http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/?service=Rss http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-oprah-winfrey-channel-1824955.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-oprah-winfrey-channel-1824955.html ]]> <p>"Big day ...tune in my tweet friends." So read the short message on Twitter from a certain Oprah Winfrey yesterday morning. As if they, and everybody else, weren't tuned already. Word had been leaked late Thursday that this was going to be the fateful date on which America's Great Aunt of Talk would finally hand in her notice.</p> TV & Radio Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/daily-show-brit-gets-own-comedy-series-1824105.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/news/daily-show-brit-gets-own-comedy-series-1824105.html ]]> <p>John Oliver, the lanky-haired Brummie comedian who moved to America to try out his funny accent on the natives and has risen to something near fame as "Senior British Correspondent" on the The Daily Show, is being rewarded in the only way that is appropriate – with his own weekly US show.</p> News Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/oprah-winfrey-quits-tv-show-after-25-years-1824226.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/oprah-winfrey-quits-tv-show-after-25-years-1824226.html ]]> <p>Oprah Winfrey, the reigning monarch of daytime chat and occasional champion of presidents and authors, is to announce on her television show today that after nearly a quarter of a century of syndication success she is preparing to quit her show for good the year after next.</p> TV & Radio Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-criticised-for-using-fake-orgasm-clip-on-show-1823628.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-criticised-for-using-fake-orgasm-clip-on-show-1823628.html <p> The BBC was criticised today after a radio presenter played a clip of Meg Ryan faking an orgasm during a show broadcast during the time of the school run. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:11:28 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/ian-burrell-one-radio-website-for-all-the-uk-1823525.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/ian-burrell-one-radio-website-for-all-the-uk-1823525.html <p> The BBC has just announced the setting up of a new online radio player that will include every licensed radio station in the UK. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:33:32 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-big-question-will-appointing-a-new-chairman-be-enough-to-end-itvs-problems-1823103.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-big-question-will-appointing-a-new-chairman-be-enough-to-end-itvs-problems-1823103.html TV & Radio Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/archie-norman-to-chair-itv-and-start-hunt-for-new-ceo-1823143.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/archie-norman-to-chair-itv-and-start-hunt-for-new-ceo-1823143.html <p>ITV appointed the former Asda chief executive and Tory MP Archie Norman as its new chairman yesterday, ending months of speculation about who would take the job.</p> TV & Radio Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/mod-defends-time-spent-on-top-gear-stunts-1823002.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/mod-defends-time-spent-on-top-gear-stunts-1823002.html ]]> <p> Whether it is trying to blast a Lotus sports car off the road with an Apache helicopter, or using an RAF Typhoon to race the world’s fastest road car, no series of Top Gear would be complete without some sort of high-octane cameo from our armed forces. </p> TV & Radio Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:12:58 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/peter-oborne-and-james-jones-in-defence-of-dispatches-1822986.html http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/peter-oborne-and-james-jones-in-defence-of-dispatches-1822986.html <p> Anti-Semitism is the most notorious form of racism. Its long and hideous history culminated in the Nazi Holocaust and its still exists as a powerful and very dangerous force in the 21st century. </p> Commentators Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:41:22 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/former-tory-mp-is-new-chairman-of-itv-1822688.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/former-tory-mp-is-new-chairman-of-itv-1822688.html ]]> <p> Former Conservative MP Archie Norman was today named as the new chairman of ITV following the broadcaster's protracted search to replace Michael Grade. </p> Business News Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:34:03 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/thought-for-day-complaints-rejected-1822411.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/thought-for-day-complaints-rejected-1822411.html ]]> <p>The BBC's governing body has rejected a series of complaints about a ban on non-religious contributors to the Radio 4 Today programme's Thought for the Day.</p> TV & Radio Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/x-factor-microphones-turned-down-for-twins-1822133.html http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/x-factor-microphones-turned-down-for-twins-1822133.html ]]> <p> X Factor twins John and Edward were at the centre of "fix" claims today following reports that soundmen have been ordered to mask their weak vocals. </p> News Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:11:08 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/call-for-pcc-chair-to-resign-1821675.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/call-for-pcc-chair-to-resign-1821675.html <p> Within a day of making her inaugural speech as chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, Baroness Buscombe is facing a call for her to resign. