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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 4 - Caught on Camera

Huw Edwards among broadcasters to lead BBC coverage of Queen’s funeral

The BBC’s special TV programming covering the historic day on September 19 will air from 8am until 5pm.

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Greg Davies is back in his pop quizmaster chair

Comic talents Noel Fielding and Daisy May Cooper also return, on Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Plus: David Dimbleby explores BBC scandals. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: deja vu dating in the search for love

More matches, mis-matches and awkward moments in First Dates Hotel. Plus, Rosie Jones’ Trip Hazard. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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The week in TV: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Ridley; The Suspect; Days That Shook the BBC With David Dimbleby

Amazon’s mega-budget Tolkien prequel requires an A-level in orc studies; Adrian Dunbar sings; Aidan Turner broods; and David Dimbleby asks some difficult questions of the BBC

The Guardian - UK

Leon co-founder Henry Dimbleby joins upmarket service station group

He succeeds a former Preston North End chairman as a director of Westmorland

Birmingham Post

Days That Shook the BBC with David Dimbleby review – there’s too much Prince Andrew in this smug history

Princess Diana’s interview with Martin Bashir is omitted from this curiously partial look at problematic BBC moments, but sadly the same isn’t true of Emily Maitlis’ chat with the Duke of York

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: David Dimbleby confronts a history of BBC scandals

The broadcaster remember the days that shook the corporation. Plus: Hogarthian scenes in Night Coppers. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

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Labour pledges to strengthen the BBC’s independence and protect funding

Party would insulate broadcaster from political pressure, says shadow culture secretary, as Liz Truss prepares to wage war on it

The Guardian - UK

David Dimbleby criticises Emily Maitlis over Cummings ‘polemic’

Veteran broadcaster says monologue about Dominic Cummings’ lockdown breach should have been phrased as questions

The Guardian - UK

Dimbleby says Maitlis should not have made Newsnight monologue a ‘polemic’

The veteran broadcaster also dismissed the idea a call from No 10 put pressure on the BBC to rebuke Maitlis and her team.

The Independent UK

David Dimbleby: I don’t believe Diana was coerced into giving Bashir interview

Dimbleby said that Diana 'was not bullied or hectored' into giving the interview and that 'what she was saying was genuinely meant'

Wales Online

Can Q&A lead us out of the opinion wars it’s helped to fuel?

This week’s announcement that Stan Grant will be permanent host of the ABC’s Q&A follows widespread speculation about the future of the program. On some estimates, ratings have fallen by more than 50% from a peak of over 600,000 during its first decade under Tony Jones, who served as host…

The Conversation

BBC platinum jubilee review: Queen’s partial absence poses tricky challenges

Finding the right tone was not always easy, but the TV marathon was a triumphant return for Kirsty Young

The Guardian - UK

Shakespearean drama, nostalgia and a knees-up: nation unites to mark Queen’s jubilee in a very British way

The monarch may have been absent, but her jubilee celebrations proved a hit as the public embraced carnival atmosphere

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The Queen, the great uniter, couldn’t make it. Alas, Boris the great divider could

Service of thanksgiving raised the Genesis question – how many people can you swap out of this lineup before it ceases to be Genesis?

Wales Online

'They’re talking absolute drivel' Viewers slam BBC's 'insulting' coverage of Platinum Jubilee thanksgiving service

Veteran broadcaster David Dimbleby took over the reins to guide the TV audience - including the Queen herself - through the event at St Paul's Cathedral

The Guardian - UK

David Dimbleby suggests BBC licence fee could be linked to council tax

Former Question Time host says he believes in licence fee but it would be fairer to remove flat rate

The Independent UK

David Dimbleby suggests council tax link for BBC licence fee alternative

The Government has announced that the licence fee is to be frozen at £159 a year until 2024.

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