Kasterborous (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Doctor Who audio, novel, and TV writer Paul Cornell spoke to io9 recently about his various involvements with the series, and his original Ninth Doctor as played by Richard E Grant for the BBCi production (and novel) Scream of the Shalka. This incarnation of the Doctor is a curious one - terribly dark, morose even, and Cornell evidently sees it as the wrong direction entirely rather than a useful but...
What's the story in Dalamory? (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Catching up on some recorded TV yesterday, I watched the episode about Jerry Springer. It made me cry seeing his journey to trace relatives killed in the Holocaust. You can still see the programme on BBCi player here. Not for entertainment but to help us to pray for a willingness to build a world without [...]
paidContent:UK (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
Tom Loosemore is leaving Ofcom to head Channel 4's £50 million 4iP digital investment project. It's the latest key role in public service digital media for Tomski , who was BBCi acting controller, strategic innovation head and BBC 2.0 project director at the BBC, before heading to Ofcom in 2007 to lead its thinking on public service digital publishing… Related Channel 4 Starts £50 Million '4IP' Digital...
Ecademy: user blogs (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
A lot of people have been messaging me to ask if I was on BBC 1 on Friday night on a programme called 'Would I Lie to You?' I didn't see it myself, but I've just watched it back on BBCi player and yes, there I am, about nine minutes in. It's a report I did for BBC on David Beckham's face being carved on a melon by a Leicester man in the run up to Euro 2006. It would have been polite if Angus Deayton...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BBCI) on Monday rejected the contention of the World Anti-Doping Agency in Pakistan that it had violated the global body’s rules by prematurely identifying Pakistan paceman Mohd. Asif ...
NHS WATCH (Free subscription) | 06/07/2008
I've been reading through some of the stories celebrating the 60 years of the NHS, two that caught my eyes were Professor Harold Ellis recollections about his time in the NHS and the BBC documentary NHS at 60 broadcast yesterday and still available for download from the BBCi player site. Both show different sides of the story, but the documentary without a doubt really showed what the UK might have...
Planet Bods Blog (Free subscription) | 01/07/2008
Over on BBCi Labs right now, you'll find my first contribution to that blog.
currybetdotnet (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
Way back when I first started the currybetdotnet blog, the Daily Mail was one of the first newspapers to get its own category , as I alternated between writing about BBCi Search and having a go at the Mail's coverage of things like London's telephone numbering system . These days, I try very hard to keep my honest appraisal of the Daily Mail's site functionality apart from my occasional irritation...
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 21/06/2008
*BBC expands interactive sport offering A dedicated Sports Interactive section has been added to BBCi as the corporation prepares for extensive coverage of the Beijing Olympics. The service is...
Planet Bods Blog (Free subscription) | 29/05/2008
I seem to be making a bit of a habit of missing the BBCi Freesat launches. After being away for the initial launch due to being on holiday, I missed the launch of the new Freesat Weather service on Tuesday due to being ill with a chest infection.
theGoose.org.uk (Free subscription) | 24/05/2008
1. "Nice" originally meant foolish or silly. More details 2. More rural homes have broadband than urban dwellings. More details 3. 27% of people have opened a bottle with their teeth. More details 4. Britain has the fifth largest Jewish population in the world. More details 5. Brain chemical oxytocin makes us trust strangers with money. More details 6. Women drivers are three times more likely than...
Planet Bods Blog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
So if you're the one person who has been eagerly awaiting a detailed blog post about it all, well you can now have it.
Planet Bods Blog (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Well it's 6 May 2008 and that can only mean one thing. Yep, it's the day after May Day. And of course it's the launch of Freesat and the formal launch of Phase 1 of BBCi on Freesat. That is, baring any last minute technical issues or problems.
The Tech Don (Free subscription) | 18/04/2008
BBCi, however they sell it, will always be the poor mans sky+ meaning you can watch BBC programmes whenever (for a month after they are shown). However despite that it is still very good, and with great quality you wouldn’t guess that it was free which is what makes it so desirable, and wy it [...]
The Journal Of An Internetaholic (Free subscription) | 13/04/2008
I loaded up the BBCi Player to watch "Dr Who" and "Rather You Than Me", two programs that I've missed during the week. I found the great program about the life of Hughie Green. The story tells how Hughie kept his on screen life very separate from his off screen life, presenting the wholesome family entertainer to the world while carrying on an affair. The dramatisation shows how Hughie followed the...
