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Offering an intimate and hilarious glance into the private life of Britain’s favourite entertainer, the show brings audiences a raft of new characters, unleashes a series of all-new puppets (as well as some old favourites), and features a new original song from Harry in each explosive episode.
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Internationally acclaimed journalist and filmmaker Jon Ronson (Adventures with Extremists, The Men Who Stare At Goats and New York Times Bestseller The Psychopath Test) turns his attentions to the Internet. Specifically, those people who try to control it -- for good or bad. Escape and Control: Stories About People Trying To Control The Internet It can sometimes feel like we're creating a new kind of democracy online, where we control and regulate each other instead of being told how to beha ...
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Jon Ronson meets with Frances Kelly, the founder of 'Carer watch', a forum for people who stay at home to look after relatives with disabilities. It got taken down indirectly by a company called Atos, employed by the UK government to monitor people claiming incapacity benefits.By ChannelFlip
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Jon Ronson discovers a spambot on twitter with the username 'Jon_Ronson', created by academics from Warwick University. He discusses his frustration with the fact many of the tweets seem plausible, even though they are about things he would never talk about himself. With the creators of this account refusing to take it down, Jon Ronson decides the …
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Jon Ronson continues the 'Escape and Control' series with a story about Wendell Potter - former Vice President of corporate communications for CIGNA, one of the world's biggest health insurance companies. He spoke of patient Nataline Sarkisyan, who battled with Leukemia back in 2007 whilst CIGNA refused to provide a needed liver transplant.…
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WELCOME TO RICHARD HAMMOND'S TECH HEAD!! Each week starting 14th February (for 20 weeks), Top Gear star Richard Hammond will observe different gadgets and gizmos and look at the world of technology from Twitter to Toasters, Tanks and Telephones in an attempt to make sense of modern technology. In this episode, Richard looks at some seriously advanc…
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WELCOME TO RICHARD HAMMOND'S TECH HEAD!! ; Each week starting 14th February (for 20 weeks), Top Gear star Richard Hammond will observe different gadgets and gizmos and look at the world of technology from Twitter to Toasters, Tanks and Telephones in an attempt to make sense of modern technology.By hammond@channelflip.com (ChannelFlip)
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WELCOME TO RICHARD HAMMOND'S TECH HEAD!! ; Each week starting 14th February (for 20 weeks), Top Gear star Richard Hammond will observe different gadgets and gizmos and look at the world of technology from Twitter to Toasters, Tanks and Telephones in an attempt to make sense of modern technology.By hammond@channelflip.com (ChannelFlip)
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