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DROP EVERYTHING: BBC Four, Monday night, 9pm

TV Feature | Ed Williamson | 7th April 2013

Quick, show more! Damn it, WHY ISN'T IT SHOWING MORE?

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Parks and Recreation: Season One DVD

TV Review | Ed Williamson | 2nd April 2013

I know you have to reckon BBC4's amazing if you're middle class, but in the main I could do without hour-long documentaries about iron filings on a Thursday night. If I get a say how my licence fee's spent, though, I'm happy to sign off on Parks and Recreation.

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New BBC4 Norwegian show not subtitled: coffee mornings cancelled

TV Video | Ed Williamson | 6th February 2012

Someone at BBC4 just got sacked. "Norway!" their bosses said. "Buy Norway! The middle classes are lapping up anything in subtitled Scandinavian!" So they shelled out for it, cracked open the DVD screener, and saw to their horror ... no subtitles.

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BBC4 buys more Danish telly; middle class rejoices

TV News | Ed Williamson | 16th June 2011

Have you seen The Killing? Oh, you simply must! Barbara and I have been positively glued to it, haven't we, Barbara? No, not the American remake, obviously. There's more Danish TV on the way, you say? Well, I'll drink to that! Rosé?

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