http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/?service=Rss 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 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-bnp-when-you-watch-question-time-tonight-1806874.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-bnp-when-you-watch-question-time-tonight-1806874.html ]]> UK Politics Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-will-lose-trust-for-giving-airtime-to-bnp-1806876.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bbc-will-lose-trust-for-giving-airtime-to-bnp-1806876.html ]]> <p> A BBC presenter has attacked the decision to invite the leader of the British National Party (BNP) on to BBC1's Question Time tonight, warning that the move "completely contradicts" rules on impartiality and would erode the public's trust in the Corporation. </p> UK Politics Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/has-the-costume-drama-had-its-day-1806884.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/has-the-costume-drama-had-its-day-1806884.html ]]> <p>Jane Austen was in little doubt about the likeability of the eponymous character of her penultimate novel Emma. She was, observed the writer presciently, "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." Snobbish, vain and meddling, there would indeed seem very little to attract modern audiences to the romantic liaisons of 19th-century Highbury and its cupid-in-chief.</p> TV & Radio Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-stands-by-griffin-invitation-1806552.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-stands-by-griffin-invitation-1806552.html ]]> <p> The BBC tonight stood by its decision to invite British National Party leader Nick Griffin on to Question Time as its governing body debated 11th-hour attempts to block his appearance. </p> TV & Radio Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:20:30 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-trust-rejects-iplayer-sharing-plan-1805928.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-trust-rejects-iplayer-sharing-plan-1805928.html <p> A proposal to allow a federation of broadcasters such as Channel 4 and ITV to share the BBC's iPlayer was rejected by the BBC Trust today. </p> TV & Radio Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:59:36 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/daily-slots-for-gabby-logan-and-richard-bacon-in-bbc-radio-5-live-shakeup-1805872.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/daily-slots-for-gabby-logan-and-richard-bacon-in-bbc-radio-5-live-shakeup-1805872.html <p> TV sports host Gabby Logan is to host a new daily afternoon show in a shake-up for BBC Radio 5 Live, it was announced today. </p> TV & Radio Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:02:11 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/tories-threaten-to-tear-up-lord-reiths-bbc-legacy-1805627.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/tories-threaten-to-tear-up-lord-reiths-bbc-legacy-1805627.html ]]> <p>Already reeling from accusations of bias and threats of cuts from Ben Bradshaw, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, the BBC was yesterday slapped down again by his Conservative counterpart, Jeremy Hunt, who pledged to scrap its governing body and said he was even considering ripping up the Corporation's historic charter.</p> TV & Radio Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/mock-the-week-rapped-over-adlington-joke-1805578.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/mock-the-week-rapped-over-adlington-joke-1805578.html ]]> <p> A "bad taste" joke made by comedian Frankie Boyle on Mock The Week about the Queen did not breach editorial guidelines, the BBC Trust found today. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:00:43 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/channel-4-cleared-of-harming-children-in-home-alone-show-1805447.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/channel-4-cleared-of-harming-children-in-home-alone-show-1805447.html <p> Channel 4 has been cleared of putting child welfare at risk with a series in which under-12s lived without adults for a fortnight, prompting a flood of complaints. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:40:35 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/back-on-the-frontline-but-without-a-flak-jacket-1805093.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/back-on-the-frontline-but-without-a-flak-jacket-1805093.html ]]> <p>Christiane Amanpour is surveying her studio, proud. It is typically, grandiosely, CNN. Her name scrolls in giant letters across a dozen flat-screen televisions, bathed in a rich red. Along the vast video wall that dominates one side of the set, a map of the world floats in blue.</p> TV & Radio Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/mistajam-there-are-a-lot-of-djs-who-take-themselves-far-too-seriously-1805095.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/mistajam-there-are-a-lot-of-djs-who-take-themselves-far-too-seriously-1805095.html ]]> <p>The new star of the Radio 1 schedule was just 14 when he made his debut on the national network, a Nottingham schoolboy who was invited to London to demonstrate his skills behind the decks as a guest of hip hop presenter Tim "Big Dawg" Westwood.