Tim Worstall

If that wasn’t enough to put you off, it also features an ill-advised cameo from Kerry Katona.

What more could be said?

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There’s also a cultural objection to the new ways of seeing, which is the one Davies makes. The biggest defining feature that TV has had, in comparison with other art forms such as theatre, film and literature, is that millions of people watched the programmes at precisely the same moment - in the way they […]

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Please save us from idiot regulators:

Internet service providers could face a new tax to help pay for unprofitable programmes shown on ITV and Channel 4, which may in turn lead to higher broadband charges for consumers.
The levy could be imposed by the Government on the service providers and websites within the next few years, under […]

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Fun series of videos about a visit to North Korea.

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There’s an element of truth to the complaints:

Stephanie Flanders, the Newsnight presenter, has become the latest high-profile journalist to criticise the lack of women over 50 on television.
The Oxford and Harvard graduate, who is to replace Evan Davis as the BBC’s economics editor, said it was wrong that female news presenters were dropped as soon […]

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Yes, Virginia, it really is true that politicians are lying bastards and no, there’s nothing we can do about it.

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This is interesting:

BSkyB’s 17.9pc stake in ITV may have offended many people’s sense of what’s fair but it didn’t appear to offend the Government’s very own 2003 Communications Act which allows BSkyB to own up to 20pc in ITV - it became known as the Murdoch clause after all. That was introduced under the more […]

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My secret fantasy is that one day the two genres should collide, and Jeremy Clarkson be filmed as the tall, sneering Regency hero in the tight pantalons, test-driving his four-in-hand racing curricle at high speed. I know, only 4bhp. Not a patch on a Bugatti Veyron. But think of the viewing figures, boys, think […]

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In a thinly-veiled swipe against some younger women presenters, Miss Scott told The Daily Telegraph that the BBC and other news operations were more interested in "presentation over substance".
"So often you see people coming through the system without a strong journalistic background, who haven’t covered a wide range of stories," she said.
"Women are taken on […]

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The Olympic Games’ ability to attract controversy is enjoying a new twist after China’s equivalent of Des Lynam was humiliated at a television ceremony by his wife storming onstage and accusing him of conducting an affair.
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Opinion was divided. While many enjoyed the humiliation doled out to the CCTV anchor - a breed held in much […]

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What are these people thinking of?

A plan to end the BBC’s sole claim on the £3.2 billion licence fee and parcel it out to other broadcasters is being considered by David Cameron, The Times has learnt.

I’m told that this is the sytem here in Portugal. You don’t buy a licence, there’s a tax on your […]

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Not for aesthetic reasons I think:

The President of Turkmenistan has ordered “ugly” satellite dishes to be removed from people’s homes in the capital, in a flamboyant gesture reminiscent of his eccentric predecessor.

Can’t have the proles seeing what the outside world is like now, can we?

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So, err, what was this programme then?

It must have been in the mid seventies, 74-77 ish. There was a kid’s drama, it must have been BBC - we were a beeb house, not an ITV house, oh, yes, there was a big difference - and I think it was a series.
It was set in industrial […]

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I don’t normally see much TV but just caught 10 minutes or so of something on Sky while fleaing (or is that defleaing?) the dogs. No idea what it was called mind.
But it was about how to sell your house.
I thought all the shows were about how to buy a house, or how to do […]

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Finally, we find out why they’re all like that:
 
While preparing for my first Question Time last night, talking to former panellists, I discovered a strata of politics I didn’t know existed. With five million viewers it’s the most-watched political TV programme and is taken incredibly seriously by all parties. Blair expected his Cabinet to do […]

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As he says:

And what’s wrong with sleaze on TV, if that’s what people want to watch? BBC stands for British Broadcasting Corporation, and if a particular program gets high ratings, it’s because that’s what British people like to watch. If Beyer doesn’t approve of the tastes of British people, he’s welcome to fuck off out […]

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I don’t watch  any TV really, (apart from the rugby) and my Portuguese isn’t up to scratch either.

first there was "morangos com caca" full of pathetic attempts at being radical (i.e. bad haircuts and abortions).

But is there really a Portuguese TV show called "strawberrys with shit"?
 

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