Tag Archives: BBC

Smearing Sturgeon

Posted on 09/04/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

With the General Election only a month away, expect a failing fourth estate that’s entirely reliant on sustaining the British electorate’s loyalty to Westminster’s conventions and structures, to throw copious amounts of shit at her and the SNP. The recent … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged Alex DeLarge, Alistiar Carmichael, BBC, Braw Welsh accents, Captain Kirk, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Frank Bruno, Hillsborough, Holyrood, I smell shite, James Cook, Karen Dunbar, Kelvin McKenzie is a cunt, Labour, Leanne Wood, LET THEM DIE!, Lib Dems, Lying bastards, Natalie Bennett, Nationalists, NHS, Nick Clegg, Nicola Sturgeon, Nigel Farage, Peter Oborne, Phone hacking, Plaid Cymru, Print Journalism is dying, Scottish Office, Self-interest, Smears, SNP, Terence Davies, Thatcherism, The Daily Mail, The French can be trusted, The scum newspaper, The Telegraph, Too many tags, Tories, Twitter, Unionists, William Shatner, Yes I did have to look up how 'Plaid Cymru' was spelled | Leave a comment

So yeah, the Jeremy Clarkson thingy? As you were.

Posted on 01/04/2015 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

Jeremy Clarkson is a celebrity, and a cunt, and like most celebrity cunts he has a large number of detractors and supporters. Using the chicken and egg analogy and or theorem, you can spend endless hours arguing whether Clarkson is … Continue reading →

Posted in Odds & Ends | Tagged A Fool for April Fools' Day?, Aston Martin, BBC, Cuntish behaviour, Futility, Go into work and smack someone, It's okay to like Jeremy Clarkson, Jeremy Clarkson, Jezza, Michael Jackson, Top Gear, TV, Vietnam, We're all hypocrites - so get over it | 1 Comment

World Cup Preview

Posted on 11/06/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

And just like that, the World Cup is upon us. The few days before the tournament gets underway always brings mixed emotions. It makes you ponder the conceptual accuracy of time, as the last World Cup in South Africa doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Sports | Tagged Adrian Chiles, Argentina, BBC, Belgium, Brazil, Brazilian Girls with 'Brazilians', Chile, Colombia, Corruption, Cristiano Ronaldo, Croatia, England, FIFA, France, Germany, Italia '90, Italy, ITV, Ivory Coast, Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Marco Reus, Netherlands, Panini Sticker Album, Qatar, Roy Hodgson, Sepp Blatter, Spain, Uruguay, Wayne Rooney, World Cup, World Cup 2014, World Cup 2022, World Cup Brazil 2014 | 1 Comment

House Of Cards is a rarity – it’s a remake which transcends its progenitor.

Posted on 13/03/2014 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

I remember watching the original, BBC produced, version of “House Of Cards” and not quite getting it. And by ‘it’ I mean all the shock. Even at that impressionable age, I assumed that certain people were nasty. Still, I was enthralled … Continue reading →

Posted in TV | Tagged BBC, Francis Urquhart, Frank Underwood, House Of Cards, Ian Richardson, Kevin Spacey, Netflix, Politics, Robin Wright, TV | Leave a comment

Boycott the licence fee? Scrap the BBC? Don’t be daft.

Posted on 03/10/2013 by Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard

There are more constructive, effective and proven ways to make the BBC change. I’ll keep this relatively brief. There’s been a groundswell of wannabe activism on Twitter, with people wanting to take on the BBC’s perceived editorial slanting in its … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged BBC, BBC Four, BBC News, BBC Radio 6 Music, Charlie Brooker, David Attenborough, Nigel Slater, Public broadcasting, Rupert Murdoch, Television licence | 1 Comment