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Electric Ink. Image of Maddox Bradley (Robert Lindsay). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Electric Ink

Robert Lindsay stars as old-school hack Maddox Bradley in this Radio 4 satire on the world of modern journalism

Genre:
Sitcom
Broadcast:
2009  (BBC Radio 4)
Episodes:
6 (1 series)
Starring:
Robert Lindsay, Alex Jennings, Elizabeth Berrington, Ben Willbond, Zita Sattar, Debbie Chazen, Matt Addis
Writers:
Alistair Beaton, Tom Mitchelson
Production:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

A sitcom set in the offices of a broadsheet newspaper that's struggling to keep up with both the print and online output.

Finding himself lost in the ever-changing world of newspapers, old skool journalist Maddox Bradley struggles to keep up with new technology and marketing techniques. He feels the art of getting out there and finding stories is being forgotten and he is not about to let that happen. So tries to remind his colleagues that journalism is meant to ask difficult questions and report proper news - not soft-sell celebrity interviews, rehashed PR stories and offer up lifestyle questionnaires.

Our Review: This show made a very positive impression on us. It was a clever and very accurate satire on all that is wrong with the world of modern journalism and the increasing trend for newspapers to try and boost circulation with celebrity stories, rather than undertaking any proper reporting.

The series ended with a cliffhanger (would any of them get their jobs back) so we are very hopeful a second series is commissioned so we can find out the answers.