BBC

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

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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

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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

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Opiate of the masses

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

Columns
Where is the West Country accent?

Once the BBC has finished buttering up the North, how about promoting the West? asks Roland White

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Are overcomplicated back stories killing drama?

As Line of Duty now seems mired in the complexity of its own backstory, Alexander Larman asks if on-screen plots have become too complicated for us to enjoy

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Why Brits should care about what’s happening at the New York Times

The increasingly partisan ways of the New York Times is setting an agenda that UK media outlets like the BBC appear unable to resist

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A touchline view of the Battle of Danny Boy

An apparent uptick in public interest about the British Army in Iraq includes a dramatic rendition of the Battle of Danny Boy and its aftermath

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