Television & radio
- BBC, BBC World Service, Media, Myanmar, Press freedom, Radio industry, South and Central Asia, Television & radio, The news on TV, World news
BBC launches satellite news channel in Myanmar after Trump silences VOA
Corporation responds to ‘urgent need’ following earthquake by taking over Voice of America’s former channelThe…
- Afghanistan, Culture, France, Middle East and North Africa, Society, Taliban, Television, Television & radio, Women, Women's health, Women's rights and gender equality, World news
‘It’s a continuation of hope’: Paris-based TV station provides a lifeline for women in Afghanistan
Begum TV beams educational and entertainment shows into homes of women living under strict Taliban ruleFrom a …
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Thai island of Samui weighs ‘White Lotus effect’ against environmental cost
There is unease about how to strike a balance between tourist numbers and the need to protect natural resource…
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‘Funny and kind of sad’: how Clarkson’s Farm has captured Chinese viewers
Jeremy Clarkson’s reality TV show has particular appeal for young people with no experience of farmingTo one C…
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Joy in Taiwan – and praise from the president – as Nymphia Wind wins RuPaul’s Drag Race
Drag star celebrated with massive support at home after taking top prize in the long-running US reality showA …
- Alan Titchmarsh, Asia Pacific, BBC, Censorship, Culture, Fashion, Kim Jong-un, Life and style, North Korea, Television & radio, World news
Alan Titchmarsh’s jeans blurred by North Korean TV censors
Footage of green-fingered BBC presenter obscured from waist down to hide ‘symbol of US imperialism’His calm de…
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Shōgun: why the English samurai’s life and legacy still grip Japan 400 years on
Epic new TV adaptation of the 1975 novel reignites interest in the exploits of the Kent sailor William AdamsOn…
- Asia Pacific, China, Culture, Media, Netflix, Television, Television & radio, TV streaming, US news, World news
‘Flat and shallow’: Netflix’s 3 Body Problem divides viewers in China
Eight-episode series based on Liu Cixin novels triggers accusations of ‘Americanisation’ of a Chinese storyNet…
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Disney’s Shōgun breaks mould with careful respect for Japanese culture
High-budget series with largely Japanese cast avoids well-worn western orientalist fantasies and wins plaudits…
- Amazon, Asia Pacific, Censorship, China, Culture, Hong Kong, Television, Television & radio, World news
Amazon’s Expats series not available in Hong Kong, where it is set
First two episodes inaccessible to viewers in city, with some attributing censorship to umbrella protest scene…
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Philippines radio journalist shot dead during live broadcast
Killer of Juan Jumalon, 57, pretended to be a listener to enter home studio in Misamis Occidental provinceA ra…
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Sri Lanka’s Easter Bombings review – startling and deeply disturbing viewing
This chilling Dispatches documentary reports on the aftermath of 2019’s apparently random terrorist attack, an…
- Culture, Documentary films, Film, India, Media, Pakistan, South and Central Asia, Television, Television & radio, World news, YouTube
While We Watched review – reporter Ravish Kumar’s quiet courage in Modi’s India
News anchor Kumar stays quietly courageous amid nationalist hysteria in Vinay Shukla’s tense documentary – but…
- Afghanistan, Channel 4, Culture, Documentary, Factual TV, Military, South and Central Asia, Television, Television & radio, World news
‘I’ve never seen desperation like it’: UK soldiers relive the terror of leaving Kabul
Military personnel speak frankly of the chaotic, terrifying evacuation, in moving new documentary series from …
- Buddhism, Children, Dalai Lama, India, Religion, South and Central Asia, Spain, Television, Television & radio, World news
From six-year-old Tibetan monk to teenage Ibiza raver: a Spanish boy’s incredible journey
Osel Hita Torres joined a monastery after the Dalai Lama declared him a reincarnated spiritual leader, but at …