Posts Tagged ‘news’
Death to 2021 | Netflix
3 December, 2021Due for release 27 December.
Death To 2020 | Netflix
3 December, 2020I was delighted to work on this review of this year.
Charlie Brooker’s Antiviral Wipe | BBC2
8 May, 2020Proud to have taken part. BBC2, 9pm, 14 May.
The Best of 2010-2015 Wipe | BBC2
28 December, 2019Crikey.
Have I Got News For You | BBC1
4 October, 2019Series 58 begins 9pm, Fri 11 October.
Have I Got News for You | BBC1
24 March, 2019Series 57 begins 9pm, Fri 5 April.
Have I Got News for You | BBC1
29 September, 2018Series 56 begins 9pm, Fri 5 October.
Hotel California | BBC News
23 August, 2018A Smashed Hits about (the) Eagles’ Hotel California:
“Vaguery is the primary tool of songwriters,” Frey told a journalist during a 2003 pro-am golf tournament in California’s Pebbel Beach, where he was partnered with Huey Lewis. “It works, it means whatever the listener wants it to mean.”
Sources: History of the Eagles; Hit Story: It All Started Because Of Rattlesnakes; Rockin’ ‘Round The Round, SF Gate; Jennifer Parker’s McBusted: The Story of the World’s Biggest Super Band and this lovely data collection from Southern California Public Radio.
Trump, double-negatives and politics | BBC News
23 July, 2018A quick piece for the BBC about double negatives:
It’s hard to understate how often we find ourselves using two negatives when we don’t mean to – in fact, this sentence begins with a common example
See also:
Masterclass: Craft of Comedy Entertainment | Bafta
7 October, 2017Taking an evening off from editing to hear from this comedy panel at @BAFTA. Should be a really interesting evening! pic.twitter.com/24IEUXv5RE
— Mei Leng Yew (@widowedanthem) October 17, 2017
I’m part of the panel for a Bafta event:
A panel of comedy entertainment producers and writers discuss the recent renaissance in entertainment television, covering programme development, writing, casting, and the role of satire.
- 6:45pm, Tuesday, 17 October 2017
- Princess Anne Theatre, Bafta, 195 Piccadilly, St. James’s, London W1J 9EU
- Tickets
- Updated with image by @widowedanthem
Have I Got News for You | BBC1
1 October, 2017Series 54 begins 9pm, Fri 6 October.
Alternative Election Night | Channel 4
5 June, 2017I have been enjoying working on Channel 4’s Alternative Election Night:
Jeremy Paxman, David Mitchell and Richard Osman present an all-night feast of comedy and comment in Channel 4’s very different take on election night
Election Lexicon | BBC News
12 May, 2017By me for BBC News: Election Lexicon, the words which “caught the ear” in a week of campaigning.
27 May: [campaigning suspended]
Have I Got News for You | BBC1
14 April, 2017Series 53 begins 9pm, Fri 21 April.
Charlie Brooker’s 2016 Wipe | BBC2
5 December, 2016I am a proud member of Team 2016 Wipe, which is broadcast after Christmas.
Update 14 May 2017: Bafta winner, Comedy & Comedy Entertainment Programme
Have I Got News For You | BBC1
1 October, 2016Series 52 begins 9pm, Fri 7 October.
Charlie Brooker’s 2015 Wipe | BBC2
29 December, 2015Charlie Brooker’s Election Wipe | BBC2
30 April, 2015I am a proud member of Team Election Wipe, the fruits of whose labours will be broadcast shortly before the polls open.
Alternative Election Night | Channel 4
30 April, 2015Charlie Brooker’s 2014 Wipe | BBC2
22 December, 2014I am a proud member of Team 2014 Wipe, the fruit of whose toil will be on BBC Two on 30 December:
Update 29 Jan 2015: The new series of Weekly Wipe begins tonight: