Canada needs to look back on its history of establishing the CBC to avoid its media landscape going the route of its neighbour to the south.
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A hundred years ago, civic organizations of all stripes came together to demand a new Canadian approach to media policy. Canada has done it before — it must do so again.
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This Australian/UK coproduction tells a story which has received too little attention – but it overlooks some of the more difficult parts of Australia’s migrant history.
Democracy cannot survive without free media.
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Finding the right balance between media freedom and limits remains one of the greatest challenges modern democracies face.
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Ofcom guidelines ask broadcasters to use ‘due impartiality’ in reporting.
Len Goodman on the red carpet for Strictly Come Dancing in 2013.
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The sparkle, camp and glam of ballroom days gone by was rekindled in Goodman’s cheeky quips and cheesy one-liners.
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Calling media organisations ‘government-funded’ risks turning people away from reliable sources of information.
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What the BBC Radio 4 drama gets right (and wrong) about rural opposition to the energy transition.
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There were around 5,000 black Georgians and more black Victorians so black Dickens characters are historically feasible.
The drama series Rough Cut on Netflix follows a group of misfits as they try to pull off a diamond heist.
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Welsh language heist drama, Dal y Mellt, is being streamed on Netflix with the title, Rough Cut.
Starlings flock to the West Pier.
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Historic paintings can be just as valuable as educational tools as videos created using the latest technologies.
Hundreds of thousands of hours of broadcasting history are available for the first time.
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The Wales Broadcast Archive in Aberystwyth brings together the archives of the BBC, ITV and S4C under one roof.
Resolved: BBC football presenter, Gary Lineker, has reached a deal with the BBC and will return to work at the weekend.
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Over the past few years, most big media organisations have updated their social media rules.
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The crisis has highlighted unresolved questions about the role of journalism in the age of social media.
BBC Wales sports presenter Catrin Heledd.
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The BBC is celebrating 100 years of broadcasting in Wales.
Basil Falwty is back but might he be more serious?
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Lies that spiral out of control feature in both farce and ‘dramedy’ - but the latter deals with more serious issues.
Sarah Lancashire as Happy Valley’s Sergeant Catherine Cawood.
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In choosing to centre her drama on a middle-aged woman Sally Wainwright drew the extraordinary from the ordinary. Two experts in her work explain the brilliance of the Happy Valley final.
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There have been several failed attempts to dilute government influence over the BBC chair.
Just good friends: BBC chairman Richard Sharp and former prime minister Boris Johnson.
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The row over the BBC Chairman’s relationship with former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has opened fresh questions about the level of political influence and independence at the broadcaster.
Football pundits Jamie Carragher (left) and Gary Neville rarely agree on the outcome of a game.
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Despite being 25 years old, the Dixon-Coles model is still the gold standard of football prediction
Dafne Keen returns as Lyra in season three of His Dark Materials.
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In its third and concluding season, His Dark Materials grapples with ideas poorly suited to small screen adaptation – but comes out swinging.