Information is beautiful: The BBC-O-Gram

Fascinating infographic of BBC spending. It puts the £2million spent on Clarkson and £6million spent on Ross into perspective – 50% more spent on Ross than on the Proms!

via guardian.co.uk

Posted via web from Tony Watkins

Television – not in front of the children?

youth from today from Stock Images

Patrick Barkham (The Guardian, 14 October 2009) writes:

Get out of our living rooms. This country is in danger of becoming a politically controlled nation closer to communist China. That’s all very well if you have three hours to wash the dishes, but some of us need to get [...]

Anthony Head on Blue Peter reading my article on justice in Idea magazine

This is very weird. On yesterday’s Blue Peter (available on BBC iPlayer until 9 June 2009), the team were making a film in 24 hours for this year’s ‘Me and my movie’. They had Anthony Head, of Buffy and Arthur fame, involved. At one point (8 min 20 sec in) he’s shown looking for inspiration in Idea magazine, from Evangelical Alliance. And there’s a very brief shot of him looking at my article on [...]

TV viewing this Christmas

Monday 22

Merry Christmas (BBC 2, 1.40 pm) certificate 12Moving story of the ceasfire on Christmas Day in 1914, when British and German troops met and played football in no-man’s land.

Finding Neverland (BBC 2, 5.55 pm) cert. PGStory of J.M. Barrie, creator of Peter Pan, and his friendship with the Llewelyn Davies family. Very moving, though [...]

Doctor Who

I co-wrote Back in Time: A Thinking Fan’s Guide to Doctor Who with Steve Couch and Peter Williams, which was published in November 2005. It mainly relates to the 2005 series, but with lots about earlier material too. With the 2006 series in full flow, now would be a good time to start thinking [...]