I love television - at its best it brings us all together and acts as social glue. But at its worst, it's creepy, smug, self-satisfied and sanctimonious. And tonight's the night when that becomes most apparent. While I don't have any massive...

Finally. ITV has managed to fill one of its senior management roles after months of dithering and indecision. The broadcaster has hardly covered itself in glory in the whole shambolic episode but at least it has now managed to find someone to fill its...

It's quite something when a six month loss of £105m is considered surprisingly good news, but that's how I felt this morning when I saw ITV's interim results. Given the state of the economy, the ad market plus the absurd restrictions and regulations...

Good news for fans of swine flu. According to today's Times , if a pandemic forces the closure of schools the Government could invoke an emergency clause in the BBC's charter forcing it to 'broadcast or otherwise distribute any announcement...

I happen to like Boris Johnson. I think he provides a bit of much-needed colour to the political scene, and he seems better at his job than that annoying nasal Red Ken but I don't live in London so what do I know. But is he worth £250k for a weekly...

I used to find Jeremy Clarkson's boorishness an amusing antedote to most of the box-ticking rubbish on the BBC. Even Richard Hammond's increasingly desperate attempt to become Clarkson's mini-me was just about tolerable, but Top Gear just...

What a terrible week for fans of the 70s - three of its biggest stars cark it on the space of one week. The BBC has received over 700 complaints about its coverage of Jacko's death, an event that unfortunately knocked poor Farrah Fawcett Majors off...

The report has certainly got media commentators everywhere worked into a frenzy given that following its consultation the 240-page report largely contains recommendations for further consultations. Nonetheless the fact that the BBC may finally have to...

So the Lib Dems use their expenses on biscuits and trouser presses, the Tories on chandeliers and moats and Labour on loo seats and damp rot. While the revelations in The Daily Telegraph have caused acute ambarrassment to all MPs, they also go to prove...

Tomorrow marks the 27th anniversary of the sinking of the Argentine cruiser the Belgrano by HMS Conqueror, an event that ensured that both Britain and Argentina would go to war over the Falkland Islands. The most famous newspaper headline of the conflict...

I've been quite critical about Absolute Radio in the past as I don't like the name and I can't stand those ads - the last I thought I'd see of Doug was him lying in a pool of blood in Bruges - and Christian O'Connell is in danger of...

Given some of the violent scenes today, it's odd that the BBC has excitedly reported that the demonstrations have ‘the atmosphere of the Glastonbury festival'. Aside from the fact that it's probably easier to get drugs in the City of London...

I had a conversation recently with a distinguished and retired media gentleman who drew an analogy between writing his blog and masturbating. After a brief pause while I attempted to dab the spat-out tea from my shirt, he made some curious explanation...

Disappointment among octogenarians distressed that ITV isn't planning to make any more episodes of The Royal or Heartbeat must surely have been tempered by news that the BBC has re-commissioned a third series of its appallingly twee Lark Rise to Candleford...

More shocking news for the BBC: The Scotsman reports that Tam Dean Burn has added his voice to the chorus of actors vowing never to work for the Corporation again unless it reverses its decision not to show the DEC broadcast. What do you mean you've...