Britain was arguably the key driver of reality formats worldwide ; this was getting going just as I was leaving the BBC in the early '2000s. That was the result of many things ; Murdoch breaking the … (View Post)

Indeed, I do know about that too. But I think some people just can't forgive Sky its original role, which I do partly understand. We've gone from having world-leading television standards, to essenti… (View Post)

When I lived in Sussex in the early '90s, I certainly remember a lot of snobbery against Sky satellite dishes. "That new family have moved into the village and are ruining the look of things wit… (View Post)

Is Labour suffering from exactly the kind of "they'll win anyway " effect that they worried about ? We've had a couple of weeks of campaign with seeing huge leads for Labour now, with peopl… (View Post)

My brother-in-law, who teaches at a university, often makes a similar observation. He says that he and his coterie of academics are often complaining that the students are too buttoned-up, "squa… (View Post)