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Have the cracks begun to show in Sky's duty of impartiality?

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Ian Burrell explores the background to Adam Boulton's outburst.

Ex-editor fined for 'Sachsgate' fee protest

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

A former national newspaper editor who withheld his BBC licence fee in protest at the Sachsgate lewd message scandal has been fined £262, it emerged today.

Boulton and Campbell in live TV clash

Monday, 10 May 2010

He may have been a guest at his wedding but that didn't stop Sky News' political editor Adam Boulton from launching a very public tirade against former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell this afternoon.

Sport on TV: Shot in the dark leaves Athers and friends at sixes and sevens

Sunday, 9 May 2010

Not wishing to rain on the parade of all those fine, upstanding politicians in the General Election but as the hours dragged on and a "No result" verdict became more and more likely, could we not have called on the Duckworth-Lewis method to decide who would rule the country? It's a controversial system involving algorithms that no one understands, so surely it's the perfect accompaniment to an obscure and hugely unfair system like First Past The Post.

Matt Baker lined up as One Show stand-in

Thursday, 6 May 2010

Former Blue Peter host Matt Baker has been lined up as a stand-in host following the departure of Adrian Chiles from The One Show.

Do we really need to watch the election in HD? According to Sky News we do

Thursday, 6 May 2010

For an election as closely run as this one seems likely to be, a single Swingometer was never going to be enough. So 55 years after the first prototype was introduced to illustrate the change in voting patterns in Southampton Itchen and Southampton Test, the BBC will be deploying three Swingometers to interpret the latest news from the nation's polling stations.

Now we've begun TV debates, let's make them even better

Sunday, 2 May 2010

Democracy can benefit even more in future elections, says Adam Boulton of Sky News

Hollywood at war over TV drama 'hatchet job' on JFK

Sunday, 2 May 2010

US liberals claim right-wingers have cooked up salacious material for 'The Kennedys'. Guy Adams reports.

ITV lures away Channel 4 director

Saturday, 1 May 2010

Channel 4's director of television is leaving the broadcaster to take up a post with ITV.

Why hours of media training have proved worthless for the leaders

Thursday, 29 April 2010

Ahead of tonight's final debate, the experts reveal where Brown, Cameron and even Clegg have been going wrong so far

Alan Yentob 'could not do job without business class flights'

Thursday, 29 April 2010

BBC boss Alan Yentob has said he could not do his high-flying job if he were unable to travel business class.

BBC Trust apologises over Frankie Boyle's Jew joke

Wednesday, 28 April 2010

The BBC Trust's editorial standards committee (ESC) has apologised over a joke made by Frankie Boyle which compared Palestine with a cake being "punched to pieces by a very angry Jew".

Top BBC strategist quits after inquiry into leak of 6 Music closure plans

Wednesday, 28 April 2010

A senior BBC strategist has left the corporation following a high-level internal investigation into the leaking of a confidential report mapping out the future of the organisation, including the closure of the digital radio station 6 Music.

Piers Morgan set for US chat show

Wednesday, 28 April 2010

Piers Morgan is in talks to make a chat show in the US.

BBC 'sorry' for ad during Doctor Who

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

The BBC says it will ensure an on-screen ad during the climactic seconds of Saturday's Doctor Who will not happen again, after it prompted thousands of complaints.

Graham Norton in running for Jonathan Ross's Radio 2 slot

Tuesday, 27 April 2010

Graham Norton is a frontrunner to take over from Jonathan Ross when he quits his Radio 2 show this summer, it emerged today.

BBC drama turns spotlight on victims of Suffolk Strangler

Sunday, 25 April 2010

Three-part film will depict the lives of the girls killed by Steve Wright in 2006

Al Pacino stars in the TV life story of 'Doctor Death'

Sunday, 25 April 2010

Film about Jack Kevorkian reignites debate over issue of assisted suicide

Sport on TV: Mr Price makes a big booby of himself? Put him back in cage

Sunday, 25 April 2010

When a continuity announcer introduces a programme with the words: "The story the press can't stop talking about," you really should just switch off. Alex Reid – The Fight of His Life (Bravo, Monday) was a documentary about someone who was completely unknown until he was seduced by a woman with massive breasts, then won 'Celebrity Big Brother'. Oh, and he's a mixed martial artist, or cage-fighter; from there you are left to wrestle with your conscience.