... maniacal laugh and makes her call John Thaw's character Stanley in that odd way. Insulting yet menacing, a bit like Hardy speaking to Laurel. Oh, yes, very Potter. I Harry, his newspaper editor (the late and much-missed Donald Churchill), now he's got ...

... broadcasters, laws in other European countries currently prevent UK television companies from expanding on the continent. Speaking earlier this year, Leslie Hill, Central Television's chairman and chief executive, said: There is a danger of Japanese, ...

... critical survey nor an incredible blurb for the place under scrutiny. For the most part, the pic tures in Holiday Destinations speak for themselves while the soundtrack provides useful statistical details on everything from menus to currency, from car rental ...

... part of a new educational programme to teach primary school children learning Welsh and the series could give work to Welsh-speaking actors. The contract to produce the series, Clwb Clebran, was awarded to HTV in competition with other companies by the Welsh ...

... arrangement would destroy programme-making activities outside London, where the vast majority of independents are still based. Speaking at a London conference earlier this year, LWT managing direc tor Greg Dyke said: If independents can sell direct to the ...

... own director-general, Michael Checkland, for its failure to address issues outside London and the South East of England. Speaking on See For Yourself, the BBC's televised annual report, Checkland said: I am slightly disappointed that The Late Show, which ...

... (Millicent Martin) travels the French and English markets of the Channel (Chanel?) ports you could hardly tell the dif ference speaking fluent Ecu, with her son Trevor (John Michie), who bears a striking resemblance to Bobby Crush, circa Opportunity Knocks ...

... no rea son why we shouldn't applaud him for his ingenuity. Why, then, does he prance around like a smug little leprechaun, speaking with an affected chummy accent? Possibly the most nauseous moment was when he pro claimed: That was a good trick: this is ...

... Tell tale times BY PAT MOORE SPEAKING tellywise, it's been a pretty revealing week, one way and another. We discovered that Winston Churchill had a heart attack in 1941, Jimmy Nail has appeared in public wearine a dress. urbane Clive Anderson scrabbles ...

... persevere if they are prepared to compromise their original ideas, a leading television drama producer warned this week. Speaking at a seminar on Trans atlantic co-production organised by the Media Exchange, Eileen Quinn, head of drama at independent ...

... will be left with us. The Corporation has consistently denied charges that it will end all its programme-making activities. Speaking at a London conference this week. Checkland said: The BBC has no intention of becoming a publisher contractor. Commenting ...

... audience did not necessarily hold true. S4C is acutely aware that whatev er its fundamental programme remit to service those who speak Welsh, it must be an organisation which has a relevance to the whole of Wales, he said. He claimed that, as the use of subtitling ...