BBC hastily re-edits documentary into VIP abuse fantasist ‘Nick’ after furious victims complain Tom Watson’s role in scandal was airbrushed out BBC had failed to mention Tom Watson in original ‘Nick’ scandal documentary Tom Watson’s VIP paedophile ring claims are credited with whipping up hysteria Carl Beech accused innocent Establishment figures of child rape and murder … Read more
An intensive care doctor working in Birmingham has said that putting the entire city under lockdown would be ‘risk averse’ because new cases are being driven by clusters in separate parts of the city. Dr Ron Daniels, who works for University Hospitals Birmingham, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the increase in coronavirus cases is … Read more
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly ‘set to return to the BBC for the first time in 23 years as they reflect on their TV career on Radio 2’s My Life In A Mixtape’ By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 01:00 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 01:09 BST, 21 August 2020 Ant McPartlin and Declan … Read more
Over the past few days, I’ve thought often of the opening scene in an episode of Telegoons, the BBC‘s less than wholly successful 1960s TV adaptation of the young Prince Charles‘s favourite radio programme, The Goon Show. The scene in question begins as night falls with Henry Crun, a puppet voiced by Peter Sellers, lighting the … Read more
Why I won’t renew my TV licence: Legendary BBC newsreader Jan Leeming, 78, says paying to watch the channels is a ‘waste of money’ after corporation scraps freebie for over-75s Former newsreader Jan Leeming says she will not pay for a TV licence next year Miss Leeming says she watches very little and licence fee is … Read more
The BBC‘s News at Six and News at 10 bulletins could be axed within a decade as coverage moves online, the corporation’s head of news has said. Fran Unsworth has predicted that news will be in ‘the digital space’ and the BBC’s output will be consumed via iPlayer on tablets and smartphones ‘for young people’. … Read more
‘I had them offering me to start work the next morning’: Harry Hill reveals he was asked to return to work as a doctor amid the coronavirus pandemic By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 00:58 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 00:59 BST, 20 August 2020 Harry Hill has revealed he was asked to return … Read more
A children’s drama on CBBC about a transgender schoolgirl captured vicious bullies terrorising her with name-calling in the first episode this afternoon. First Day, which was shown in Australia earlier this year, documents the life of Hannah Bradford, a 12-year-old transgender girl, as she starts a new school. The four-part programme features on CBBC, which … Read more
Labour MP Dawn Butler has thrown her weight behind a campaign to boycott the BBC for 24 hours today over the corporation’s use of the N-word in recent TV news reports. More than 18,000 people complained last month after a report by social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin on a suspected racially-motivated attack in Bristol saw … Read more
‘Life felt brighter with him’: Tess Daly praises Sir Bruce Forsyth for ‘bringing joy’ to fans as she marks the third anniversary of his death in sweet post TV legend Bruce passed away of bronchial pneumonia aged 89 in August 2017 The broadcaster fronted the BBC competition series with Tess, 51, from its inception in 2004 … Read more