
Reginald Hill, the author of more than 40 books including the Dalziel and Pascoe crime novels and winner of the Crime Writers’ Association Cartier Diamond Dagger in 1995, has died aged 75.
- Alex Salmond under fire for Nazi jibe at BBC adviser
- Scottish independence: TV presenter Neil Oliver warns against knee-jerk decisions
- Donald Trump brands Alex Salmond ‘insane’ over windfarms
- Marian Kello dropped because he entered negotiations with English club
- Alex Salmond in formal complaint over BBC Calcutta Cup ‘snub’
- Alex Salmond under fire for Nazi jibe at BBC adviser
- Scottish independence: TV presenter Neil Oliver warns against knee-jerk decisions
- The Rumour Mill: Friday’s football news and gossip
- Minimum pricing on alcohol is legal in EU says Nicola Sturgeon
- Donald Trump brands Alex Salmond ‘insane’ over windfarms
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