Tag: ITV
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A drama about coughing ought to be super-triggering during this era. But I really enjoyed Quiz
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A drama about coughing ought to be super-triggering during this era. But I really enjoyed Quiz. It took my mind off everything. An amazing story told in a hilarious way and with a geeky attention to detail. It’s crazy to think this all happened 19 years ago. A great balancing act from Michael Sheen as […]
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Clive James on Formula 1 — a few highlights
There are lots of things you could say about Clive James, whose death has been announced today. But I was, of course, particularly drawn to his work in Formula 1.
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Why make the BBC and Channel 4 fix the problem that ITV created?
Lots of expensive schemes have forced the BBC and Channel 4 to make TV less London-centric. But why has ITV been allowed to continue centralising?
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Re-live the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix
Re-live the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix Today it is ten years since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, the most extraordinary championship decider since I started watching Formula 1 in the mid-1990s. Formula 1 have made the full race available on YouTube today. The race was gripping. The Ferrari team believed they’d won the championship as […]
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The problem with trusting experience over expertise (a story about design thinking, astronauts, Formula 1 pundits and Brexit)
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The media — and society in general — has gradually drifted away from listening to expert figures, in favour of practitioners. But it is leaving us less enlightened.
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Henry Hope-Frost on You Bet
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It’s great to see this clip of Henry Hope-Frost on You Bet. He may have thought then that his obscure knowledge would be of absolutely no use. But it certainly came in handy when he later became one of the top motorsport journalists. There aren’t nearly enough clips of You Bet on YouTube. I remember […]
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I watched the old ITV F1 title sequence and it’s even more ridiculous than you remember
The Formula 1 season starts this weekend. And whether you choose to watch the race on Sky or the BBC, there is one thing we can all agree on: thank goodness we don’t have to watch it on ITV any more.