Saturday, July 26, 2014

Crumbs

  • The new series of Great British Bake-Off, which moves to BBC1, will be accompanied by a follow-up programme on BBC2 called An Extra Slice, fronted by Jo Brand. What will the genre police make of this ? Will it, like its parent show, be considered a "constructed documentary", or just "entertainment" ? (James Heath, Director of Policy, blogged this week thus "BBC One is a hugely distinctive service – more distinctive than 30 years ago with, for example, zero US imports and more drama, documentaries and news". Presumably if you count baking competitions.)
  • The Mandrake column at the Telegraph has been taking the mick out of James Naughtie's essays for some time. A BBC spokesman has proffered a list of all other activities current undertaken by the peripatetic novelist, raconteur and broadcaster, ending "And, of course, he’s presenting Good Morning Scotland twice a week.”  Not since March he hasn't. Just Fridays. And a break during the Commonwealth Games.

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