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25 degrees. lots of dry weather, some sunshine and very little rain in the forecast. of what he says were untruths and tries to change the narrative about his relationship with a younger colleague. what are the questions now for itv? the mother of caroline flack, an itv presenter who took her own life during intense media scrutiny three years ago, tells this programme itv haven t learned the lessons since then. they treat them as commodities. and i know it s a lovelyjob, and i know that you earn money, but also, the television stations earn money from them. but they re not commodities, they re people. we ask a former sky and itv executive and a former culture minster what questions they want itv to answer now. also tonight: ahead of the inauguration of president erdogan of turkey tomorrow, we ll ask what that means for the rest of the world. and this. matilda composer, actor and lyricist tim minchin on his next musical groundhog day. he talks about rejection, his mental healt
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tonight, television takes a look at itself. what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. at this period of time will be looked upon as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire televisi
what s on the idiot box? it s only an idiot box if an idiot is watching. this period in time will be looked at as the platinum age. our obligation is to entertain. if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television networks. congress has no right to interfere in the media. well, excuse me! we have the responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s which end in a few hours have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously. but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. more was allowed that hadn t been before. it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in t