Category: Television industry

Boom time for anti-racist TV: how an £84 bottle of wine triggered an explosion in British broadcasting

In the 1980s, spearheaded by Channel 4, British TV stopped telling Black and Asian people how to assimilate and gave them a voice. A golden age of dissent, activism and culture ensued – but have we since gone backwards?...

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Dear Britain: things are bad, but America will recover from Donald Trump. Just give us three years | Jimmy Kimmel

When the president targeted me and my TV show, millions said no. So don’t give up on us – and always remember, we’re not all like himI have no idea if you know who I am, but I was asked to deliver this...

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Did Egg get a Michelin star? Did Super Hans make it to Macedonia? The TV shows that most need a comeback

From a newer, greener Top Gear to the greatest comedy of all time, here are the series Guardian readers most want back on our screensAs Line of Duty and Doctor Foster both return for new series, we asked what TV programmes...

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Tim Davie tells BBC staff ‘we have to fight for our journalism’ but does not address Trump’s $1bn lawsuit threat – live

Outgoing director general says freedom of press under pressure and that he sees ‘weaponisation’Here is a round-up of what various lawyers and commentators have been saying about Donald Trump’s legal case...

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Minister suggests BBC should apologise to Trump over documentary as president threatens $1bn lawsuit – UK politics live

Alison McGovern speaks to media about BBC crisis as culture secretary due to address MPs in attempt to contain falloutGood morning. Yesterday the BBC in crisis story, that had primarily been about the resignations of its...

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Hard to believe it happened! 70 unforgettable (and unforgivable) shows from 70 years of ITV

From TV so controversial the Foreign Office tried to ban it … to Emmerdale Farm. As the broadcaster hits 70, we look back on the highlights – and lowlightsFor more than two decades, the BBC Television Service was...

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On Gaza’s killing fields, journalism faces its darkest hour – but that won’t stop us reporting | Asef Hamidi

Israel’s actions are an assault not only on individual reporters but on the entire global public’s right to know the truthAsef Hamidi is the director of news, Al Jazeera ChannelAs the world witnesses the horrors...

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