#bbc tv

"Green Lanterns"

"Cerebral Entropy In The Age Of Fox News"

Whilst I relatively enjoyed JONATHAN CREEK, David Renwick's writing on the show was really fucking terrible. Being an established BBC schmoozer who knew (a) what he could get away with (with his mates who commissioned the series) and (b) what would appeal to the just-above-the-level-of-soap audiences. The thoroughly forced nature of everything and the use of 'comedy' to excuse appalling situations really grated, right from the start. A complete wince session all the way. But it STILL managed to be better than 90% of everything else the BBC waste public money on.

And it had some very good moments. Just moments, unfortunately, rather than hours, considering some of the episodes were two hours (too) long. Usually nothing to do with the alleged plots of these shows, just deft asides. Like the two above.

Jo & Kush (both from Liverpool UK) Winners of the 2026 BBC's Race Across the World and the £20,000 Prize. in which five teams of two race each other to reach various checkpoints in the shortest possible time over a 50 day journey...with only a limited amount of cash no bank cards or phones makes the journey difficult…

Jo Diop and Kush Burman both aged 19, the pair were the youngest competitors in the 12,000km BBC TV adventure from Italy to Mongolia - taken without mobiles phones and on a strict budget and using only public transport (No Flights)

The friends have said they will use their shared £20,000 prize to invest in getting on the property ladder after both their mums had been renting.

Mr Ratcliffe, the headmaster of the school they attended in Liverpool, described the former students as "magnificent, young gentlemen", adding that "for both boys behind the scenes there's a mum who has sweated blood and given tears to make sure that they get everything they and other children in their families need".

"I think those mums deserve an enormous amount of credit and there's a lot for us all to learn from that kind of family unit."

The pair were praised by viewers for their mutual support during the two-month trip, which showed Kush's struggles after his much-loved stepdad Matt took his own life during the coronavirus lockdown.

Before the journey, Kush said he could get "very anxious" and viewers saw Jo provide space for him to decompress and - on at least one occasion - stay awake the night to let his friend get things off his chest.

Their support for each other throughout the journey was an example to us all...

The pair have been widely praised for their openness, including by politicians promoting healthy masculinity, with a former government minster saying: "There are nasty influencers we need to worry about, but men and boys need to see this....

Happy century of life to Sir David Attenborough! May 8th, 2026, marks the 100th birthday of a living legend of conservation, science communication, broadcasting, and natural history. 

David Attenborough started life as a curious young boy who loved exploring the outdoors and collecting natural objects like fossils in Isleworth, a community on the outskirts of London. His affinity for nature led him to study zoology and geology at Cambridge. Starting his career as a TV presenter specialising in science-focused programmes in 1952, Sir Attenborough went on to influence the course of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in administrative roles by promoting many new series on art, culture, history, and science. 

In the 1970's, his career pivoted back to presenting natural history programmes. He was the iconic face and voice of nature documentaries including Life on Earth (1979), The Living Planet (1984), The Trials of Life (1990), The Private Life of Plants (1995), and numerous other series on plants, animals, and ecology during the 2000's, 2010's, and 2020's. A stalwart advocate for conservation, David Attenborough has inspired generations of scientists and naturalists. He has also written companion books for his series as well as personal memoirs of his long and adventurous life.

I'm grateful to David Attenborough for inspiring me to become a scientist and science communicator. 

His documentaries filled my childhood imagination with tantalising glimpses of the incredible natural world beyond my family's garden. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of my parents and I gathered around the TV, watching and commenting on his programmes with excitement as an animal drama unfolded on screen. Seeing the lives of animals in their native habitats not only made me curious about the natural world and faraway lands, but it also helped me develop empathy for non-human beings thanks to watching their struggles for survival on screen. 

Learning with David Attenborough made me want to protect the natural world and study science when I grew up. His enthusiasm, expertise, humour, warmth, and humility in presenting his TV programmes makes him a role model for me in my own science communication online and in person. 

One of my favourite things about David Attenborough is that he often says something along the lines of "...and here we have, a most extraordinary creature!" whether that creature is an ant or an elephant. That creature is extraordinary because it exists and has a role in the natural world. David Attenborough encourages us to see every animal (or plant) as "extraordinary".

That moment when Samantha Barks shows how much of a cutie patootie she is, celebrating her fellow “I’d Do Anything” Nacy, Jessie Buckley’s Oscar win!