Month: December 2012

  • Radio Times – 26 December 2012

    As a special extra treat (!), I’ve added Boxing Day to this year’s annotated Radio Times pages. OK. The rest of the family was watching Downton, and it leaves me a little cold. I suspect that personally, I’ll be catching up with the thing I’m most looking forward to – The Girl – on iPlayer…

  • Radio Times – 25 December 2012

    My very occasional suggestions of what to watch on radio and television this Christmas. As ever – these are best viewed large (radio, TV) so that you can read my comments. A very happy Christmas to everyone who reads this blog!

  • Moscow

    I’ve just spent a few days in Moscow giving a talk to the Russian Academy of Radio at their annual get together. Clearly, if I was going all the way to Moscow, I was going to be sure to find a bit of spare time to get out and take some photos, and the good…

  • Television Scheduling Moans

    Last week Channel 4 stripped their four part thriller, The Fear, across Monday to Thursday, nightly at 10pm. They ran lots of press advertising that I saw, even after the first episode had aired. I’ve explained previously why I think TV channels that adopt this kind of scheduling are foolish. But rather than go through…

  • Newspapers and Tablets

    The majority of the UK press has been vehemently reacting against the recommendations last week of the Leveson report, and in particular reject any kind of government legislation of their industry in spite of the systematic abuse that many titles have treated members of the public. But as they do that, one wonders – with…