</p> TV & Radio Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/for-the-record-burying-the-british-comedy-awards-scandal-1805096.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/for-the-record-burying-the-british-comedy-awards-scandal-1805096.html TV & Radio Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bnp-attacks-fellow-question-time-panellists-1804757.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/bnp-attacks-fellow-question-time-panellists-1804757.html ]]> <p>The British National Party, whose leader, Nick Griffin, makes his first appearance on BBC1's Question Time this week, has launched an attack on Bonnie Greer, the playwright and fellow panellist who is expected to tackle Mr Griffin about his views on race on the show.</p> UK Politics Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-its-alliss-in-wonderland-with-the-king-of-clubs-ndash-and-hearts-1804833.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-its-alliss-in-wonderland-with-the-king-of-clubs-ndash-and-hearts-1804833.html <p>If you don't particularly like golf, there are few players you would be prepared to watch a TV programme about. Perhaps only one: Severiano Ballesteros. OK, so he had some dodgy pairs of flares in his time but it was his flair on the course that transcended his staid pastime; he had a sunny disposition mixed with Mediterranean emotion; and, for those who only really get interested in the game when the Ryder Cup is on, "he was without a doubt the reason why Europe started winning", according to Jack Nicklaus on Inside Sport Special (BBC1, Wednesday). If you were to watch a programme about Nick Faldo or Bernhard Langer, you would be likely to reflect upon a good three-quarters of an hour spoiled. </p> TV & Radio Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/humpty-dumpty-had-a-great-fall-but-dont-worry-hell-be-fine-1804870.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/humpty-dumpty-had-a-great-fall-but-dont-worry-hell-be-fine-1804870.html ]]> <p>For generations, the cautionary tales of the grown-up world wrapped up in nursery rhymes have been a normal part of childhood. Children have somehow managed to cope with a world where mice are blind, blackbirds are baked in pies and old women live in shoes.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-unveils-drama-about-first-modern-lesbian-1804071.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/bbc-unveils-drama-about-first-modern-lesbian-1804071.html ]]> <p> The life and times of Anne Lister, the woman dubbed the first modern lesbian by scholars of sexuality and known as Gentleman Jack to her Yorkshire neighbours, is to be the subject of a lavish new costume drama. </p> TV & Radio Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:48:17 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/blue-peter-winner-is-bbc-chiefs-daughter-1804000.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/blue-peter-winner-is-bbc-chiefs-daughter-1804000.html <p> The nine-year-old girl who won a Blue Peter competition to design a coin for the London 2012 Olympics is the daughter of a senior BBC executive, it was revealed today. </p> TV & Radio Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:50:50 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/back-on-the-airwaves--reborn-kershaw-returning-to-radio-3-1803632.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/back-on-the-airwaves--reborn-kershaw-returning-to-radio-3-1803632.html ]]> <p>After more than two years off the radio airwaves, following a nervous breakdown and family disintegration, the award-winning presenter Andy Kershaw has confirmed that he is to make a comeback to BBC Radio 3.</p> TV & Radio Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-vents-fury-at-ally-turkey-over-barbaric-tv-drama-1803653.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-vents-fury-at-ally-turkey-over-barbaric-tv-drama-1803653.html ]]> <p>Israel's increasingly troubled relations with its main ally in the Muslim world took a turn yesterday when it formally protested to Turkey over the "incitement" generated by a television series featuring fictional scenes of barbaric acts by Israeli soldiers. </p> Middle East Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/shock-jock-limbaugh-fumbles-chance-at-750m-sports-franchise-1803654.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/shock-jock-limbaugh-fumbles-chance-at-750m-sports-franchise-1803654.html ]]> <p>He is the heavyweight champ of talk radio, who earns $30m (£18.4m) a year preaching robust conservatism to middle America. But Rush Limbaugh's attempt to add a storied sports franchise to his high-profile media empire has ended in failure. </p> Americas Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/channel-4-signs-deal-with-youtube-1803183.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/channel-4-signs-deal-with-youtube-1803183.html <p> Channel 4 has signed a pioneering deal with video-sharing site YouTube to make hundreds of its homegrown shows available on demand. </p> TV & Radio Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:48:31 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/baroness-warsi-to-face-bnp-leader-on-question-time-1802814.