Culture Secretary to tell BBC they must move beyond ‘narrow urban outlook’

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden is to tell BBC bosses they need to move beyond a ‘narrow urban outlook’ to get in touch with its audience in the shires Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden will brief the BBC on developing its outlook   He will warn them they need to change in order to ‘retain support and relevance’ … Read more

The Somerset Levels recovered after the 2014 floods by ignoring eco-zealots and using old ideas

No one who saw Bryony Sadler’s reaction, after being informed that floodwater had poured into her family’s smallholding – a handsome Victorian rectory set on a seven-acre plot in the Somerset Levels – will easily forget her anguish. Having remained in the house for a month, watching the inexorable advance of a foul green tide … Read more

Ready Steady Cook viewers go wild as the reboot features its first blind contestant

Ready Steady Cook viewers were left amazed after watching the show’s first blind contestant show off his impressive cooking skills today. Alex Pepper, 29, from London, who lost his sight four years ago, demonstrated the gadgets and techniques he uses to help him move around the kitchen on this afternoon’s BBC One programme. He had … Read more

Coronavirus fight is LOST: Leading scientist admits world tried ‘very hard’ but failed to stop it

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 96,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Coronavirus fight is LOST: Leading scientist admits world tried ‘very hard’ but failed to stop it

Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,200 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 94,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus?  A coronavirus is a type of … Read more

Maxim Baldry takes the lead in Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings prequel series

Maxim Baldry takes the lead in Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings prequel series By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 04:12 GMT, 4 March 2020 | Updated: 04:42 GMT, 4 March 2020 Maxim Baldry (Last Christmas, Years and Years) has officially signed on to play a leading role in Amazon Prime’s prequel series to … Read more

BBC Adaptation of Noughts + Crosses sees race roles reversed

A BBC drama series will depict a ‘reverse apartheid’ society where dark-skinned people run a culture that oppresses light-skinned people.  The series is an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s 2001 book Noughts + Crosses – a drama set in an alternate world where Britain, known as Albion, which has been ruled by the ‘Aprican Empire’ for 700 … Read more

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews last night’s TV: Ignorance is bliss in the world of ‘yoof’ YouTubers

Beauty Laid Bare Rating: Back In Time For The Corner Shop Rating: My taxi driver in Bristol last week gave me a sideways look, as if I were mad, when I asked which TV programmes he enjoyed. He didn’t own a television, he said. He had never owned a television, and he didn’t know anyone … Read more

Sacked DJ Danny Baker says BBC ‘threw me under a bus’ over chimp joke about royal baby Archie 

Sacked DJ Danny Baker says BBC ‘threw me under a bus’ over chimp joke about royal baby Archie Danny Baker, 62, admitted to Tracy Ann Oberman that he got what he ‘deserved’  Baker said that one of the BBC staff who called him was rude to his wife  Baker, who hosts his own podcast, Treehouse, … Read more