• BBC responds to anger over the lack of women candidates• Group of MPs outraged over all-male Sports Personality list The BBC has announced that it will review the voting process for its Sports Personality of the Year Award in the wake of mounting criticism over the absence of...
We talk to Newsround’s creator Edward Barnes about the troubled origins of the 40-year-old news bulletin, and why he no longer watches children’s TV When John Craven took to the stage to accept a special Children’s Bafta for Newsround on Sunday night, he asked the audience to put their...
26 November 2011 Last updated at 14:17 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Unison leader Dave Prentis: “We’ve tried everything we can do to reach an agreement” The leader of one of Britain’s biggest unions has hit back after government warnings over Wednesday’s planned public sector strike. The strike over...
Is it ever a good idea to revisit a classic such as Only Fools and Horses? If so, which shows need more of a backstory? Prequels have been long used by the film industry to re-animate franchises that appeared dead, are now they are becoming increasingly common in TV....
Comedy can’t always be safe, and sometimes entertainers need to challenge social orthodoxies. But ‘saying the unsayable’ is different from simply recycling offensive cliches about Mexicans As a huge fan of Top Gear. I normally regard the presenters’ brand of irreverence as a part of the rough and tumble...
17 November 2011 Last updated at 09:12 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Chancellor George Osborne said: “We are creating a powerful new presence on the High Street” Northern Rock is being sold to Virgin Money for £747m, the government has announced. The bank was nationalised in 2008 following its...
2 November 2011 Last updated at 13:36 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Danny Alexander said he hoped the offer would lead to ”agreement” and not to ”damaging” strike action The government is urging unions to accept revised proposals it has made for public sector pensions, which it says are...
1 November 2011 Last updated at 16:14 ET Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif have been found guilty of their part in a “spot-fixing” scam after a trial at Southwark Crown Court. Former captain Butt, 27, and fast bowler Asif, 28, were both found guilty of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to accept...
29 October 2011 Last updated at 16:38 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A suicide bomber has killed at least 13 US soldiers in the Afghan capital A Taliban suicide bomber has rammed an explosives-laden car into a bus carrying members of the International Security Assistance Force in the Afghan...
BBC3′s Wilfred: dark, witty comedy, but clearly lacks Lord of the Rings’ CGI budget. Photograph: BBC/20th Century Fox You can imagine the pitch. “Well it’s like The Odd Couple. You’ve got Elijah Wood as Ryan, the strait-laced one, stressed out and perpetually frustrated, he hates his life. And then you’ve got Wilfred: the foul-mouthed,...