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:45:47 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/newsflash-its-time-to-face-up-to-disfigurement-1821237.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/newsflash-its-time-to-face-up-to-disfigurement-1821237.html ]]> <p> Channel Five, the broadcaster which famously pays the glamorous Natasha Kaplinsky £1m a year to read the news, will today put before the autocue a man who, to use his own description, has a face made up of "a patchwork quilt of scars". </p> TV & Radio Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:54 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/for-the-record-rich-pickings-for-breakfast-1821238.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/for-the-record-rich-pickings-for-breakfast-1821238.html <p> Next year's radio industry Oscars, the Sonys, will have four new categories to give marketers and advertising bods their chance of picking up a bauble. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:33 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-vietnam-vet-who-thinks-mtv-can-make-the-world-a-better-place-1821543.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-vietnam-vet-who-thinks-mtv-can-make-the-world-a-better-place-1821543.html ]]> <p> Bill Roedy is the international statesman who never got voted out of office. To step into his London office is to enter a museum filled with artefacts featuring the global leaders, world-changing events, natural disasters and cultural icons that have characterised the past two decades. Every photograph, painting and ornament relates to the media career of this tough-looking Vietnam veteran, the chairman and chief executive of MTV Networks International. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:21 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/stv-and-itv-on-a-collision-course-to-the-high-court-1820825.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/stv-and-itv-on-a-collision-course-to-the-high-court-1820825.html <p> A screech of tyres, bang! And it was off. The big television event of last week was Collision, ITV's five-part drama that opened with a spectacular car crash, then unravelled the intertwined lives of its characters. But for anyone living north of the border, it might as well never have happened. For Collision is the latest ITV drama to have been denied to viewers of STV, ITV's Scottish licence holder, in an increasingly bitter dispute that looks set to end up in the High Court. </p> TV & Radio Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:47 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/sport-on-tv-panto-season-arrives-early-as-hatton-squeezes-into-big-pants-1820894.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/sport-on-tv-panto-season-arrives-early-as-hatton-squeezes-into-big-pants-1820894.html <p>Ricky Hatton was ready to rumble last week, from a variety of orifices. The boxer was guest of honour on WWE Late Night Raw (Sky Sports 3, Thursday), his first time back in the ring since Manny Pacquiao laid him out like an undertaker in May. But Hatton looked more like his hero Bernard Manning than Manny.</p> Others Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/relish-for-food-and-an-appetite-for-change-1820963.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/relish-for-food-and-an-appetite-for-change-1820963.html <p>Sheila Dillon offers me a choice when I suggest that we meet over lunch. There is an interesting restaurant in the middle of London that has a wormery to dispose of its leftovers. Or one which has its own farm in Northumberland which provides all the beef and lamb it serves. Food, for the presenter of the BBC's The Food Programme, is never anything as simple as a little of what you fancy.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/review-of-tv-rights-will-turn-golden-decade-of-sport-into-decade-of-decay-1820553.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/review-of-tv-rights-will-turn-golden-decade-of-sport-into-decade-of-decay-1820553.html ]]> <p>England's cricket authorities have led a sporting stampede to condemn a government report into the future of sport on television. </p> TV & Radio Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/review-confirms-ashes-as-freetoair-choice-1820166.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/review-confirms-ashes-as-freetoair-choice-1820166.html ]]> <p> The Ashes are one step closer to returning to free-to-air television after an independent review recommended the iconic series be returned to the list of British sport's 'Crown Jewels'. </p> Cricket Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:21:45 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-big-question-what-are-the-crown-jewels-of-sport-and-why-is-there-a-row-over-them-1819751.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-big-question-what-are-the-crown-jewels-of-sport-and-why-is-there-a-row-over-them-1819751.html ]]> TV & Radio Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/murdochs-sky-hit-for-six-by-threat-of-losing-tv-cricket-rights-1819915.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/murdochs-sky-hit-for-six-by-threat-of-losing-tv-cricket-rights-1819915.html ]]> <p>England's cricket authorities last night reacted furiously to proposals that they should no longer be able to sell television rights to the Ashes to the highest bidder. </p> TV & Radio Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cnns-antiimmigrant-presenter-steps-down-1819934.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cnns-antiimmigrant-presenter-steps-down-1819934.html ]]> <p>The face of cable television in the United States looked and sounded a little different yesterday after the veteran CNN anchor Lou Dobbs stepped down from his role as the channel's resident bruising conservative with a hint of politics in his future.