What the Papers Say

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What the Papers Say is a long-running British television series that offered a weekly, often satirical review and analysis of how newspapers covered current events.

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And Now the News 1

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instanceOf British television series
basedOn British newspaper coverage of the week
broadcastFrequency weekly
broadcastMedium television broadcast
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstBroadcastOn Granada Television NERFINISHED
format weekly review of newspaper coverage
genre current affairs television programme
news review programme
satirical television programme
hasCharacteristic media criticism
press review
satirical tone
hasFormatElement commentary by journalists or presenters
reading of direct quotations from newspapers
hasReputationFor long-running status in British broadcasting
wry and ironic commentary on the press
laterBroadcastOn BBC Radio 4 NERFINISHED
BBC2 NERFINISHED
Channel 4 NERFINISHED
locationOfCoverage United Kingdom press NERFINISHED
medium television
notableFeature focus on how newspapers report politics and public affairs
use of actors and journalists reading and commenting on press excerpts
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ITV NERFINISHED
primaryFocus British national newspapers
producer Granada Television NERFINISHED
spinOffOrRelatedFormat radio adaptation
subjectMatter coverage of current events in British newspapers
targetAudience viewers interested in media and politics
typeOfAnalysis review and analysis of press treatment of news
typicalRuntime approximately 25 minutes

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Granada Television notableProgram What the Papers Say
Richard Stilgoe presented What the Papers Say
this entity surface form: And Now the News