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Rebecca Tyrrel: Neo-Luddite Elton admitted that he didn’t know the web address of his own charity
Saturday 07 April 2012
Who knew that Elton John is a staunch enemy of modern technology? This news first emerged on The Larry King Show a few years back, when the Queen Mother of rock sheepishly admitted that he had no idea of the website address of his own charity, and only last year he revealed: "I don't have a phone, I don't have a computer, I don't have an iPad and I don't have an iPod".
My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You, By Louisa Young
Sunday 01 April 2012
A nice wartime romance – shame about the peace
First Night: Titanic, ITV1
Monday 26 March 2012
It's Downton-on-Sea – but this drama may not end so happily for Fellowes
Titanic expected to fetch ad rates of close to £60,000 for ITV
Sunday 25 March 2012
ITV could bank as much as £4m in advertising this weekend thanks to the launch of Britain's Got Talent and new Sunday night drama Titanic, its two most important shows of the year so far.
A night to remember
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Expectations are high for ITV's new drama 'Titanic'. Gerard Gilbert talks to Julian Fellowes and the cast
Titanic: A night to remember
Tuesday 20 March 2012
Expectations are high for ITV's new drama, Titanic. Gerard Gilbert talks to writer Julian Fellowes and the cast
Crozier thinking outside the box
Thursday 01 March 2012
ITV's chief executive Adam Crozier is in the middle of a five-year mission to transform the broadcaster. Gideon Spanier assesses progress
Shopping, seduction and Mr Selfridge - ITV unveils new Edwardian drama after Downton Abbey success
Wednesday 29 February 2012
ITV will follow the success of Downton Abbey with a new period drama about the American founder of the Selfridge department store which promises to “make shopping as thrilling as sex”.
The Fashion Audit: Pringle patchwork, corsets, pyjamas and leap years
Monday 20 February 2012
What we love, we're not sure about, we're buying and can't wait for...
First Night: Upstairs Downstairs, BBC 1, 9.30pm
Monday 20 February 2012
BBC's Downton rival shows its class – below stairs
Rupert Cornwell: The world's most charismatic couple
Sunday 19 February 2012
Out of America: Excitement over a new documentary series about Bill and Hillary reveals how Americans are still captivated by the Clintons
TV credits 'should be bigger and slower'
Sunday 05 February 2012
End credits on TV shows need to be more prominent, says a report from the actors' union, Equity. More than 10,000 people took part in a survey after viewers' complaints over fast-rolling and shrunken credits.
Sarah Sands: Sorry, Joan, the lack of an accent is not a bar to a BBC job
Sunday 22 January 2012
The thinking man's neglected crumpet Joan Bakewell believes that her ruling-class voice makes her unemployable by the BBC. Look how cockneys dominate the ratings: Benedict Cumberbatch, for instance, or the pearly king himself, David Attenborough.
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