</p> Americas Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/grumpy-old-man-to-star-in-first-twitcom-1819933.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/grumpy-old-man-to-star-in-first-twitcom-1819933.html ]]> <p>First Hollywood bought up computer games to harvest them for script ideas. Then agents started to search for bloggers keen to make the leap to televised entertainment. And now Twitter has made the same landmark cultural jump, in the form of a sitcom based on 140-character missives from a curmudgeonly father.</p> TV & Radio Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/46-bbc-bosses-earn-more-than-the-prime-minister-1819364.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/46-bbc-bosses-earn-more-than-the-prime-minister-1819364.html ]]> <p> The BBC published details of the pay of its 107 most senior managers today, revealing that 46 earn more than the Prime Minister. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/channel-4-to-crash-300seat-jet-into-desert-1819415.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/channel-4-to-crash-300seat-jet-into-desert-1819415.html ]]> <p> Two pilots will parachute from a passenger jet before it crash-lands at high speed in an empty desert as part of a scientific experiment to be screened on television next year. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:41:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/ashes-and-qualifiers-set-for-freetoair-return-1819356.html http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/ashes-and-qualifiers-set-for-freetoair-return-1819356.html ]]> <p> A review of sport's 'listed events' will tomorrow recommend that the England cricket team's home Ashes Tests should be screened on free-to-air television. </p> Cricket Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:06:46 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mandelson-to-become-governments-tv-face-1819017.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/mandelson-to-become-governments-tv-face-1819017.html <p>Lord Mandelson will become the "public face" of the Government by giving regular televised press conferences as it tries to sharpen its message in the run-up to the general election.</p> UK Politics Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbcs-kennel-club-ruling-postponed-1818055.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbcs-kennel-club-ruling-postponed-1818055.html <p> Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has postponed a ruling over a controversial documentary about the Kennel Club after the BBC raised concerns over the watchdog's investigation. </p> TV & Radio Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:08:59 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/gary-crowley--how-the-youngest-voice-on-radio-stays-fresh-1817218.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/gary-crowley--how-the-youngest-voice-on-radio-stays-fresh-1817218.html <p> Crowley, 48, was indeed once the youngest voice on the airwaves, when he grabbed the microphone on Capital FM and had his own show at the age of 19, an unprecedented honour in that era of radio. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:52 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/a-fictional-trial-of-life-and-death-for-gary-glitter-1817213.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/a-fictional-trial-of-life-and-death-for-gary-glitter-1817213.html ]]> <p> It's 6.30am and my crew are setting upfor the first location shoot for The Execution of Gary Glitter. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:20 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/comedian-reveals-unsavoury-truth-of-food-production-1816859.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/comedian-reveals-unsavoury-truth-of-food-production-1816859.html ]]> <p>With his gangly frame and thick-rimmed spectacles, Alex Riley makes an unlikely assassin. Unfortunately for Britain's £182bn-a-year food and drink industry, his wisecracks about its unsavoury practices in a new BBC TV series are little short of deadly.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-sinking-feeling-means-perham-cant-let-it-all-wash-over-him-1816951.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-sinking-feeling-means-perham-cant-let-it-all-wash-over-him-1816951.html <p>Honestly, kids will do anything to get on telly these days. But to be fair, sailing solo around the world at the age of 16 is a more formidable test of talent than having a ludicrous quiff and a twin. Mike Perham, from that great yachting stronghold of Potters Bar, was desperate to become the youngest ever to perform a circumnavigation – and not just of the M25. At 16, it was already impressive that he even knew what it meant.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chinese-ambassador-admits-i-love-x-factor-1815734.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chinese-ambassador-admits-i-love-x-factor-1815734.html ]]> <p>At first sight they would not seem to be ideal bedfellows: one is a respected international envoy, the other a reality TV show. But, despite reports of a "diplomatic row" over noise from X Factor fans, the Chinese ambassador has revealed that she is a big fan of the talent show.</p> Home News Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/why-sesame-street-still-counts-1815758.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/why-sesame-street-still-counts-1815758.html ]]> <p>The letter of the day will be "H" as in "hug" or "hungry" or even "happy birthday." The number of the day will be "40," the exact length of time, in years, that it has been on air. The programme reaching this milestone is, of course, Sesame Street. </p> TV & Radio Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/rebecca-adlington-slams-bbc-over-frankie-boyle-rebuke-1813432.