BBC

The shame of BBC Sport

The BBC threatens to report gender critical women to the police

Artillery Row
The revolution might not be televised

Brexit has been blamed for the decline of the British press, but the mainstream media was broken long before we left the European Union

Features
Auntie Nazi League

It’s BBC actors and comedy stars who’ve made the corporation great over the years — not two-a-penny journalists

On the Stage
Nobody expects the BBC Inquisition

The man who would do anything for a scoop

Artillery Row
The faltering heart of the BBC

Amongst the dearth of decent BBC Radio content, “Start the Week” is outstanding

On Radio
Match of the dull

How Match of the Day needs modernising

On Television
The problem with adapting classic novels

Following the letdown of the new adaptation of The Pursuit of Love, Alexander Larman says that TV dramatisations of classic novels haven’t always been this bad

Artillery Row
The enduring appeal of the Mitford family

As the BBC’s adaptation of The Pursuit of Love begins, Alexander Larman questions whether the new dramatisation will do justice to Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel

Artillery Row
Line of Duty and the politics of drama

It doesn’t take the minds of AC-12’s finest to see the parallels between our own political climate and the nation’s favourite police drama

Artillery Row
Opiate of the masses

TV has become a branch of the pharmaceutical industry doling out heavy sedatives

Columns