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Day 2
It’s been over 24 hours since Firefox 1.0 landed, and it’s already been downloaded over 1 million times. Naturally I’ve already upgraded, as well as upgrading my copy of Portable Firefox at university...
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One of the many things YouTube is great for…
…is clips of 1980s BBC childrens’ TV programmes. Observe: For the uninitiated, this is a clip from Maid Marian and her Merry Men, a Robin Hood spoof written and starring Tony Robinson (aka Baldrick...
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Why closing BBC 6 Music is a bad thing
Today it’s been announced that the BBC plans to close 6Music, its digital-only radio station. This is a bad thing. While I admit I now rarely listen to the radio and prefer my own music collection or...
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Getting iPlayer Desktop to work
First of all, good news everyone! App of the Week will be returning this Wednesday, since I have a couple of apps to review.Second of all, one of the apps I was intending to review was iPlayer...
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I Believe in The BBC
Back in 2004, I added the image on the right to the sidebar of this blog, as part of the I Believe in The BBC campaign against Rupert Murdoch and the claims by his Fox News network in the USA in light...
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Bollywood Carmen Live in Bradford
Last night Christine and I joined a few friends to be in the audience for Bollywood Carmen Live, a Bollywood-themed retelling of Bizet’s opera Carmen by BBC Three. It was broadcast live from Bradford...
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The new BBC iPlayer Downloads app
Last week, the BBC unveiled a new version of its desktop iPlayer client, now called ‘BBC iPlayer Downloads’. For the first time, it doesn’t require Adobe’s AIR framework to be installed.This will...
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The News at Bedtime
The above video is a clip from a short BBC Radio 4 series called The News at Bedtime. Broadcast four years ago during the Christmas period in 2009, it was written by Nick Newman and Ian Hislop; Newman...
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Simon Hoggart (1946-2014)
This morning the news broke that the journalist and broadcaster Simon Hoggart has passed away, aged 67.I remember Hoggart fondly as host of BBC Radio 4′s The News Quiz, which he presented for ten years...
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It’s been a couple of years since Hulu launched in the US and thus far us Brits haven’t had anything quite the same. We have BBC iPlayer, which is fantastic but only acts as a catch-up service – most...
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I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue comes to Bradford
Last night, the long-running BBC Radio 4 show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue came to Bradford, for the recording of the final two episodes of its 61st series. On the air since 1972, it has featured mostly...
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