Month: November 2004
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Radio 3
Something a bit different now. This comes as a result of a brief correspondence I had following this post. So what follows is a brief look at BBC Radio 3’s audience figures and who listens to what programmes. It’s based on the most recent RAJAR which was released a couple of weeks ago. Download the…
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Private Ryan Too Strong For US TV?
A number of ABC TV affiliates in the States are refusing to show Saving Private Ryan because they’re worried about getting slapped with massive fines from the all powerful FCC. When Janet Jackson bared a breast during the Superbowl, various individuals and pressure groups managed to organise over half a million complaint letters. That seemed…
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Temple Bar
Today, Sir Christopher Wren’s Temple Bar is being reopened in the City of London, 125 years after it was moved out of the city into the grounds of Theobalds Park. This has got to be a good thing, although one suspect’s that it’s probably faired better in its wooded home for the last century or…
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Firefox 1.0 is Released
Firefox 1.0 was fully released today, and I’ve got to say that I’m loving it. Aside from a couple of sites that present me with problems (including the back engine to this very site – buttons in my version of Movabletype are an issue), the negatives are far outweighed by the positives. There’s all those…
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Sopranos Issues
This article appeared in Mediaguardian the other week, and highlighted the difficulty that C4 have had with The Sopranos. A massive critical success, but less so for audiences. I don’t think that it’s down to the quality of the programme as much as the thoroughly screwed up scheduling it’s suffered. C4/E4 have tried to streamline…
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Radio Times Supplements
I get to see the Radio Times every week, and around this time of year, it’s stuffed full of catalogues for you to pick your presents in time for Christmas. Not too long ago, I noticed that the Innovations catalogue was back from the dead (it was previously shut down, which meant that I could…
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Print Version
Well there’s now a rough and ready print version of this page. Should work in any recent browser, and although it’s not perfect, it’s much better than what you’d have got when you tried to print before. Before I knocked this together, the home page came to 36 pages, mostly in a thin column. Now…
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Ladies in Lavender
There’s something particularly ridiculous about getting dressed up in black tie to go to the cinema. But it’s fun to dress up and for no clear reason, I got an invitation to the Royal Command Film Performance of Ladies in Lavender. This is the new film featuring the two Dames – Judi Dench and Maggie…
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Level Crossing Tragedy
The weekend saw a tragic accident on a level crossing near Reading with a car on the line causing it. It seems likely at this point that it was a deliberate act for the driver to go on to the line. A selfish way to commit suicide by any account. I’ve just watched a Newsnight…
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A Short Election Postscript
Yesterday’s Guardian G2 section was completely black with, in small white letter, the words, “Oh, God.” (Can’t find a picture of it online). The other footnote was at some very late point in the night when CNN were explaining once again how they “call” a state, and why they hadn’t yet called Ohio. They cut…
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The Power of Nightmares
I’d only managed to tape the first couple of episodes of this extraordinary three parter – The Power of Nightmares – before watching them today while I was getting over the election. Then I watched the final part tonight, and how timely is its scheduling. The first two episodes basically take us through the twin…