Time's Nearly Running Out

So, if you've been thinking about applying to become the new controller of BBC One, get those entry forms in now.In case you can't see that introduction to the advert, it'sDAVID ATTENBOROUGH HAS BEEN WALKING ONTHE WILD SIDE SINCE 1954WHAT DID YOU EXPECT?Quite what that's got...

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Halloween Spookiness Special: Day One

There are a number of approaches used to influence people in public information films aimed at The Kids. You might take a sort of jokey, friendly approach (cf. "Charley Says", featuring special guest mewling by Kenny Everett), or you might prefer a personality-led tack (cf....

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Nothing But the Truth, then

According to Sky's PR monolith, "Hosted by Jerry Springer, contestants are hooked up to a lie-detector and asked a tailored set of increasingly personal and risqué questions about their life in order to win a jackpot of £50,000. The situation is made more embarrassing by their...

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New MTV Channel Announced. A Nation Rejoices* (* Fails To Care)

From DigitalSpy: MTV is to launch a new entertainment channel next month known as MTV R: 'Rated and Recommended'.The broadcaster said that MTV R, which launches on November 8, will offer viewers "an opportunity to enjoy the iconic shows that made MTV famous".Content on MTV...

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Dave: Stupid name, decent viewing figures. But anyway: numbers.

According to MeejaGuardian, UKTV's brave move to launch a Freeview channel with something worth watching on it (but with a really, really stupid name that a bunch of overpaid marketing yahoos are still probably quaffing celebratory cocaine over even as we type) seems to have paid off, with the channel ahead of BBC Three, Living and Sky One in the multichannel...

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A Really Quick, Rather Pointless Update About Nothing Much

Now, we kind of already know the answer to this, so there's no need to post a comment, but: if you're going to a produce a movie that even tinkers with the concept of 'having something to do with computers and/or videogames', why not try avoiding something as clichéd and obvious as having any computer used in your entire film being an Alienware laptop?...

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A Very British Twenty-Four

It's October, which means it must be about time for BrokenTV's biannual stab at liking Spooks. We generally give this a go every other year, suspecting our natural aversion to anything being endlessly promoted by the BBC is blinding us to its charms. After all, Life On Mars...

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New Target Audience For Ringtone 'Club' Scam Overlords

Now they're after Red Dwarf fans.Red Dwarf is to return – but as an animated series for mobile phones.Entertainement company Pitch has created cartoon clips to match audio footage from the original BBC Two series, for which subscribers will pay £3 a week.That's £3 per week,...

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"They've Rebadged It, You Fool" and "The Scientist Replies"

You’ll have to excuse the lack of updates of late, but BrokenTV is now back in college. It’s a lot less like Animal House than we’d anticipated, but we can’t pull out now, or we’ll have to give our employers their £1500 back. This, coupled with our six-day-a-week full time job...

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