One of Victoria Wood’s recurring themes was television, something that until recently, held the nation together. As such, she is the consummate English comic.
- Senior Lecturer in Media, Film and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex
Alf Garnett was a blue-collar bigot for the ages. You still don’t have to go far to hear people spout his appalling views even today.
She might now seem rather light-entertainment, but as the only female act to make a success out of ‘Merseybeat’ and go on to an ITV career as a female powerhouse, she deserves more.
ITV’s revamped and much-trumpeted Good Morning Britain has launched. As a long-term regular viewer of breakfast TV, this was an exciting moment for me. I can vividly recall setting the alarm clock in order…
Connoisseurs of TV advertising may recall the commercial for Florette salad. Agricultural gangs conduct menacing stand-offs while chanting the names of their preferred leaf. “Lollo rosso!” one group taunt…
Mary Beard, talking to the Radio Times, has been the latest to jump into the debate triggered by BBC head of television Danny Cohen’s decree that there should be no more all-male gatherings on the corporation’s…
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