BBC/Love Productions/Mark Bourdillon September 13, 2016 The Great British Bake Off sell off is a sign of the TV times Des Freedman, Goldsmiths, University of London What’s happened to Bake Off epitomises the state of British television – it remains obsessed with formulae and beholden to ratings.
Reuters/Peter Nicholls May 20, 2016 The Conservatives and the BBC – falling in love again? Brian McNair, Queensland University of Technology We who love and cherish the BBC, even from afar – and I am unashamedly one of them – have been awaiting with some anxiety the UK government’s white paper on the future of the corporation. The culture secretary…
More than 11,000 recipes will go in the bin as the BBC drops it’s much-loved Food site. BBC May 17, 2016 BBC gets out of the kitchen as government turns up the heat John Jewell, Cardiff University The national broadcaster’s decision to close its food website is a direct result of political pressure.