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The things people will do to get on a Radio Times cover

Fans of Psychoville believe that the forthcoming Halloween special merits the Radio Times Halloween cover and have launched a campaign on YouTube to achieve this.

Stephen Brook, Radio Times, 7th September 2010

TV ratings: Rock & Chips serves up more than 7m

BBC1's Only Fools and Horses prequel beats ITV1 drama Wild At Heart.

Stephen Brook, The Guardian, 25th January 2010

Peter Kay's Pop Factor was a pure delight

The fact that 5.5 million people tuned in (Channel 4's best ratings of the year), means that I was not the only one who enjoyed Kay's exceptionally well-observed skewering of the reality talent format. So imagine my surprise when about 50% of the office confessed that they hated it.

Stephen Brook, The Guardian, 13th October 2008

Ofcom dismissed 70 complaints about a programme on BBC Radio 4 in which comic Jeremy Hardy said members of the BNP should be "shot in the back of the head".

The BBC apologised for the comments in the satirical show, Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation, saying they were not acceptable, and Ofcom said it would not take any action.

Stephen Brook, The Guardian, 29th November 2004

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