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The prejudice of The Traitors
The BBC game show has revealed ugly biases and herd mentality
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Why the Shipping Forecast endures
The treasured broadcast seems like a relic from the past, but fractious geopolitics may save it from irrelevance
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Zack Polanski’s secret Newsnight roleplay
The Green leader played the role of a presenter in You Me Bum Bum Train
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The BBC is right not to pay damages to Trump
By apologising, the broadcaster has taken the sting out of Trump’s excessive attack
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Fear is driving emotion in Britain
And without any intellectual energy, all that remains is a conservative instinct to hunker down and protect
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PMQs review: Labour briefing wars hand Kemi Badenoch an easy win
When the Prime Minister tried to insist his team was “united”, the House descended into chaos
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The BBC’s darkest hour
The next director general will be walking into an impossible job – and a political firefight
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The BBC is worth fighting for
The corporation must turn this crisis into an opportunity
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Exclusive: BBC director general Tim Davie resigns
He’s held the post since September 2020
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The happy psychopathy of The Traitors
Contestants on the BBC show are suspicious, paranoid and prone to herd mentality. But they’re also surprisingly nice
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Laura Kuenssberg dodges Zack Polanski again
The BBC is finally hosting the Green Party leader on its flagship politics show. But someone’s missing
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Nigel Farage wasn’t telling the truth on Laura Kuenssberg
Reform wants to be obstructed by council workers, but it has to try first
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Armando Iannucci’s Strong Message Here can teach the government a lesson
With Labour reeling from Angela Rayner’s resignation and the rise of Reform, it’s going to need all the comms help…
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Journalists in Gaza are accepting a death sentence
Anas al-Sharif is among the hundreds killed by Israel since 7 October 2023.
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GB News is coming for the BBC and Sky
Your weekly dose of news and gossip from journalism, broadcasting and beyond.
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Peter Kosminsky: We need a BBC that is brave
The veteran filmmaker on Wolf Hall, the crisis in the BBC and how American streamers conquered British broadcasting.
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MasterChef’s kitchen nightmares
Your weekly dose of news and gossip from journalism, broadcasting and beyond.
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The BBC is afraid
From Gaza to Glastonbury, our public broadcaster makes panicked decisions that undermines its journalism and its future.
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Inside the BBC’s Glastonbury debacle
Your weekly dose of news and gossip from journalism, broadcasting and beyond.
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