It looks as if the Biased BBC blog remains down this morning, but when it's up again please check out DB's extensive selection of re-tweets from the Twitter account of Radio 4's newly-appointed Head of Comedy, Sioned Wiliam.
She seems to share the politics of most Radio 4 comedians. She certainly doesn't seem to be a UKIP supporter.
She seems to share the politics of most Radio 4 comedians. She certainly doesn't seem to be a UKIP supporter.
On the subject of which...
I was listening to Radio 4 yesterday evening and very much enjoyed a fascinating David Aaronovitch documentary on the history of 'subliminal advertising' scares, as well as the linked edition of The Infinite Monkey Cage on 'Deception'. Later came The Unbelievable Truth, which was also entertaining (especially Henning Wehn).
I was listening to Radio 4 yesterday evening and very much enjoyed a fascinating David Aaronovitch documentary on the history of 'subliminal advertising' scares, as well as the linked edition of The Infinite Monkey Cage on 'Deception'. Later came The Unbelievable Truth, which was also entertaining (especially Henning Wehn).
By a striking coincidence, both editions of the The Infinite Monkey Cage and The Unbelievable Truth ended with presenter-led digs at UKIP (from Robin Ince and David Mitchell.) These were the only party political jokes in either show.
(That's the second anti-UKIP joke from David Mitchell this series. He's also done one sneering at Ann Widdecombe. Yes, really).
There doesn't seem to be much that's 'subliminal' about the political messaging on either of these programmes.
Given her pedigree (see the link near the top of the post), should we be holding out much hope that Sioned will be tackling the issue any time soon?
Update: As DB's post at Biased BBC has been lost due to the recent technical difficulties there, here's a copy of the tweets which DB has now stored at Tiny Pic:
Update: As DB's post at Biased BBC has been lost due to the recent technical difficulties there, here's a copy of the tweets which DB has now stored at Tiny Pic:
