tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post3286587915852504272..comments2024-03-25T08:50:10.516+00:00Comments on Was it something I wrote?: AnniverseryEnglish Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04686490554533309973noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-7464478978937940542008-08-20T12:54:00.000+01:002008-08-20T12:54:00.000+01:00very interesting links anon.Cheers. I'm not sure i...very interesting links anon.Cheers. I'm not sure if it constitutes a groundswell of opinion but it does this old ticker good.<BR/><BR/>Particularly interested to read the obvious 'insiders' views, which given the Borgiastic nature of the BBC is a brave thing to do. <BR/><BR/>Gareth McLean also continues to beard the lion. Excellent.English Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686490554533309973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-68965189623380751772008-08-19T23:06:00.000+01:002008-08-19T23:06:00.000+01:00http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2008/08/p...http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2008/08/post_94.html<BR/><BR/>http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2008/08/first_night_spooks_code_9.html<BR/><BR/>Oli, these posts are really instructive on the current state of playAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-38139216126946969242008-08-17T18:43:00.000+01:002008-08-17T18:43:00.000+01:00Matt - sounds like a good plan. Good luck with tha...Matt - sounds like a good plan. Good luck with that.<BR/><BR/>Oli - it's all subjective I guess.<BR/><BR/>jaded - my spell checker took a vacation lol<BR/><BR/>I'd suggest that the major reason for the mess is the BBC forgetting that inform, entertain and educate were written into the charter. Chase ratings with increasingly dumbed down drama wasn't. They are not quite at the Rock Rivals stage but they are depressingly close on too many occassions.English Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686490554533309973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-13620189439792891102008-08-15T22:40:00.000+01:002008-08-15T22:40:00.000+01:00Happy, er, anniversery. Like most civilians I'm in...Happy, er, anniversery. <BR/><BR/>Like most civilians I'm indifferent to the politics/personalities of the business.<BR/><BR/>All I know is that neither the Beeb nor ITV have produced a single drama in the past year that I'd go out of my way to watch. <BR/><BR/>And there's been some absolute shite produced - stuff that belongs in Good Dog's 'volcanic jism' category.<BR/><BR/>How and why we've ended up in this mess is a puzzle. But as the endless rigged competitions and phone scams show, the problems are systematic and industry-wide.<BR/><BR/>Is it any wonder people are spending more time online?Jaded and Cynicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634516059161327338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-72955784661362225572008-08-15T22:14:00.000+01:002008-08-15T22:14:00.000+01:00Perhaps I am being naive, but doesn't Jane Tranter...Perhaps I am being naive, but doesn't Jane Tranter have quite good taste? I know writing to please one person is never a good idea unless that person's you, but she does seem to know what she's doing...Olihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03302441388002744047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22720759.post-42941182493695215972008-08-13T11:01:00.000+01:002008-08-13T11:01:00.000+01:00Agreed. I've recently decided to go back to my or...Agreed. I've recently decided to go back to my original Plan A and write/direct a low budget feature film. I never liked the "pitch to a single person" mentality of television. And I've always refused to buy into the theory that one can only do such a thing after first "cutting one's teeth" on daytime and mid-evening soaps because "it makes better writers". Bullshit. There are plenty of people out there who can write. I'd much rather spend five years cobbling together a 90 minute screenplay and busting my guts getting it made for no money rather than going through the bureaucratic process of writing somebody else's characters and storyline. :o)Matt Crusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00788982593236941532noreply@blogger.com