John Simpson: “No matter the danger, I wanted to strut my stuff”
At 80, the broadcaster reflects on his favourite dictators, being tortured, why Trump is “so distasteful”, and the damage Tony…
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Gary Lineker: “I seem to live in the Daily Mail’s head”
Exclusive interview: Gary Lineker on leaving the BBC, the war in Gaza and his new career as a “media mogul”.
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Looking back on a year of great drama for the media
There have been high-profile sales, far-right hate and a smattering of BBC scandals.
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The BBC is foolish to axe HARDtalk
As the World Service shrinks, Russian and Chinese propaganda might take its place.
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Google’s days of monopolising the web may be numbered
Also this week: Michael Gove’s delight at Spectator editorship, and the BBC’s Strictly bullying claims.
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Life after retirement at the BBC
Also this week: savage cuts at Radio 4, and woman as temptress.
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The dark heart of Strictly Come Dancing
The show, once celebrated for its wholesomeness, is now emblematic of an uncomfortable truth in TV entertainment.
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Starmer suffers while Rayner goes raving – and the press can’t decide which is worse
The Sun dispatches a reporter to spy on Angela Rayner in Ibiza. Plus: what would a world without X look…
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Why Sherwood matters
The second series of James Graham’s Nottinghamshire-set BBC drama is event television at its best.
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The BBC has finally grasped how to manage a scandal
Jermaine Jenas must be surprised the Beeb dealt with a case so swiftly and soundly. Plus: has Labour killed print…
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How we broke the Huw Edwards story
Also this week: front-page thugs and swinging elections.
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The Huw Edwards crisis reveals the failures of BBC governance
A corporate culture, created over decades, has led the BBC into crisis.
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The BBC’s younger, sharper Rebus
This new adaptation – the bastard child of early Taggart and Happy Valley – reimagines Ian Rankin’s detective.
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Michael Sheen’s The Way is audacious, intellectual TV
This collaboration between James Graham, Adam Curtis and the actor asks big questions, and has things to tell us about…
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Why is The Traitors so addictive?
It’s just a game, and yet this elaborate wink murder is full of betrayal, revelation and bitchiness. It is so…
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Can anyone save the BBC from itself?
The cuts to Newsnight are a symptom of a broadcaster increasingly devoted to unchallenging content.
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How to save Newsnight
The show must rediscover what made it so radical in the first place.
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My role in the BBC’s Hamas controversy
Also this week: Margaret Thatcher’s candour and the loss of a wise friend.
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Two cheers for the mainstream media
Organisations like the BBC are the last defence against a post-journalistic world.
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The BBC’s Jimmy Savile drama is entirely gratuitous
The Reckoning exposes a rotten culture that serves up stories about abused women for entertainment.
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