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Chris Bennion

TV and Radio Editor at The Telegraph

welsh person. freelance arts journalist. ex TV and Radio Editor at The Telegraph. ex TV and theatre for The Times. mainly nonsense on here.

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  • 1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Bennion

    Nick - white, British, confident - was a gift to the Albanians. His training with the Royal Engineers made him an expert in reconnaissance and concealment, while his knowledge of sailing would later become invaluable. Getting people on lorries inside the ferries proves as easy as falling off a log, once his early nerves settle down.

  • 1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Bennion

    Television should thank its lucky stars for Nathan Fielder. While visionary auteurs tend to end up making films or theatre, the Canadian comedian has chosen to ply his trade for the idiot's lantern. The result is some of the most wonderful, profound and downright head-spinning TV since FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper rolled into Twin Peaks, Washington and tried its coffee.

  • 1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Bennion

    This finale was the series in a nutshell, containing drippy longueurs between Ellie and Dina (Isabela Merced) and far too much ostentatious discussion of Morality in the Zombie Apocalypse ("I'm not like you"; "They made their choices"; "Everything you do, you do for you"). The scenes involving the warring factions, the Wolves and the Seraphites, were nicely done, but won't bear fruit until series three, and distracted from the central narrative.

  • 1 week ago | yahoo.com | Chris Bennion

    Alan Yentob’s contribution to the arts documentary in Great Britain was unparalleled. From Arena to Imagine, plus his stints as controller of BBC Two, and then BBC One, Yentob celebrated, embraced and evolved arts documentaries in a manner similar to Attenborough and wildlife films. There can be few who have cleaved so closely to Reithian principles over the past few decades than Yentob, whose approach was unashamedly high-minded but always accessible.

  • 1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Chris Bennion

    Alan Yentob's contribution to the arts documentary in Great Britain was unparalleled. From Arena to Imagine, plus his stints as controller of BBC Two, and then BBC One, Yentob celebrated, embraced and evolved arts documentaries in a manner similar to Attenborough and wildlife films. There can be few who have cleaved so closely to Reithian principles over the past few decades than Yentob, whose approach was unashamedly high-minded but always accessible.

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Chris Ashworth-Bennion
Chris Ashworth-Bennion @ChrisBennion_
7 May 25

RT @paulg: "They should be ashamed of their silence." This is not a bunch of student protestors. This is the editorial board of the Financi…

Chris Ashworth-Bennion
Chris Ashworth-Bennion @ChrisBennion_
6 May 25

I had a nice chat with two blokes who have made a lot of telly that you like https://t.co/QvVzHvp986

Chris Ashworth-Bennion
Chris Ashworth-Bennion @ChrisBennion_
2 May 25

I cannot get enough of this sort of thing. And if someone would like to produce a large coffee-table book full of commentary notes, I would part with a decent amount of money for it.

BBC 5 Live Sport
BBC 5 Live Sport @5liveSport

🧐 A closer look at John’s commentary notes. https://t.co/nknf84QW3C