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    Florida GOP debate: Mitt Romney restores control | Gary Younge

    In front of a Floridian audience, Romney found his form again. Gingrich, sounding shrill, may finally be past his zenith Debates, particularly by this stage, are a performance. There are few substantive questions the candidates have not been already been asked. There are few answers we have not already heard. If you watched the CNN Jacksonville debate with the sound down, you could have grasped the central dynamics of the race. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, the two frontrunners, dominating the evening, often sparring angrily with each other.

    Downton Abbey sees off Doctor Who at National Television Awards

    ITV’s period drama beats the Time Lord’s adventures and Waterloo Road in ceremony at London’s O2 ITV’s hugely successful Downton Abbey has been crowned top drama at the National Television awards, beating competition from the BBC’s Doctor Who and Waterloo Road. The period drama about the Crawley family has found success on both sides of the Atlantic in a golden year for British drama. But the night was not all bad for Doctor Who, as Matt Smith, who plays the Doctor, won ideal male drama performance and his co-star, Karen Gillan (Amy Pond), won top female performance.

    Review: Junior Doctors – Your Life in Their Hands

    Prefer to stay alive? Then here are the rookie physicians you might want to avoid So here is Andy who’s 22 (Jesus, he is a child, he must have started becoming a physician when he was still in nappies). Andy’s first job is to fit a cannula into a Mr Straw in Trauma and Orthopaedics. Sharp scratch coming up, he sticks the needle into the back of Mr Straw’s bony hand … No, missed the vein, let’s try the other hand. Oops, missed again. After several failed attempts, Andy decides to give his patient a well-earned break from being a ...

    Florida debate highlights GOP fears | Ana Marie Cox

    Bad-tempered and boring, this 17th Republican primary debate illuminated tiny beside the candidates’ frailties It’s the 17th Republican primary debate, so I guess we are all a tiny tired of speaking about policy. But I wonder if those who tuned in tonight – and as the the first debate to be aired on a major network in prime time, one presumes it was a more representative audience than previous – realized something was off. Newt stated he hired “lobbying experts” specifically to ensure he did not get caught lobbying.

    BBC Calls the Midwife for a second series

    Hit Sunday night drama starring Jenny Agutter and Miranda Hart gets recommissioned after just two episodes The BBC has commissioned a second series of hit Sunday night drama Call the Midwife, which stars Jenny Agutter, Miranda Hart and Pam Ferris, after airing just two episodes. BBC1′s six-part drama, which grew its audience by 600,000 to average 8.6 million for its second installment on Sunday night, is based on the late Jennifer Worth’s trilogy of memoirs about life and midwifery in London’s East End in the 1950s.

    Natalie Haynes’s guide to TV detectives: #1 – Columbo

    Peter Falk’s dogged detective was an expert in the thing that matters: the human condition The only way to start a blog about TV detectives is with Columbo. He remains the iconic police detective of the 20th century, and that is because of several important things. Firstly, Columbo retrieves the credibility of the police detective, after a spate of amateur detectives had rendered the police useless. Why do you need Japp when you have Poirot, or Lestrade when you have Holmes? For the paperwork, mainly.

    Sandi Toksvig becomes chancellor of Portsmouth University

    Comedian, author and presenter succeeds Sheila Hancock and is welcomed by Professor John Craven (not that one) The tv personality and author Sandi Toksvig has been appointed the new chancellor of the University of Portsmouth. Toksvig, made famous by her appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway? and other panel shows, will succeed the actor and author Sheila Hancock and take up the post in October. Toksvig said: “I was surprised and delighted to be invited by the university to become chancellor and am very honoured to accept.

    A personal look at life, love and mortality

    Documentary maker Heather Leach turned the camera on herself and her family when she was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She explains why Until three years ago, I was a cheeky flame-haired documentary director based in London and living life to the full. Then at the age of 30, I was diagnosed with a serious thyroid condition and then on top of that, thyroid cancer. The diagnosis forced me to reconsider the purpose of life, who I wanted in it and what I wanted to do. And the first thing I did was pick up my camera.

    Peppa Pig to challenge The Wiggles in Australia

    Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One strikes merchandising deal with Australian toy distributor UK children’s favourite Peppa Pig is taking on rival children’s entertainment brand The Wiggles in their native Australia in a new merchandising drive. Entertainment One, the London-based owner of the £200m Peppa Pig preschool brand, has struck a deal with the Australian distributor behind ranges such as Fireman Sam, Charley Bear and Beanie Babies. Andrew Carley, head of global licensing at E1, stated that the time was right to try to crack the Australian toy market following the large success of the TV series, which airs on the ...

    Peppa Peg to challenge The Wiggles in Australia

    Peppa Pig owner Entertainment One strikes merchandising deal with Australian toy distributor UK children’s favourite Peppa Pig is taking on rival children’s entertainment brand The Wiggles in their native Australia in a new merchandising drive. Entertainment One, the London-based owner of the £200m Peppa Pig preschool brand, has struck a deal with the Australian distributor behind ranges such as Fireman Sam, Charley Bear and Beanie Babies. Andrew Carley, head of global licensing at E1, stated that the time was right to try to crack the Australian toy market following the large success of the TV series, which airs on the ...