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/rebecca-adlington-slams-bbc-over-frankie-boyle-rebuke-1813432.html ]]> <p> Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington's agent said the BBC did not take tough enough action against a comedian who joked on TV about her appearance. </p> News Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:24:10 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/now-we-go-live-to-a-breaking-sex-scandal-1812770.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/now-we-go-live-to-a-breaking-sex-scandal-1812770.html ]]> <p>If, like many on the far side of the Atlantic, you were upset by revelations about David Letterman's extramarital office romances, it's probably best to keep your TV firmly tuned away from the sports channels.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-patriot-fervour-lacking-as-little-britain-lacks-spirit-of-nelson-1812859.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-patriot-fervour-lacking-as-little-britain-lacks-spirit-of-nelson-1812859.html <p>When the giants of American sport come to town, you might think the British broadcasters would go to town too. But the BBC's highlights package of the American Football game between the Patriots and the Buccaneers (BBC2, Sunday) featured the perennially under- whelming Jake Humphreys and Mike Carlson, poached off Five, who once played college football at some place called Wesleyan University.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/after-59-years-the-voice-of-phil-archer-dies-1811712.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/after-59-years-the-voice-of-phil-archer-dies-1811712.html <p>Norman Painting, the voice of Phil Archer for 59 years on the Radio 4 soap The Archers, died yesterday at the age of 85.</p> TV & Radio Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/serious-times-propel-radio-4-to-largest-audiences-for-a-decade-1811713.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/serious-times-propel-radio-4-to-largest-audiences-for-a-decade-1811713.html ]]> <p>Amid economic gloom, war and postal strikes, Britain's most serious radio network is experiencing its largest audiences in more than a decade.</p> TV & Radio Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/road-closed-as-fans-flock-to-x-factor-house-1811454.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/road-closed-as-fans-flock-to-x-factor-house-1811454.html <p> The road next to the X Factor house which has been flooded with crowds of teenage fans is being shut off amid "safety fears", the local council said today. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:56:41 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/norman-painting-of-the-archers-dies-aged-85-1811430.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/norman-painting-of-the-archers-dies-aged-85-1811430.html ]]> <p> Norman Painting, who played Philip Archer in the much-loved radio show The Archers since its trial run in 1950, has died aged 85, the BBC said today. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:30:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-to-axe-100-top-jobs-in-drive-to-slash-costs-1811399.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-to-axe-100-top-jobs-in-drive-to-slash-costs-1811399.html ]]> <p> The BBC is to cull more than 100 top management posts in a cost-cutting drive aimed at making savings of almost £20m. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:53:03 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/darren-gough-achieves-record-talksport-listening-figures-1811357.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/darren-gough-achieves-record-talksport-listening-figures-1811357.html <p> Former England cricketer and Strictly Come Dancing champ Darren Gough has bowled over his fans to achieve record radio listening figures of more than one million for TalkSport's drivetime show. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:50:58 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/radio-4-big-winner-in-listener-figures-1811253.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/radio-4-big-winner-in-listener-figures-1811253.html <p> BBC Radio 4 has added more than 750,000 listeners in the space of a year to achieve its biggest audience figures under current research methods. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:40:59 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/sports-associations-protest-over-sky-ruling-1811099.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/sports-associations-protest-over-sky-ruling-1811099.html <p>The governing bodies for cricket, rugby union and Premier League football were yesterday united in their condemnation of Ofcom's plans to force BSkyB to slash the charges for rivals to broadcast its matches. </p> Business News Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/letterman-is-sexist-says-female-writer-1811151.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/letterman-is-sexist-says-female-writer-1811151.html ]]> <p>A woman who was hired to write jokes for David Letterman's talk show has reignited the debate about the working culture at his scandal-hit New York office, describing it as so hostile and sexist an office environment that she had to resign. </p> Americas Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/gaelic-channel-set-to-push-bbc-radio-off-freeview-1809939.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/gaelic-channel-set-to-push-bbc-radio-off-freeview-1809939.html ]]> <p>Homes across Scotland with access to Freeview could see the portfolio of BBC's radio stations removed under plans to put the Gaelic channel Alba on to the digital terrestrial platform.</p> TV & Radio Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/action-stations-the-bbc-and-new-media-devices-1809336.