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Television Reviews: Rita Rudner

... and a funny woman. She is slim, looks as good as a mil lion dollars, has curly cascading brown hair, doesn't talk dirty, speaks com- mendably clearly and the media are kissing the hem of her dress. The American girl is a bit special, but I am reluctant ...

Published: Thursday 27 September 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 400 | Page: 19 | Tags: television review 

TELEVISION TODAY: COMMERCIAL DOUBTS PLAGUE CHANNEL 5

... investing in Channel 5, the new terrestrial television channel, a leading independent broadcastine consultant warned this week. Speaking at London's National Film Theatre, Cresta Norris, present ly acting as a consultant to breakfast television company TV-am ...

Published: Thursday 11 October 1990
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 541 | Page: 15 | Tags: television review 

Televison Review: About Face

... down one male and sums up her char acter, I'm a dowdy English spinster who doesn't drink or smoke and has no sex life to speak of. Dowdy she isn't. Her Louise is hoping that one of the handsome for eigners she meets will prove to be the prince who carries ...

Published: Thursday 24 January 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 472 | Page: 17 | Tags: television review 

Televison Review: Lovejoy

... The cast is impecca ble and makes a good job of a difficult task. Unfortunately many of the char acters are stereotypes, speaking stereo typical lines and drawing stereotypical conclusions. Lovejoy too often targets the lowest common denominator when ...

Published: Thursday 31 January 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 503 | Page: 19 | Tags: television review 

Television Reviews: Cool Head

... act based on pubic hair, going to the lawy, and scratching his bum. And he knew in advance that his appearance as The Pope, speaking from the balcony about a packet of three, would ruffle RC feathers. A nice finish, though, when he accepted a challenge to ...

Published: Thursday 21 February 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 503 | Page: 23 | Tags: television review 

Television Today: laughing all the way to the bank

... will pick up the highest awards every year. Ashton, a veteran of 35 years in television comedy writing, knows whereof he speaks. Even so, he con siders it pure luck to have started back in the mid fifties. At that time, there were no indigenous experts ...

Published: Thursday 28 February 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2302 | Page: 22 | Tags: television review 

Televison Review: Failing to follow the leaders

... accounts for charity. BBC2 Rory Bremner Of course Bremner has leapt at the chance to get his teeth into John Major, so to speak, and it has to be said that his is the best imperson ation of our new leader so far. The Gulf War has ended and the coverage ...

Published: Thursday 21 March 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 308 | Page: 19 | Tags: television review 

Television Today: 'SELF-OBSESSED TV IS IGNORING THE ARTS'

... reflect what is happening in the arts, particularly in the theatre, a leading independent programme-maker claimed this week. Speaking at a Royal Television Society discussion on the future of arts television, Stephen Phillips, of Holmes Associates' recently- ...

Published: Thursday 28 March 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 427 | Page: 23 | Tags: television review 

Television Today: TSW in pull-out row

... ITV companies in view of the forthcoming franchise auction, TSW's head of documentaries warned this week. Frank Wintle was speaking after claims were made by Cornwall-based Studio Operations South West that TSW had left the company in a nightmare scenario ...

Published: Thursday 04 April 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 378 | Page: 17 | Tags: television review