Where abuse is the norm
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The way western governments internationally — the US and the UK in particular — flout the rule of law was well demonstrated in Channel 4’s series of programmes about the torture of terror suspects.
Television
Twenty years too late
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Mick Duncan reviews "Faith", BBC1, 28 February
Global torture
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Rosalind Robson reviews “The Dirty Business”, 1 March, Channel 4
Jihadis of the 1640s
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Dan Nichols reviews “blood on our hands: the english civil war”, Channel 4
Channel Four’s programme on the English Revolution broke new ground in its portrayal of a nation at war with itself. It was based around letters from the period and featured actors playing the roles of those who had written the letters.
Just say "yes"?
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Cathy Nugent reviews “Cocaine”, Channel Four, and “If… drugs were legal”, 12 January, BBC2
Reactions to Racism
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Dan Nichols reviews “Yasmine”, Channel 4
Challenging consensus on Islamophobia
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Sacha Ismail reviews “Are Muslims hated?”, Channel 4, 8 January
Jerry Springer Row: Defend Free Speech!
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1.7 million people watched the BBC2 screening of the award-winning Jerry Springer, The Opera on Saturday 8 January.
Prior to the broadcast, the BBC received 47,000 complaints from people organised by fundamentalist Christian groups who regard the musical as blasphemous.
Shameful
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Television over the Christmas period? Well, it was the usual rubbish.
Royal blockbuster
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Dan Nichols reviews The Monarchy, Channel Four