On the question of who really began reality TV worldwide, I have fairly good experience of that, as I was working in UK TV at the time. It was in the late '90s, not coincidentally just after Bri… (View Post)

Peston isn't too great with his predictions, but in terms of the overall quality of his show, it's better than a lot of the BBC's televisual coverage at the moment. Channel 4 News is s… (View Post)

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… (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, … (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 thing… (View Post)