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Very slow news day for the BBC

I suppose no news is good news…

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How not to interview

Media Monkey: Hardeep Singh Kohli terminates BBC radio interview | Media | guardian.co.uk Les Ross manages to make Alan Partridge look like Jeremy Paxman.

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Dramatic Osney Bum Grope Update

Still not much interest in the national press about the people who actually suffered in the floods, but on a more positive front, an Oxford resident has now been cautioned for the infamous grope.

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Goodbye Grandstand

So Sunday marked the last Grandstand on the BBC. It is an odd feeling, as the show is 48 years old, and for several years of my life I could guarentee that between 12 and 5 on a Saturday I … Continue reading

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BBC Archive

A wonderful thing happened today. The BBC launched its open archive, the BBC Programme Catalogue . This is a fantastic resource, basically an online version of their own database of programmes. I believe some of the info goes back to … Continue reading

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BBC in talks on Google link-up – Neowin.net

This is a really big deal. Basically we get a BBC channel on YouTube, and hopefully far more content appearing quicker. Ideally more podcasts too, but I’m not holding my breath on that count. The BBC is in advanced negotiations … Continue reading

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BBC Backstage

BBC Backstage is an interesting little bit of the BBC site. They are encouraging people to make use of the rss feeds on the site and do something useful with them. So far this has produced: BBC News meets Google … Continue reading

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