It was a work birthday do, obviously. Cummings is raiding the library again. He knows the story will always stall without new revelations, particularly now Russia is moving towards the agenda. Bad po… (View Post)

Yes, Dennis Potter was another great example of this broadcasting era. Sometimes veering into soft-porn, but also often simultaneously much more intelligent and literate than much British TV after th… (View Post)

Looks like Partygate fatigue and a war bounce, to me. Cummings could need to fire up those hard drives again with something quite new, or hitting home in a new way, if he wants to make a difference. (View Post)

In a way it also symbolised a better broadcasting era. A lot of those films straddled a wide range between genuinely arthouse and not, regardless of the soft-porn element quite frequently too. Meanwh… (View Post)

The advantage of Mary Whitehouse was that she kept broadcasters aware of excessive violence, whish is unfortunately now all too trendy, very rarely challenged, and an easy route to ratings. The disad… (View Post)