The Blood is The Life 25-08-2012

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• Julian Huppert MP writes… Britain deserves an affordable railway
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• On Prince Harry's Balls
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• Mo Farah Running Away From Things
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• The Honourable Lady Mark in Smug Mode
  Eric Pickles has enabled him. Oh dear.
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• Why The Fades and Doctor Who Confidential were cancelled | Den of Geek
  Apparently with The Fades it was because too many people outside the demographic they were aiming for (16-34 year old males, surprise surprise) liked it.
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• Mark Thompson: Why should I listen to Katie Ghose?
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Comments

[karohemd]

What utter bollocks regarding The Fades. They should be happy it was so popular, regardless of demographic.

[(Anonymous)]

the concept of magic balls seems to have done a side step when it came to the Queen and Prince Philip. was it her Almighty Uterus and his lowly cousin semen that performed the trick of their royal heirs, penis perfect or uttie ootie? and Victoria, too, with Albert??

Addy.

[daweaver]

Rubbish sub-editing from the Spectator, it describes what's going on and doesn't actually pose any questions, least of all the one slapped on the head.

I disagree with the commentator above about The Fades: it was expensive for what it was, didn't bring in enough of a general audience to suggest a move to a lower channel, and (in my view) wasn't as good as all that. (Ditto Being Human, but then I'm still sore they re-cast Annie from the pilot.)

It's clear that Dr Who Confidential has long run out of ideas. That said, it wouldn't surprise me to find some elements popping up on CBBC, because they get a new audience every three years or so.

[davegodfrey]

DW Confidential I've long given up on watching, mostly because I really don't care about the tedious gurning, the self-congratulation of making a Victorian Cemetery look wintry in June, etc, and just want to see archive clips of people running away from things, and the writers avoiding explaining why they still haven't brought the Ice Warriors back yet.

That said, keeping it going as a half-hour or 15 minute show (like the little 10-minute sections at the end of every wildlife film these days) would probably have been kept it going for much longer.