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Next week, the BBC will debut a series about animal life in the Arctic and Antarctic called Frozen Planet. In this preview clip, male members of an Adelie penguin colony in Antarctica gather stones to build nests while competing for lady penguins in the process. But as you'll see, not all of them do it honestly. More »
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In your weary Thursday media column: a fun cokey journalism blind item, Steve Jobs makes the media work, plagiarism at the Examiner, micromedia evolution, and layoffs are coming to the BBC. More »
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Here's a pretty remarkable interview with independent stock and forex trader Alessio Rastani on the BBC this morning, in which he's either being perfectly candid about how traders are viewing the Eurozone crisis, or he's just trolling. Anyway, he's a sociopath. More »
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In your mercenary Thursday media column: Fortune this round from Forbes, layoffs at the LA Times, a BBC reporter is killed, the NYT turns to Groupon, Al Sharpton is pushing it, and new journalism grows from the cracks. More »
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You know those days where nothing seems to go right? And nothing you do seems to fix the problem? BBC Scotland is having one of those days, poor thing. It's okay, guys! No one knows what Rudolph Hess looks like, anyway. And who cares about the weather forecast? It's Scotland! The forecast is: Cloudy! With a chance of fried stuff! More »
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The BBC show Bizarre ER featured a college student named Holly whose jaw got dislocated after a very vigorous yawn. While being stuck with your mouth agape is pretty horrifying, you'll never believe how doctors got it closed. More »
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Misery Bear can't catch a break. Watch this little guy's day at the office chronicled. How much more do you think he can take? More »
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It turns out Jennifer Aniston isn't completely unlovable, because living Abercrombie polo Ashton Kutcher wants to go out on a date with her. Kutcher was on the BBC this weekend talking about how he wants a date with the perpetually single Aniston to win a $1,000 bet he made with a friend in college, and he's not letting his wife, Demi Moore, get in the way either. More »
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BBC host Myleene Klaas farted audibly on the live National Lottery TV show on Wednesday evening. Immediately after ripping ass (unless it was a loud belly rumble?) she breaks into a wide grin and giggles. Off camera, another host chortles. More »
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In your frostbitten Monday media column: Ed Schultz proclaims his independence, the Harper's union fight intensifies, major layoffs at the BBC, Mark Bittman's column changes places, and Col Allan communicates with subtlety. More »
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The BBC has apologized for an episode of the quiz show QI last month about the "unluckiest man in the world," Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived both atomic bomb attacks on Japan. The jokes didn't go over so well in Japan. More »
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From the Brits at the BBC comes this ridiculous clip of Law & Order: UK. The show happens to cover all of our common stereotypes about our friends across the pond, from their intense politeness to their obsession with tea. More »
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Two movies together means it's true love. Also today: Mad Men news, HBO picks up a hip young series, and the BBC will always make better television than us. More »
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Do you have an hour? Here is Hans Rosling's BBC Four documentary The Joy of Stats. He takes us through a number of studies he's done and the statistics to back up said claims, complete with pretty charts. More »
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On Stephen Fry's BBC show QI, Graham Norton coaxes the Harry Potter star into trying out the guillotine on stage. One thing leads to another and suddenly Daniel Radcliffe is headless. Video ends without resolution. More »
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A sketch from the show The One Ronnie on BBC that features our favorite hand-held, fruit-named devices; the Blackberry and Apple. The question is, how many puns can they fit inside? More »
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Time can be rewritten. So can 19th-century morality tales! Tonight's Doctor Who Christmas special—a time-honored (honoured?) British tradition—was the best re-imagining of a Dickens classic not involving the Muppets. Let's take another look at it! More »
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Nope. Probably not. The promo for the third show networks stole from England's like, three channels has arrived! The only thing this one has going for it over the others, so far, is that kid from Jungle 2 Jungle. More »
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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that life expectancy/income across the world was less in 1810 than in 2010, but how—and where—did the statistics tick up over time? In this stunningly visual presentation, Hans Rosling explains. More »
