The big Autumn series on BBC2 will be Heroes, an American series about ordinary people who find that they have superpowers.
Apparently it's quite good (It was the top-rating series in the US last year) , but it's controversial because the BBC paid at least £400,000 per episode - for a 30 episode series. It was in a big bidding war with other companies and outbid them to get its hands on a winner.
Is this a good use of license-payers' money? To pay a huge amount for something which viewers would otherwise be able to see elsewhere. they could have funded several home-grown series with this money.
The BBC is caught in a trap - spend on crowd-pleasers and they're accused of letting down their Reithian heritage, or fail to buy crowd-pleasers, and they are no longer maintaining their popularity.
Monday, 28 May 2007
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Ofcom raps Celebrity Big Brother
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6687091.stm
The Ofcom report seriously criticises Channel 4 for the way it handled the racist bullying on CBB. The judgement will have to be read out on air three times , before screenings of the new BB series.
So no fines, no sackings - just this ritual of humiliation for the company to punish them.
The Ofcom report seriously criticises Channel 4 for the way it handled the racist bullying on CBB. The judgement will have to be read out on air three times , before screenings of the new BB series.
So no fines, no sackings - just this ritual of humiliation for the company to punish them.
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Sunday, 20 May 2007
Irreppressible.Info
I've just installed a widget from Amnesty International - you can see it at the right.
Every time you log on to the blog it will give a fragment of information that some government or other has tried to censor on the Internet.
Click on the information fragment to find out more about it.
Every time you log on to the blog it will give a fragment of information that some government or other has tried to censor on the Internet.
Click on the information fragment to find out more about it.
Friday, 18 May 2007
At last!
The invention we've all been waiting for!
Many men have been disturbed by lustful thoughts while watching women cyclists, whose movements often suggest that they have bodies.
Now they will find life much easier, because Iran has invented the new Islamic bicycle, which hides the woman's body under a little cabin.
I'm not sure exactly how it works, but some details can be found here.
It reminds me of this cartoon...
Many men have been disturbed by lustful thoughts while watching women cyclists, whose movements often suggest that they have bodies.
Now they will find life much easier, because Iran has invented the new Islamic bicycle, which hides the woman's body under a little cabin.
I'm not sure exactly how it works, but some details can be found here.
It reminds me of this cartoon...
We await the 'Enabling Act'
I think it's safe to say that we're heading in that direction.
I once thought that MPs worked for us !
I once thought that MPs worked for us !
Censoring the Internet
Countries that censor the Internet:
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Burma/Myanmar, China, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.
Read more about it at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6665945.stm
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Burma/Myanmar, China, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.
Read more about it at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6665945.stm
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