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‘The Secret World of Whitehall’ shows a world run by men educated at public school and Oxford
Two programmes show that the countryside is more dangerous and wasteful than the city
A new BBC comedy turns the ‘Olympic Deliverance Commission’ into the subject of a fly-on-the-wall documentary
Two finely made documentaries about the universe and civilisation manage to disturb
Danish writers produce a fable of contemporary life that speaks to the western condition
Both set in the US, ‘Treme’ and ‘Blue Bloods’ are a culture apart
A late flowering of televisual love for the book
The first accounts of the WikiLeaks story reveal the complex motivations of its founder, Julian Assange
The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians underlies a new TV series
‘Boardwalk Empire’ captures a sense of the epic
Berlusconi’s Italy is a warning of what happens when media and politics do not live in separate spheres, says John Lloyd
When translated to the small screen, irony can be wearying
CNN’s Piers Morgan manages to get tears and rich, news-making tidbits from Oprah Winfrey
A short series about cops finely renders the world of Italian officialdom
John Pilger showed what a journalist committed to a strongly held view of the world can do with the medium
‘Coronation Street’ just marked its 50th year, and producer Phil Collinson did not hold back
‘Donald Trump: All-American Billionaire’ adopted a familiar ‘wow!’ approach dusted with cynicism lite
At a secret location, John Lloyd meets the courageous anti-Mafia writer and television host who has to live with round-the-clock police protection
You cannot but compare one television drama or comedy with another
Jimmy McGovern’s ‘The Accused’ features diverse episodes circling round a common theme – the inexorable functioning of the law
‘Getting On’ brings to life the sacrifices of dedication and is one of the comedies that have found a niche on British TV
The sheer ingenuity of the – often treacly – storylines of ‘Downton Abbey’ got you stuck, and it was sweet to stay stuck
Both Jon Stewart and Glenn Beck are building, through television, political organisations and constituencies
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