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John Plunkett

John Plunkett is the Guardian's former broadcasting correspondent. Twitter at @johnplunkett149

30 July 2016

  • Channel 4's Naked Attraction

    Is nude dating show Naked Attraction a public service?

    Critics may dismiss Channel 4’s new programme as titillation or objectification – but it does also champion body diversity

28 July 2016

  • Jeremy Vine fronts the BBC’s 2015 general election coverage.

    BBC told to do more for colour blind people after election complaints

  • Katie Hopkins

    'Katie Hopkins’ migrants column was in bad taste – but Ipso doesn’t cover that’

26 July 2016

  • Top Gear: total audience crashed from 7.8 million for its episode one to 4.1 million for episode four

    Chris Evans' Top Gear lost a third of its iPlayer audience during series

    Presenter claims BBC show is ‘repositioning the way’ people watch TV – but figures show its total ratings halved
  • Take Me Out: do you likee?

    Set and match: the best and worst TV dating shows

    As Naked Attraction launches, we look back at memorable romantic series, from Blind Date to Take Me Out and Man O Man

    • Channel 4’s Naked Attraction picks up more viewers than Big Brother

    • I don't believe it! Victor Meldrew role almost went to Les Dawson

    • John Humphrys says he's 'over-friendly' – and misses top slot in Radio Times poll

25 July 2016

  • Programme Name: Robot Wars - TX: n/a - Episode: n/a (No. n/a) - Picture Shows: The House Robots Dead Metal, Sir Killalot, Matilda, Shunt - (C) Mentorn Media Scotland - Photographer: Alan Peebles

    BBC2's Robot Wars attracts more viewers than Top Gear reboot finale

  • Ofcom is due to take over large parts of the regulation of the BBC from the BBC Trust.

    Ofcom may not be ready to take on BBC watchdog role until April

24 July 2016

  • Sir Killalot from the new series of Robot Wars

    New Robot Wars: good, clean, innocent fun with giant circular saws

    BBC2’s revival feeds the appetite for nostalgia TV and our growing love of tech

22 July 2016

  • A perfect 10? ITV’s gets in the ring with BBC, launching a new celebrity dance show competing with Strictly Come Dancing

    ITV launches big-budget rival to BBC hit Strictly Come Dancing

    Celebrity talent show Dance Dance Dance, from the makers of The Voice, will recreate famous dance routines from music videos, movies and theatre
  • Top Gear: Rory Reid with Chris Evans and Matt LeBlanc.

    Joining Top Gear was like being parachuted into a war, says Rory Reid

    Presenter says he was surprised by the level of hostility when Chris Evans took over from Jeremy Clarkson on BBC show
  • Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie: blamed the ‘Twerperati’ for accusing him of Islamaphobia.

    The Sun's Kelvin MacKenzie: Channel 4 hijab criticism was reasonable

    ITN and presenter Fatima Manji among 2,000 people complaining to watchdog about column asking why Muslim journalist fronted report on Nice truck attack

21 July 2016

  • Russell Crowe in a 2012 film adaptation of Les Misérables.

    BBC to make Les Misérables for TV with War and Peace team

    Producer Harvey Weinstein and screenwriter Andrew Davies on board for adaptation based on novel rather than hit musical

19 July 2016

  • Channel 4 News presenter Fatima Manji said Kelvin MacKenzie had ‘attempted to smear 1.6 billion Muslims in suggesting they are inherently violent’.

    The Sun's Kelvin MacKenzie is trying to smear Muslims, says C4 News presenter

    Former editor’s criticism of Fatima Manji, who wore a hijab while reporting on the Nice truck attack, has now prompted 1,400 complaints
  • Former Sun editor Kelvin MacKenzie sparked controversy with his column questioning why a Muslim journalist reported on the Nice terror attack for Channel 4 News.

    The Sun's Kelvin MacKenzie column: complaints rise to more than 800

    Channel 4 News condemns ‘offensive’ article saying Fatima Manji should not have fronted its report on Nice truck attack because she is a Muslim
  • Sarah Vine and Michael Gove

    Sarah Vine returns to Daily Mail after Michael Gove’s failed leadership bid

    Columnist suggested in embarrassing email leak that Paul Dacre would back her husband in Tory contest, with paper instead coming out for Theresa May

18 July 2016

  • US runner Mary Decker falls to the infield grass after a collision with Zola Budd

    Zola Budd says she gave up in Olympic final after tangle with Mary Decker

  • Former Conservative chair Sayeeda Warsi has written to the editor of the Sun about a column criticising Channel 4 News for using a Muslim presenter to cover the Nice truck attack.

    Sayeeda Warsi blasts Sun's column on C4 News coverage of Nice truck attack

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