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/action-stations-the-bbc-and-new-media-devices-1809336.html ]]> <p> “What have we got here, gravel?” says Tim Davie, stepping smartly into a large tray of shingle. “So I’m coming out from doing the murder and...” The BBC’s radio supremo brings down his heels with a determined stomp, stomp, stomp. "...isn’t that a great sound?” he asks. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:39 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/we-need-more-reality-in-tvs-gay-storylines-1809334.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/we-need-more-reality-in-tvs-gay-storylines-1809334.html <p>The BBC is about to start shooting Lip Service, a new six-part drama about the sex lives of lesbians living in Glasgow, a show that is seen as the home-grown equivalent of America's racy The L Word.</p> TV & Radio Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/single-website-for-all-uk-radio-stations-by-early-next-year-1809420.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/single-website-for-all-uk-radio-stations-by-early-next-year-1809420.html <p> A single website which offers users the choice of the entire output of the British radio industry with potentially up to 500 different networks could be available to internet users within months. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0000 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-table-manners-lacking-as-piers-gorges-on-beckers-excesses-1809049.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-table-manners-lacking-as-piers-gorges-on-beckers-excesses-1809049.html <p>At the start of Life Stories (ITV1, Thursday), Piers Morgan asked his audience: "Is Boris Becker the bad boy we all think he is?" Considering the show was being repeated (from the previous Saturday) at the same time that Nick Griffin appeared on 'Question Time', perhaps it should have been the BNP leader being cast as a pantomime villain by the former tabloid editor. Then he added that Becker had been voted the nation's favourite German and viewers were suddenly glad that Griffin wasn't there to talk about his own favourite Germans.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/no-comeback-for-bagpuss-cloth-cat-refuses-cgi-remake-1809147.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/no-comeback-for-bagpuss-cloth-cat-refuses-cgi-remake-1809147.html ]]> <p>There is trouble in toyland: scores of classic children's book and TV characters are being dusted down and re-rendered in shiny CGI or state-of-the-art, stop-motion animation. But at least one will have nothing to do with such radical reimagining. Step forward Bagpuss.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-geek-factor-reality-tv-wimps-1809151.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/the-geek-factor-reality-tv-wimps-1809151.html <p>The hair-styling talents of Dublin's barbers have been unexpectedly put to the test in recent days. Though they are more used to fielding requests from fresh-faced youngsters seeking the floppy-fringe Zac Efron look, it seems a new style is in town. The image – part Eraserhead, part Morrissey – is being pioneered by John and Edward Grimes, teenage twins who grew up in the city's commuter hinterland and whose continued participation in the sixth series of The X Factor has provoked one of the most extraordinary public backlashes of the reality TV age.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/question-time-a-lynch-mob-complains-griffin-1807941.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/question-time-a-lynch-mob-complains-griffin-1807941.html <p>BNP leader Nick Griffin complained today that he had been the victim of a "lynch mob" following his controversial appearance on the BBC's Question Time.</p> UK Politics Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:10:55 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/griffins-question-time-appearence-watched-by-8m-1807885.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/griffins-question-time-appearence-watched-by-8m-1807885.html <p> More than eight million people tuned in to watch Nick Griffin on Question Time last night - around three times the usual number of viewers and just over half of the potential audience. </p> TV & Radio Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:30:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-bbc-gave-griffin-the-oxygen-of-publicity-he-choked-1807627.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-bbc-gave-griffin-the-oxygen-of-publicity-he-choked-1807627.html <p> "If you all attack on different fronts we'll never get anywhere," said David Dimbleby towards the end of the most-watched edition of <i>Question Time</i> for many years. He's said that sort of thing many times, of course, but it's never before had the flavour of a tactical suggestion. </p> UK Politics Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/six-arrested-ndash-but-the-message-was-rammed-home-1807629.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/six-arrested-ndash-but-the-message-was-rammed-home-1807629.html ]]> <p>From mid-afternoon they came, in their hundreds, to the gates of Television Centre, waving banners, lighting flares and chanting "BBC! Shame on you." 50 police officers guarded the entrance, but were unable to stop a group of about 25 protestors from breaking through and into the building. They were quickly removed.</p> UK Politics Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/griffin-under-fire-send-him-to-the-south-pole-its-colourless-there-1807755.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/griffin-under-fire-send-him-to-the-south-pole-its-colourless-there-1807755.html ]]> <p>The leader of the British National Party was greeted by hundreds of protesters outside the BBC's London headquarters and ridicule within it last night as audience members and his fellow panellists turned on him during his controversial appearance on Question Time.</p> UK Politics Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100