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Is the BBC trying to appeal to the same audience that watches internet porn?

TV’s property queen was ridiculed, but she was only talking to her audience without humbug

When newspapers go under, the independence of the BBC will follow

The people behind BBC’s Horizon abandon scientific discovery for cheap – and inaccurate – thrills

TV journalists should start to worry. Their fate may be as grim as that of the press

Documentaries now focus on the emotions of the presenter. There’s nothing good to be said for this

The Islam Channel employs a ‘‘rapid rebuttal service’’ run by top libel lawyers. Why?

The Devil’s Whore fails to acknowledge the role of religious passions in the Civil War

Little Dorrit‘s uncanny similarities to today’s financial crisis makes it more suitable for adaptation than much of modern literature

Far from revealing what has gone wrong with American politics, Simon Schama’s new series shows what has gone wrong with British television