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/baroness-warsi-to-face-bnp-leader-on-question-time-1802814.html <p> Sayeeda Warsi, the shadow minister for community cohesion, is to take on the leader of the British National Party (BNP) on the BBC's Question Time next week. </p> UK Politics Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/vexed-questions-raised-by-griffins-tv-appearance-1802244.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/vexed-questions-raised-by-griffins-tv-appearance-1802244.html ]]> <p>The BBC's flagship political programme <i>Question Time</i> has delivered its fair share of on-air rows during its 30-year history, as politicians of differing hues have faced occasionally angry audiences and engaged in an hour of heated debate. But next week's edition is already threatening to provide more than the usual verbal jousting after the Corporation's decision to give a prized seat on the panel to the leader of the British National Party (BNP).</p> UK Politics Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bishop-leaves-itvs-search-for-a-chairman-in-disarray-1801882.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/bishop-leaves-itvs-search-for-a-chairman-in-disarray-1801882.html <p>ITV's search to fill the two most senior roles at the company took a fresh twist yesterday as it appointed a temporary chief executive but a second front-runner in a week ruled himself out as a candidate for chairman.</p> Business News Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/fresh-blow-to-itv-in-search-for-new-chairman-1801475.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/fresh-blow-to-itv-in-search-for-new-chairman-1801475.html ]]> <p> Broadcaster ITV's succession soap opera took a new twist today as another leading candidate for the chairman's role ruled himself out of the running. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:13:32 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/young-fearless-and-feisty-ndash-the-new-face-of-russian-tv-news-1801210.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/young-fearless-and-feisty-ndash-the-new-face-of-russian-tv-news-1801210.html ]]> <p>Margarita Simonyan, relaxed in a leather jacket and jeans, is at just 29 the editor-in-chief of RT, the Russian global television news service in English that competes with BBC World News and CNN. What's more she's an old hand, having been in the job for four years.</p> TV & Radio Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:37 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/steve-warr-common-sense-is-being-ignored-in-the-nightmare-of-compliance-1801212.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/steve-warr-common-sense-is-being-ignored-in-the-nightmare-of-compliance-1801212.html <p> Most people would think that with the growth of the internet and digital channels, just about anything goes on television. The truth is that the medium is more highly regulated than ever before and the self-imposed rules are being enforced with an alarming alacrity. </p> TV & Radio Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-fat-chance-for-the-shrink-who-teaches-monkeys-to-ride-bikes-1800969.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/sport-on-tv-fat-chance-for-the-shrink-who-teaches-monkeys-to-ride-bikes-1800969.html <p>It was appropriate that the bikes in the Manchester Velodrome didn't have any brakes. The four women who took part in My Big Fat Cycle Challenge (Sky Real Lives, Tuesday and Wednesday), in which they spent 14 weeks with the British cycling team management in a bid to lose weight, were unable to stop themselves from eating and drinking. They submitted to the challenge in a bid to break the cycle of despair that years of yo-yo dieting had left them in. Given the rigorous regime that had brought our glory pedallers eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, the girls would either break the habit or break down in the process.</p> TV & Radio Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hain-to-complain-to-bbc-over-bnp-on-question-time-1801127.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hain-to-complain-to-bbc-over-bnp-on-question-time-1801127.html <p>Peter Hain is to make a formal complaint to the BBC Trust over the appearance of the British National Party leader, Nick Griffin, on BBC1's Question Time next week. This follows what insiders described as a "robust" meeting between the Secretary of State for Wales and the show's executive producer, Ric Bailey, during the Labour Party conference.</p> UK Politics Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:01 +0100 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/hip-cool-unusual-marge-simpson-goes-nude-1800354.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/hip-cool-unusual-marge-simpson-goes-nude-1800354.html ]]> <p> She has just turned 20, boasts an hour-glass figure, and has millions of male admirers around the world. But there Marge Simpson’s similarity with your average Playboy cover-girl ends. </p> TV & Radio Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:33:38 +0100