Word: bbc
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...opposite ends of the political spectrum. They are Gregory Campbell, 32, a hard-line Protestant member of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and Martin McGuinness, 35, also an elected deputy, who represents the predominantly Catholic Sinn Fein, the political arm of the I.R.A. Home Secretary Leon Brittan informed the BBC and its board of governors that it would be "contrary to the national interest" to show the program. "What is at issue is not the overall balance of the program," he wrote in a letter to Board Chairman Stuart Young, "but the opportunity [for the terrorists] to boost the morale...
...BBC staffers promptly voted to stage a one-day strike this week to protest the cancellation. The Association of British Editors called the BBC action "a betrayal of its own best traditions." Declared an editorial in the liberal daily Guardian: "The portents for the future are bleak. A Prime Minister or Home Secretary can denounce something they haven't seen and watch the BBC watchdogs slink to the back of their kennels...
...program." Instead of using its regular signature tune, the British Broadcasting Corporation began some radio transmissions early last Wednesday morning with an apology. For many viewers and listeners, it was about the only news they got that day. For the first time in 63 years, news programming on the BBC was silenced. The cause: a 24-hour strike. Workers at most of Britain's independent TV and radio stations walked out in support...
...hour-long program has been a hit for the BBC and rights owner Sony. Filming starts in May on a second series, following a January-February run in which viewership swelled with each Tuesday, 8 p.m. airing. Why do people watch? Maybe to cringe, learn or revel with the occasional winner, whose businesses have included tailor-made clothes for women, beanbag-like hammocks, and mushrooms. Just as in real VC handshakes, deals can unravel during postshow due diligence. There's a Clay Aiken effect too. Like the Idol loser who flourished, Dragon rejects have found cash elsewhere. Dragons' Den looks...
...There’s a bit of a difference in the sense that the British show is like a miniseries,” Daniels says. He hopes the American “Office” has a longer run of several seasons, so the character development, rapid in the BBC version, will “be a little slower...