Posts Tagged ‘ bbc ’

Foster’s story is sourced to a ‘senior Tory MP’, almost certainly a shadow cabinet member, probably shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt, but maybe somebody more senior than that. The Tories will have to (if they have not already) put out some sort of statement confirming the tale on the record shortly. What then are...
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Aha, it’s the information super-hype-way, a concept not seen in politics for far too long. Tip of the hat to George Osborne for bringing it back — there must be an election coming. First invented by Al Gore, then pinched by Tony Blair in 1996 and Gordon Brown as recently as last year, it...
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Ever wondered what a mash-up between La Roux and Heaven 17 sounds like? BBC 6 Music brought the acts together for an entertaining collaboration. It’s a good example of the digital station fulfilling its remit by illustrating the connections between different musical generations. But there are already rumblings that the station, which has 620,000...
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OK, so you have Sky+HD … you got it because you wanted to be part of the revolution – and it’s only an extra tenner a month on your Sky bill – it’s worth it for Life and, er … when are they next making a big budget BBC wildlife programme in High Definition?...
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Debuting Beehive City’s occasional TV review column… How do you celebrate 25 years of a well-loved soap? Get a bunch of teenagers to make a crap version of Hollyoaks – then put it on the internet. Eastenders E20 is a ruefully misjudged attempt at embracing the Youtube generation that follows the fortunes of four youngsters...
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