The return...
18/08/04 12:14 Media
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A while back I was bemoaning the fate of the BBC
sitcom, "Trevor's World of Sport". Well-written, a
sure grower, it would have done well, but in the
'ratings now or you're dead' BBC it died.
It's now been announced it's coming back as a radio series. It should do well, and I commend it to your attention as a crisply-written, very funny satire on the PR, sports and journalism industries, doing more than AbFab ever did to poke fun at the people actually involved.
What's the betting someone will propose taking it to TV as a potential hit and not even notice it's already been there?
It's now been announced it's coming back as a radio series. It should do well, and I commend it to your attention as a crisply-written, very funny satire on the PR, sports and journalism industries, doing more than AbFab ever did to poke fun at the people actually involved.
What's the betting someone will propose taking it to TV as a potential hit and not even notice it's already been there?
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Another one for the blokes
16/08/04 12:13 Media
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OK, back after a tough week and many apologies for
radio silence hereabouts.
So, there's a new men's magazine on the stocks. Called 'Cut' it takes most of its content from other papers, hence the title.
And sadly it's one of the tits'n'bums spectacular variety yet again. Pics of scantily-clad women, gadgets, a bit of sport (as long as we assume footie is the only sport, which isn't quite right in this Olympic season) and that's about it.
I'm not objecting through prudery. I have no objection to semi-naked women, but if I want them there are plenty of places I can go already. What I'd really like, though, is some sign that there's a bit more for those of us who actually quite like reading - a non-political version of the New Statesman or The Spectator would, it seems to me, fill a neat gap in the market.
So, there's a new men's magazine on the stocks. Called 'Cut' it takes most of its content from other papers, hence the title.
And sadly it's one of the tits'n'bums spectacular variety yet again. Pics of scantily-clad women, gadgets, a bit of sport (as long as we assume footie is the only sport, which isn't quite right in this Olympic season) and that's about it.
I'm not objecting through prudery. I have no objection to semi-naked women, but if I want them there are plenty of places I can go already. What I'd really like, though, is some sign that there's a bit more for those of us who actually quite like reading - a non-political version of the New Statesman or The Spectator would, it seems to me, fill a neat gap in the market.
Barclays get Telegraph
06/08/04 12:12 Media
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The Barclay Brothers have officially taken up
residence at the Telegraph. So, will Andrew Neil
become the new editor? He's been named as a contender
so many times it should be a done deal, but various
commentators keep coming up with objections.
My biggest problem with a Neil editorship is that he has actually increased his profile over the last few years, without actually needing to edit a national newspaper. Almost absurdly, I wonder whether he actually needs the Telegraph? If it succeeds under the Barclays, fair enough, but this doesn't go without saying. Let's think the unthinkable and accept that it could fail - hello Mr. Neil, care to accept this potentially poisoned chalice?
My money is on someone else getting it, with a bit of a profile but who'd really benefit from the experience of editing a National. Come in, Boris Johnson, your time may have come...
My biggest problem with a Neil editorship is that he has actually increased his profile over the last few years, without actually needing to edit a national newspaper. Almost absurdly, I wonder whether he actually needs the Telegraph? If it succeeds under the Barclays, fair enough, but this doesn't go without saying. Let's think the unthinkable and accept that it could fail - hello Mr. Neil, care to accept this potentially poisoned chalice?
My money is on someone else getting it, with a bit of a profile but who'd really benefit from the experience of editing a National. Come in, Boris Johnson, your time may have come...
Disagreement exterminated
04/08/04 12:11 Coffee machine moments
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Now here's a thing. The BBC says the Daleks will
be
coming to the new Doctor Who after
all.
Fine so far.
But it's only a couple of weeks since they were staying away permanently, surely, we were told. Irreconcileable differences between Terry Nation's Estate and the BBC, they said.
I wonder whether it's too cynical to suggest negotiations were never all that bad but that both sides now consider they've done quite nicely out of two sets of headlines rather than one, a Sun campaign to resurrect the metal meanies - and whether any journalists who took part might be wondering whether they've been had?
But it's only a couple of weeks since they were staying away permanently, surely, we were told. Irreconcileable differences between Terry Nation's Estate and the BBC, they said.
I wonder whether it's too cynical to suggest negotiations were never all that bad but that both sides now consider they've done quite nicely out of two sets of headlines rather than one, a Sun campaign to resurrect the metal meanies - and whether any journalists who took part might be wondering whether they've been had?