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This clip from BBC One's Bang Goes The Theory shows us a high-powered solar furnace that can focus regular old sunshine into a heat ray, fiery to the touch. It reaches a spicy 3,500C, which can freaking melt rock. More »
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Look familiar? The good folks over at BBC Four made a spot-on parody of what pretty much every news report looks, feels, and sounds like. It's wonderfully meta.. cheeky, actually. More »
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Former BP chief Tony Hayward is back! Speaking for the first time since his resignation, he said that all of those pesky reporters were part of an unjust media "feeding frenzy" and that he'd definitely go sailing mid-spill again, too. More »
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In your unified Friday media column: a strike at the BBC, Daily Candy's editor is out, Forbes debuts its "sponsored blog," and Jon Friedman has but one wish. More »
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The BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit has found that a report from the news service wrongly implied that Bob Geldof's 1985 Band Aid tune "Do They Know It's Christmas" funded armed rebel groups in Etiopia. The BBC has issued an apology. More »
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Christians in Britain are upset that the BBC has devoted air time to pagans and Hallowe'en, because Christmas and Easter and whatnot don't get nearly enough coverage: "It's not always healthy to represent such beliefs as paganism as mainstream." Nice. More »
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A group of protesters stood behind BBC political editor Nick Robinson last night, waving an anti-war sign behind his head. Mad that they ruined his shot, he grabbed their sign, tore it apart, and stomped on it. On camera. More »
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Violinist Oliver Lewis just broke a world record! He did it by playing his instrument of choice at a seemingly impossible rate of speed, finishing the entirety of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" in 1 minutes, 3.356 seconds. Watch inside. More »
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The BBC science show Bang rigged up a camera to film food rotting for two weeks. The resulting time-lapse footage is truly gnarly. If the mold and bacteria don't gross you out, the maggots will. Bon appétit! More »
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BBC weatherman Tomasz Schafernaker got peeved yesterday when co-anchor Simon McCoy implied that his forecast wouldn't be accurate. So, he flipped McCoy the bird, without realizing he was on camera. The worst middle finger coverup ever then ensued. Video inside. More »
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Can anyone out there honestly say they don't love The Office? Of course not. More »
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This is Paul Yarrow, a community worker from South London. Do you recognize him? That may be because he's appeared on at least 20 different British news broadcasts over the last few months. In the background. More »
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If you haven't been watching this season of Doctor Who, "missing out" doesn't even begin to describe what you're, well, missing. But this video of every opening sequence from the show's over 40-year run might give you a hint. More »
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Starting tomorrow, if you visit BBC.com instead of BBC.co.uk, you will find a new website with "U.S.-focused articles on politics and general news," helmed by 10 journalists in DC. First they ruin our ocean, now they compete with our newspapers. More »
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The BBC put up a web page with the headline "What is Gordon Brown's Legacy?" But due to what we presume was an error, the page was blank. They've since apologized for accidentally satirizing the former British PM. [Atlantic] More »
]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5539107&view=rss&microfeed=true Characters in a BBC children's show apparently say "fuck your mother" in Chinese More »
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In this clip from The Mighty Boosh's third season, Vince meets The Crack Fox and learns of his idyllic forest origins and sad descent into drug and dance fueled depravity. Ah, the meth-skewed mirror of the uncanny valley. More »
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It would be nice to know your chances of getting cancer, diabetes, or heart disease later in life, right? Soon, for around $1,000, you can, with your very own genome test. Sounds like fun! More »
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After being caught on mic complaining about a Rochdale voter he'd previously spoken to (he called her a "bigoted woman"), Prime Minister Gordon Brown was forced to listen to his own words while ironically, being filmed in Radio 2's studio. More »
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Blue Tulip Rose Read is definitely not stalking BBC Radio DJ Mike Read. Sure, she had her name changed to his and prints his picture on t-shirts and shows up at his work—that's love, not stalking! More »
]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5521959&view=rss&microfeed=true That damn volcano has already cost airlines an estimated $1.7 billion. Prepare to pay a surcharge for breathing on your next flight. [BBC] More »
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